Quote from: botany on November 20, 2016, 07:19:40 AM

Quote from: PremiumCodeX on November 17, 2016, 08:10:52 PM

Since there is no method to certainly know what BTC address belongs to who and anyone can easily query addresses in the blockchain, I was thinking of how much a rating system would be a good idea. I was thinking of a DB where you could register BTC addresses and then the community could appreciate them by voting. So, registered BTC addresses would have a kind of reputation.

How good this idea you think is? Or we have a system like this already?

The advice to people is not to reuse addresses, because of privacy reasons.
So tieing a reputation score to bitcoin addresses is pointless.

I know about the advice, but I know about also people link their identity/organization to addresses in certain cases. Charities, for example. On a site where the seller person is willing to link his identity to the product/service that he is selling, what is the argument against losing privacy?

Quote from: Daneric on November 21, 2016, 09:31:49 AM

Really, is it feasible to rank bitcoin addresses for reputation. In my wallet, the address keeps on changing for security reasons. I am just imagining how I will go on doing like that for every address that is generated. if addresses were permanent, then it could be a very good idea.

Were you writing about blockchain ( . ) info? If so, you could always use your old addresses as well. You may give one of your previous addresses to the seller and you still will see the received funds in your wallet. For your privacy, it is advised to use a new address for each transaction. That is why the site automatically generates them for you. However, you may see my example above to get a case when a person is willing to use the same address with good reason.