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<p>It is De facto standard that address should not be reused.</p>
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<p>Indeed.</p>
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<p>and even Bitcoin officially emphasis address should not be reused.</p>
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<p>There is nothing official, anywhere, in Bitcoin.</p>
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<p>Does the same condition apply for Multi-signature address ?</p>
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<p>Yes.</p>
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<p>If Yes apart from privacy what is the need ?</p>
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<p>Privacy - for you and those you interact with - is pretty much the only reason for discouraging reuse, multisig or not.</p>

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Pieter Wuille
<p>It is De facto standard that address should not be reused, and even Bitcoin officially emphasis address should not be reused. Does the same condition apply for Multi-signature address ?, If Yes apart from privacy what is the need ?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>

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Address Reuse for Multisig Address
Tharun Prabakaran
# Address Reuse for Multisig Address

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-07-14)

It is De facto standard that address should not be reused, and even Bitcoin officially emphasis address should not be reused. Does the same condition apply for Multi-signature address ?, If Yes apart from privacy what is the need ?

Thanks

**Tags:** bitcoin-core, address, multi-signature, bitcoin-core-development, address-reuse


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2020-07-14. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

> It is De facto standard that address should not be reused.

Indeed.

> and even Bitcoin officially emphasis address should not be reused.

There is nothing official, anywhere, in Bitcoin.

> Does the same condition apply for Multi-signature address ?

Yes.

> If Yes apart from privacy what is the need ?

Privacy - for you and those you interact with - is pretty much the only reason for discouraging reuse, multisig or not.


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