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March 09, 2018, 11:09:42 PM |
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Hello ! I would like to know if it is possible to hack a bitcoin address and to have his private key?
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dothebeats
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March 09, 2018, 11:29:23 PM |
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Yes, possible to get a user's private keys if you force him/her to surrender it to you, do a phishing attempt to lure him/her, or trick him/her into giving it to you, otherwise it would just be a dire effort to crack a certain address' private key. On today's tech, it is near impossible to crack or brute-force a single address' private key, and it would require the power of millions (or even billions) of powerful computers just to get inside one.
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March 09, 2018, 11:31:46 PM |
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Having your transaction linked to both an email and a cell phone number sounds great right? Well, that’s where the issue lies. Hackers understand that the human element is the most vulnerable, so they use snooping tactics to find out the cell phone number that is associated with a Bitcoin exchange account. Once an attacker has your cell phone number, they can pose as you to the cell service provider to get your number ported over to a device they control. They are now free to login to your Bitcoin account and change the password, denying you access to your account and giving them the chance to transfer your funds into their own wallet.
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The Monkey King
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March 09, 2018, 11:34:46 PM |
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Hello ! I would like to know if it is possible to hack a bitcoin address and to have his private key?
Yes it is possible if you are going to access some phising sites and enter your personal informations and private keys. This will not haopen if you will observe all the sites you are entering and if you are securing your personal information to a safe place. Another thing is don't trust anyone with your private information. It is better to secure these things than to be fooled.
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jayc89
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March 09, 2018, 11:34:56 PM |
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Yes, possible to get a user's private keys if you force him/her to surrender it to you, do a phishing attempt to lure him/her, or trick him/her into giving it to you, otherwise it would just be a dire effort to crack a certain address' private key. On today's tech, it is near impossible to crack or brute-force a single address' private key, and it would require the power of millions (or even billions) of powerful computers just to get inside one.
Private keys is what gets into a wallet but a wallet could also be compromised if there was a keylogger You should have the right software to not get that on your computer.
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March 09, 2018, 11:42:07 PM |
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I am a developer and no fan of bitcoin after the rip off fees two months ago or the lightning network deception that's being played out on unsuspecting individuals (Lambs to the slaughter you are) but I must say that the bitcoin encryption is second to none and you cannot reverse engineer private keys.
Microsoft Windows is more than likely steeling all your keys so even if like me your using Windows you are well advised to run a wallet from a pen-drive using Linux.
Bitcoin has many faults but encryption is not one of them.
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Mining is CPU-wars and Intel, AMD like it nearly as much as big oil likes miners wasting electricity. Is this what mankind has come too.
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March 09, 2018, 11:43:33 PM |
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If you're asking whether it's possible to hack a bitcoin address to get a private key, I'd say no.
But, when quantum computing becomes a thing, it's possible that they can crack crypto addresses to retrieve the matching private address. But, hopefully by then cryptocoin tech will have advanced to prevent such quantum attacks.
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March 09, 2018, 11:44:56 PM |
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There are no perfect system,all systems can be hacked the question is are you willing to expose the hack if you discovered to crack the blockchain? You can try social engineering methods,phishing site,installing traditiona RAT or keylogs so that you have some chance to get those private keys of your victim but cracking the blockchain? nah,you need quantum computers which arent yet invented as of the moment.
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March 09, 2018, 11:48:29 PM |
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It's possible but it's not easy to hack a Bitcoin address ). You need to find out the way to cheat the owner of address private key like send them any email contain Virus inside or something like that. LOL. But atm I think it's almost possible cause people are very carefully cause there are a lot of hacking problem happen everyday so they'll never clicking at any link from a untruthworthy email )
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March 09, 2018, 11:48:50 PM |
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They are now free to login to your Bitcoin account and change the password, denying you access to your account and giving them the chance to transfer your funds into their own wallet.
