[jstanley]

Author here, surprised to see this on HN! I considered submitting it myself but didn't think this crowd was that into Bitcoin. Nice to be proven wrong :)

A couple of people mentioned HD wallets:

I initially tried using an HD wallet, but the mechanism for interacting with it was more inconvenient than generating keys manually - especially considering that you might have to generate hundreds of addresses in a row that never receive a payment.

I've added an update at the end of the article.

Cheers!

[jnbiche]

> I initially tried using an HD wallet, but the mechanism for interacting with it was more inconvenient than generating keys manually - especially considering that you might have to generate hundreds of addresses in a row that never receive a payment.

Not sure I follow. The only difference between generating a HD-derived address and a traditional address should be that the former can be re-generated based on the master key alone. Not sure what difference not receiving payment at hundreds of addresses would make between the two.

[jstanley]

I agree. Using an HD wallet would work fine. I found the tooling less convenient so I didn't use an HD wallet.

[Bombthecat]

The sentiment is really changing. Two ago bitcoin was scam and idiotic.

But as usual. People not to a) priven wrong and they need to get with it in touch with it every few weeks/ days to accept a new concept.

And i think for that. We as bitcoin fans and user should and now can get more cocky :)

[john111]

Glad to see the author here! Just curious, how did you know this was submitted?

[jstanley]

I got an email about the post, and asked the person where they found it.

I also browse HN quite frequently so would have been likely to see it anyway :)