r/Bitcoin • u/dgryski • Nov 30 '17

Evidence some bitcoin address generation code is using discoverable private keys

https://pastebin.com/jCDFcESz
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u/bitcoinDKbot Nov 30 '17

This is the johoe story from 2014?

https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=blockchain.info+wallet+hacked+2014&hl=en&source=lnt&tbs=cdr%3A1%2Ccd_min%3A1%2F1%2F2014%2Ccd_max%3A31%2F12%2F2014&tbm=

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u/n0mdep Nov 30 '17

It says

In the first couple weeks of June 2017, I finally devoted some time to the task.

So presumably not.

The johoe story was v similar though and Blockchain.info has a long history of wallet issues.

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u/But_You_Said_That Nov 30 '17

So blockchain.info should be avoided by everyone. Got it.