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Re:All Bitcoin private keys are on this website by shawabawa3 on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @08:30AM (#29637158)
Quantum computers can be used to crack public keys for a bitcoin account yes, but an addresses public keys are only published when a transaction is made

Best practice for secure bitcoin accounts is to always send the entire balance when making a transaction, and have the "change" go back to a new address

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Re:All Bitcoin private keys are on this website by garmaine on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @10:46AM (#29638474)
Not anymore. With taproot the key used is published on the blockchain when the output is created.
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Re:All Bitcoin private keys are on this website by shawabawa3 on Thursday December 30, 2021 @11:06AM (#29737837)
That doesn't make sense.

I haven't published the public key to my bitcoin wallet. If someone sends to my address how do they publish the public key?

There are new output formats with taproot but they aren't mandatory and you can still send to addresses with no published public key

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