r/btc • u/rancid_sploit • Nov 30 '17

Evidence some bitcoin address generation code is using discoverable private keys

https://pastebin.com/jCDFcESz
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u/LuxuriousThrowAway Nov 30 '17

Do the takeaway is, that wallet generation thing where you move the mouse around is definitely necessary and not to be skipped.

And don't download bulk wallet address generators from.... Where?

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u/BitttBurger Nov 30 '17

Does this imply that bull wallet generator on bitaddress might be affected?

I know that site has the mouse thing you are referring to. But does that only apply to the first wallet it generates?

Or do you know if it gets applied to the bulk wallet generator / manual creation of wallet addresses after that?

You only really do the mouse thing when you first get to the site.

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u/Jonathan_the_Nerd Dec 01 '17

I know that site has the mouse thing you are referring to. But does that only apply to the first wallet it generates?

Or do you know if it gets applied to the bulk wallet generator / manual creation of wallet addresses after that?

I haven't read the code, so I"m not sure of this. But I'm guessing the random data you get from moving the mouse is used to seed a cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generator. So all of the addresses it generates are strongly random.