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Topic: 50 BTC lost because of blank passphrase - page 4. (Read 8250 times)

legendary
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Well it's been flagged --> " Warning! this bitcoin address contains transactions which may be double spends. You should be extremely careful when trusting any transactions to or from this address. "

I see test transactions being performed, so it's going to go down the rabbit whole very soon, if it's stolen coins. How can people make a mistake like that with 50 BTC?

I hope for their sake that is not a mistake... Thats a lot of money in anyone's language. It's amazing how fast these bots are to catch up on that... or was it just a test? 

When you are not careful enough shit happens really fast. 50 BTC is a lot, but I have witnessed people being less or same careful with amounts of 500 BTCs and higher. Didn't some user of this forum guard his passwords and wallet.dat files unencrypted on the cloud and he got hacked for more than 1000 BTCs.

Luckily he managed to negotiate the return of funds with the thief. I guess that some people never learn.

Yah. Here is the thread => https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/i-was-hacked-1170btc-stolen-500btc-max-bounty-686275
hero member
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Move On !!!!!!
Well it's been flagged --> " Warning! this bitcoin address contains transactions which may be double spends. You should be extremely careful when trusting any transactions to or from this address. "

I see test transactions being performed, so it's going to go down the rabbit whole very soon, if it's stolen coins. How can people make a mistake like that with 50 BTC?

I hope for their sake that is not a mistake... Thats a lot of money in anyone's language. It's amazing how fast these bots are to catch up on that... or was it just a test? 

When you are not careful enough shit happens really fast. 50 BTC is a lot, but I have witnessed people being less or same careful with amounts of 500 BTCs and higher. Didn't some user of this forum guard his passwords and wallet.dat files unencrypted on the cloud and he got hacked for more than 1000 BTCs.

Luckily he managed to negotiate the return of funds with the thief. I guess that some people never learn.
legendary
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Well it's been flagged --> " Warning! this bitcoin address contains transactions which may be double spends. You should be extremely careful when trusting any transactions to or from this address. "

I see test transactions being performed, so it's going to go down the rabbit whole very soon, if it's stolen coins. How can people make a mistake like that with 50 BTC?

I hope for their sake that is not a mistake... Thats a lot of money in anyone's language. It's amazing how fast these bots are to catch up on that... or was it just a test? 
full member
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why are there two addresses for correct horse battery staple?

brainwallet has two modes for creating private keys called "Point Conversion" which makes compressed and uncompressed private keys, hence two different addresses.

Yep, and the two addresses for the empty string are:

https://blockchain.info/address/1HZwkjkeaoZfTSaJxDw6aKkxp45agDiEzN
https://blockchain.info/address/1F3sAm6ZtwLAUnj7d38pGFxtP3RVEvtsbV
legendary
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Merit: 1000
A blank passphrase creates the following Address/Private key combination.

1HZwkjkeaoZfTSaJxDw6aKkxp45agDiEzN / 5KYZdUEo39z3FPrtuX2QbbwGnNP5zTd7yyr2SC1j299sBCnWjss

Someone sent 50 BTC today to this 1HZwkjkeaoZfTSaJxDw6aKkxp45agDiEzN...

https://blockchain.info/tx/65e1ce741c6f756cf0c36b49a59ba77d7aab82b09acde63c4052bbd6bf1c7050

Within 10 minutes it was moved out...

https://blockchain.info/tx/84ef741c9178a62ca405c7addefe3805ac443dcef1ee3051e5a0a18e1a65cc30

fuck that $ 14,463.50 :O
legendary
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Where is my ring of blades...
why are there two addresses for correct horse battery staple?

brainwallet has two modes for creating private keys called "Point Conversion" which makes compressed and uncompressed private keys, hence two different addresses.
legendary
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Core dev leaves me neg feedback #abuse #political
why are there two addresses for correct horse battery staple?
vip
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hero member
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Pretty crazy stuff, whether it was a mistake or not. I know the feeling though, I have sent BTC to the wrong address before(never anything near that much though).
full member
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Nexious.com Admin
It was a well known brain wallet address, either it was a mistake or done on purpose. If it was a mistake I feel sorry for the person, but sending that large amounts you would double check everything before you sent.
hero member
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July 29, 2015, 05:49:08 PM
#9
I was under the impression there are bots out there dedicated to scanning for obvious brain wallets. That's the most obvious one of all by the sounds of it. Goodnight, sweet coins.

