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Topic: An address showed up in my wallet that is not mine (Read 1385 times)

donator
Activity: 2058
Merit: 1054
Your wallet generates a new address every time you receive a payment.
Only when you receive payment to the address currently selected which appears in the "your bitcoin address" box.
member
Activity: 98
Merit: 10
firstbits: 1nathana
By never existed in the network, it means it has never been used, therefore not in blockexplorer's record. Your client doesn't go around broadcasting "OHIA GAIS, THIS ISH MAH ADDRESS".
kjj
legendary
Activity: 1302
Merit: 1026
Your wallet generates a new address every time you receive a payment.

Also, almost every time you send a payment.
full member
Activity: 168
Merit: 100
I think it's my address,  Smiley
sr. member
Activity: 252
Merit: 250
Your wallet generates a new address every time you receive a payment.
member
Activity: 70
Merit: 10
Is this even possible?
In my wallet I saw a strange address under "Your Bitcoin address:"
I keep all of my address organized, and I know I have never seen that particular one before.
I looked through both my sending and receiving addresses and it was not present.
More interestingly, I looked up the address in Bitcoin block explorer and it says the address does not exist in the network.

Its a new address, the client creates a new one everytime there are no more 'clean' addresses.
full member
Activity: 168
Merit: 100
Is this even possible?
In my wallet I saw a strange address under "Your Bitcoin address:"
I keep all of my address organized, and I know I have never seen that particular one before.
I looked through both my sending and receiving addresses and it was not present.
More interestingly, I looked up the address in Bitcoin block explorer and it says the address does not exist in the network.
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