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lindatess (OP)
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January 03, 2014, 12:31:01 AM |
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I just noticed that someone has managed to generate 28 out of the 34 characters of an address. https://blockchain.info/address/1CounterpartyXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXUWLpVrUnless of course someone is just sending $0.40 of bitcoins into a void. Although, I'm more inclined to think that someone has cracked it. I remember there was an article about generating the first few characters, up to 30 is really fast. It's the last few which are harder. So, the question still remains about whether due to the NSA issues, whether the cryptography is still safe. |
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According to NIST and ECRYPT II, the cryptographic algorithms used in
Bitcoin are expected to be strong until at least 2030. (After that, it
will not be too difficult to transition to different algorithms.)
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Spjuth
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January 03, 2014, 12:33:29 AM |
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That transaction looks like someone failing at implementing a bitcoin bot.
I think those coins are lost forever.
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drrussellshane
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January 03, 2014, 12:36:10 AM |
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Until I see a spend, I don't believe anyone holds the private key to that address.
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Buy a TREZOR! Premier BTC hardware wallet. If you're reading this, you should probably buy one if you don't already have one. You'll thank me later.
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Ricke
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January 03, 2014, 12:59:21 AM |
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It's very likely that nobody cracked anything remarkable. It's just like https://blockchain.info/address/1111111111111111111114oLvT2 and https://blockchain.info/address/11111111111111111111BZbvjrIt's possible to construct an arbitrary Bitcoin address in Base58 format for sending funds as long as the check sum is correct (which is about 6 digits or letters at the end). Another example I generated: https://blockchain.info/address/1RickeSpeakingHereMyLongAdyCLxJH3This is a valid Bitcoin address. If someone would send funds to 1RickeSpeakingHereMyLongAdyCLxJH3 , it would appear in the block chain (also seen by Blockchain.info) but I wouldn't be able to spend the funds because I don't own the private key: All coins sent to this address would be lost forever. |
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lnternet
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January 03, 2014, 04:47:52 AM |
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lol what is going on there 3BTC in lost funds, tons of micro transactions, some gigantic transactions with fees only... |
1ntemetqbXokPSSkuHH4iuAJRTQMP6uJ9
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RoxxR
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January 03, 2014, 10:56:32 AM |
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How do you generate that? Care to share a script or something? |
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RoxxR
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January 03, 2014, 10:57:19 AM |
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I'll be scared when I see $5000 going into that address, not anything less. |
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Nancarrow
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January 03, 2014, 12:43:33 PM |
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I'll be much more scared if I see even a single Satoshi going OUT of that address!
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If I've said anything amusing and/or informative and you're feeling generous:
1GNJq39NYtf7cn2QFZZuP5vmC1mTs63rEW
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Bigeyeone
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January 03, 2014, 12:50:00 PM
Last edit: January 03, 2014, 01:02:19 PM by Bigeyeone |
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1CounterpartyXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXUWLpVr is related to a new alt currency called Counterparty, that is build on top of the bitcoin protocol, the currency is created by "burning" bitcoins, by sending it to a bitcoin adress that does not have a private key. See: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=395761.0 |
PMC: 19dNRVPcjsESqo8isdauc1gQ6PbUrAZor9
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