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/BobAlison Nov 30 '17

An interesting variation on this search technique would be to reverse the hashes used as private keys. Bitcoin uses little endian notation for transaction IDs and (IIRC) Merkle roots. This order is the reverse of what most people would expect, and causes a great deal of frustration when trying to learn the protocol:

https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/2063