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Title: Do bitcoin addresses expire? Post by: hoganJ32888 on October 07, 2015, 03:52:17 PM suppose you give someone a btc addresses to send you bitcoin, and then they wait 8-12 weeks before sending you bitcoin to that address.
is the address still valid? It will still go to your wallet? Title: Re: Do bitcoin addresses expire? Post by: onemorexmr on October 07, 2015, 03:52:56 PM suppose you give someone a btc addresses to send you bitcoin, and then they wait 8-12 weeks before sending you bitcoin to that address. is the address still valid? It will still go to your wallet? yes its still valid. addresses dont expire. Title: Re: Do bitcoin addresses expire? Post by: gentlemand on October 07, 2015, 04:01:55 PM Once they're created they never go anywhere. Just make sure to retain the private keys. If you're using a HD wallet like Mycelium and carry out subsequent transactions then new addresses will be created for each one, but if money is sent to the old address it'll still show up in your balance.
Title: Re: Do bitcoin addresses expire? Post by: Possum577 on October 07, 2015, 06:01:43 PM Great question, no, Bitcoin addresses don't expire.
Title: Re: Do bitcoin addresses expire? Post by: Velkro on October 07, 2015, 06:04:45 PM Great question, no, Bitcoin addresses don't expire. Yeah, people wonder about such incredible things. I wouldn't think about expiring address :D but now other people reading this topic will know better.Title: Re: Do bitcoin addresses expire? Post by: vendetahome on October 07, 2015, 06:22:17 PM i dont think that bitcoin addresses cant expire but i heard once that it is possible that the same bitcoin private keys might be generated by a really small chance
Title: Re: Do bitcoin addresses expire? Post by: PolarPoint on October 07, 2015, 06:37:08 PM Depends on which wallet you are using. If you are using desktop clients like Core, Electrum, Multibit, where you generate your own address, they never expire if you have the private key in your wallet file.
If are using a shared web wallet where you do not have the private keys to the address, they may "expire". You never have control of the address, the web wallet site credit your balance with the amount they receive into the address. When they stop checking that address or when they drop the old private keys, your address "expires". Title: Re: Do bitcoin addresses expire? Post by: coinpr0n on October 07, 2015, 07:48:02 PM Depends on which wallet you are using. If you are using desktop clients like Core, Electrum, Multibit, where you generate your own address, they never expire if you have the private key in your wallet file. If are using a shared web wallet where you do not have the private keys to the address, they may "expire". You never have control of the address, the web wallet site credit your balance with the amount they receive into the address. When they stop checking that address or when they drop the old private keys, your address "expires". This may also be the case with some exchanges - they will give you a deposit address but since you don't own the private keys it's best to check that they are still using that same address for you to deposit. Your own wallet addresses though will not expire. It's best to always keep your keys backed up safely. Title: Re: Do bitcoin addresses expire? Post by: ameydie on October 07, 2015, 08:27:50 PM No. Losing your wallet is what gets you.
Title: Re: Do bitcoin addresses expire? Post by: jt byte on October 07, 2015, 08:32:27 PM suppose you give someone a btc addresses to send you bitcoin, and then they wait 8-12 weeks before sending you bitcoin to that address. is the address still valid? It will still go to your wallet? Bitcoin address does not expire it stays alive "forever" But the other part is that you should always check that it is available in your wallet or account. Because if you backup your wallet, and after that you made transaction, if your coins are moved to another address (from the same wallet) and after a time you want to restore your wallet with the old wallet backup you may loose your bitcoins as the new address generated will not show to your wallet which means you lost, i will find a thread about this story and will let you know. Basically it does not expire but it's all about if you can access it. Title: Re: Do bitcoin addresses expire? Post by: chennan on October 07, 2015, 09:04:50 PM Also, it should be worth noting that most of the time when you receive bitcoins on some wallets, the address will change... don't worry about that, the address you provided before for someone to pay you will still remain valid and payments will still end up in your wallet from the previous address.
