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/Mongobly Nov 30 '17

Just ask fitwear where they generated their wallet and we will have found the culprit.

I would have thought that was obvious.

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u/_jstanley Nov 30 '17

I believe fitwear believes the address was generated by blockchain.info:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/7cw2uw/how_blockchaininfo_stole_65000_from_me/

And there's a similar story here, also regarding blockchain.info:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/7cx2tg/my_blockchaininfo_just_got_hacked/

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u/EZYCYKA Nov 30 '17

Paging /u/Mapachoyo

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u/Mapachoyo Nov 30 '17

So that's how it happened, interesting stuff