removing of wallets from BlockChain

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Its possible to add wallets to block chains but not removing them. Use case is 
removal of wallets without restarting the app (or require complex 
re-initialization logic).

Original issue reported on code.google.com by andreas....@gmail.com on 23 Jun 2013 at 3:07

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Is this a part of doing support for multiple wallets? I'm not sure that's the 
most valuable feature I could want in a mobile app at the moment, but even if 
you disagree, removal of wallets isn't supported because multi-wallet support 
in bitcoinj in general is quite rough. If you remove a wallet then it can miss 
new blocks or transaction broadcasts. When you re-add it, it won't 
automatically catch up.

Original comment by hearn@google.com on 24 Jun 2013 at 8:11

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The usecase I described was removing wallets entirely, so missing transactions 
would not be an issue.

Yes, I started implementing multi-wallets yesterday, because too many features 
depend on it. I'm aware that I cannot currently "close" a wallet and re-open it 
later due to the limitation you described but understand based on your earlier 
comments that support for this is planned (and we already have 
Wallet.lastBlockSeenHeight/Hash).

Original comment by andreas....@gmail.com on 24 Jun 2013 at 8:23

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Planned eventually yes, but I have a list of other things I want to do first 
(like the memory improvements). Jim has solved some of these issues in 
MultiBit, perhaps he can merge his code upstream?

What features depend on it? I'd really like to see the business map happen at 
some point .... I might try and manually run an assurance contract for its 
development myself.

Original comment by hearn@google.com on 24 Jun 2013 at 8:45

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This issue was closed by revision 6a39af30c4be.

Original comment by hearn@google.com on 11 Jul 2013 at 2:32

• Changed state: Fixed