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remove encrypt/decrypt from release notes

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ThomasV 12 years ago
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2. getaddressunspent <address>
3. getutxoaddress <txid> <pos>
* In addition, two commands for message encryption were added:
1. encrypt <pubkey> <message>
2. decrypt <pubkey> <message>
The encryption algorithm is ECIES, and code was was borrowed from
https://github.com/jackjack-jj/jeeq. In order to know the public
key corresponding to a Bitcoin address in your wallet, you can use
the 'getpubkeys' command. The 'decrypt' command assumes that the
wallet has the private key corresponding to the public key passed as
argument.
* The encrypt and decrypt functions are available in the Qt GUI (from
the menubar, or right click on one of your addresses if you want to
use its public key).
* Command-line commands that require a connection to the network spawn
a daemon, that remains connected and handles subsequent
commands. The daemon terminates itself if it remains unused for more

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