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May 28, 2013, 12:15:02 AM
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When you create an address how do you know that this address is not already in use?
I know the chance is almost zero but still.

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May 28, 2013, 12:18:49 AM
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Did you ever see the length of a bitcoin address? And do you know you have to sync it with the network? Just think about it.
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May 28, 2013, 03:42:45 AM
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When you create an address how do you know that this address is not already in use?

The same way you know that you won't be struck by lightening between 12:00 and 12:01 once every year for 7 years in a row.

I know the chance is almost zero but still.

By saying the words "but still", you demonstrate that you don't actually realize that "the chance is almost zero".  It is far closer to zero than you seem to realize.
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May 28, 2013, 04:26:09 AM
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no two adresses are the same
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May 28, 2013, 04:27:15 AM
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no two adresses are the same

Correction.  It is highly improbable that two randomly generated addresses will be the same.
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May 28, 2013, 04:30:06 AM
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When you create an address how do you know that this address is not already in use?
I know the chance is almost zero but still.
You don't know for sure. If this bothers you, you haven't bothered understanding actual numbers involved, and comparing them to other risks in everyday life. You should be much more worried that, the moment you try to deposit cash at the bank, a huge, red-green parrot smashes through the window, knocks down computer monitor, snapping the power cord in such a way as to electricute you causing second-degree burns and burning the banknotes you were about to hand over to the clerk. Also, you end up marrying that very clerk, but she dies from cancer only two years later.

They're there, in their room.
Your mining rig is on fire, yet you're very calm.
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May 28, 2013, 04:43:33 AM
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The Bitcoin address has a long and random alpha-numeric combination

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May 28, 2013, 05:33:37 AM
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You can check the address on blockchain.info to ensure it has never been used before.

I always do this to give me piece of mind that I'm using a "virgin" address.

Of course, this doesn't mean that it doesn't exist in someone else's wallet, but the chances of that are unlikely, as others have said above.
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May 28, 2013, 04:13:20 PM
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Ok thanks for all the answers

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