[ANN] bitaddress.org Safe JavaScript Bitcoin address/private key

[dansus021]

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5319378.0 this thread brought me here 

Congratulation @pointbiz some little giveaway maybe 

https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/1NiNja1bUmhSoTXozBRBEtR8LeF9TGbZBN

don't forget with BCH and other bitcoin fork that have value 

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[Carapato]

i have a problem, i did create a brainwallet with one of the first versions back at 2011, how can i get that versions with sha1? please i need help.

[Skyripper]

i have a problem, i did create a brainwallet with one of the first versions back at 2011, how can i get that versions with sha1? please i need help.

Try these:
https://web.archive.org/web/20180127120411/https://www.bitaddress.org/bitaddress.org-v2.0-SHA1-c0300a88d2de421106560185e4916f4eee6ed9df.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20150513081028/https://brainwallet.org/

[Carapato]

thank you for your reply. i've been looking and i think when brainwallet was implemented for first time, it already had sha256 algoritm. there's any chance of earlier versions generating different adresses with brainwallet?

[Skyripper]

thank you for your reply. i've been looking and i think when brainwallet was implemented for first time, it already had sha256 algoritm. there's any chance of earlier versions generating different adresses with brainwallet?

I do not think that's possible. The latest version generates the same wallet address for me as the earliest version.

[Pochi Spiccioli]

Hi guys! It would be wonderful if with bitaddress.org it was possible to generate SegWit wallets (also protected with BIP38). Is it possible to implement this function? I would be willing to pay to see this possibility realized...

[solayagim]

I recommend https://koraycoding.github.io/btc-address-generator/

[Linon]

Why does bitaddress.org (and indeed older versions) also accept mini private keys whose test byte is "01"?
Is the information on https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mini_private_key_format wrong, where it says that the test byte must be "00"?

I first thought this was a bug, but it looks like it was intentionally programmed that way:

line 5939:  

Code:

return ((testBytes[0] === 0x00 || testBytes[0] === 0x01) && (validChars22 || validChars26 || validChars30));

[nerdface20]

Does Anyone Know?

Is there a specific reason why bitaddress.org
generates randomness over 512 hex characters?

[programmer-frank]

Nice that this website is still live. I mentioned it in an article about Bitcoin I wrote for the 2600 magazine (The Hacker Quarterly), which was published in the autumn 2013 issue, with the brain wallet "Frank test for 2600" for whoever of the readers got it first. Of course was claimed shortly after the magazine was printed (no ebooks of 2600 back in 2013).

BTW, the donations address currently contains 36.4 BTC, worth $1.7 million. Nobody should say open source is not profitable

[sam00]

BTW, the donations address currently contains 36.4 BTC, worth $1.7 million. Nobody should say open source is not profitable

A few months ago, the owner/creator of bitaddress.org commented in this thread and stated that he does not want to withdraw the coins from his deposit address to keep is privacy. It is still pretty amazing that he just has 36 bitcoin sitting around

[programmer-frank]

A few months ago, the owner/creator of bitaddress.org commented in this thread and stated that he does not want to withdraw the coins from his deposit address to keep is privacy. It is still pretty amazing that he just has 36 bitcoin sitting around

Interesting, you are right. But was not this thread, but here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5319378.msg56454923#msg56454923
I probably wouldn't worry about my privacy and just hire a big lawyer firm to convert it to fiat to keep my privacy. But I like the owners idea to donate it to new projects.

[boomdev]

Hello! I made an installable (deb & rpm) version of the paper wallet generator on bitaddress.org.
I also wanted to say hi and thank you to @pointbiz and the other contributors to the bitaddress repo.

Here it is: https://github.com/boomdev/billify
Cheers!

[sam00]

Hello! I made an installable (deb & rpm) version of the paper wallet generator on bitaddress.org.
I also wanted to say hi and thank you to @pointbiz and the other contributors to the bitaddress repo.

Here it is: https://github.com/boomdev/billify
Cheers!

This sounds interesting. Can you tell us what features your site offers that bitaddress.org doesnt offer ?
Can you provide screenshots, proof of your work or even create an announcement thread maybe ?
As of right now, I wouldn't download and run a file from a Newbie. 

[programmer-frank]

This sounds interesting.

I wouldn't say it sounds interesting, sounds fishy to me. Looks like the source code is mostly the same from the original webpage. For example compare this script from the new program:
https://github.com/boomdev/billify/blob/d472db85683b30f1b63dc84122234e43e0a055bd/js/ninja.paperwallet.js
with this from the original page:
https://github.com/pointbiz/bitaddress.org/blob/72aefc03e0d150c52780294927d95262b711f602/src/ninja.paperwallet.js
Nothing wrong with it, the licence allows to use the code, and the new repository cites everything correctly in the licence file, as required.

