"How is that different from someone generating so many addresses and hoping that his wallet contain funds?"
It's something like this.

"what are the odds that you'll hit the same private key as someone else? "
It depends on private key generation algorithm. This tool generates random private key (so, it does not walk through all 32-bytes values). So, what about bruteforce time - we need to do more tests. But I think if bruteforce will be started on more than 3 computers with SSD and downloaded blockchain on it - chances will be increased much)

Greet everybody.

I am working on open-source ethereum private key cracker. It generates random private key -> generates address from this and checks balance.
Just PoC tool. I dont welcome illegal actions with it.

TODO list:

• Make raw LevelDB access (without geth) to get better performance
• Make OpenCL support
• Improve private key generation algorithm

Github link: https://github.com/anastasiaklimova3303/EthCrack

Any Thoughts?

Thank you!