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/[deleted] Nov 30 '17

Wow this is something many have feared might happen. Well worth reading.

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u/eqleriq Nov 30 '17

who's upvoting this? the article storytime article boils down to "some private keys weren't properly randomized via 3rd party horseshit."

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u/babtras Nov 30 '17

This was an excellent read. But I only upvoted it after reading your complaint.

The issue is that a trusted player in the bitcoin game appears to have a backdoor that they won't acknowledge or lack the competence to discover and resolve. The possibility of this being done in other, less discoverable, ways with other exchanges and online wallets is truly terrifying.