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Re:Status of the first million Bitcoins by drivebyacct2 on Saturday April 13, 2013 @10:43PM (#5545631)
How do you know if the wallet is lost? I'm guessing most people who lost their wallets, probably lost their public address too. (Unless they were using it as a donation sink or something). Plus, if you can crack the keys, you would just target the biggest wallet and be done with it.
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Re:Status of the first million Bitcoins by philix001 on Saturday April 13, 2013 @11:46PM (#5545807)
There's no difference between a lost bitcoin and one that is unused.
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Re:Status of the first million Bitcoins by pyre on Saturday April 13, 2013 @10:50PM (#5545657)
I imagine that cracking wallets that have been dormant for a long time carries less risk of being noticed and/or caught.
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Re:Status of the first million Bitcoins by drivebyacct2 on Saturday April 13, 2013 @10:54PM (#5545666)
Cracking a wallet can be done completely offline. I guess if you mean extracting the coins, yeah. I suppose that's what you'd use a bitcoin laundry service for. (a "mixer" I believe)
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