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pants2
290 days ago
Not good enough, scammers will make copycat look-alike addresses that have the same first ~7 and last ~7 characters.
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johnisgood
290 days ago
What does this mean in practice though? If you need to be certain, make sure you copy the right address.
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johtso
290 days ago
What about something like VisualHostKey but for the bitcoin address?
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johnisgood
289 days ago
I doubt that would help much. People should clear their clipboard, and copy & paste, then double check the whole thing, or at least the first and last few characters.
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