There wouldn't be like a proper estimate. I have had to create new wallets in the past, simply because, I use 2 laptops, and don't access them at the same time.
Importing the private key would be a good option, but one is windows , and I just like keeping a smaller amount there.
Topic: How many addresses do you think the average bitcoin user has? - page 2. (Read 7076 times)
January 02, 2015, 04:08:52 AM
January 02, 2015, 03:38:54 AM
Hard to say, i've got about 25. For some reason though unable to add new ones on official client for Android both phone and tablet...
You should create a poll from this question so we can all see what the summary if responses is, rather then having to read through every post.
Good question!
I have about 5.
Good question!
I have about 5.
Only 3 addresses 
I will use more if i need anonymousmity
I will use more if i need anonymousmity
been with blockchain 14 months just got one address why would you need more
Anyone that can count the number of addresses they have:
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uses blockchain.info
I like blockchain.info because of its ubiquity, but I wish they would stop promoting one-address-per-wallet.
December 31, 2014, 06:11:07 PM
I just have 5 to 6.!! but Im kinda new to transactions.! so I am guessing 100 to 200 on an average!
December 31, 2014, 04:02:33 PM
With the adoption of HD wallets, the question could eventually make as much sense as "How many phone calls does the average person have?"
On the other hand, online multi-sig wallets may become very popular and that would take us back to the one-address-per-person mindset.
What is a HD wallet?On the other hand, online multi-sig wallets may become very popular and that would take us back to the one-address-per-person mindset.
when it comes to individuals then i think it will be around 2-3 address max
online sites like casino,dice,exchange and other generates a lot of address, a big % of total address belongs to them
online sites like casino,dice,exchange and other generates a lot of address, a big % of total address belongs to them
when it comes to individuals then i think it will be around 2-3 address max
online sites like casino,dice,exchange and other generates a lot of address, a big % of total address belongs to them
rly i have like 15 and use 10 of them for different sites/different campaigns to have more privacy so you cant tell that ordinary people use only 2 or 3online sites like casino,dice,exchange and other generates a lot of address, a big % of total address belongs to them
Anyone that can count the number of addresses they have:
uses out-of-date wallet software
Please switch to a wallet that gives you a new address for every transaction.
uses blockchain.info
I like blockchain.info because of its ubiquity, but I wish they would stop promoting one-address-per-wallet.
keeps their bitcoins in an account on a website
Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.
Addresses cant be linked to one user as many wallets control several hundred addresses which aren't, in turn, linked to each other.
Yes, they can. That is why Bitcoin is not anonymous.
December 31, 2014, 01:40:37 PM
when it comes to individuals then i think it will be around 2-3 address max
online sites like casino,dice,exchange and other generates a lot of address, a big % of total address belongs to them
rly i have like 15 and use 10 of them for different sites/different campaigns to have more privacy so you cant tell that ordinary people use only 2 or 3 online sites like casino,dice,exchange and other generates a lot of address, a big % of total address belongs to them
December 31, 2014, 01:09:32 PM
when it comes to individuals then i think it will be around 2-3 address max
online sites like casino,dice,exchange and other generates a lot of address, a big % of total address belongs to them
online sites like casino,dice,exchange and other generates a lot of address, a big % of total address belongs to them
December 31, 2014, 12:54:01 PM
With the adoption of HD wallets, the question could eventually make as much sense as "How many phone calls does the average person have?"
On the other hand, online multi-sig wallets may become very popular and that would take us back to the one-address-per-person mindset.
On the other hand, online multi-sig wallets may become very popular and that would take us back to the one-address-per-person mindset.
What is a HD wallet?
Addresses cant be linked to one user as many wallets control several hundred addresses which aren't, in turn, linked to each other.
December 31, 2014, 11:46:30 AM
With the adoption of HD wallets, the question could eventually make as much sense as "How many phone calls does the average person have?"
On the other hand, online multi-sig wallets may become very popular and that would take us back to the one-address-per-person mindset.
On the other hand, online multi-sig wallets may become very popular and that would take us back to the one-address-per-person mindset.
December 31, 2014, 08:48:37 AM
I have probably around 20 to 40 addresses.
I use 5 for cold wallets, and 2 for buying stuff with Bitcoin, and 1 for my Bitcointalk profile.
Rest of the wallets are not in use at this point, they contain less than 0.01BTC.
I use 5 for cold wallets, and 2 for buying stuff with Bitcoin, and 1 for my Bitcointalk profile.
Rest of the wallets are not in use at this point, they contain less than 0.01BTC.
December 31, 2014, 08:30:15 AM
i just have around 30 address but i usually use just 4/5 addy
December 31, 2014, 08:29:27 AM
I know many people (including myself) have generated unique addresses for nearly all transactions just to be safe.
It's a travesty that creating unique addresses for each incoming transaction is considered special, instead of just assumed to be the right way to do things.A handful of wallet developers have done an incalculable amount of harm to Bitcoin by pushing the address reuse paradigm, the ones at blockchain.info being at the very top of the list.
Could someone pelase explain why creating a new address for each inc. transaction considered best practice ?
December 31, 2014, 08:13:36 AM
I have 150 addresses to use in my daily transactions. I think anyone with loads of bitcoins would be smart and should have multi addresses for them not just all in one so people won't know where are all coins
I only have 12 but that is often used just 2 addresses.
Another address in need when the giveaway by using many different accounts and address haha
Another address in need when the giveaway by using many different accounts and address haha
I don't believe you can ever really predict how many addresses the "average" bitcoin user has as many of them have been around for quite some years now and probably have quite a few addresses.
as the title states, whats the average number of wallet addresses per bitcoin user? With the ability to trace transactions and link people together based on publically posted keys, I know many people (including myself) have generated unique addresses for nearly all transactions just to be safe. My guess is somewhere around 40-50 addresses at this point in time.. what are your guy's thoughts?
I believe they have about 150. Every service you use gives you another new address. They tend to accumulate pretty quickly. Also, all the wallets in existence generate so many new addresses. If you're using change-addresses (as you should!) you'll most likely have even more than that!!!
I would say the more casual user has between 3-4 addresses that they use (not including the ones that Coinbase auto-creates for you, etc).
I think more seasoned/power users and the ones with heavy holdings are using many more addresses obviously. It's kind of a catch 22, because you want to keep your BTC spread out amongst several addresses so that if you somehow have a problem with one address, it isn't your entire holding. However, the more addresses you have, the higher the likelihood that you could actually have a problem with one of them
I think more seasoned/power users and the ones with heavy holdings are using many more addresses obviously. It's kind of a catch 22, because you want to keep your BTC spread out amongst several addresses so that if you somehow have a problem with one address, it isn't your entire holding. However, the more addresses you have, the higher the likelihood that you could actually have a problem with one of them
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