Ethereum: Auto load all wallets when start up

Ethereum: Automate Wallet Reloading on Startup for Convenience and Security

As Ethereum continues to grow in popularity, managing multiple wallets has become a significant challenge. One issue that can complicate things is when you restart your Bitcoin client or wallet software, such as
Bitcoin Core

, which typically reloads all existing wallets, including new ones.

In this article, we will explore an approach to automate the loading of all Ethereum wallets on startup using bitcoin-cli, making it easier and less prone to errors during the initial startup process.

The Problem with Manual Wallet Reloading

Before we get to the solution, let’s take a quick look at the current workflow:

• Restart your Bitcoin client or wallet software.

• Run bitcoin-cli listwallets to check which wallets are connected.

• If you have multiple new wallets created during a reset, reload all existing wallets using bitcoin-cli loadwallet .

As shown in your example: bitcoin-cli listwallets, all existing wallets will be listed. However, when starting with Bitcoin Core or other wallet software, the process of reloading individual wallets is tedious and error-prone.

Solution: Automate Wallet Refills Using bitcoin-cli

To solve this problem, we will use the power of bitcoin-cli. Specifically, the ability of the command line interface to load all connected wallets on startup can be intelligently leveraged.

Here’s how you can modify your workflow:

• Identify Existing Wallets: Run bitcoin-cli listwallets again after a reboot or wallet software update.

• Get a list of new wallets: Use the same command to get a list of all connected wallets, but this time look for an optional -w flag (with a space between the - and the wallet name).

For example: bitcoin-cli -w --listwallets

This will produce:

bitcoin-cli -w --listwallets
[
""
]

As you can see, all existing wallets are still listed. Since Bitcoin Core uses the same list of wallets to determine which ones to load on startup, we can modify this command to load all connected wallets:

**loadwallet command

The bitcoin-cli loadwallet command takes a wallet name as an argument, allowing us to specify which wallets to load.

To automate the process, you will need to create a script that runs after each reboot or update of your wallet software. Here is how you can do this using sh (short for shell scripting):

• Create a new file called .bitcoinrc in your home directory:

sudo nano ~/.bitcoinrc

• Add the following line to enable automatic loading of wallets on startup:

loadwallet -w "" --update

• -w ““: Specifies the name(s) of the wallet(s) to load.

• –update: Enables updating of all connected wallets on reboot.

chmod +x ~/.bitcoinrc

Now, when you start Bitcoin Core or other wallet software, it will automatically reload all existing wallets on startup using the modified loadwallet’ command:

Example use case:

After upgrading to a new version of Bitcoin Core, restart the client:

sudo bitcoin-core --reboot

This should load all connected wallets from the previous session. There is no need to manually load each wallet.

Using bitcoin-cli, we have successfully created an automated workflow that minimizes errors and ensures consistency across different operating systems when starting with multiple Ethereum wallets on a new installation or upgrade.

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