<p>Green addresses are by convention, not by protocol.  You would need to publish an address and then sign a message with the corresponding private key that says, "I promise never to double-spend any coins from this address."  Then you'd need to convince others to believe your promise.</p>

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<p>There are a few websites that use <a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Green_address" rel="nofollow">green addresses</a>, but how can one go about implementing it using the standard <a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Original_Bitcoin_client/API_calls_list" rel="nofollow">Bitcoin API</a>?</p>

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How to implement a green address in Bitcoind?
ThePiachu
# How to implement a green address in Bitcoind?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-08-15)

There are a few websites that use [green addresses](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Green_address), but how can one go about implementing it using the standard [Bitcoin API](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Original_Bitcoin_client/API_calls_list)?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2013-05-04. Score: 2

Green addresses are by convention, not by protocol. You would need to publish an address and then sign a message with the corresponding private key that says, "I promise never to double-spend any coins from this address." Then you'd need to convince others to believe your promise.


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