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FandangledGizmo (OP)
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March 30, 2013, 05:05:48 PM
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If you copied an address and private key onto a document but randomly changed 1 character in the address and 1 different random character in the private key.


How hard do you think it would it be to crack?
 

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March 30, 2013, 05:08:18 PM
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If you copied an address and private key onto a document but randomly changed 1 character in the address and 1 different random character in the private key.


How hard do you think it would it be to crack?
 

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extremely gross overestimate 256*256 = 65536 combinations to try -> less then a second on a average computer 

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March 30, 2013, 05:11:54 PM
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_through_obscurity

But you have just revealed your plan and most of the bitcoin community can decrypt your key if they find it Wink
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