<p>In currently used Bitcoin software (bitcoin-qt 0.8), you cannot specify a recipient IP address, only Bitcoin address.</p>

<p>Sending to an IP address (by contacting specified address and requesting a public key to send to) was possible in past versions, and some form of it might be reinstated in future versions.</p>

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Meni Rosenfeld
<p>when issuing a transaction a bitcoin client could either specify a recipient bitcoin address or an IP address</p>

<p>This statement was in "two bit coins at the price of one" paper, and I am really confused, can I communicate in bitcoins using IP addresses?</p>

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Can you specify a recipient bitcoin address or an IP address when issuing a transaction
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# Can you specify a recipient bitcoin address or an IP address when issuing a transaction

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-07-12)

when issuing a transaction a bitcoin client could either specify a recipient bitcoin address or an IP address

This statement was in "two bit coins at the price of one" paper, and I am really confused, can I communicate in bitcoins using IP addresses?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2013-07-12. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

In currently used Bitcoin software (bitcoin-qt 0.8), you cannot specify a recipient IP address, only Bitcoin address.

Sending to an IP address (by contacting specified address and requesting a public key to send to) was possible in past versions, and some form of it might be reinstated in future versions.


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