where the bitcoin address with the letter 3 in front?

dharkmadder

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all p2sh addresses start with a 3 unlike the 1 with the regular bitcoin addresses, I am not certain but I think the new auto-generated blockchain.info addresses start with a 3 as well.

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Quote from: Backside walkaround on September 29, 2016, 02:02:45 AM

Thanks for that link. I wish I understood anything it talked about, but I don't. Thankfully, like driving a car, you don't need to know all the technical details to use bitcoin.

As an average user, you need not concern yourself with stuff like this as there is a lot (e.g. CLTV, CSV and so on). You are 'okay' without knowing, up until the point where something like this affects you directly.

Quote from: springgers on September 29, 2016, 02:05:16 AM

I don't know why, this site don't work in my country, a lot of people tried to contact support and nothing...

What country is that (make an edit to your post, instead of posting an additional reply)? Here's the content of that particular page:

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Quote from: coinableS on September 28, 2016, 10:05:13 PM

Are you asking why do some bitcoin addresses start with the number 3?

These are pay to script hash addresses, abbreviated as P2SH. More commonly they are known as multi-signature addresses.

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Pay_to_script_hash

I don't know why, this site don't work in my country, a lot of people tried to contact support and nothing...
I'll have to google it to read in another site.

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Backside walkaround

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Quote from: coinableS on September 28, 2016, 10:05:13 PM

Are you asking why do some bitcoin addresses start with the number 3?

These are pay to script hash addresses, abbreviated as P2SH. More commonly they are known as multi-signature addresses.

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Pay_to_script_hash

Thanks for that link. I wish I understood anything it talked about, but I don't. Thankfully, like driving a car, you don't need to know all the technical details to use bitcoin.

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I got my bitcoin wallet address starting with 3 when I was depositing my bitcoins in my unocoin account. I haven’t seen such bitcoin address in my blockchain wallets (where you can change the address after each transaction). I am not sure you will get your desired address from this or not but giving some links, try it

BitcoinVanityGen.com - Bitcoin Vanity Address Generator Online, Free Bitcoin Vanity Address Generaton

How to Get a Custom Bitcoin Address - CCN: Financial Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News

coinableS

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Are you asking why do some bitcoin addresses start with the number 3?

These are pay to script hash addresses, abbreviated as P2SH. More commonly they are known as multi-signature addresses.

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Pay_to_script_hash