You have ignored the difference between an address with has never spent anything and an address which is being reused. Since you know everything, why not addres

You have ignored the difference between an address with has never spent anything and an address which is being reused. Since you know everything, why not address this directly? edit: Though unrelated to this article, here is a case where address reuse (and software bugs) led to vulnerable wallets: http://www.nilsschneider.net/2013/01/28/recovering-bitcoin-private-keys.html http://www.nilsschneider.net/2013/01/28/recovering-bitcoin-p...