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Topic: Address Changes (Read 993 times)

legendary
Activity: 3052
Merit: 1273
September 28, 2014, 07:44:12 AM
#10
You are using a client wallet, correct? You can avoid having to generate a new address every time, by using a web wallet
sr. member
Activity: 406
Merit: 250
September 28, 2014, 03:58:55 AM
#9
It was never clear to me.
 After i sent some Btc, 'change' goes to a unknown address. How can i know previously this address ?
 
 How happens 'changes' process??? 

FYI: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Change


Use of change addresses is encouraged, to protect your privacy.

Yup, it makes the outsiders unable to tell which output is your payment out and which output is your change.
legendary
Activity: 1246
Merit: 1000
September 27, 2014, 09:45:44 PM
#8

That transparent change addresses is too confusing. Change should go to address that you can see or on same from which u send.

I guess you can disable using change addresses, if you want to. (I saw an option in electrum, haven't used it)
Use of change addresses is encouraged, to protect your privacy.
legendary
Activity: 4466
Merit: 3391
September 26, 2014, 08:51:46 PM
#7
That transparent change addresses is too confusing. Change should go to address that you can see or on same from which u send.

There is no reason for you to keep track of addresses because your wallet does that for you. You only need an address to receive bitcoins. After that it doesn't matter where the coins go to as long as your wallet is managing everything. If you want to micromanage your wallet, then you will need to understand more about how wallets, addresses, and transactions work.
legendary
Activity: 2296
Merit: 1014
September 26, 2014, 06:52:42 PM
#6
This was mystery to me also @topic author. That transparent change addresses is too confusing. Change should go to address that you can see or on same from which u send.
hero member
Activity: 508
Merit: 500
Techwolf on #bitcoin and Reddit
September 26, 2014, 05:44:31 PM
#5
It was never clear to me.
 After i sent some Btc, 'change' goes to a unknown address. How can i know previously this address ?
 
 How happens 'changes' process??? 

Bitcoin-Qt (aka Bitcoin Core) automatically generates 100 change addresses to start with, and refills the pool when it gets low. Change addresses are handled transparently to the user, so you won't find them unless you go looking. If you want to see which of the addresses in your wallet contain coins, enable coin control and look at the individual inputs when sending a transaction. The Bitcoin Wiki has more information on how change addresses work, if you're interested.
member
Activity: 64
Merit: 10
September 26, 2014, 10:42:37 AM
#4
It was never clear to me.
 After i sent some Btc, 'change' goes to a unknown address. How can i know previously this address ?
 
 How happens 'changes' process??? 

I only have experience of blockchain.info, but you can specifiy what address you want the change to go into. You haven't lost the money so it's gone into one address you own. It can go into the same address, a different one of yours, or you can create a new one specially for it. Hope that helps.
hero member
Activity: 868
Merit: 1000
September 26, 2014, 08:41:06 AM
#3
It was never clear to me.
 After i sent some Btc, 'change' goes to a unknown address. How can i know previously this address ?
 
 How happens 'changes' process??? 

It depends on which wallet you are using.
For bitcoin core, the wallet will generate a new change address for you every time.
BRE
legendary
Activity: 1218
Merit: 1014
Lucky.lat | Marketing Solutions & Implementations
September 26, 2014, 08:30:21 AM
#2
It was never clear to me.
 After i sent some Btc, 'change' goes to a unknown address. How can i know previously this address ?
 
 How happens 'changes' process??? 

you should put some pic etc , we dont know what was happen with you with only words like that.
newbie
Activity: 54
Merit: 0
September 26, 2014, 08:15:26 AM
#1
 It was never clear to me.
 After i sent some Btc, 'change' goes to a unknown address. How can i know previously this address ?
 
 How happens 'changes' process??? 
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