There are bots which scans famous quotes, bible quotes, song lyrics, everything a person can think of plus small mutations. I feel sorry for anyone who lost coins this way. Any brainwallet generated from phrases just aren't safe, people have to learn their lesson the hard way.

Thats why I would never, ever store my main stack within something that can be generated out of thin air. There's no way im ever moving my coins from my local offline hardware unless I want to have spare BTC on my mycellium wallet. Brainwallet sounds good but better stay a paranoid and go good ol offline.
legendary
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Reverse engineer from time to time
July 29, 2015, 05:46:26 PM
#8
I am envious.
legendary
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July 29, 2015, 05:45:00 PM
#7
This is a known address, it's the default example from brainwallet. The person who sent it there either made a donation to the wrong address or made a big mistake, unfortunately.

Since it was probably a mistake, it should be returned, but we all know that doesn't happen (much often...). I guess we live and learn, unfortunately the amount of coins was significant.

It is also possible that the guy swiped the coins himself. But, as I can see, even after 80+ confirmation blockchain.info is showing the outgoing Tx as double spend.

Yes, that's a possibility too, but a very optimistic one Cheesy


Since it was probably a mistake, it should be returned, but we all know that doesn't happen (much often...).


I was under the impression there are bots out there dedicated to scanning for obvious brain wallets. That's the most obvious one of all by the sounds of it. Goodnight, sweet coins.

I don't really get why anyone indulges in them.

Yes, bots exist... People are after free and easy coins, I guess... Roll Eyes
hero member
Activity: 672
Merit: 500
July 29, 2015, 05:33:26 PM
#6
I was under the impression there are bots out there dedicated to scanning for obvious brain wallets. That's the most obvious one of all by the sounds of it. Goodnight, sweet coins.

There are bots which scans famous quotes, bible quotes, song lyrics, everything a person can think of plus small mutations. I feel sorry for anyone who lost coins this way. Any brainwallet generated from phrases just aren't safe, people have to learn their lesson the hard way.
legendary
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Merit: 3015
Welt Am Draht
July 29, 2015, 05:07:44 PM
#5

Since it was probably a mistake, it should be returned, but we all know that doesn't happen (much often...).


I was under the impression there are bots out there dedicated to scanning for obvious brain wallets. That's the most obvious one of all by the sounds of it. Goodnight, sweet coins.

I don't really get why anyone indulges in them.
member
Activity: 117
Merit: 10
July 29, 2015, 05:06:58 PM
#4
Looks like more than 1 person tried to claim that 50 BTC.

hero member
Activity: 784
Merit: 501
July 29, 2015, 05:05:30 PM
#3
This is a known address, it's the default example from brainwallet. The person who sent it there either made a donation to the wrong address or made a big mistake, unfortunately.

Since it was probably a mistake, it should be returned, but we all know that doesn't happen (much often...). I guess we live and learn, unfortunately the amount of coins was significant.

It is also possible that the guy swiped the coins himself. But, as I can see, even after 80+ confirmation blockchain.info is showing the outgoing Tx as double spend.
legendary
Activity: 1512
Merit: 1012
July 29, 2015, 05:03:05 PM
#2
This is a known address, it's the default example from brainwallet. The person who sent it there either made a donation to the wrong address or made a big mistake, unfortunately.

Since it was probably a mistake, it should be returned, but we all know that doesn't happen (much often...). I guess we live and learn, unfortunately the amount of coins was significant.
hero member
Activity: 784
Merit: 501
July 29, 2015, 04:59:33 PM
#1
A blank passphrase creates the following Address/Private key combination.

1HZwkjkeaoZfTSaJxDw6aKkxp45agDiEzN / 5KYZdUEo39z3FPrtuX2QbbwGnNP5zTd7yyr2SC1j299sBCnWjss

Someone sent 50 BTC today to this 1HZwkjkeaoZfTSaJxDw6aKkxp45agDiEzN...

https://blockchain.info/tx/65e1ce741c6f756cf0c36b49a59ba77d7aab82b09acde63c4052bbd6bf1c7050

Within 10 minutes it was moved out...

https://blockchain.info/tx/84ef741c9178a62ca405c7addefe3805ac443dcef1ee3051e5a0a18e1a65cc30
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