Bitcoin Wallet 4.0 is now rotating addresses.

[schildbach]

It is deriving them deterministically (BIP32).

Bitcoin Wallet 4.0 is currently a release candidate: https://plus.google.com/101256420499771441772/posts/KujxxG844gH

I'm putting this up for discussion already. I'll let you know once it is released.

[saivann]

@schildbach Should be also replaced, by checkpassprivacybasic

[saivann]

@schildbach Thanks for your work on this! I think we can merge this as soon as the previous app is replaced by the final release.

[schildbach]

@saivann Thanks, fixed.

[saivann]

The new app has been released by @schildbach . In the absence of critical feedback, this pull request will be merged on october 7th.

[harding]

LGTM. Congrats @schildbach, @mikehearn, and the rest of your team!

[saivann]

@schildbach By looking at your branch if I understand correctly, 4.0 won't be available for now on BlackBerry? The privacy score hasn't been changed for the BlackBerry app for now.

[mikehearn]

Thanks Saivann! It's a long road but we're walking it all the same :)

It looks like to get to "improved privacy" level the easiest next thing to do is support Tor.

[saivann]

@mikehearn I think the privacy score can be revisited as the landscape is evolving. For instance, if that turns out to be realistic, giving a better score when tor is being used by default as opposed to the wallet just being compatible with tor. When it comes to rotating addresses, an additional requirement could be to stop providing addressbooks for receiving addresses (most apps seem to be adopting that model). This, as well as other more experimental privacy features currently being developed.