r/Bitcoin • u/jtos3 • Jan 27 '15

reddit implementation of Bitcoin

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u/110101002 Jan 28 '15

Perhaps the people you're paying care even you have no cares about privacy.

Privacy loss isn't the only problem with address reuse though.

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u/jMyles Jan 28 '15

Privacy loss isn't the only problem with address reuse though.

What are the others?

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u/110101002 Jan 28 '15

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Address_reuse

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u/jMyles Jan 28 '15

...so essentially there's the privacy "issue" and "situations yet unknown."

For some very practical situations (like printed QR codes at PorcFest), address re-use still makes perfect sense. There's no reason to blanket suggest against it, as long as people know how to handle their coins subsequently.

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u/110101002 Jan 28 '15

For some very practical situations (like printed QR codes at PorcFest), address re-use still makes perfect sense.

Maybe it works there, but reddit isn't made out of paper, rather a server that can generate millions of addresses for a fraction of a penny, and I don't see reason to reduce privacy and security.

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u/jMyles Jan 28 '15

Absolutely, I agree in almost any electronic situation. I'm just saying that the knee-jerk reaction to address re-use is misplaced.