Enlighten why address reuse? Which scenarios?

Twetch ·

Enlighten why address reuse?
Which scenarios?

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Twetch ·

Easier blockchain forensics without xpub disclosure - I know many exchanges reuse hot wallet addresses for this purpose.

Aside from surveillance or a few UX edge-cases it's hard to envisage a use-case, though.

Twetch ·

Most of the time it's just lazy or bad code, though.