Title: Re: Do bitcoin addresses expire? Post by: Mickeyb on October 07, 2015, 09:10:37 PM Great question, no, Bitcoin addresses don't expire. Yeah, people wonder about such incredible things. I wouldn't think about expiring address :D but now other people reading this topic will know better.Yes, to be really honest, I never thought about this as well. I guess this was just something that made common sense to me that it can't happen so I wasn't even worried about. :) But yes OP, this was a pretty good and simple question! Now we are all sure! Title: Re: Do bitcoin addresses expire? Post by: CryptoTrout on October 07, 2015, 09:59:04 PM it is valid as long as you have the private key
Title: Re: Do bitcoin addresses expire? Post by: rickadone on October 08, 2015, 05:23:55 AM it is valid as long as you have the private key Yes private key matters. No one is ready to share their private key unless for any other peculiar reasons. Bitcoins can be sent or revived with any old bitcoin address. Some online services shows you a new address with a timer, this is because to identity your transaction with their hot wallet. Title: Re: Do bitcoin addresses expire? Post by: Amph on October 08, 2015, 07:32:26 AM no, but i can see in the future, if the technology is changed and we need a new typo of private key, hashed in another form, it may become invalid at that point
but i'm sure the dev would say it long before it will happen Title: Re: Do bitcoin addresses expire? Post by: Anmol_Verma on October 08, 2015, 09:34:04 AM No bitcoin addeesses never expire ok you can use the same address again and again but it's advice to change address everytime which i don't know why
Title: Re: Do bitcoin addresses expire? Post by: dollarneed on October 08, 2015, 09:53:06 AM never thinking about it before,anyway nice question
iam not sure but if you used blockchain you can generate address and still recorded on your wallet and never expire,so the conclusion is no. but actually i have simillar question i always generate new address on poloniex especially altcoin's address,if i give someone a address to send me some altcoin, and then they wait maybe 1 weeks before they sending me and then i generate new address before they send me,is my address still recorded like blockchain did or i'll lose it and what would be happen with my coin? Title: Re: Do bitcoin addresses expire? Post by: jenniwalt on October 08, 2015, 12:25:17 PM A bitcoin address is some what like our email address. Get as many as you wish. NO expiration.
Title: Re: Do bitcoin addresses expire? Post by: karnwillbit on October 10, 2015, 08:47:40 AM A bitcoin address is some what like our email address. Get as many as you wish. NO expiration. Even a email address may expire if you do not use it regularly but bitcoin address does not require you to use it for send or receive bitcoins. It will be yours as long as you keep private keys safe and with yourself. Title: Re: Do bitcoin addresses expire? Post by: RealBitcoin on October 10, 2015, 11:45:30 AM suppose you give someone a btc addresses to send you bitcoin, and then they wait 8-12 weeks before sending you bitcoin to that address. is the address still valid? It will still go to your wallet? Nope. You put some bitcoin there today, and it will be there 1000 years from now, even if you are not alive. If the network is alive by then then your bitcoin will be there too. IT depends on the network. Title: Re: Do bitcoin addresses expire? Post by: crairezx20 on October 10, 2015, 04:50:20 PM Bitcoin addresses from your wallet has never be expire. you can use it whenever you want... even you create another address on your wallet he didnt expire...
Title: Re: Do bitcoin addresses expire? Post by: Yerm on October 10, 2015, 04:54:35 PM adresses wont expire as far as im aware :o. but its good to change em to remain more anonymous
Title: Re: Do bitcoin addresses expire? Post by: Sir_lagsalot on October 11, 2015, 12:14:15 AM It's valid, unless you personally take it down.
Title: Re: Do bitcoin addresses expire? Post by: Creeptolady on December 23, 2017, 08:52:16 AM I had this question too. Googled it and it led me right here. Might sound irrelevant to BTC experts but for some of us, yes, kinda scary not really knowing. So I'm happy have the answer! Addresses are "randomly" generated hence they fear of their random disappearance or expiry.
Title: Re: Do bitcoin addresses expire? Post by: uberproteam on December 23, 2017, 12:37:00 PM No bitcoin addeesses never expire ok you can use the same address again and again but it's advice to change address everytime which i don't know why They ask to change address because you can see how many transactions have occurred on a same address. If they find that the address belongs to you. Then your privacy may be at stake.Title: Re: Do bitcoin addresses expire? Post by: SARVESH SHARMA on December 23, 2017, 01:46:28 PM Once they're created they never go anywhere. Just make sure to retain the private keys. If you're using a HD wallet like Mycelium and carry out subsequent transactions then new addresses will be created for each one, but if money is sent to the old address it'll still show up in your balance.
