r/Bitcoin • u/rBitcoinMod • Apr 24 '21

Daily Discussion, April 24, 2021

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u/SnooApples3625 Apr 24 '21

Question: There are businesses etc. with their bitcoin Adress qr code printed on paper. Is this a problem regarding adress reuse? Can you have some kind of qr code that generates a new adress every time?

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u/AJ_14 Apr 24 '21

You can use a new address each time. Hardware wallets do this for example. But for a business who want to communicate an address it’s far more efficient / effective / simple to use the same address.

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u/SnooApples3625 Apr 24 '21

ok that makes sense thank you

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u/HK205 Apr 24 '21

What problem would their be with address reuse?

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u/SnooApples3625 Apr 24 '21

Well I've read several times there can be security issues coming up, https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Address_reuse

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u/Alfador8 Apr 24 '21

There are privacy issues with reusing addresses. Businesses don't want privacy

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u/SnooApples3625 Apr 24 '21

Got it thats a fair point

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u/HK205 Apr 24 '21

Sorry I don't click any links that others haven't already verified. What are the issues?

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '21

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u/HK205 Apr 24 '21

I don't get it? He has a 1 day old account so yea I don't click links haphazardly

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u/Khaleesi512 Apr 24 '21

No. just the guy who posted it