Urls next to BTC addresses

[FattyMcButterpants]

Like this address: https://blockchain.info/address/1NxaBCFQwejSZbQfWcYNwgqML5wWoE3rK4
It has a name and I was wondering how they do this?

You can add tags for your addresses in blockchain.info wallet page, or add tags for any addresses in this page. https://blockchain.info/tags

Now how do I remove a tag?

AFAIK, you can't.
If you really want to do that, try sending a support ticket to blockchain.info.

i actually dont really like the public tagging.... and i dont like how easy they make it to accidentally click that box and make your address tags public. i mean, what is the purpose of this? just some gimmick?

[dan14941]

Like this address: https://blockchain.info/address/1NxaBCFQwejSZbQfWcYNwgqML5wWoE3rK4
It has a name and I was wondering how they do this?

You can add tags for your addresses in blockchain.info wallet page, or add tags for any addresses in this page. https://blockchain.info/tags

Now how do I remove a tag?

AFAIK, you can't.
If you really want to do that, try sending a support ticket to blockchain.info.

I sent a request to blockchain.info asking them to remove my name and they never did.

At one point, blockchain.info scraped this site and associated user names with bitcoin addresses in signatures. They might still be doing that.

They did that automatically without asking permission? 

They are but people could use that in a bad way. If you go on the tag page when you are adding a tab it has a whole list of bitcointalk usernames and BTC adds

[mrhelpful]

I never really got into the whole vanity btc address thing.

Is there a certain benefit from it? like getting transactions faster? besides the whole personalization part..??

I went to the github program for vanitygen but I dont get how to install lol. Even after reading the "read me" section.

[dan14941]

I never really got into the whole vanity btc address thing.

Is there a certain benefit from it? like getting transactions faster? besides the whole personalization part..??

I went to the github program for vanitygen but I dont get how to install lol. Even after reading the "read me" section.

Just a name not much else

[PerrythePlatypus]

Like this address: https://blockchain.info/address/1NxaBCFQwejSZbQfWcYNwgqML5wWoE3rK4
It has a name and I was wondering how they do this?

You can add tags for your addresses in blockchain.info wallet page, or add tags for any addresses in this page. https://blockchain.info/tags

Now how do I remove a tag?

AFAIK, you can't.
If you really want to do that, try sending a support ticket to blockchain.info.

i actually dont really like the public tagging.... and i dont like how easy they make it to accidentally click that box and make your address tags public. i mean, what is the purpose of this? just some gimmick?

Bitcoin is meant to be anonymous, by tagging a name and not untagging it compromise the privacy of the user. You can easily search up an address and see the name(If it is tagged). It is also not accurate, I have seen people who tag some addresses with other people's name. Blockchain.info does not verify the true identity of the person.

[CaptainBeck]

I never really got into the whole vanity btc address thing.

Is there a certain benefit from it? like getting transactions faster? besides the whole personalization part..??

I went to the github program for vanitygen but I dont get how to install lol. Even after reading the "read me" section.

Just a name not much else

Yeah not benefit really is just a name.

[dan14941]

LOl i think this forum can be closed now?

[Sonny]

LOl i think this forum can be closed now?

You can lock the thread yourself.

[aasl]

LOl i think this forum can be closed now?

you started a heated discussion

[WheresWaldo]

Like this address: https://blockchain.info/address/1NxaBCFQwejSZbQfWcYNwgqML5wWoE3rK4
It has a name and I was wondering how they do this?

they must be special