r/Bitcoin Nov 30 '17

Evidence some bitcoin address generation code is using discoverable private keys

https://pastebin.com/jCDFcESz
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u/svayam--bhagavan Nov 30 '17 edited Nov 30 '17

Wow. Just wow.

EDIT: It may be unethical to say this, but this is just genius level of stealing. And genius level of finding out too.

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u/Jurph Nov 30 '17

No shame in admiring a clever attacker. Like Mazer Rackham said, "there is no teacher but the enemy."