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Title: Vulnerability with bitcoin? Post by: khasdoufh on November 23, 2013, 03:06:40 AM What if I use bitaddress.org to create 30000 addresses 200 times. Then I use a script to check if any of these addresses have been used on the network. If they have, then I have their private key.
Then I will make this script open source. Title: Re: Vulnerability with bitcoin? Post by: Gator-hex on November 23, 2013, 03:14:54 AM What if I use bitaddress.org to create 30000 addresses 200 times. Then I use a script to check if any of these addresses have been used on the network. If they have, then I have their private key. Then I will make this script open source. I think I read somewhere the odds of picking two addresses the same is astronomically slim. Title: Re: Vulnerability with bitcoin? Post by: coinpr0n on November 23, 2013, 03:22:24 AM https://i.imgur.com/ag3KQ0L.png
Source: http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1qr8b5/scared_someone_will_generate_your_bitcoin_address/ Title: Re: Vulnerability with bitcoin? Post by: DannyHamilton on November 23, 2013, 04:41:54 PM What if I use bitaddress.org to create 30000 addresses 200 times. Then I use a script to check if any of these addresses have been used on the network. If they have, then I have their private key. Then I will make this script open source. This already exists. Using it for this purpose is a waste of time and money. Human beings seem to have a very difficult time grasping just how big the number 2160 is. |
