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every digital thing can be go throgh from hacking risk
so is that can happen that a hacker can hack btc wallet??

yeah you can back the btc if you share the share of information with someone you do not know you need to research well on google for not hacking your account.

the network as a whole.. no

you personally. yes

basically no one can just take funds from the blockchain by manipulating their copy of the blockchain.
but people can target you directly by hacking/accessing your computer and taking funds from you by using your keys

True. Nothing is totally unhackable.

Can hackers hack btc wallets? Yes. But they hack wallets through the users that don't take safety precautions. That's why you should always be careful when storing your wallet's seed. Always store them non-digitally, like on a piece of paper via writing the seed manually, or by making a paper wallet[1]. or also, you could purchase a cryptosteel[2] if you want to take the extra step in to taking care of your seed from fires, etc.

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[1] https://www.coindesk.com/information/paper-wallet-tutorial/
[2] https://cryptosteel.com/

Yep. Wallets can most certainly be hacked. And to be honest, no wallet can guarantee total safety from hackers or ahould i say unbreakable security. Anyone who says otherwise is either delusional or lying.

The security brought by wallets you use can only do so much to protect your funds.
You cannot rely on it.
Do your part in protecting your funds. It is ok to be paranoid. It is your coins afterall.

Wallets can be unbreakable. Generating a private key and address offline is 100% safe. Especially if you boot it up on a ubuntu distribution and write down the private key and public address exactly. There's no way that this wallet can then be hacked. Even if there's a vulnerability in the software it's still safe due to it being offline.

BTC can be hacked by phishing sites that requires your private keys,but btc itslelf cant be hacked,there are some saying it can be cracked or duplicate that cost around $21M for a single BTC.

yo can not hack bitcoin, the network can not be hacked. a distribuid system is not possible to hack, but your private key by example of course that can be hacked.

Progress does not stand still. Not tomorrow, but it will be soon. Everyone will be able to hack your bitcoin wallet, if a quantum computer will be in everyone's house. In my opinion, today's biggest threat it is phishing.

The day bitcoin is hacked a lot of the security system could be hacked.
The whole btc network might only be hacked when quantum computing is out.

everything can be hacked, however blockchain performed well has a low chance of being hacked

Maybe in 10years BTC can be duplicate but it needs a quantum computer to do  that thing,but today quantum computers are not yet invented.

bitcoin has work more than 5years when there is hacker should been hack when price still low but until now btc is safe.. the only thing that u need to do is keeping passphrase/priv key secretly

Every digital things should be hack easily. But Bitcoin is not easy to hackable. Because you only know about the private keys. If someone is hack your account is not possible. But only one way is possible some one use your desktop. It will easily hackable in your account. This is the only way to access your account. Otherwise BTC wallet is more secured in any other digital things.

Yes, indeed, Bitcoin Could be hack. It bad when it hack but it happen.

Sorry for my french.

I think so. Since it's on the internet, while the technology improves as the time goes by it also increases our knowlege on how it works. People who are eager to hack can always make this possible. Just try to secure everything that is supposed to be private.

Currently, no individual or organization can hack the SHA-256 algorithm, encryption algorithm for electronic Bitcoin. It is only when a quantum computer is born that the algorithm SHA-256.

That's just brilliant! Worth of becoming a meme!

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Another bright man sharing his knowledge...
You guys are killing it. Really, you should stop because the more I read the more I'm certain that half of the responders are braindead.


The question has been answered in full in this post. The rest of you can quit spamming now.

YES IT CAN BE HACK

Everything that is created by human, a human can destroy!)
But hack blokchain pointless!))
Since everythin, it returns to its place)
And it's beautiful)

I think all have a chance of getting hacked. technological progress is also followed by the progress of how to surface a bug of the system. but the more danger for now is the exchanger.
somehow but I think some of the end of this month a lot of news about the rise of hacking events that target the exchanger. that is why we should be more careful in save our assets. would be better if enabled feature 2FA on exchanger. at least it will minimize our wallet being hacked

This is something that many investors are concerned about, which may have led many governments to ban Bitcoin, because Bitcoin is still dependent on the internet and the risk of hacking. The attack on the BTC network is very high

Please... I will be happy is this is no longer here when I check back.


Not quite. The possibility does exist that Bitcoin's algorithm can be vulnerable. The chances of it being vulnerable and exploited, however, are extremely low based on our mathematical understanding of hashing algorithms such as SHA-256. It would be irresponsible to say that it is completely impossible for it to be "hacked." Looking back at vulnerabilities in previous security protocols such as WPA, which was the standard years back for wireless access points means that you should never be overconfident on the security of any one protocol or algorithm. There always exists the possibility that it could get cracked or compromised in some way. Bitcoin should not be an exception to this kind of thinking, albeit I am arguing mostly about technicalities.

There are already a practice on how to get secure your computer just in case someone would like to go into your network or someone putting a malware to your computer. All you have to do is to learn it from the expert, search everything on the internet or ask for an advice to any professional if you don't know anything. Prevention is better than cure, so start it with yourself and then apply.

Sure, A wallet can be hacked if the user don't take good security measures.
A good hacker can easily gain access to a newbie PC and steal his private keys.
Easy measures can keep you safe like 2FA, email verification, sms notification and a strong password, never trust freewares  and do not open suspecious websites.

If the complete online wallet server is trying to hack the bitcoin from the wallet. Still it is possible to hack the wallet you are using. So keep the fund always in the private key secured wallet and keep your wallet.dat file in your private location in your computer or elsewhere.
To say exactly using online wallet is not at all a perfect way to keep safe your wallet. You may here about the nice hash server. If they attacked your wallet company server, you have bear the lose no one will be responsible for it bro. You can read wallet provider norms to understand it.

Let's be real, you're discussing a possibility of something happening, although nobody has ever done it and nobody has ever shown a way to do it.
It's like discussing landing a ship on the Sun's surface. It hasn't been done, noone has ever come close to doing it, it will most likely never be done, but theoretically it's possible provided that you had some sort of force field shielding. ;D

While I see where you are coming from and you are most likely right in that we will never see Bitcoin be hacked, my point is exactly that what you said about landing on the sun is the same that people thought when WPA got compromised. The same goes with vulnerabilities such as Spectre and Meltdown for processors discovered in the recent past. Everyone thinks it is completely impossible-- until it actually happens. Again, you are probably right, but it is also important to consider other possibilities.

You were also right about the spammers...

No.. how would it be hacked? it is impossible to create a copy of a bitcoin or a crypto asset if that is what you are talking about.

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The only way in that you can be "hacked" is that if someone gets your Private key from a pishing site, because of your exposure, or because you might have a malware on your computer and you do not have a hardware wallet.

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That is why a lot of people prefer to have a hardware wallet, because you are never going to be hacked because of the huge security that they are offering (you need to press a button in order to confirm a transaction)

issue of security has been a fundamental one for bitcoin since its development. On one hand, bitcoin itself is very difficult to hack, and that is largely due to the blockchain technology which supports it. As blockchain is constantly being reviewed by bitcoin users, hacks are unlikely. On the other hand, though, the fact that bitcoin itself is difficult to hack does not mean that it's necessarily a safe investment. There does exist potential for security risks at various stages of the trading process.

maybe, a person should have expertise that goes beyond the creator or developer of the wallet. in essence, it is not easy to break through an online-based system. although I agree, everything related to the virtual world can potentially be hacked.