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This is just a guess, but I can imagine sipa's address index branch
might be more suitable for an use case where information about any
address is required - jmcorgan continued to maintain a usually somewhat
up-to-date version:

https://github.com/jmcorgan/bitcoin/tree/addrindex

As for balance queries, that's not possible out of the box and I have my
own branch for this with a few other RPC calls that are noted in the README:

https://github.com/dexX7/bitcoin/tree/master-addrindex-extended

When using the original, you need to ensure a transaction is part of the
main chain and wasn't orphaned. If you consider using my branch, please
consider it twice and review the changes first.

-------- Original Message --------
*Subject: *Re: [Bitcoin-development] About watch-only addresses
*From: *Warren Togami Jr. <wtogami@gmail.com>
*To: *Bitcoin Dev <bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net>
*Date: *Mon, 20 Oct 2014 12:37:40 -1000
> https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=320695
> I made a branch of Bitcoin 0.9.3 plus backports including watch-only
> and a huge pile of patches cleaning it up from the master branch.  It
> seems to work fine although it is not heavily tested.  I suppose if
> you use ONLY for watch-only it can't be harmful?  Dunno.
>
> Warren
>
> On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 12:13 AM, Wladimir <laanwj@gmail.com
> <mailto:laanwj@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 10:36 PM, Flavien Charlon
>     <flavien.charlon@coinprism.com
>     <mailto:flavien.charlon@coinprism.com>> wrote:
>     > Hi,
>     >
>     > What is the status of watch-only addresses in Bitcoin Core? Is
>     it merged in
>     > master and usable? Is there documentation on how to add a
>     watch-only address
>     > through RPC.
>
>     It has been merged. There is the "importaddress" RPC call, which works
>     the same as "importprivkey" except that you a pass it an address.
>
>     > Also, I believe that is going towards the 0.10 release, is there
>     a rough ETA
>     > for a release candidate?
>
>     Yes - aim is in a few months, probably by the end of the year.
>
>     AFAIK there are no nightly builds at this moment. Warren Togami was
>     building them for a while (at http://nightly.bitcoin.it/) but he
>     stopped some time around June.
>
>     It's not recommended to use master without at least a little bit of
>     development/debugging experience of yourself (to trace down problems
>     when they appear), so it's best to build it yourself if you're going
>     to test day-to-day development versions.
>
>     Wladimir
>
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    <div class=3D"moz-cite-prefix">This is just a guess, but I can imagin=
e
      sipa's address index branch might be more suitable for an use case
      where information about any address is required - jmcorgan
      continued to maintain a usually somewhat up-to-date version:<br>
      <br>
      <a class=3D"moz-txt-link-freetext" href=3D"https://github.com/jmcor=
gan/bitcoin/tree/addrindex">https://github.com/jmcorgan/bitcoin/tree/addr=
index</a><br>
      <br>
      As for balance queries, that's not possible out of the box and I
      have my own branch for this with a few other RPC calls that are
      noted in the README:<br>
      <br>
      <a class=3D"moz-txt-link-freetext" href=3D"https://github.com/dexX7=
/bitcoin/tree/master-addrindex-extended">https://github.com/dexX7/bitcoin=
/tree/master-addrindex-extended</a><br>
      <br>
      When using the original, you need to ensure a transaction is part
      of the main chain and wasn't orphaned. If you consider using my
      branch, please consider it twice and review the changes first.<br>
      <br>
      -------- Original Message --------<br>
      <b>Subject: </b>Re: [Bitcoin-development] About watch-only
      addresses<br>
      <b>From: </b>Warren Togami Jr. <a class=3D"moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" h=
ref=3D"mailto:wtogami@gmail.com">&lt;wtogami@gmail.com&gt;</a><br>
      <b>To: </b>Bitcoin Dev
      <a class=3D"moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href=3D"mailto:bitcoin-developme=
nt@lists.sourceforge.net">&lt;bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net&g=
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      <b>Date: </b>Mon, 20 Oct 2014 12:37:40 -1000</div>
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        <div>I made a branch of Bitcoin 0.9.3 plus backports including
          watch-only and a huge pile of patches cleaning it up from the
          master branch.=A0 It seems to work fine although it is not
          heavily tested.=A0 I suppose if you use ONLY for watch-only it
          can't be harmful?=A0 Dunno.</div>
        <div><br>
        </div>
        <div>Warren</div>
      </div>
      <div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br>
        <div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 12:13 AM,
          Wladimir <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a moz-do-not-send=3D"true"
              href=3D"mailto:laanwj@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">laanwj@g=
mail.com</a>&gt;</span>
          wrote:<br>
          <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0
            .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span
              class=3D"">On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 10:36 PM, Flavien Charlo=
n<br>
              &lt;<a moz-do-not-send=3D"true"
                href=3D"mailto:flavien.charlon@coinprism.com">flavien.cha=
rlon@coinprism.com</a>&gt;
              wrote:<br>
              &gt; Hi,<br>
              &gt;<br>
              &gt; What is the status of watch-only addresses in Bitcoin
              Core? Is it merged in<br>
              &gt; master and usable? Is there documentation on how to
              add a watch-only address<br>
              &gt; through RPC.<br>
              <br>
            </span>It has been merged. There is the "importaddress" RPC
            call, which works<br>
            the same as "importprivkey" except that you a pass it an
            address.<br>
            <span class=3D""><br>
              &gt; Also, I believe that is going towards the 0.10
              release, is there a rough ETA<br>
              &gt; for a release candidate?<br>
              <br>
            </span>Yes - aim is in a few months, probably by the end of
            the year.<br>
            <br>
            AFAIK there are no nightly builds at this moment. Warren
            Togami was<br>
            building them for a while (at <a moz-do-not-send=3D"true"
              href=3D"http://nightly.bitcoin.it/" target=3D"_blank">http:=
//nightly.bitcoin.it/</a>)
            but he<br>
            stopped some time around June.<br>
            <br>
            It's not recommended to use master without at least a little
            bit of<br>
            development/debugging experience of yourself (to trace down
            problems<br>
            when they appear), so it's best to build it yourself if
            you're going<br>
            to test day-to-day development versions.<br>
            <br>
            Wladimir<br>
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