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Topic: bitaddress generated existing address? how to spend [1 BTC BOUNTY] (Read 3642 times)

legendary
Activity: 1274
Merit: 1004
Right. So by that logic, if I find a real life wallet on the street with money, credit cards and what not, that's also not stealing, I just got lucky and the owner should be more careful not to drop his wallet on the street next time. I hope you never lose your wallet, your keys or your phone then!


Don't compare it with a wallet.  Bitcoin address doesn't have anyone's name/address on them

Check the date of wallet creation. It's 2009


edd
donator
Activity: 1414
Merit: 1002
Some day, you'll lose your private keys. Some random exploit, virus, perhaps somebody ripping you off; whatever the case, you'll come back to this forum demanding justice and doing everything you can to find the robber, completely outraged. How dare they stealing my coins you'll think. When that happens, I'll link you to this thread and remind you how you once were the robber who stole 50 BTC. Have a good day Wink

Oh wait, dude he didn't stole money from someone.
He's lucky that he got 50 bitcoin in a new generated wallet and he's innocent that's why he posted address here, otherwise he can just ask for import key help and get away. You guys have never even knew about this.

So stop being a prick and let him enjoy his money. If these bitcoin belongs to someone else, he could have spent them, instead of letting them sit in his wallet from many years.

He hasn't stolen the money yet. I sincerely doubt he actually has the private key to this address.

BTW, how can you possibly say four years = "many years"? I have stuff in my fridge older than that.
hero member
Activity: 756
Merit: 501
There is more to Bitcoin than bitcoins.
Where do I use the command
This guy acts like he is a newbie who doesn't know how to spend from a private key he supposedly generated. At the same time, he offers deals like:
I will create an alt coin for you for a very low price:

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- Source code
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- Source code
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- Block reward and adjustment changes
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and

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Same genesis block too but different checkpoint

GET 50 BITCOINS PER BLOCK!

Only 1,000 BtC premine, will be used for bounties.

I call bullshit.
legendary
Activity: 1274
Merit: 1004
You know if I ever discovered the key to an address with coins in it the last thing I would do is announce it to the world. Why alert the owner of that address? If I needed technical advice I would ask for it without revealing the bitcoin address in question.

Well probably he wants to share his happiness with others or he thought it might be bug or something and it shows that he's a innocent guy and it's completely fine.

legendary
Activity: 1615
Merit: 1000
This still needs proof.
full member
Activity: 140
Merit: 100
Some day, you'll lose your private keys. Some random exploit, virus, perhaps somebody ripping you off; whatever the case, you'll come back to this forum demanding justice and doing everything you can to find the robber, completely outraged. How dare they stealing my coins you'll think. When that happens, I'll link you to this thread and remind you how you once were the robber who stole 50 BTC. Have a good day Wink

Oh wait, dude he didn't stole money from someone.
He's lucky that he got 50 bitcoin in a new generated wallet and he's innocent that's why he posted address here, otherwise he can just ask for import key help and get away. You guys have never even knew about this.

So stop being a prick and let him enjoy his money. If these bitcoin belongs to someone else, he could have spent them, instead of letting them sit in his wallet from many years.

Right. So by that logic, if I find a real life wallet on the street with money, credit cards and what not, that's also not stealing, I just got lucky and the owner should be more careful not to drop his wallet on the street next time. I hope you never lose your wallet, your keys or your phone then!
legendary
Activity: 3640
Merit: 1571
You know if I ever discovered the key to an address with coins in it the last thing I would do is announce it to the world. Why alert the owner of that address? If I needed technical advice I would ask for it without revealing the bitcoin address in question.
legendary
Activity: 1274
Merit: 1004
Some day, you'll lose your private keys. Some random exploit, virus, perhaps somebody ripping you off; whatever the case, you'll come back to this forum demanding justice and doing everything you can to find the robber, completely outraged. How dare they stealing my coins you'll think. When that happens, I'll link you to this thread and remind you how you once were the robber who stole 50 BTC. Have a good day Wink

Oh wait, dude he didn't stole money from someone.
He's lucky that he got 50 bitcoin in a new generated wallet and he's innocent that's why he posted address here, otherwise he can just ask for import key help and get away. You guys have never even knew about this.