Title: Re: Do bitcoin addresses expire? Post by: Ralph1075 on January 15, 2018, 09:26:04 AM Since I have been dealing on Crypto Currencies, Never have I heard that wallets do expire, you can only loose your wallet to hackers but not expiry
Title: Re: Do bitcoin addresses expire? Post by: weiweianll on January 15, 2018, 10:45:21 AM It's not going to expire!
Title: Re: Do bitcoin addresses expire? Post by: asheeyanaandas2217 on January 22, 2018, 01:43:27 AM I think no..the wallet address are no expiration..As long as your password and username you still remember..And dont give to anyone..
Title: Re: Do bitcoin addresses expire? Post by: Blackfurysm on January 24, 2018, 03:48:14 AM No address ever expires. It is good practice to generate new addresses for each transaction to preserve the pseudo-anonymous properties of bitcoin. A public address will always be valid for the corresponding private address, but you want to make sure you control that private key before sending money to it. Example, if coinbase gave you an address to deposit to, I would only use it once. They may not be monitoring the old ones.
Title: Re: Do bitcoin addresses expire? Post by: Botude23 on January 24, 2018, 08:58:57 AM suppose you give someone a btc addresses to send you bitcoin, and then they wait 8-12 weeks before sending you bitcoin to that address. Yes it will go to your wallet You can use Free Accelerator on our Service Section to get it faster and Bitcoin address never expired thats all! Hope I Help You!is the address still valid? It will still go to your wallet? Title: Re: Do bitcoin addresses expire? Post by: Protonem on January 24, 2018, 09:22:51 AM Addresses generated by services like coinbase might "expire" if their system forgets them or something. I'll be take be carefully when using bitcoin address from exchanges services, since it could be have rolling address or going to archived. I wouldn't recommended using wallet from exchanges as there are still many web wallet either mobile that can using with backup private key.Addresses created by your hardware wallet are all generated by your wallet seed. Simplified you take function(seed, n) and you get an adress. Where n is a number that probably starts with 1. Since its slightly more insecure to reuse an address your wallet will increase n by 1 every time you need an address. It's trivial for the wallet to check through millions of different n:s so your wallet will always be able to see all addresses generated from its seed. So if a hardware wallet has generated an address it can always generate the key again if needed. As long as you have the seed that generated an adress you won't lose funds due to lost addresses. I suspect it's slightly more advanced in practice but the principle is the same. You can receive and send from the same address multiple times if you really want to. Title: Re: Do bitcoin addresses expire? Post by: chaitanya31 on January 24, 2018, 09:50:25 AM Transactions never expire. They just wait to be confirmed. If the transaction is invalid there is no transaction at all. It’s like never happened. Bitcoin transactions are valid only if they have been recorded within the blockchain.
Title: Re: Do bitcoin addresses expire? Post by: Pancheng on January 24, 2018, 10:01:37 AM It won't lapse, as long as you have your password, back up files 📂, you can open or use your bitcoin address anytime....
Title: Re: Do bitcoin addresses expire? Post by: dipan30343456 on January 24, 2018, 12:48:54 PM BTC's wallet address is unique and will not expire!
Title: Re: Do bitcoin addresses expire? Post by: Luckyji on February 08, 2018, 07:03:10 PM to me i don't think that bitcoin address expire it all depends on how safe you protect your private key if you can protect your key be rest assured that your bitcoin address will not expire.
Title: Re: Do bitcoin addresses expire? Post by: Jackypot on February 08, 2018, 09:05:34 PM No bitcoin addeesses never expire ok you can use the same address again and again but it's advice to change address everytime which i don't know why Quote These are security and privacy reasons from time to time for the sole purpose of keeping your account secure. Title: Re: Do bitcoin addresses expire? Post by: Jackypot on February 08, 2018, 09:15:33 PM They do not expire, but it is better to change occasionally for security and privacy reasons from time to time for the sole purpose of keeping your account secure.
Title: Re: Do bitcoin addresses expire? Post by: diego1111 on February 08, 2018, 11:46:27 PM Бyдy знaть cпacибo!
