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nisha.mehta (OP)
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May 21, 2016, 08:25:14 PM
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Hello everybody.
What is the possibility of someone using a website like: http://offlinebitcoins.com/ to find a private key of a wallet that contains money randomly.
I mean websites like these allow you to generate random private keys in one click. What if someone who have super computer could automate this process until he finds a wallet that contains money. Wouldn't that affect bitcoin wallets safety?
I am just asking if that is possible.
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May 21, 2016, 08:37:01 PM
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The luck would be unfathomable. You would need to exhaust the entire 256 bit key space to find wallets, all the energy of a single star couldn't even COUNT through the entire 256 bit keyspace. We are safe.
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May 21, 2016, 09:05:52 PM
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[size= 15pt]Hello everybody.
What is the possibility of someone using a website like: http://offlinebitcoins.com/ to find a private key of a wallet that contains money randomly.
I mean websites like these allow you to generate random private keys in one click. What if someone who have super computer could automate this process until he finds a wallet that contains money. Wouldn't that affect bitcoin wallets safety?
I am just asking if that is possible.
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May 21, 2016, 09:47:54 PM
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[size= 15pt]Hello everybody.
What is the possibility of someone using a website like: http://offlinebitcoins.com/ to find a private key of a wallet that contains money randomly.
I mean websites like these allow you to generate random private keys in one click. What if someone who have super computer could automate this process until he finds a wallet that contains money. Wouldn't that affect bitcoin wallets safety?
I am just asking if that is possible.
Regards [/size]

No, if it should ever happen - it wont - it would be a freak event like 6 lottery wins by the same person in a row. Someone that is extremely lucky does not change the security of a robust system.

Im not really here, its just your imagination.
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May 21, 2016, 09:51:51 PM
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No. even a supercomputer cannot simply count from number 1 to number 1461501637330902918203684832716283019655932542976.

The time to try every possible combination is longer than the life of sun of our galaxy.

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LWeT4wwDVdJ9x49UcXPyS6CznRpbQFM6nx
0x96273C2FD825f0A2745d917bbbfabD6032dC1aDD
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