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Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Encrypted Wallet Backward Compatibility
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On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 5:18 PM, Douglas Huff <dhuff@jrbobdobbs.org> wrote:
>
> On Jul 4, 2011, at 1:23 PM, Gavin Andresen wrote:
>> RE: breaking backup scripts: =C2=A0if they use the backupwallet =C2=A0RP=
C
>> command, then they will Just Work.
>
> I'd go a step further and say that, since import/export is planned to get=
 merged at about the same time, intentionally breaking unsafe/badly designe=
d backup mechanisms is actually desirable.

Silently breaking them, not so much.

Or do you think people are going to notice that they've started
backing up a zero byte file?