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September 09, 2026, 06:48:04 PM
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Public key:
04678AFDB0FE5548271967F1A67130B7105CD6A828E03909A67962E0EA1F61DEB649F6BC3F4CEF3 8C4F35504E51EC112DE5C384DF7BA0B8D578A4C702B6BF11D5F

It is said that the private key is the hash of the public key, which is a very rare coincidence.It is said that the private key is the hash of the public key, which is a very rare coincidence.

Also the hash of SongChunLai1985/02/04111111111111111111111111 sha256 2048 times, And some salt.

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It is said that this key can transfer any coin, is that true? Like Ultron.
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September 09, 2026, 07:25:23 PM
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Public key:
04678AFDB0FE5548271967F1A67130B7105CD6A828E03909A67962E0EA1F61DEB649F6BC3F4CEF3 8C4F35504E51EC112DE5C384DF7BA0B8D578A4C702B6BF11D5F



This is an uncompressed public key from coinbase transaction in the genesis block. It's the first pay to pubkey transaction and can be found here

It is said that the private key is the hash of the public key, which is a very rare coincidence.It is said that the private key is the hash of the public key, which is a very rare coincidence.

No, you are wrong. The private key generates the public key, and the public key can be compressed or uncompressed. The public key is hashed to give a public key hash, it is the public key hash that is used to generate the wallet address, which can be in either base58 or Bech32 form.

Read more about public keys here: https://learnmeabitcoin.com/technical/keys/public-key/



Please learn to merge your posts in one place, don't reply thread with questions that should have been in a single post.

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September 09, 2026, 10:59:20 PM
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It is said that the private key is the hash of the public key, which is a very rare coincidence.It is said that the private key is the hash of the public key, which is a very rare coincidence.

No, you are wrong. The private key generates the public key, and the public key can be compressed or uncompressed. The public key is hashed to give a public key hash, it is the public key hash that is used to generate the wallet address, which can be in either base58 or Bech32 form.
You did not mention bech32m which is for taproot.

The hash of public key later resulted to bitcoin address in addresses that begin with 1 and bc1q (P2WPKH). For bitcoin 3 and bc1q (P2WSH) address is a hash of a script. bc1p uses another means which is not public key hash also but it uses a 32 byte output key.

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No, you are wrong. The private key generates the public key, and the public key can be compressed or uncompressed. The public key is hashed to give a public key hash, it is the public key hash that is used to generate the wallet address, which can be in either base58 or Bech32 form.
You did not mention bech32m which is for taproot.

I did not mention it because bech32m is not a new address format. It uses the same bech32 encoding format. The only difference is the checksum constant, the bech32m checksum constant is adjusted, everything else is the same as bech32.

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The hash of public key later resulted to bitcoin address in addresses that begin with 1 and bc1q (P2WPKH). For bitcoin 3 and bc1q (P2WSH) address is a hash of a script. bc1p uses another means which is not public key hash also but it uses a 32 byte output key.


You could have just said legacy address and segwit address, and they use base58 or bech32. An address with 3 could also be a segwit.

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September 10, 2026, 09:27:44 AM
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The hash of public key later resulted to bitcoin address in addresses that begin with 1 and bc1q (P2WPKH). For bitcoin 3 and bc1q (P2WSH) address is a hash of a script. bc1p uses another means which is not public key hash also but it uses a 32 byte output key.
You could have just said legacy address and segwit address, and they use base58 or bech32. An address with 3 could also be a segwit.
Address that begin with 1 is legacy.
P2WPKH and P2WSH are segwit but P2WSH is multisig.

Address with 3 is not segwit, it is called nested segwit or compatible address. Nested means something that is placed inside another thing of the same or related type and it is placed inside segwit to make it compatible on exchanges and other places where segwit was not accepted because their system has not been upgraded at the time.

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