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Re: When is a BTC address actually created?
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nc50lc
on 23/04/2024, 04:43:30 UTC
⭐ Merited by LoyceV (4) ,ABCbits (3) ,hosseinimr93 (2) ,pooya87 (2)
If I then send some coins to that address, does that automatically create the address in the real bitcoin world?
Depends on how you define "real bitcoin world".
The Bitcoin Network? If so, there's no addresses in every node's mempools or the Bitcoin blockchain, just scripts.

That address is just a representation of a locking script,
If you send your address to someone, you're basically instructing the sender's wallet to lock the bitcoin with the script derived from that address.
If you see sender and recipient address in your wallet, it's just conveniently displayed as addresses by your wallet.
So, there's no "created" address in the "real bitcoin world", addresses stays in the wallet as a human-friendly way to show senders and recipients.