{"id":1032,"date":"2019-12-16T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.opennode.com\/blog\/?page_id=1032"},"modified":"2019-12-16T17:34:05","modified_gmt":"2019-12-17T01:34:05","slug":"bitcoin-address","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.opennode.com\/blog\/glossary\/bitcoin-address\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Address"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Bitcoin Address<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also known as a <a href=\"https:\/\/Opennode.com\/blog\/glossary\/public-key\">Public Key<\/a>. You can think of a bitcoin address like an email address; it\u2019s the public identifier where people can send and receive bitcoin like an email address sends and receives emails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is an identifier of about 27-34 alphanumeric symbols or known as a 160-bit hash in technical terminology. A good <a href=\"https:\/\/opennode.com\/blog\/glossary\/bitcoin-wallet\">Bitcoin wallet<\/a> will use multiple addresses to receive Bitcoin transactions to maintain user anonymity.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>Here\u2019s what a Bitcoin address does (and why you definitely shouldn\u2019t reuse it)<\/em> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/hardfork\/2018\/11\/05\/bitcoin-address-explained\/\">The Next Web<\/a><\/li><li><em>What is a Bitcoin Address and How Do You Sign It?<\/em> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/articles\/bitcoin-address-sign-1399914228\">Bitcoin Magazine<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Bitcoin Address Also known as a Public Key. You can think of a bitcoin address like an email address; it\u2019s the public identifier where people can send and receive bitcoin like an email address sends and receives emails. This is an identifier of about 27-34 alphanumeric symbols or known as a 160-bit hash in technical  &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":172,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-notitle.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1032","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bitcoin Address - OpenNode Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"o known as a Public Key, think of this as an email address. 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