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Topic: Bitcoin address changes (Read 427 times)

legendary
Activity: 3472
Merit: 4801
April 08, 2013, 07:36:45 PM
#3
I know my wallet addresses will change when I send money from one of my addresses.
Will my wallet update the new address automatic and will all the money I had on the previous address move to the new address?

Will my address change when I rechive money to?


Going to need more information to get you an accurate answer.

Most importantly:

What wallet/client are you using?

Assuming that you are using Bitcoin-Qt, I suggest you search for some posts that discuss transaction "change" to better understand what is happening.  If I have time later, I'll find one of my old posts on it and link to the post here.
newbie
Activity: 28
Merit: 0
April 08, 2013, 07:31:18 PM
#2
Address change is not automatic in all bitcoin clients (but it is advised that you create a new address for each transaction, for anonymity's sake). However, some clients do automatically create new addresses: Armory and Mt. Gox, for example. Bitcoin QT creates a pool of 100 (default value) addresses at startup, so that your backup will contain the first 100 transaction addresses. Make sure you back up more frequently than this.
newbie
Activity: 5
Merit: 0
April 08, 2013, 06:41:26 PM
#1
I know my wallet addresses will change when I send money from one of my addresses.
Will my wallet update the new address automatic and will all the money I had on the previous address move to the new address?

Will my address change when I rechive money to?
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