<p>It seems very likely, however it also seems to be a fairly long-term goal with no ETA as of yet: <a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/5761" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/5761</a></p>

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Christopher Gurnee
<p>Deterministic wallets enable reliable backups but the mainline client doesn't use them.  I was told that bitcoind and Bitcoin-QT are planning on switching to deterministic wallets by default, is this correct?  Any idea of when?</p>

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Is mainline Bitcoin planning on switching to deterministic wallets?
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# Is mainline Bitcoin planning on switching to deterministic wallets?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-04-20)

Deterministic wallets enable reliable backups but the mainline client doesn't use them. I was told that bitcoind and Bitcoin-QT are planning on switching to deterministic wallets by default, is this correct? Any idea of when?

**Tags:** wallet, backup, deterministic-wallets


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### Answer by username_1 on 2015-04-21. Score: 1

It seems very likely, however it also seems to be a fairly long-term goal with no ETA as of yet: <https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/5761>


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