So stop being a prick and let him enjoy his money. If these bitcoin belongs to someone else, he could have spent them, instead of letting them sit in his wallet from many years.


legendary
Activity: 1176
Merit: 1020
Some day, you'll lose your private keys. Some random exploit, virus, perhaps somebody ripping you off; whatever the case, you'll come back to this forum demanding justice and doing everything you can to find the robber, completely outraged. How dare they stealing my coins you'll think. When that happens, I'll link you to this thread and remind you how you once were the robber who stole 50 BTC. Have a good day Wink

Well I think we would all like to see them steal at least one satoshi, just to prove that they can.
full member
Activity: 140
Merit: 100
Some day, you'll lose your private keys. Some random exploit, virus, perhaps somebody ripping you off; whatever the case, you'll come back to this forum demanding justice and doing everything you can to find the robber, completely outraged. How dare they stealing my coins you'll think. When that happens, I'll link you to this thread and remind you how you once were the robber who stole 50 BTC. Have a good day Wink
legendary
Activity: 1176
Merit: 1020
There is no such thing as a bug on bitaddress. You could have found an address collision or simply mined the coins yourself in 2009, I find the later more credible.

It's more likely there was a 'collision' in the pseudo-random number generation that bitaddress.org relies on than and actual address collision.  I would guess 1,000,000's of times more likely.  That may even be considered a bug.  I modify every generated private key by hand to guard against such issues.
legendary
Activity: 3472
Merit: 1722
Maybe both the owner of this address (afaik it could be one of the few people with whom Satoshi conversed about bitcoin in 2009) used a similar method with a predictable output to generate an address as ssbtoday with bitaddress: https://github.com/pointbiz/bitaddress.org/blob/master/bitaddress.org.html

This would also mean that other people who used bitaddress at some point (not sure if all versions would be affected and if it is a randomness issue).

For now, I refuse to believe a collision occured until OP proves he has access to the coins.
 
legendary
Activity: 1274
Merit: 1004
Bitcoin Address:
1GJmzymuJLmeqzhgbky91286GRhKZQFVYb


says so.. Unless there was a bug on bitaddress.org? where do I importprivkey in electrum?


click on third icon.

then it will show wallet import tab.

thanks, I see it now. Your sig address is OK?

yes
full member
Activity: 122
Merit: 100
Bitcoin Address:
1GJmzymuJLmeqzhgbky91286GRhKZQFVYb


says so.. Unless there was a bug on bitaddress.org? where do I importprivkey in electrum?


click on third icon.

then it will show wallet import tab.

thanks, I see it now. Your sig address is OK?
legendary
Activity: 924
Merit: 1004
Firstbits: 1pirata
Bitcoin Address:
1GJmzymuJLmeqzhgbky91286GRhKZQFVYb


says so.. Unless there was a bug on bitaddress.org? where do I importprivkey in electrum?

Stephen already explained how can you import the private key a few posts earlier.

There is no such thing as a bug on bitaddress. You could have found an address collision or simply mined the coins yourself in 2009, I find the later more credible.
legendary
Activity: 1274
Merit: 1004
Bitcoin Address:
1GJmzymuJLmeqzhgbky91286GRhKZQFVYb


says so.. Unless there was a bug on bitaddress.org? where do I importprivkey in electrum?


click on third icon.

then it will show wallet import tab.
legendary
Activity: 1890
Merit: 1086
Ian Knowles - CIYAM Lead Developer
Don't do it, it's stealing  Angry

In fact it would in all likelihood be stealing from Satoshi himself (which could be considered sacrilege around this forum).
full member
Activity: 122
Merit: 100
Bitcoin Address:
1GJmzymuJLmeqzhgbky91286GRhKZQFVYb

says so.. Unless there was a bug on bitaddress.org?

Was this a brainwallet based upon a passphrase?

Don't think so. single wallet.

JimmyFL but the owner hasn't used it for years. finders keepers
member
Activity: 84
Merit: 10
Don't do it, it's stealing  Angry
legendary
Activity: 1890
Merit: 1086
Ian Knowles - CIYAM Lead Developer
Bitcoin Address:
1GJmzymuJLmeqzhgbky91286GRhKZQFVYb

says so.. Unless there was a bug on bitaddress.org?

Was this a brainwallet based upon a passphrase?
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