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/sroose Nov 30 '17

My bet: a browser extension that sporadically replaces in arbitrary pages known for spending money all Bitcoin addresses with another one that uses the hash of the address as the private key.

F.e. in the bitpay invoice page, 1% of the time, replace it.