Creating multiple new addresses

[richie88]

Is there an easy way for me to create many addresses (1000+) in bitcoin-qt, and list them in text format so i can get them into a database?

Also, as far as i am aware, addresses never get deleted from the client do they? Is there a limit on the number of addresses held in the bitcoin-qt client or can i keep making them indefinitely?

[socrates_]

you can generate a lot but you may hit performance issues with >1000.

100 addresses are generated by default. you can increase that by modifying your bitcoin.conf file and increasing the keypool:

# Pre-generate this many public/private key pairs, so wallet backups will be valid for
# both prior transactions and several dozen future transactions.
#keypool=100

[richie88]

They are in the keypool though correct? How do i list them out in plain txt?

[socrates_]

Not sure if the best, but you can always put 'bitcoind getnewaddress' inside a for loop and write the output to the database.

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Original_Bitcoin_client/API_calls_list

[richie88]

Ok, i'll try it this way, thanks

[furby]

Ok, i'll try it this way, thanks

there is a debug menu you can type that into

[BitshireHashaway]

Just wondering, what do you need that many addresses for? Are you planning on selling something and using a different address for everyone or something like that?

[TheFirstSearcher]

Look inside wallet.dat file as that should have 100 addresses already generated.

client just does not show them there

[gweedo]

Bitaddress.org, and you can import than into bitcoin-qt with a simple script but I would keep them in cold storage.