<p>This is more an issue of willingness. 
Generally you are right, address re-use is seen as "should not be done" :-) 
Biggest threat would be, that some bitcoins get "tainted", and loose their value. I leave it to the experts to get this explained. 
With HD Wallets you can generate enough adresses for your webpage/business usage. Just some coding required...</p>

<p>How many public/private keypairs can a Hierarchical Deterministic Wallets (BIP0032/BIP0044) produce? If I got it right, it should be some 2^31 addresses - probably enough for the majority of business cases. </p>

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<p>The consensus is that address reuse is bad and should not be done. <a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Address_reuse" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Bitcoin wiki</a> even argues it hurts yourself and those who will own the bitcoins after you.</p>

<p>However, unless I am mistaken, most business reuse the same address all the time. They have to, to avoid having to generate a new address every time someone visits their website.</p>

<p>So I am struggling to reconcile this. Is address reuse actually ok? Am I wrong in saying that business reuse addresses? Or are most businesses creating a privacy issue in the block chain?</p>

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Address reuse for business
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# Address reuse for business

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-08-25)

The consensus is that address reuse is bad and should not be done. [Bitcoin wiki](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Address_reuse) even argues it hurts yourself and those who will own the bitcoins after you.

However, unless I am mistaken, most business reuse the same address all the time. They have to, to avoid having to generate a new address every time someone visits their website.

So I am struggling to reconcile this. Is address reuse actually ok? Am I wrong in saying that business reuse addresses? Or are most businesses creating a privacy issue in the block chain?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2017-08-25. Score: 1

This is more an issue of willingness.
Generally you are right, address re-use is seen as "should not be done" :-)
Biggest threat would be, that some bitcoins get "tainted", and loose their value. I leave it to the experts to get this explained.
With HD Wallets you can generate enough adresses for your webpage/business usage. Just some coding required...

How many public/private keypairs can a Hierarchical Deterministic Wallets (BIP0032/BIP0044) produce? If I got it right, it should be some 2^31 addresses - probably enough for the majority of business cases.


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