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Bitcoin => Bitcoin Technical Support => Topic started by: codler on July 05, 2011, 05:53:54 PM



Title: New receiving address for every payment?
Post by: codler on July 05, 2011, 05:53:54 PM
Why do I get a new receiving address in address book everytime I send a payment?


Title: Re: New receiving address for every payment?
Post by: joepie91 on July 05, 2011, 06:04:39 PM
Why do I get a new receiving address in address book everytime I send a payment?
To promote the habit of using a new address for every transaction - which is a fairly essential part of using Bitcoin anonymously.


Title: Re: New receiving address for every payment?
Post by: codler on July 05, 2011, 06:53:16 PM
But it is annoying to have so many addresses in addressbook =( What will happend if you have more than 100 addresses?


Title: Re: New receiving address for every payment?
Post by: Shuffle on July 07, 2011, 02:18:19 AM
when you get more then 100 you get 101...


Title: Re: New receiving address for every payment?
Post by: cypherdoc on July 07, 2011, 04:21:55 AM
and then 102.


Title: Re: New receiving address for every payment?
Post by: Alex Beckenham on July 07, 2011, 04:27:05 AM
Plus your wallet.dat grows slightly larger in file size.