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You don't seem to understand how Bitcoin works: the balance of the address is what has the 'coins'. They dont exist independent of the balance of the address.
by feral 14y ago
You don't seem to understand how Bitcoin works: the balance of the address is what has the 'coins'. They dont exist independent of the balance of the address.
So you can't spend them from a different address, without first transferring them to that different address; and that transfer must be publicly announced to the network. It is the public announcement which gives the other address the ability to spend the 'coins'.
- reubensutton 14y agoYou're correct, I assumed it was the wallet that held the coins, not the individual addresses.