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An integrated address is an address combined with a 64-bit payment ID which will be encrypted on the blockchain. A raw integrated address is 106 characters long.

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What is an integrated address?

Some exchanges use integrated addresses, but what are they, and what are they useful for? Should they be used over regular addresses?
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Why are Monero addresses so long?

A raw Monero address is 95 characters long compared to 26-34 characters for a Bitcoin address. Monero integrated address are even longer at 106 characters. What is the cryptographic reason that causes Monero addresses to be so much longer than…
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How can I create (random) payment IDs?

If I want to give a new payment ID to each customer what tools can I use to do so automatically? Is there a way to generate a (random) payment ID using simplewallet or bitmonerod? What are the benefits of using integrated addresses instead of a…
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Is it possible to avoid Monero address re-use without having to create a new wallet for each transaction?

I understand that currently, if an user wants to avoid re-using Monero addresses to avoid off-chain linkability (ie same address used for withdrawal from 2 exchanges and the exchanges releasing their logs to some entity), he has to create a new…
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Will integrated addresses ultimately replace payment IDs?

Is there a plan to remove the option to generate a payment ID not using the form of an integrated address? If not, what are the advantages of allowing a payment ID separate from the receiving address?
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Exchanges that support integrated addresses

Do any exchanges support Monero integrated addresses? For those that do not yet support them, have they shared the reason why?
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Given a view key, can you see payment ids?

So the view key allows you to see all past and future incoming transfers for the corresponding address. Are you able to read a payment id belonging to a transfer if one was set? Is the answer the same for integrated addresses?
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How do I generate a QR-code for a Monero address?

I would like to know if there's a tool to generate a QR-code image for a Monero address. I know that https://moneroaddress.org has a button to display the QR-code, but only for wallet addresses generated there. Follow-up question, if possible, does…
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How do payment ids work?

In particular, how do the encrypted ones work cryptographically. I'm guessing they are based on the shared secret.
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How to "unpack" a Monero integrated address using the command line?

I have 2 questions: 1) how to unpack a Monero integrated address without the wallet RPC (just using common Linux utilities on the command line)? I couldn't find the format of the integrated address (or I didn't search enough)... 2) if I send some…
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How can I give a different address to a sender for each transaction in an easy way?

Basically the subject. I've been reading on stackoverflow and the FAQ and can't find the answer. What I want is give them different addresses each they send XMR to me. If the only choice is creating a new wallet each time, is there a way to automate…
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Is there a guide available for generating and parsing integrated addresses?

Is there a guide for generating and parsing? I see there is a question regarding "unpacking" them here: How to "unpack" a Monero integrated address using the command line? But that doesn't address how to generate them. Do command line or RPC tools…
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What are the differences between integrated and stealth addresses?

I'm confused what are stealth addresses. Can someone ELI5 what stealth addresses are, how they are generated and used?
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Open alias integrated address

Open Alias addresses are great. Integrated addresses are great. But is it possible to add a payment ID to an Open Alias address? eg: donate@getmonero.com#057980027d4b36df Or something else?
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Why does the address change after putting it in the GUI wallet's address book?

I used the GUI wallet's address book to store an address. When I added the address, the address was changed. It went from 4Gdo... to 46w8M... the monero was sent and is confirmed on the blockchain, but no where to be found on the recipients wallet.…
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