All Bitcoin private keys are on this website

Post by teekert » Tue, Dec 21, 2021, 1:04 PM UTC

theden wrote: post #26

It's like passively playing the world's worst lottery in terms of odds, but hundreds of thousands of times every second. It's fun but the odds are astronomically low. I have a script[1] that generates a pub+private key and checks against a massive file of addresses with BTC[2]. The list of addresses is loaded in memory as a python `set` so checking is O(1), but I feel like optimisations at increasing the rate are fut…

Post by Pennycade » Tue, Dec 21, 2021, 1:06 PM UTC

MereInterest wrote: post #145

temp0826 wrote: post #109

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I mean...btc will eventually hit the supply limit. Sort of hilarious if all mining hardware was repurposed at that point to work on brute forcing instead

The supply limit is irrelevant in this case. In order to remain secure, the cost to attack Bitcoin must be proportional to the value represented by Bitcoin. Currently, when proof of work is performed, it is funded in large part by increasing a ledger value without a corresponding decrease elsewhere (aka "minting"). In the future, when proof of work is performed, transaction fees will need to increase in order to prov…

Post by pokepim » Tue, Dec 21, 2021, 1:08 PM UTC

tjungblut wrote: post #148

JimWestergren wrote: post #139

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You must mean this: https://keys.lol/ethereum/9046256971665327767466483203803742...

wow, the private key with 10.28 eth can't be imported anywhere. The others work and are already being emptied. One way to lose your money for sure. EDIT: the aforementioned wallet can also be found as the 0x00 wallet on the very first page. Interesting collision? EDIT2: it's hardcoded https://github.com/SjorsO/keys-generator/blob/master/ethereu...

Post by robbiep » Tue, Dec 21, 2021, 1:12 PM UTC

bhouston wrote: post #168

garmaine wrote: post #163

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Astronomical. You could convert every computer into existence into hunting for used private keys, and run them for the lifetime of the universe, and you’d be unlikely to find even one used key.

What is the expected speed up if using quantum techniques? Can quantum techniques allow one to more effectively search for a specific private key to a BTC account?

Post by alex77456 » Tue, Dec 21, 2021, 1:13 PM UTC

teekert wrote: post #171

theden wrote: post #26

It's like passively playing the world's worst lottery in terms of odds, but hundreds of thousands of times every second. It's fun but the odds are astronomically low. I have a script[1] that generates a pub+private key and checks against a massive file of addresses with BTC[2]. The list of addresses is loaded in memory as a python `set` so checking is O(1), but I feel like optimisations at increasing the rate are fut…

And then, when you "hit the jackpot", will you become a thief? Or will you just feel like you picked a lock, smile and pull the door back shut.