Received: from sog-mx-2.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.192] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-1.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1XgAdT-0004b1-4B for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 20 Oct 2014 10:56:23 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-2.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of gmail.com designates 209.85.214.172 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.214.172; envelope-from=mh.in.england@gmail.com; helo=mail-ob0-f172.google.com; Received: from mail-ob0-f172.google.com ([209.85.214.172]) by sog-mx-2.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1XgAdR-0007VC-Et for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 20 Oct 2014 10:56:23 +0000 Received: by mail-ob0-f172.google.com with SMTP id vb8so3623023obc.31 for ; Mon, 20 Oct 2014 03:56:16 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.60.98.142 with SMTP id ei14mr87978oeb.77.1413802575819; Mon, 20 Oct 2014 03:56:15 -0700 (PDT) Sender: mh.in.england@gmail.com Received: by 10.76.108.196 with HTTP; Mon, 20 Oct 2014 03:56:15 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <5442B4BC.9040601@walltime.info> References: <5442B4BC.9040601@walltime.info> Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 12:56:15 +0200 X-Google-Sender-Auth: njgAsS-A7KAUCOr1rXfUZ0CuVnA Message-ID: From: Mike Hearn To: Felipe Micaroni Lalli Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=089e0115f8165078bc0505d8902a X-Spam-Score: -0.5 (/) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. -1.5 SPF_CHECK_PASS SPF reports sender host as permitted sender for sender-domain 0.0 FREEMAIL_FROM Sender email is commonly abused enduser mail provider (mh.in.england[at]gmail.com) -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record 1.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message 0.1 DKIM_SIGNED Message has a DKIM or DK signature, not necessarily valid -0.1 DKIM_VALID Message has at least one valid DKIM or DK signature X-Headers-End: 1XgAdR-0007VC-Et Cc: Bitcoin Dev Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] About watch-only addresses X-BeenThere: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 10:56:23 -0000 --089e0115f8165078bc0505d8902a Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > This feature makes possible Bitcoin Core to read a balance of any > public address via RPC call or, after importing the balance, it became > available only via QT interface? Neither. A watching wallet still has to be synced with the chain in the same way as any other wallet, i.e. after adding an address, if it was already used, you must rescan. --089e0115f8165078bc0505d8902a Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
This feature makes possible Bitcoin Core to read= a balance of any
public address via RPC call or, after importing the balance, it became
available only via QT interface?

Neither. A= watching wallet still has to be synced with the chain in the same way as a= ny other wallet, i.e. after adding an address, if it was already used, you = must rescan.=C2=A0
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