No they are not without passwords unless they somehow got access to your device if using a wallet or they took a good guess at your coinbase login
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Mining is CPU-wars and Intel, AMD like it nearly as much as big oil likes miners wasting electricity. Is this what mankind has come too.
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yoseph
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March 09, 2018, 11:50:07 PM |
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Hello ! I would like to know if it is possible to hack a bitcoin address and to have his private key?
By using social engineering and phishing one can easily hack the bitcoin wallet of an individual but the said person who have to be somewhat very naive for that to work and most of the time antivirus software warns people about phishing websites.
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March 09, 2018, 11:56:44 PM |
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If the hacker will force the victim or fool the victim then it is possible to hack their private keys specially, a newbie in cryptocurrency who will always trust in online negotiation. But if the hacker will just use a tool to determine a private key of an individual then it might not possible to access one's private key unless they have the God eye. There different characters in a private key and it is impossible to predict those characters even in a billion times however, if the hackers is lucky then he might access individual accounts.
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March 10, 2018, 12:12:34 AM |
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I think they can do the hacking of our bitcoin address but they will not do that because our bitcoin wallet address is not much bigger, so they will hack into our big ones.
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March 10, 2018, 12:15:44 AM |
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Hello ! I would like to know if it is possible to hack a bitcoin address and to have his private key?
If there is a new technology for bitcoins,hackers also a new and advance technology for hacking. We are in a modern generation with modern technologies and hackers too. There is no impossible for hackers,they are more knowledgeable than a newbie in crypto so be careful and make your wealth secured. Don't trust to anyone,don't give your password and private key to anyone because if they know your password and private key they have now an access to your wallet address.
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LovelyFLOWER
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March 10, 2018, 12:19:43 AM |
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Hello ! I would like to know if it is possible to hack a bitcoin address and to have his private key?
As for me bitcoin is the most safest thing than banks because bitcoin security is so secured and safe so that no one could be able to hack it . Becayse i had also an acount even my accounts is so easy they would not be able to have my wallet or my account so that i know that bitcoin is safer than safe and it will not be able to hacked.
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Arwinkim
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March 10, 2018, 12:32:07 AM |
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Based on what I have read about bitcoin security, it is almost impossible to hack any bitcoin addresses. Unless you put a third party software say keylogger, middleman, phising, and stuff. The best thing to avoid them, always check URL, and store your private key in encrypted harddisk.
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imyashir
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March 10, 2018, 12:34:57 AM |
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Hello ! I would like to know if it is possible to hack a bitcoin address and to have his private key?
bitcoin can be hacked especially if your private key is given to the public. Once you've given your private key they have the freedom to move your account at any one time they want. how can you avoid being hacked?Avoid getting into phishing sites if you know the phishing site that you open will never attempt to provide your information. Avoid contact with scammers especially if they have the charm they will give you. The scammers can speak sharp you can fall into their trap.
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sneeze11
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March 10, 2018, 12:39:24 AM |
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Hello ! I would like to know if it is possible to hack a bitcoin address and to have his private key?
I think it's impossible because you are the only one who know it unless you share it to your friend and he accidentally send it to others. Other said that there is a hacker proffessional that can get your bitcoin address and private key but I can't believe on it.
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ryan.fortytwo
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March 10, 2018, 12:45:02 AM |
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Hello ! I would like to know if it is possible to hack a bitcoin address and to have his private key?
Hacking for private keys is almost impossible, the current technology is way too advanced to allow that. the only way one gains access to someone else's private key is if they give it to you willingly
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Dadan
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March 10, 2018, 12:46:37 AM |
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Of course, your bitcoin address can be changed especially if someone knows your bitcoin password can change it to its address so that he or she can get it or where he or she is working. So if I'm careful to login to your bitcoin with someone you might be wondering if they have your password, because I'm doing what I'm doing when I'm missing someone I'm logged in to do not know my password and can not replace the bitcoin address you.
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