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  <p>Can bitcoins be moved from the origin address to the origin address?</p>
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<p>Yes. There are no restrictions. (In fact there is no "addresses" in bitcoin protocol)</p>

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  <p>it seems more efficient to send change to the original address</p>
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<p>Why do you think that it can be more efficient? In fact it is not.</p>

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  <p>Does the cryptography not allow this?</p>
</blockquote>

<p>This is not related to cryptography at all.</p>

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<p>I ask this because it seems more efficient to send change to the original address instead of a new one. Does the cryptography not allow this?</p>

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Can bitcoins be moved from the origin address to the origin address?
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# Can bitcoins be moved from the origin address to the origin address?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-10-21)

I ask this because it seems more efficient to send change to the original address instead of a new one. Does the cryptography not allow this?

**Tags:** transactions, change


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### Answer by username_1 on 2017-10-21. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

> Can bitcoins be moved from the origin address to the origin address?

Yes. There are no restrictions. (In fact there is no "addresses" in bitcoin protocol)

> it seems more efficient to send change to the original address

Why do you think that it can be more efficient? In fact it is not.

> Does the cryptography not allow this?

This is not related to cryptography at all.


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