Topic: Electrum wallet address change?! - page 2. (Read 259 times)
goddamn that signature post is long..hella comprehensive but that much hella long..Thanks though for the link guys.
Yes I just put "143f23d" since it would be too long to post the whole wallet address. I see..I did not know about the signature nor that the address cannot be changed. Is this 100% sure though? I am having to do some upfront pay so I just am trying my ways to verify that it's the actual right person that I am trying to deal with.
The way Bitcoin transaction works is that the addresses in the inputs cannot be "faked" or changed. To be more exact, the inputs doesn't contain addresses. The block explorer just parses the UTXO to display the address.Anyhow, asking someone to send a small amount of coins to a specified address is not the best way to prove ownership of an address. Signing a message[1], is a free and easier method.
[1] https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/how-to-sign-a-message-990345
I am having to do some upfront pay so I just am trying my ways to verify that it's the actual right person that I am trying to deal with.
None of this is going to help you if someone wants to scam you.I wouldn't pay upfront to someone I don't trust.
Yes I just put "143f23d" since it would be too long to post the whole wallet address. I see..I did not know about the signature nor that the address cannot be changed. Is this 100% sure though? I am having to do some upfront pay so I just am trying my ways to verify that it's the actual right person that I am trying to deal with.
Assuming that the "143f23d" are just the fist few characters of a bitcoin address then yes.
Using any block explorer you can see where the coins came from. There is no way to fake that info.
Taking a look here at recent block.
https://www.blockchain.com/btc/block/0000000000000000000b0d6229e51a82de23c03f8420f967cf8a259b6ab00f60
You can see where every transaction came from and what address it went to.
-Dave
Using any block explorer you can see where the coins came from. There is no way to fake that info.
Taking a look here at recent block.
https://www.blockchain.com/btc/block/0000000000000000000b0d6229e51a82de23c03f8420f967cf8a259b6ab00f60
You can see where every transaction came from and what address it went to.
-Dave
"143f23d" is not a wallet address. Bitcoin addresses are much longer.
The proper way to prove ownership of a Bitcoin address is to sign a message instead of sending a small amount. But if you do receive a payment, you can verify the sending address at any block explorer.
The proper way to prove ownership of a Bitcoin address is to sign a message instead of sending a small amount. But if you do receive a payment, you can verify the sending address at any block explorer.
Hey guys 
So let's say person A has an electrum bitcoin wallet adress "143f23d"(I just made it short since the actual address would be long). Is it possible for person B to send me bitcoin and have it be shown that the bitcoin was sent from the wallet address "143f23d"? I am asking this because I am wishing to verify that it really is person A that I am talking to by asking him/her to send me a small amount of btc from his "14f23d" address wallet (which I know for sure is person A's), but I am concerned that the sending btc wallet address, that I will see on my end, can easily be modified by the sender.
So let's say person A has an electrum bitcoin wallet adress "143f23d"(I just made it short since the actual address would be long). Is it possible for person B to send me bitcoin and have it be shown that the bitcoin was sent from the wallet address "143f23d"? I am asking this because I am wishing to verify that it really is person A that I am talking to by asking him/her to send me a small amount of btc from his "14f23d" address wallet (which I know for sure is person A's), but I am concerned that the sending btc wallet address, that I will see on my end, can easily be modified by the sender.
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