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title: 'Re: Could the bitcoin network be destroyed by someone generating endless bitcoin add'
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date: 2010-05-16 21:01:44 UTC 
original: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=130.msg1130#msg1130
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# Re: Could the bitcoin network be destroyed by someone generating endless bitcoin add

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Re: Could the bitcoin network be destroyed by someone generating endless bitcoin add
May 16, 2010, 09:01:44 PM

When you generate a new bitcoin address, it only takes disk space on your own computer (like 500 bytes).  It's like generating a new PGP private key, but less CPU intensive because it's ECC.  The address space is effectively unlimited.  It doesn't hurt anyone, so generate all you want.
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