2^256 Deep Space Vagabond: A gentle, mostly theoretical* attack on Bitcoin...
Newbies wanting to get acquainted with some basic Bitcoin concepts in a fun and risk-free way, and take FREE chances in winning up to
105,611 BTC, can give the 2^256 Deep Space Vagabond a try
How it works The basic premise behind DSV is extremely simple:
1. Generate Address
2. Check Balance
3. Grab the key and it's yours! (if you do manage to find a loaded address before the end of the universe)
There is no actual help file at the moment but the app should be pretty self-explanatory.
How to get started Download and run the freeware application for Windows Vista/XP/7 32/64bit:
Version 1.35c:
http://dre.redmartian.org/dsv135c.exe (stand-alone, 851K)
SHA256 hash: 94b4164c87934525e702629b5bf5a4624ef4c3fb5b04c5b18df81852c398cd70
Generate a new batch of addresses and pick some to examine their balance one by one.
A word of warning on downloading Windows executablesIt's highly recommended not to blindly download random executables from this forum.
I do guarantee that this app does no malicious things, but I do always recommend to either run new executables in a sandbox (such as Sandboxie) or virtual machine or, for the technically-oriented, compile them from the source code when available.
As for DSV, after carefully considering whether to open source it or not, I decided to only make the source code to the initial Python-based (command-line) prototype freely available to all. The full source code to the current version will be made available on donation only (amount TBD).
Coming soon: Special modes! Official threadThe official thread for this project can be found
there*due to the fact that 2^256 is so huge, this app will probably never
truly harm Bitcoin. And if it does, it will just mean that the basic
premises were flawed.
I hope this app will encourage good, constructive discussion of Bitcoin concepts
as a beneficial side-effect, but if it instead generates too much controversy, I will
consider withdrawing it.