Hello odolvlobo!
Thank yo so much for a reply! You are a King! I have been trying to get replies from people about Bitcoin and other Crypto, and most people just ignore my pleas. So first, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR HELP.
So to be perfectly clear, from your response I gleam:
1. The addresses generated for paper wallets, and the addresses used by exchanges ARE the same thing (or at least, use the same mechanism to be created, and are same num of digits, etc.), BUT! The addresses are sooooo huge, they are highly unlikely to to be used more than once? Right?
2. There is no "check to make sure an address is unique" when it is generated, again because the addresses are sooooo huge, they are highly unlikely to to be used more than once? Right?
Sorry for these noob questions, but I really want to wrap my head around it all.
Thanks for throwing a new user a bone!
Kitty