Title: Re: Do bitcoin addresses expire? Post by: cryptomoon123 on February 09, 2018, 02:39:45 AM bitcoin addresses do not expire
Title: Re: Do bitcoin addresses expire? Post by: cryptomoon1003 on February 09, 2018, 03:25:31 AM no they do not expire
Title: Re: Do bitcoin addresses expire? Post by: Ralph1075 on February 09, 2018, 08:49:25 AM To my knowledge,, I do not think Bitcoin address do expire because when creating a wallet ,,it wasn't written in the terms and conditions, and I think same applies to local bank account which doesn't expire, instead it gets blocked/frozen,But doesn't expire.
Title: Re: Do bitcoin addresses expire? Post by: LovellaSai on February 24, 2018, 01:53:05 AM I think you should make authority aware of it so that they can be ready to take any actions
Title: Re: Do bitcoin addresses expire? Post by: bright4mech on February 24, 2018, 06:00:31 AM Bitcoin wallet address does not expire, and as long the private key is save, the wallet is secured, secondly bitcoin wallet address has one private key in wallet address, is the best wallet so far that you can open any time, without using one device, as long you know your password.
Title: Re: Do bitcoin addresses expire? Post by: O$IRIS on February 24, 2018, 07:14:46 AM Bitcoin addresses cannot expire since it's just a string of letters & #s.
Title: Re: Do bitcoin addresses expire? Post by: rajkr on February 24, 2018, 08:20:31 AM suppose you give someone a btc addresses to send you bitcoin, and then they wait 8-12 weeks before sending you bitcoin to that address. . is the address still valid? It will still go to your wallet? Bitcoin address is permanent.It doesn't expire.It doesn't vary with time.Once you got your address,it is permanent like your account number.So any one can send you any coins . Title: Re: Do bitcoin addresses expire? Post by: Bforce on February 24, 2018, 11:38:22 AM No addresses do not expire, u can generate as many as you want. if people send bitcoin to your old addresses you will recieve it. Take care of private key and you will be fine.
check this . https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1952092.0 Title: Re: Do bitcoin addresses expire? Post by: Santaffic on February 25, 2018, 08:07:30 AM It might have happened that their bitcoin source is empty and so mining cause them to delay
Title: Re: Do bitcoin addresses expire? Post by: gbenga88 on February 25, 2018, 08:09:28 AM I do not believe bitcoin addresses expire
Title: Re: Do bitcoin addresses expire? Post by: kingragnar on February 25, 2018, 09:09:00 AM the bitcoin address or private key does not have expiration but I know it has been generated which can happen but it still depends on the wallet you use because we do not hold the facts on our web wallet or private key we can not say it can not be lost
Title: Re: Do bitcoin addresses expire? Post by: Dudeperfect on February 25, 2018, 10:22:19 AM The bitcoin address is valid as far as you have your private keys with you. Even if you are losing your private keys then you will be able to send Bitcoins to that address but then you won't be able to extract Bitcoin from that wallet. However, if you are holding your Bitcoins on an exchange then you might not be able to use the same wallet if the exchange is deciding to shut down their services unless you have exported your private key from the exchange before shutting down.
Any Bitcoin address never expires but you should always have a private key associated with that address if you are willing to use it to store your funds. Title: Re: Do bitcoin addresses expire? Post by: highquA1 on February 26, 2018, 02:52:18 AM No need to worry about adress but it needs to be worried that the one who had your btc address didn't deposit btcs
Title: Re: Do bitcoin addresses expire? Post by: WordDeckTuch on February 26, 2018, 04:39:04 PM Don't worrt they don't do such
Title: Re: Do bitcoin addresses expire? Post by: MintDice on February 26, 2018, 08:43:58 PM They don't expire, just be sure not to lose your private keys!
:) Title: Re: Do bitcoin addresses expire? Post by: usama98 on February 26, 2018, 08:55:05 PM Once they're created they never go anywhere. Just make sure to retain the private keys. If you're using a HD wallet like Mycelium and carry out subsequent transactions then new addresses will be created for each one, but if money is sent to the old address it'll still show up in your balance. Btc adresses are computer generated adresses & they cannot be deleted or expire once created.Title: Re: Do bitcoin addresses expire? Post by: TryNinja on February 26, 2018, 09:26:52 PM LISTEN UP EVERYBODY!
This question already has been answered MULTIPLE TIMES. Do we really need 3 pages of Newbies repeating the same thing over and over again with a broken english? "They don't expire" "Don't worrt they don't do such" "I do not believe bitcoin addresses expire" JUST STOP! You will not get any merit with this bullshit anyways. Stop wasting server resources. |