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More generally, though. "Bitcoin core discourages address reuse." I work for the company of the future and I get paid in bitcoins. I'm supposed to log into the payroll system and enter a new address every two weeks?


There are two similar methods for generating addresses for a recipient.

Hierarchical deterministic wallets (HD wallets, BIP 32): https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0032.mediawi...

Stealth addresses: http://sx.dyne.org/stealth.html

The former is more broadly supported.


Thanks. That's interesting, though I have to admit I'm not excited about the prospect of using it.


If you trust the other party, you don't have to clear the transaction through the block chain.

You could also just log in and supervise two automated systems interacting, rather than entering numbers.

(Mind you, I don't believe in the glorious future of bitcoin, but any wider usage will certainly be accompanied by better UX)




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