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that is hilarious I remember people used to share their C:/program Files/ directory
The Internet was so cheeky and fun 20 years ago… now it’s just tears and fistfuls of cash
Too much capitalism can ruin anything.
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that is hilarious I remember people used to share their C:/program Files/ directory
The Internet was so cheeky and fun 20 years ago… now it’s just tears and fistfuls of cash
How can it do that so fast?
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Why a thief? Bitcoin is a silly idea based on scarcity that doesn't exist. If someone generated the right numbers by chance and had luck, I wouldn't say they'd be doing anything wrong getting whatever is there. It's not the same as stealing data, and is not the same as hacking into a banking system. It's decentralized, and there isn't the concept of real scarcity. It's not even hacking. https://henvic.dev/posts/bitco…
Because whether or not Bitcoin is silly, someone else paid their hard earned money for the coins, usually we say that makes someone the owner. What do you usually call someone who takes a thing from its owner without permission?
Yeah, someone was silly to pay hard earned money in exchange from useless tokens. It was a gamble. If the useless tokens get stolen, I'm sorry to say, but whoever paid for BTC already lost their wealth in the first place when they converted whatever they had before for it.
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Make me wonder, at what point does brute forcing private keys become more lucrative than mining?
https://odysee.com/@3Blue1Brown:b/how-secure-is-256-bit-secu... or more briefly: never
We've shown time and time again that our undefeatable algorithms aren't.
Would you be comfortable if the Blockchain was frozen in time for a hundred years, after which you could withdrawal your balance? Would it be impervious over that time frame?
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Why a thief? Bitcoin is a silly idea based on scarcity that doesn't exist. If someone generated the right numbers by chance and had luck, I wouldn't say they'd be doing anything wrong getting whatever is there. It's not the same as stealing data, and is not the same as hacking into a banking system. It's decentralized, and there isn't the concept of real scarcity. It's not even hacking. https://henvic.dev/posts/bitco…
My father always said, if you find something, and it isn't yours, it belongs to someone else. There are actual laws in the US that if you find money, you are supposed to report it to the authorities, and if no one reports losing the money in some fixed time (30 days?) then you keep it.
How lucky for everyone that the crypto folks have specifically attempted to evade all the laws that apply to real money
Am I right in understanding that this is somehow checking every private key on the page against every single wallet with money? How can it do that so fast?
Soo what happens if you're incredibly lucky and stumble across the private key for an active wallet? If you transfer the funds out, isn't that just theft? Is "guessing" a private key any different from guessing someone's bank details?
It’s theft, but I suppose you could claim it was really your private key the whole time. Would the other person be able to prove it was theirs?
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The first page (<<) has similar patterns. Must be someone testing/debugging with hardcoded numbers.
Nah, it goes in an order. Base58check is used to convert byte arrays into the readable bitcoin addresses. So the the first address (5HpHagT65TZzG1PH3CSu63k8DbpvD8s5ip4nEB3kEsreAnchuDf) has a byte array, in hex, of: 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001 Some people used those early addresses on purpose. Maybe for testing or something or I guess maybe due to a bug or something.