<p>There most likely isn't any hard limit - you might only be limited by your computer's memory (and even then, that would require tons of addresses).</p>

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2013-03-07T12:58:29.500Z
2013-03-07T12:58:29.500Z
ThePiachu
<p>I wonder: is the built-in accounts facility scalable enough that you can assign each newly minted address to a different account?  Or am I going to run into hard limits, or a database that becomes too sluggish because accounts were meant to be few in number?</p>

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2013-03-07T14:08:29.780Z
Out of curiosity, is there a reason for that?
o0'.
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The upcoming switch to LevelDB and/or the implementation of Ultraprune will likely eliminate any problem, if one exists.
Stephen Gornick
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Limits to the number of accounts?
Jon Smark
# Limits to the number of accounts?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-10-14)

I wonder: is the built-in accounts facility scalable enough that you can assign each newly minted address to a different account? Or am I going to run into hard limits, or a database that becomes too sluggish because accounts were meant to be few in number?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: The upcoming switch to LevelDB and/or the implementation of Ultraprune will likely eliminate any problem, if one exists.  
> **username_1**: Out of curiosity, is there a reason for that?  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2013-03-07. Score: 1

There most likely isn't any hard limit - you might only be limited by your computer's memory (and even then, that would require tons of addresses).


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