<p>You cannot tell them apart from transactions using ordinary addresses; they are exactly the same.  Any regular transaction you look at could have been created using a stealth address.</p>

<p>As I wrote in my answer <a href="https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/a/29648/5757">here</a>, a "stealth address" is just one particular way of generating a unique address, known only to the payer and payee, to use for a transaction.  Once the unique address is created, the transaction itself is created just like any other.</p>

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<p>I am looking for an example transaction on Bitcoin's blockchain using stealth addressing.</p>

<p>I am brainstorming how stealth addresses would be used amongst normal addresses in combination (whereas <a href="http://monero.cc/" rel="nofollow">Monero</a> and <a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CryptoNote" rel="nofollow">CryptoNote</a> protocols so far only use stealth addresses).</p>

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# Stealth address transaction example on Bitcoin's blockchain

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-07-31)

I am looking for an example transaction on Bitcoin's blockchain using stealth addressing.

I am brainstorming how stealth addresses would be used amongst normal addresses in combination (whereas [Monero](http://monero.cc/) and [CryptoNote](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CryptoNote) protocols so far only use stealth addresses).

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### Answer by username_1 on 2014-07-31. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

You cannot tell them apart from transactions using ordinary addresses; they are exactly the same. Any regular transaction you look at could have been created using a stealth address.

As I wrote in my answer [here](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/a/29648/5757), a "stealth address" is just one particular way of generating a unique address, known only to the payer and payee, to use for a transaction. Once the unique address is created, the transaction itself is created just like any other.


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