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Re:How to steal Bitcoins that are protected by weak passphrases by palkeo on Saturday March 08, 2014 @01:58PM (#7365968)
Yes, I think so. It just couldn't have generated the list before, it's just not feasible.
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Re:How to steal Bitcoins that are protected by weak passphrases by kapkapkap on Saturday March 08, 2014 @09:14PM (#7367171)
FWIW, the footer says 'It took a lot of computing power to generate this database. Donations welcome: 1Bv8dN7pemC5N3urfMDdAFReibefrBqCaK;'.
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Re:How to steal Bitcoins that are protected by weak passphrases by TallboyOne on Friday March 14, 2014 @09:27AM (#7398547)
Theres also only 10^77 atoms in the universe, and I think 10^80 bitcoin hashes... I think that footer note is being facetious.
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