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Tells a user how to pay a recipient. Bitcoin addresses are strings consisting of numbers and letters that begin with '1', '3', or 'bc1'. Addresses encode the recipient's output script that includes either a public key or a hash of a public key or script. Bitcoin addresses should not be confused with mailing addresses or IP addresses.

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Reserved Bitcoin address for examples?

There are no differences among Bitcoin addresses, so in principle you could use any address you want. … However, you should know that sending bitcoins to an address is irreversible, so it will cost you money. A better solution would be to test everything using testnet. …
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How to send bitcoins from selected address on blockchain.info wallet?

How Blockchain.info choses the address is not specified. My best guess is that it will try the oldest output first. … Keep in mind that it is not possible to always send from the same address since you will most probably receive your bitcoins on multiple addresses. …
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What is the difference between deleting a private key and deleting an address?

An address can be generated from a private key. But you need to have the private key from the address to be able to spend it's funds. … So, when deleting the address, it will just be completely removed from your wallet. (Note that there is no such notion of "whether or not an address exists". …
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Would it be possible to generate a memorized wallet address by using a batch of phone numbers?

You could use the phone numbers as a passphrase for a Brain Wallet.
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How to move an address to a new wallet?

You can move an address from one wallet to another using the setaccount command. It works as follows. … setaccount <bitcoinaddress> <account> So, when you have an address, let's say 1HDPmDGcgXkRTBbACYXNQ1SNeoCQEPvN3v, that you want to move from wallet1 to wallet2, then you can do the following command. …
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Do all private keys that are resolved to the same address give access to the bitcoins on thi...

The algorithm to get the public key and the address from a private key consists of a few steps. Which of the intermediate keys is used to sign transactions with? … Ultimately, there can exist two different private keys that resolve to the same address or public key. Can both be used for signing transactions spending outputs assigned to that address? …
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What happens if Bitcoins are sent to a wrong, randomly generated address?

If you generated the address on bitaddress.org without saving the private key, your coins are lost. … You can now reopen Bitcoin-Qt to see the address added. Then, this answer tells you how to easily add new addresses for receiving bitcoins. …
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When is a Bitcoin Adress considered even and when odd?

I suppose you have been confused by someone, but there is no such concept of an even or odd address. It might be possible that someone called an address odd, meaning it is a "strange" address. … An example may be an address starting with a different character than "1". …
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Selling BTC from BitMinter

On the Account homepage, you can set a Bitcoin address to which your coins are deposited as soon as you reach a certain amount. … They will give you a deposit address to which you will need to send your bitcoins using your wallet. …
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Is it possible to create an address from a predefined private key?

What I want to achieve is the same as VanityGen and many other tools do to create an address starting with a predefined part, but with private keys. …
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How to retrieve all addresses with non-zero balance and their balances?

I'm looking for a way to retrieve all address balances of addresses with a non-zero balance in the blockchain. Is there a software tool that can calculate the balances in an accessible format? …
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How untraceable is Bitcoin?

An exception would be when you used a green address. … When you only spend a part of the Bitcoins in an address, by default, the change - which is the part that is not spent - is send to a new address. …
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