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26 Dec 2019

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• 14:30
  kovri-slack
  <woodser> @endogenic fyi, I have openssl building with emscripten by passing no-tests to resolve the duplicate library import
• 16:11
  maxwilliamson
  can I get informations like wallet name from monero-wallet-rpc?
• 16:11
  maxwilliamson
  sort of like getwalletinfo of bitcoin bitcoin-rpc.github.io/en/doc/0.17.99/rpc/wallet/getwalletinfo
• 16:30
  moneromooo
  [gs]et_attribute
• 17:33
  maxwilliamson
  moneromooo: okay, and what attributes can I query from it?
• 17:36
  maxwilliamson
  docs aren't very helpful on that
• 17:39
  moneromooo
  Whatever you set. There is a predefined one called wallet2.description. There are others created dynamically IIRC.
• 17:40
  moneromooo
  Ah, per tx notes.
• 17:40
  maxwilliamson
  per tx notes?
• 17:40
  moneromooo
  If you add some yourself, please use a namespace so you can't conflict (ie, maxwilliamson.somename).
• 17:42
  moneromooo
  What is your question about tx notes ?
• 17:43
  maxwilliamson
  hmmn, nevermind.
• 17:43
  maxwilliamson
  I was wondering whether I can get wallet's file name or something like that
• 17:43
  maxwilliamson
  some kind of identifier
• 17:44
  maxwilliamson
  like the parameter you pass when you do open_wallet
• 17:46
  moneromooo
  Hmm. You better keep track of that yourself or it's going to dangerous doing business with you :)
• 17:46
  moneromooo
  I don't think you can query this.
• 17:48
  maxwilliamson
  hmmn, guess I'll have to identify them by view key or something
• 17:48
  maxwilliamson
  and another, I'm confused with 'create_account' and 'create_address'
• 17:50
  maxwilliamson
  I know create_address creates a subaddress, but what does create_account do? I mean, yeah it creates an account but what's the difference?
• 17:50
  maxwilliamson
  does 'account's have their own keypairs?
• 17:52
  maxwilliamson
  if account != address, then why do they all return subaddresses?
• 17:54
  hyc
  an account is a subaddress of the primary address
• 17:54
  hyc
  an address is a subaddress of an account
• 17:55
  maxwilliamson
  so the hierarchy is primary address > account > subaddress?
• 17:55
  selsta
  using multiple accounts is like having multiple bank accounts
• 17:56
  selsta
  they have their own balance and transaction history
• 17:56
  maxwilliamson
  I get that, but ultimately what's different between those two programmatically?
• 17:57
  maxwilliamson
  oh, 'account'
• 17:57
  maxwilliamson
  's address seems to be index 0 subaddress.
• 17:57
  selsta
  yep
• 17:58
  selsta
  (0, 0) is primary account and primary address
• 17:59
  moneromooo
  Outputs within an account can be used simultaneously. Outputs from different accounts cannot.
• 17:59
  moneromooo
  It's a bookkeeping mechanism really. Subaddresses are treated more like aliases to the account, while accounts are treated separately.
• 18:01
  maxwilliamson
  ah
• 18:02
  maxwilliamson
  thanks for all the answers, appreciate it