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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: Situations where static addresses are appropriate
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Cubic Earth
on 31/07/2014, 18:34:43 UTC
Using a fresh address for each donation I believe is the right thing to do.

Static addresses on things like forum posts are fine, but when you can provide a fresh address it avoids issues where third parties analyze donation rates and sizes.

But for charity donations, wouldn't transparency be a good thing?  When bitcoin becomes widely used and understood, organizations will have to weigh the pros and cons of a transparent financial structure vs a private one, or what combination to employ.  I was hoping people would use the case of Wikipedia as an example.  Should they offer a static address, and what would be the pros and cons?