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Title: changing bitcoin address Post by: bitminer on February 28, 2011, 02:35:22 PM What happens when I change my bitcoin address in the client to a new one before I get some bitcoin sent to my earlier address?
Will I lose the bitcoins sent to my old address or what happens with the transferred bitcoins? Title: Re: changing bitcoin address Post by: SmokeTooMuch on February 28, 2011, 02:37:37 PM Once created addresses are permanent.
You will receive payments on the old addresses even if you "select" a newer one in the client. Title: Re: changing bitcoin address Post by: Tril on February 28, 2011, 03:58:52 PM As long as you keep your wallet, you can continue to receive coins to any address that wallet used previously.
Title: Re: changing bitcoin address Post by: bitminer on February 28, 2011, 06:16:14 PM This means that the "wallet.dat" file stores all of my bitcoin addresses?
If I have more bitcoin addresses in my wallet is this file (wallet.dat) bigger? Is there a theoretical limit of the number of the bitcoin addresses in a wallet? Is there a theoretical maximum of the number of the bitcoin addresses in the whole bitcoin system? Is the bitcoin transfer slower to/from a bigger wallet than to/from a smaller? As long as you keep your wallet, you can continue to receive coins to any address that wallet used previously. Title: Re: changing bitcoin address Post by: BitterTea on February 28, 2011, 07:22:13 PM This means that the "wallet.dat" file stores all of my bitcoin addresses? yes If I have more bitcoin addresses in my wallet is this file (wallet.dat) bigger? probably 2^32 or higher Is there a theoretical limit of the number of the bitcoin addresses in a wallet? essentially, no Is there a theoretical maximum of the number of the bitcoin addresses in the whole bitcoin system? about 1.46 × 10^48 Is the bitcoin transfer slower to/from a bigger wallet than to/from a smaller? no difference |