Invoice address: Revision history

2 January 2013

• curprev 23:2323:23, 2 January 2013‎ Luke-jr talk contribs‎ 6,151 bytes −125‎ Undo revision 34431 by Smtp (talk): This does not apply to newer addresses, and is already covered in the details that follow
• curprev 20:4620:46, 2 January 2013‎ Smtp talk contribs‎ 6,276 bytes +125‎ bitcoin address is a encoded hashvalue of a public key!

12 December 2012

• curprev 08:5108:51, 12 December 2012‎ Nubarius talk contribs‎ m 6,151 bytes +19‎ Added interwiki link to Spanish translation of the article

7 December 2012

• curprev 23:5423:54, 7 December 2012‎ Luke-jr talk contribs‎ 6,132 bytes −295‎ P2SH isn't only multisig, old 1 addresses will likely eventually be deprecated, and even before then have no reason to be considered the "default" and newer ones the "alternative"...

25 November 2012

• curprev 18:5018:50, 25 November 2012‎ Casascius talk contribs‎ 6,427 bytes +114‎ No edit summary
• curprev 18:4918:49, 25 November 2012‎ Casascius talk contribs‎ 6,313 bytes +207‎ →‎Multi-signature addresses: Remove the distinction between newer/older, as it's my understanding that we're not deprecating non-multisig transactions, calling it "older" will mislead people into thinking otherwise.
• curprev 18:4518:45, 25 November 2012‎ Casascius talk contribs‎ 6,106 bytes −26‎ →‎Addresses have a "private key": While true, this truth only appeals to those interested in number theory and will confuse most average Bitcoin users. This fixes that.
• curprev 02:4302:43, 25 November 2012‎ Luke-jr talk contribs‎ 6,132 bytes −703‎ Numerous corrections and updates

21 November 2012

• curprev 22:5622:56, 21 November 2012‎ Casascius talk contribs‎ 6,835 bytes +268‎ →‎Addresses can be created offline
• curprev 22:5122:51, 21 November 2012‎ Casascius talk contribs‎ 6,567 bytes 0‎ Using the intentionally invalid address created for use with Wikipedia. This address is based on SHA1("Bitcoin"), made invalid by changing a character, and therefore belongs to no one.
• curprev 22:4922:49, 21 November 2012‎ Casascius talk contribs‎ 6,567 bytes +160‎ →‎What's in an address
• curprev 22:4722:47, 21 November 2012‎ Casascius talk contribs‎ 6,407 bytes +1,652‎ I am removing the part about a valid address starting with a 3 and added a section describing it.

20 November 2012

• curprev 17:3017:30, 20 November 2012‎ Jepo talk contribs‎ m 4,755 bytes +5‎ →‎Most addresses have a "private key"
• curprev 17:2717:27, 20 November 2012‎ Jepo talk contribs‎ m 4,750 bytes +7‎ →‎Most addresses have a "private key": re-link "wallet"
• curprev 17:2517:25, 20 November 2012‎ Jepo talk contribs‎ m 4,743 bytes +2‎ →‎Addresses are case sensitive and exact
• curprev 17:2417:24, 20 November 2012‎ Jepo talk contribs‎ m 4,741 bytes +6‎ →‎Addresses are case sensitive and exact

20 September 2012

• curprev 14:1114:11, 20 September 2012‎ Amondo talk contribs‎ 4,735 bytes −4‎ word "approximately" implies can be greater than 34 alphanumeric characters

18 August 2012

• curprev 10:1210:12, 18 August 2012‎ Weex talk contribs‎ 4,739 bytes +24‎ No edit summary
• curprev 10:1110:11, 18 August 2012‎ Weex talk contribs‎ 4,715 bytes +121‎ cleanup, add link to address validation thread

26 May 2012

• curprev 09:2309:23, 26 May 2012‎ Eldentyrell talk contribs‎ 4,594 bytes +19‎ No edit summary

19 February 2012

• curprev 06:3306:33, 19 February 2012‎ Holy-Fire talk contribs‎ 4,575 bytes +31‎ + List of address prefixes

16 December 2011

• curprev 19:3919:39, 16 December 2011‎ Luke-jr talk contribs‎ 4,544 bytes −39‎ Updates with latest BIP 0013

5 December 2011

• curprev 07:5507:55, 5 December 2011‎ Luke-jr talk contribs‎ 4,583 bytes −371‎ various updates and corrections

1 December 2011

• curprev 18:1618:16, 1 December 2011‎ Atheros talk contribs‎ 4,954 bytes −55‎ Is this an introduction or not?

