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compare silent payment scan addresses when considering wallet address changes

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Authored by Craig Raw

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compare silent payment scan addresses when considering wallet address changes
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit fixes a logic gap in Sparrow Wallet's settings form. When a user changes wallet settings, the app checks whether the wallet's receiving addresses would change, so it can warn or take appropriate action. The check already compared regular extended public keys, but it forgot to compare 'silent payment scan addresses'—a newer Bitcoin privacy feature. Without this comparison, changing the silent-payment scan key might not be detected as an address change, potentially causing the wallet to show stale or incorrect addresses without warning.

Recommended action

Review whether any other silent-payment-related fields (e.g., spend key, label) are also omitted from change detection. Verify that the settings dialog now correctly prompts for wallet refresh or rescan when the silent-payment scan address changes. Consider adding regression tests for silent-payment key rotation in the settings form.

Security signals we found

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Missing comparison of cryptographic key material in wallet-change detection

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Silent payment scan key change not treated as address-changing event

03

Potential UI/state inconsistency when silent payment settings are modified

Risk score

Why this scored 46/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 12/30
Exploitability 8/25
Stealth signal 7/15
Affected reach 10/15
Confidence 6/10
Evidence quality 3/5
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