<p>Most online wallets will create for you a new address each time you indicate that you want to receive a transaction, or give the option of creating a new address. Some enforce this by never showing an address twice and simply handle amalgamation  on the backend.</p>

<p>Creating a new address for each transaction is a fool-proof way of ensuring that someone has paid you, because you've given that address to only that person and no one else. There are also some privacy benefits, as using a new address makes it more difficult to trace the bitcoin trail.</p>

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2013-04-23T03:22:00.667Z
2013-04-23T03:22:00.667Z
Colin Dean
<p>I have one bitcoin ewallet and this has one bitcoin payment address.  I have read we should change our bitcoin payment address frequently for security reasons.  How do we do that?</p>

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2013-04-23T01:43:45.283Z
It depends ... which wallet are you using ? Like a blockchain wallet ?
Sebastien FERRAND
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How are you planning to take payments? Do you want a solution aimed at taking payments on the web automatically, or one aimed at retail businesses?
Nick ODell
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How To Get a New Bitcoin Payment Address
Linda
# How To Get a New Bitcoin Payment Address

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-04-23)

I have one bitcoin ewallet and this has one bitcoin payment address. I have read we should change our bitcoin payment address frequently for security reasons. How do we do that?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: It depends ... which wallet are you using ? Like a blockchain wallet ?  
> **username_2**: How are you planning to take payments? Do you want a solution aimed at taking payments on the web automatically, or one aimed at retail businesses?  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2013-04-23. Score: 2

Most online wallets will create for you a new address each time you indicate that you want to receive a transaction, or give the option of creating a new address. Some enforce this by never showing an address twice and simply handle amalgamation on the backend.

Creating a new address for each transaction is a fool-proof way of ensuring that someone has paid you, because you've given that address to only that person and no one else. There are also some privacy benefits, as using a new address makes it more difficult to trace the bitcoin trail.


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