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Bitcoin / Bitcoin Technical Support / Re: Bitaddress.org - wallet details "error"

on: June 04, 2022, 09:25:47 AM

Big thanks for the quick response to everyone, this helped me alot However I noted that walletgenerator.net and bitaddress.org compresses the same address differently... I suppose this could be the result of different coding formats? But I would appreciate if you could verify this? Many thanks beforehand. Quote from: LoyceV on June 04, 2022, 09:19:16 AM Quote from: king_cobra on June 04, 2022, 09:09:25 AM I´m running Electrum in tails OS. I imagine verifying the version of Electrum, that comes alongside the Tails OS, would be quite difficult but I might be wrong That's why you verify the entire Tails download, instead of all individual programs it comes with. If you can't trust your OS, verifying your programs isn't enough anyway. Exactly! Quote from: king_cobra on June 04, 2022, 09:15:30 AM I was using https://walletgeneratorSCAM.net/# & https://bitcoinpaperwalletSCAM.com/ Just for the sake of the experiment though.. Please break the URLs, let's not support those 2 known scam sites with another backlink. I've seen reports on compromised random generators for both sites (which means using them offline still means you'll lose your funds). [/quote] Ahh, sorry didn´t know that...

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Bitcoin / Bitcoin Technical Support / Re: Bitaddress.org - wallet details "error"

on: June 04, 2022, 08:59:40 AM

Quote from: khaled0111 on June 03, 2022, 04:17:35 PM When you open the Wallet Details tab then you enter the private key to view its details, bitaddress.org will generate both a "Bitcoin Address" and a "Bitcoin Address Compressed" which don't look alike (but generated from the same private key). I believe this where the confusion comes from. You only need the compressed bitcoin address on the right side. If you check it, you will find that it matches the address generated by the other wallet generator you used. Right on, apparently I missed that the first 500 times I read the text..... Quote from: Welsh on June 03, 2022, 01:26:56 PM Quote from: king_cobra on June 03, 2022, 12:20:38 PM I recently created are couple of paper wallets on bitaddress.org. Any reason why you're using bitaddress.org then importing into Electrum? You could effectively generate a paper wallet via using Electrum offline or Bitcoin Core. Obviously, verifying the download of them, and then generating the private key offline. I´m running Electrum in tails OS. I imagine verifying the version of Electrum, that comes alongside the Tails OS, would be quite difficult but I might be wrong Quote from: Welsh on June 03, 2022, 01:26:56 PM Quote from: king_cobra on June 03, 2022, 12:20:38 PM I recently created are couple of paper wallets on bitaddress.org. What other wallet generators are you using? They could be unsafe or compromised, which could effectively steal your private key, and output a completely different address. It's best to import it via Electrum/Bitcoin Core which has been verified. That way, you know you've got the correct software, and aren't trusting a unknown source. I was using https://walletgenerator.net/# & https://bitcoinpaperwallet.com/ Just for the sake of the experiment though..

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Bitcoin / Bitcoin Technical Support / Bitaddress.org - wallet details "error"

on: June 03, 2022, 12:20:38 PM

Hi guys. I recently created are couple of paper wallets on bitaddress.org. I know that the wallet details section can provide the public BTC address associated with a given private key. the function works perfectly when I import / checks private keys created via other wallet generators. however, problems arise when I impot / check the details of the private keys generated by bitaddress.org itself, a different public address than the one I have been given is stated.... what is the explanation for this? Have I missed something very obvious?

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