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matrix01 (OP)
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Today at 04:27:01 AM
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I’m experiencing a lot of confusion with my offline Armory app running on my offline PC. My “Export Key List” feature does not show a list of used addresses/keys. However, if I tick the "Include Unused Address Keypool" feature I  see Address, PrivBase58, PrivHexBE, PublicX, and PublicY data.

Here is what I hope somebody in this forum can clarify. Does an empty “Export Key List” versus a populated “Unused Address Keypool” list mean my addresses/private keys I have as “Unused”  100% control nothing at all in the way of funds? Or do they still 100% control my funds even though they have an “Unused” status? 

I asked AI these questions and it is telling me that an empty "Export Key List" with an "Unused/Address Pool" status  strongly points to an Armory wallet with a zero balance. But this makes no sense because I clearly remember seeing the correct balance on my online Armory app after it fully synced to the BTC blockchain network the last time I ran a sync operation. In short, is the Artificial Intelligence information I got 100% correct or 100% incorrect about addresses/private keys  with an "Unused/Address Pool" status?

Any advice welcome and thank you for your time.
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Today at 09:41:05 AM
Last edit: Today at 09:53:11 AM by hosemary
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Did you generate your address(es) on your watch-only wallet or any other instances of your wallet?
If so, the offline version of your Armory wallet doesn't know you have used those addresses and it only displays them when you check "Include unused (Address Pool)".

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Today at 01:53:32 PM
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Here is what I hope somebody in this forum can clarify. Does an empty “Export Key List” versus a populated “Unused Address Keypool” list mean my addresses/private keys I have as “Unused”  100% control nothing at all in the way of funds? Or do they still 100% control my funds even though they have an “Unused” status?
This depends on the wallet file's contents.

If it's the exact wallet file that's used before (not restored from a backup), then the "Unused Address Keypool" would represent the addresses that you haven't used yet,
including both that can spend you current UTXOs (funds) and those that already used to spend.
But you can't be certain on its result unless the wallet is fully synced.

If it's a newly restored wallet from paper backup that's not synced, then you can't be certain if those in the list are unused or not.
So in this case, either sync armory or export them all including the ones under unused addresses.

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