[Bitcoin-development] Address Expiration to Prevent Reuse
Matt Whitlock
bip at mattwhitlock.name
Wed Mar 25 10:09:44 UTC 2015
On Tuesday, 24 March 2015, at 6:57 pm, Tom Harding wrote:
> It appears that a limited-lifetime address, such as the fanciful
>
> address = 4HB5ld0FzFVj8ALj6mfBsbifRoD4miY36v_349366
>
> where 349366 is the last valid block for a transaction paying this
> address, could be made reuse-proof with bounded resource requirements,
The core devs seem not to like ideas such as this because a transaction that was once valid can become invalid due to a chain reorganization.
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