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October 30, 2017, 02:22:21 AM |
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I know that the idea of change addresses were there to give some measure of privacy to the user, but is that really necessary for it to be the default? With the growth of the UTXO causing some of the major hurdles in bitcoin growth, could it be changed to an opt in privacy setting?
I know at the moment coin control is available, but it's hidden behind the advanced settings and is not the default. Privacy is the default, which I sympathise with, but I would ask is it worth it when bitcoin isn't really private anyway? Would it be worthwhile putting it in reverse? Making new change addresses as the opt-in part? And returning change to the original address the default?
Perhaps it won't make a difference because most txs are by exchanges and they wouldn't alter their method of tx creation, perhaps this this isn't a good idea because of some other reason... I'm no genius on this.
I've searched but haven't really seen it floated before, anyone got an input?
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