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Number

26607

Title

`encryptwallet` generates new keys or descriptors for a wallet with previously imported keys or descriptors

Description

As noted in #25634, `encryptwallet` generates new keys or descriptors because: > We always want to rotate keys after encryption because the old keys were written to disk unencrypted and thus may have been compromised. This makes sense for a wallet where the keys/descriptors were generated by the wallet itself. The problem arises when a user explicitly imports a key or descriptor to a previously blank wallet, or in the case of a legacy wallet when they run `sethdseed`. This is because now the expectation is set that the wallet should only be using these keys/descriptors/seeds, so it is unexpected when the wallet uses something completely different upon encryption. Note: Currently when a blank wallet with imported descriptors is encrypted, new descriptors are not generated, but this is considered a bug and will likely be fixed by #25634

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https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issue/26607

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