Armory - Discussion Thread

[OneMINER]

Thanks, works great.   

[terrytibbs]

Armory uses the standard linux command-line options, '--' for long options.  I'm not sure why bitcoin-qt/bitcoind does not follow  (it's supposed to be '-X' for one-letter options, '--LongX" for long options.)

Ah, I share your pain on this.

[jg]

Where is the option to import private keys? I saw various pages mentioning that it is located in the wallet properties page but I can't seem to find it.

Also, is there a way to import a public key as a "Watch only" type of address?

[etotheipi]

Where is the option to import private keys? I saw various pages mentioning that it is located in the wallet properties page but I can't seem to find it.

Also, is there a way to import a public key as a "Watch only" type of address?

You have to create a wallet first, and then select the wallet into which you want to import the keys.  From the wallet properties, there's an option on the bottom right for importing private keys.

Unfortunately, there is no way to import public keys into a watch-only wallet.  There's a couple reasons for this, and not all of them are laziness

[jg]

You have to create a wallet first, and then select the wallet into which you want to import the keys.  From the wallet properties, there's an option on the bottom right for importing private keys.

Unfortunately, there is no way to import public keys into a watch-only wallet.  There's a couple reasons for this, and not all of them are laziness

I just realized that you can't import private keys in to an offline wallet.

I created a new wallet and now the option shows up.

Thanks!

[cypherdoc]

You have to create a wallet first, and then select the wallet into which you want to import the keys.  From the wallet properties, there's an option on the bottom right for importing private keys.

Unfortunately, there is no way to import public keys into a watch-only wallet.  There's a couple reasons for this, and not all of them are laziness

I just realized that you can't import private keys in to an offline wallet.

I created a new wallet and now the option shows up.

Thanks!

do u mean u can't import keys to a watching only wallet?

[jg]

do u mean u can't import keys to a watching only wallet?

Right, the option isn't there for an offline wallet.

[Red Emerald]

My Armory branded USB key showed up in the mail today! Very cool!

[etotheipi]

My Armory branded USB key showed up in the mail today! Very cool!

Yeah, I finally got all the rewards together and organized.  Plus it gave me some time to put together a solid offline bundle for Ubuntu 10.04-32bit and put them on the keys.

The keys are only 128 MB, which is just enough for distributing all the different installers for Armory, and using it for offline transactions.  The keys have also been "vaccinated" to help reduce the risk of auto-run viruses.  I don't know what the true risk, and risk-mitigated is, but it doesn't hurt!

Btw, do not order from ooshirts.com!  They messed up the shirts, then didn't respond to inquiries for 3 weeks!  The final shirts were fine, but definitely not very good customer service (well it was good, starting 3 weeks later).

[cypherdoc]

My Armory branded USB key showed up in the mail today! Very cool!

just got mine too!  very cool.

thanks eto!  Armory is performing great!

oh, i forgot that the T shirts are awesome!!!

[Mysil2]

Great work on Armory, etotheipi!

I've been playing around with some vanitygen-adresses and I see that you only can import them into an existing wallet. Is it possible with the nature of how a wallet is created, to create a wallet based on a private key/address generated by vanitygen? I'm questioning this because you obviously can't paper copy the imported keys in the wallet.

[cypherdoc]

I'm questioning this because you obviously can't paper copy the imported keys in the wallet.

yes you can.  "Backup Individual Keys".

[Mysil2]

I'm questioning this because you obviously can't paper copy the imported keys in the wallet.

yes you can.  "Backup Individual Keys".

You are right, I was unclear. What I meant was that the imported keys are not included in the paper copy of the wallet.

If I make a paper copy of only the imported keys, is it possible to not have it send some to a newly generated address when sending transactions? I've noticed when I send an amount, some end up in a new address in the wallet - but this is maybe only for very small transactions (<1 btc?)?

[etotheipi]

I'm questioning this because you obviously can't paper copy the imported keys in the wallet.

yes you can.  "Backup Individual Keys".

You are right, I was unclear. What I meant was that the imported keys are not included in the paper copy of the wallet.

If I make a paper copy of only the imported keys, is it possible to not have it send some to a newly generated address when sending transactions? I've noticed when I send an amount, some end up in a new address in the wallet - but this is maybe only for very small transactions (<1 btc?)?

All Armory wallets you create are deterministic, regardless of your intentions.  And all wallets are designed to use the next address in the deterministic wallet for transaction change, which means you will end up using addresses that were not imported every time you send coins.  This is because I don't want to default to sending change back to any existing addresses, for a variety of reasons.    In the future I will add a way to specify  change outputs, but it's not there yet.

Luckily, every deterministic address is captured in the single "Paper backup" printout (which you can copy by hand, if you want).  So, you really only need to back up one more piece of information in addition to the imported keys...

[Clipse]

Brilliant client, just switched to it.

[JJJJust]

I guess the only thing I can say is: Thank god I have 6 GBs of RAM and happened not to be running much (relatively speaking), otherwise this program would have brought my computer to its knees... not that I can get it to get beyond "Loading Blockchain. Please Wait...", but it's the thought that counts, I guess.

ABSURD memory suckage: http://picpaste.com/pics/iiBPAcLr.1337767611.png

[Raoul Duke]

I guess the only thing I can say is: Thank god I have 6 GBs of RAM and happened not to be running much (relatively speaking), otherwise this program would have brought my computer to its knees... not that I can get it to get beyond "Loading Blockchain. Please Wait...", but it's the thought that counts, I guess.

ABSURD memory suckage: http://picpaste.com/pics/iiBPAcLr.1337767611.png

On my linux with only 4GB of RAM it takes a little more than 1GB of it and less than 1min to open the window.
Also, it seems you are forgeting that Armory it's still in Alpha stage, not even Beta.
It's not to use as your everyday wallet, not a chance.

[JJJJust]

I guess the only thing I can say is: Thank god I have 6 GBs of RAM and happened not to be running much (relatively speaking), otherwise this program would have brought my computer to its knees... not that I can get it to get beyond "Loading Blockchain. Please Wait...", but it's the thought that counts, I guess.

ABSURD memory suckage: http://picpaste.com/pics/iiBPAcLr.1337767611.png

On my linux with only 4GB of RAM it takes a little more than 1GB of it and less than 1min to open the window.
Also, it seems you are forgeting that Armory it's still in Alpha stage, not even Beta.
It's not to use as your everyday wallet, not a chance.

I found -- after a long search -- the reason why it's using so much memory. If I had known when I wrote my previous post that it loaded the entire block chain into memory, it wouldn't have been such a shock.

[Raoul Duke]

I guess the only thing I can say is: Thank god I have 6 GBs of RAM and happened not to be running much (relatively speaking), otherwise this program would have brought my computer to its knees... not that I can get it to get beyond "Loading Blockchain. Please Wait...", but it's the thought that counts, I guess.

ABSURD memory suckage: http://picpaste.com/pics/iiBPAcLr.1337767611.png

On my linux with only 4GB of RAM it takes a little more than 1GB of it and less than 1min to open the window.
Also, it seems you are forgeting that Armory it's still in Alpha stage, not even Beta.
It's not to use as your everyday wallet, not a chance.

I found -- after a long search -- the reason why it's using so much memory. If I had known when I wrote my previous post that it loaded the entire block chain into memory, it wouldn't have been such a shock.

It doesn't load the whole blockchain into memory anymore. But the more memory you have available in your comouter, the more it will use.

[Clipse]

Uses just under 2GB of memory here, initial load <20seconds. This is however on a dedicated server with 128GB of memory

I cant really complain about that.