But the point of an address generator is to be sure that it is safe. The application in the deb file is an Electron app. It includes a large amount of binary executable for the Chromium extension. It would be (relatively) easy to modify Chromium, to modify one of the JavaScript programs to generate addresses which are unsafe and predictable.

With the original website, you can examine each JavaScript file that it is safe, and then just open it in an unmodified webbrowser of your choice on an internet disconnected computer to generate your wallet. This would be the safest way. There is no need for an Electron app. Even more so because it generates a paper wallet, so you can't verify it. For example if it would provide the a brain wallet functionality as well, then you could test a brain wallet address with the old site, and then compare it with the new site to check if it works, before using it for your secret brain wallet.

That said, the deb file might be innocent. But it is simply not needed and I wouldn't install or run it.

[boomdev]

This sounds interesting. Can you tell us what features your site offers that bitaddress.org doesnt offer ?
Can you provide screenshots, proof of your work or even create an announcement thread maybe ?
As of right now, I wouldn't download and run a file from a Newbie. 

Thanks for your message, sam00! My repo actually offers less features than bitaddress.org, as it just does the paper wallet, not the other types.
I really just thought it would be cool to be able to have a "native" app you could potentially install with apt instead of the site and quite frankly it was my first time trying Electron.
Also as you said I'm a super noob so there is probably no reason to use my app over the OG.

I wouldn't say it sounds interesting, sounds fishy to me. Looks like the source code is mostly the same from the original webpage. For example compare this script from the new program:
https://github.com/boomdev/billify/blob/d472db85683b30f1b63dc84122234e43e0a055bd/js/ninja.paperwallet.js
with this from the original page:
https://github.com/pointbiz/bitaddress.org/blob/72aefc03e0d150c52780294927d95262b711f602/src/ninja.paperwallet.js
Nothing wrong with it, the licence allows to use the code, and the new repository cites everything correctly in the licence file, as required.

But the point of an address generator is to be sure that it is safe. The application in the deb file is an Electron app. It includes a large amount of binary executable for the Chromium extension. It would be (relatively) easy to modify Chromium, to modify one of the JavaScript programs to generate addresses which are unsafe and predictable.

With the original website, you can examine each JavaScript file that it is safe, and then just open it in an unmodified webbrowser of your choice on an internet disconnected computer to generate your wallet. This would be the safest way. There is no need for an Electron app. Even more so because it generates a paper wallet, so you can't verify it. For example if it would provide the a brain wallet functionality as well, then you could test a brain wallet address with the old site, and then compare it with the new site to check if it works, before using it for your secret brain wallet.

That said, the deb file might be innocent. But it is simply not needed and I wouldn't install or run it.

You are correct, programmer-frank, the original site is safer/better. There is nothing fishy here though - or at the very least none intended. This "project" was a learning opportunity (which I think is encouraged by the author of bitaddress.org) and I was out of my depth in the cryptographic side of the codebase but it was a lot of fun. I debated using Electron, tried a few alternatives that don't bundle Chromium & Nodejs (namely tauri & neutralino) but for some reason I stuck with Electron.
I also see why using the deb (or rpm) directly would be illadvised. The best way to use the app would prabably be to build it from the source code - which, yeah, kinda defies the purpose of it all 

To be fair, I'm not sure most people actually audited the code of bitaddress.org before using it (now I have, at least in part), but it's all about having the option - I guess.
All in all, a pretty pointless result for a not-so-pointless exercise, might you agree.

Anyways, thanks to you both for taking the time. 
https://i.ibb.co/fdmNsZ5/Billify-Screenshot.png

[sam00]

Thanks for your message, sam00! My repo actually offers less features than bitaddress.org, as it just does the paper wallet, not the other types.

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I thought it would be a cool idea to have an app/website only for creating paper wallets IF it had more functionalities for specifically for this purpose.
I thought he had maybe added more designs to it, since that's what I've been looking for so many times already
I've gifted a few paper wallets so far and would love to have a few new designs.

[boomdev]

I've gifted a few paper wallets so far and would love to have a few new designs.

Hodl my BTC, I'll BRB.

[boomdev]

Here's a new repo with 5 new paper wallet templates (feel free to add more).
This time, I didn't try to fix something that wasn't broken, it's a copy of the original bitaddress.org repo, with only 2 files modified. No Electron or anything.
Repo: https://github.com/boomdev/billify2
Screenshot:https://i.ibb.co/qrjkpmb/Billify2-Example.png

[sam00]

Here's a new repo with 5 new paper wallet templates (feel free to add more).
This time, I didn't try to fix something that wasn't broken, it's a copy of the original bitaddress.org repo, with only 2 files modified. No Electron or anything.
Repo: https://github.com/boomdev/billify2
Screenshot:https://i.ibb.co/qrjkpmb/Billify2-Example.png

Well thank you very much for implementing new paper wallet designs! I still won't use your repo/website/app as for now since I am not that good of a programmer myself to confirm that it is completely safe. If there are more reputable members that can confirm the safeness in the future then I will try it out!