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by dully 4577 days ago
If the buyer is getting a wallet shipped on a USB drive then the seller doesn't need to know the buyer's wallet address.
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GhotiFish 4577 days ago
Also, the seller could just transfer the coins out of the wallet after he ships them. I can't see a way to prevent the seller from doing this.

The USB drives and the paper wallets are meaningless. Only the transactions can be trusted.

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sliverstorm 4577 days ago
The seller can easily find out. Record the address of the wallet you put on the USB drive. Wait a week. Check out the block chain to see where the coins went from there.

Nothing that happens on the bitcoin network is private. The best you can do is try to guard the points of entry and exit, and mailing a USB stick announces where you live.

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