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Understanding and avoiding visually ambiguous characters in IDs
Modern bitcoin addresses use a base-32 character set that leaves out some of the most ambiguous pairs and also permutes the address ordering so that the most visually similar remaining characters produce single bit errors which are better handled by the addresses error detecting (and potentially correcting) code.
https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0173.mediawi...
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Bitcoin Block 840000
Context: Bitcoin miners have just adopted a 50% pay cut for themselves. This pay cut was baked into Bitcoin protocol at the launch of the network (mostly, see "BIP 42" [1]). The OP link gives information about the block in which this pay cut was made.
I get that HN comments tend to dismiss Bitcoin. But the fact that for the fourth time this pay cut has happened without a hitch speaks volumes to what makes Bitcoin interesting: It's a rare combination of economic incentives and technology that keeps chugging. Nobody can stop it. And it's extremely resistant to change. It requires no governmental approval. All attempts at subversion or interference have failed. There aren't many things that come close to that kind of record.
[1] https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0042.mediawi...
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Generating and Working With ScriptPubKeys in Bitcoin Transactions
Bitcoin transactions involve locking funds in scripts, which can only be spent if those locking conditions are met. The part of the script that expresses these locking conditions are called ScriptPubKeys. On the other hand, the part that provides unlocking scripts to satisfy the locking conditions is referred to as ScriptSig for legacy transactions, and ScriptWitness for SegWit Transactions. These scripts are evaluated by a stack-based language called Script. This article will mainly focus on ScriptPubKeys.
- Blue Wallet and seed phrases
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Nano S seed compromised?
Here’s the reference https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0039.mediawiki
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Do you use 12 - 24 words?
There are 5 271 537 971 301 488 476 000 309 317 528 177 868 800 possible permutations of the bip39 wordlist found here: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0039/english.txt when using 12 word seeds. You probably have better change to win the lottery every week for the rest of your life than cracking a 12 word seed in correct order
- 24 words
- Creating a custom Bip39 brain wallet
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SEC Charges Kraken for Operating as an Unregistered Securities Exchange
No one controls Bitcoin, because it's a protocol. Bitcoin Core is the reference implementation, but there are others, and anyone can create new implementations if they wish. Also, the Bitcoin Core maintainers can't just change something on a whim, because users would then switch to another fork. Maintainers (or miners or other groups) can't force their changes on users, because everyone can decide on their own which version they want to use.
The protocol development happens through BIPs (Bitcoin improvement proposals): https://github.com/bitcoin/bips
BIPs are discussed for years, before (and if) they are implemented, and basically everyone needs to agree on them, because no one wants to fork the blockchain, which could be devastating.
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Recover Cool Wallet seed to a Ledger?
All the seeds generated from the CoolWallet (Number / Word) adhere to the BIP-39 protocol.
brainflayer
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[ELI5] why don't people mine wallets?
For pre-HD wallets, see brainflayer https://github.com/ryancdotorg/brainflayer
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How to make a custom private key [in python] and import it in a Bitcoin wallet?
If you want to use a password like this consider a key derivation function like pbkdf2. (This does not make it safe but you begin to stray away from old brain wallets that are all compromised already see https://github.com/ryancdotorg/brainflayer )
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What is your view on brain wallets.
Your wording attempts to fool people into using brainwallets by appealing to ego. Nobody has the ability to make a passphrase from their brain with sufficient entropy to be secure. Stop promoting insecure methods https://github.com/ryancdotorg/brainflayer
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How do you make litecoin brainwallets in python?
Brainflayer is a Proof-of-Concept brainwallet cracking tool
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Do people still use brain wallets?
Brainflayer is still running, but does not find new keys because the whole world switched to deterministic wallets https://github.com/ryancdotorg/brainflayer
- Self-proclaimed Bitcoin inventor largely prevails in $54B Bitcoin trial
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where can I download software on PC to brute force bitcoin? just for the fun to try
Brainflayer discovers single keys created by hashing low-entropy "brain passwords". It pre-dates HD wallets, pre-dates SegWit https://github.com/ryancdotorg/brainflayer
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Completely custom seed phrase
For fun, read about brainflayer https://github.com/ryancdotorg/brainflayer
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How is Bitcoin 'unconfiscatable' if you should not use a brainwallet?
Brainwallet normally means something easy to remember, and therefore easy to brute force. See brainflayer, a tool for stealing coins from brainwallets https://github.com/ryancdotorg/brainflayer
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Downside of brainwallet for long term hodling?
People don't talk about brain wallets because nobody uses the same definition. The commonly accepted definition, from when they were popular, is "easy to remember, easy to steal". See brainflayer https://github.com/ryancdotorg/brainflayer
What are some alternatives?
P2P-Trading-Exchanges - Person-to-Person bitcoin Trading Exchanges
bitcracker - BitCracker is the first open source password cracking tool for memory units encrypted with BitLocker
solidity - Solidity, the Smart Contract Programming Language
bip39 - A web tool for converting BIP39 mnemonic codes
EIPs - The Ethereum Improvement Proposal repository
miningcore - Miningcore is a high-performance Mining Pool Software for Linux and Windows.
qtum - Qtum Core Wallet
solana - Web-Scale Blockchain for fast, secure, scalable, decentralized apps and marketplaces.
vanitygen-plus - Vanitygen PLUS! Generate vanity address for 100+ cryptocoins including: BTC, LTC, LBRY, UNO, DASH, DIAMOND, DOGE, FEATHER, GROESTL, MONA, PEERCOIN, VERTCOIN, ZIFTR, CROWN, GAME, PINK and MORE! Removed the prefix length limit, now capable of searching for longer prefixes... Altcoin encryption and decryption of private keys is also supported.
btcrecover - An open source Bitcoin wallet password and seed recovery tool designed for the case where you already know most of your password/seed, but need assistance in trying different possible combinations.
btcrecover - BTCRecover is an open source wallet password and seed recovery tool. For seed based recovery, this is primarily useful in situations where you have lost/forgotten parts of your mnemonic, or have made an error transcribing it. (So you are either seeing an empty wallet or gettign an error that your seed is invalid) For wallet password or passphrase recovery, it is primarily useful if you have a reasonable idea about what your password might be.