Re:Exmo Bitcoin exchange chief executive kidnapped in Kiev
by icebraining on Friday December 29, 2017 @03:00AM
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You can create and use as many addresses as you want - there's absolutely no reason to keep your savings on the same address as the tip jar.
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Re:Exmo Bitcoin exchange chief executive kidnapped in Kiev
by mschuster91 on Friday December 29, 2017 @08:25AM
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Yes but everyone can see how much you received over the years. And, well, if there have been thousands of BTC passed through that tip jar, it's reasonable to assume that the organization still has control over a big amount of these funds.
Re:Exmo Bitcoin exchange chief executive kidnapped in Kiev
by icebraining on Friday December 29, 2017 @09:22AM
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Yes but everyone can see how much you received over the years.
Only if you use static addresses. If you're receiving thousands of BTCs, you can easily afford to write a widget that generates a new address for each donor (behind a captcha, to avoid DoS).
Re:Exmo Bitcoin exchange chief executive kidnapped in Kiev
by Casseres on Friday December 29, 2017 @04:12AM
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Perhaps the would-be theives might notice someone going through a lot of different addresses. Better to just use Monero and keep the single address for tips as no one would be able to see the address balance without a viewkey.