29 November 2011

• curprev 16:5616:56, 29 November 2011‎ Casascius talk contribs‎ 5,009 bytes +72‎ →‎Addresses are case sensitive and exact
• curprev 16:5316:53, 29 November 2011‎ Casascius talk contribs‎ 4,937 bytes −132‎ kept mention of this at the end, but it's quite technical to appear at the beginning for newbies

27 November 2011

• curprev 01:4801:48, 27 November 2011‎ Atheros talk contribs‎ 5,069 bytes +172‎ →‎Addresses are case sensitive and exact: Added probabilities.
• curprev 01:4301:43, 27 November 2011‎ Atheros talk contribs‎ 4,897 bytes +156‎ First sentence.

24 November 2011

• curprev 09:3409:34, 24 November 2011‎ Sgornick talk contribs‎ 4,741 bytes +3‎ Fix See Also section header.

22 November 2011

• curprev 17:4217:42, 22 November 2011‎ Casascius talk contribs‎ 4,738 bytes −20‎ →‎What's in an address
• curprev 17:4217:42, 22 November 2011‎ Casascius talk contribs‎ 4,758 bytes +7‎ →‎What's in an address
• curprev 17:3817:38, 22 November 2011‎ Casascius talk contribs‎ 4,751 bytes +295‎ No edit summary
• curprev 17:3417:34, 22 November 2011‎ Casascius talk contribs‎ 4,456 bytes +332‎ →‎Addresses can be created offline
• curprev 17:3017:30, 22 November 2011‎ Casascius talk contribs‎ 4,124 bytes −1,238‎ →‎A Bitcoin address is like an e-mail address
• curprev 17:2917:29, 22 November 2011‎ Casascius talk contribs‎ 5,362 bytes −375‎ →‎Deposits and withdrawals are alike
• curprev 17:2517:25, 22 November 2011‎ Casascius talk contribs‎ 5,737 bytes +23‎ No edit summary
• curprev 17:2317:23, 22 November 2011‎ Casascius talk contribs‎ 5,714 bytes +192‎ →‎Deposits and withdrawals are alike
• curprev 17:2117:21, 22 November 2011‎ Casascius talk contribs‎ 5,522 bytes −34‎ →‎Deposits and withdrawals are alike
• curprev 17:2017:20, 22 November 2011‎ Casascius talk contribs‎ 5,556 bytes −7‎ →‎A Bitcoin address is like an e-mail address
• curprev 17:2017:20, 22 November 2011‎ Casascius talk contribs‎ 5,563 bytes +14‎ →‎A Bitcoin address is like an e-mail address
• curprev 17:1917:19, 22 November 2011‎ Casascius talk contribs‎ 5,549 bytes +137‎ →‎A Bitcoin address is like an e-mail address
• curprev 17:1717:17, 22 November 2011‎ Casascius talk contribs‎ 5,412 bytes +2,123‎ No edit summary
• curprev 17:0417:04, 22 November 2011‎ Casascius talk contribs‎ 3,289 bytes +951‎ No edit summary
• curprev 16:5616:56, 22 November 2011‎ Casascius talk contribs‎ 2,338 bytes +882‎ No edit summary
• curprev 16:5016:50, 22 November 2011‎ Casascius talk contribs‎ 1,456 bytes −90‎ moving the image as well
• curprev 16:5016:50, 22 November 2011‎ Casascius talk contribs‎ 1,546 bytes −5,001‎ Moving technical background to a different article, because Address should really be suitable for newbies and non-technical people.
• curprev 16:4916:49, 22 November 2011‎ Casascius talk contribs‎ 6,547 bytes +512‎ No edit summary
• curprev 16:4516:45, 22 November 2011‎ Casascius talk contribs‎ 6,035 bytes +881‎ No edit summary

23 September 2011

• curprev 00:0200:02, 23 September 2011‎ ThePiachu talk contribs‎ 5,154 bytes +1,339‎ No edit summary

26 August 2011

• curprev 11:5611:56, 26 August 2011‎ Wcoenen talk contribs‎ 3,815 bytes 0‎ updated difficulty of finding an address collision as compared to finding a block. I'm assuming 2^159 attempts are required on average, versus 2^52 for currently finding a block. 2^159 / 2^52 = 2^107