U.S. Feds Seized Nearly $1B in Bitcoin from Wallet Linked to Silk Road

Re:U.S. Feds Seized Nearly $1B in Bitcoin from Wallet Linked... by Drip33 on Thursday November 05, 2020 @12:53PM (#25000312)

This address has no known private key https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/1BitcoinEaterAddressD...

Sure someone could randomly guess it but not likely. You don't need to have or know a private key to generate a valid checksum bitcoin address that can be sent to.

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Re:U.S. Feds Seized Nearly $1B in Bitcoin from Wallet Linked... by Scoundreller on Thursday November 05, 2020 @01:28PM (#25000611)

I just created several trillion “disposal” sounding addresses and started sharing the one that I guessed a private key for. There’ll be some real surprises in 2025!

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Re:U.S. Feds Seized Nearly $1B in Bitcoin from Wallet Linked... by Drip33 on Thursday November 05, 2020 @01:32PM (#25000636)

If you can generate the private key to a 27 character or longer English readable Bitcoin address then you can use the same magical technology you possess to earn far more than $1 billion USD.

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