You should know, that there are scrapers around who look for BTC Addresses with private keys created with simple (and most used ) passwords... just to empty them
after any amount of btc is send to them.
Topic: Private Key Generation (Read 973 times)
Is it possible to form a custom private key? For example, could one 'set' the first 2/3rds of the characters - and compute the remaining 1/3 to form a valid private key?
The private key is a number. Just a number between 1 and 0xFFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFE BAAE DCE6 AF48 A03B BFD2 5E8C D036 4140
Any number in this range is valid private key ready to use
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Private_key
Is it possible to form a custom private key? For example, could one 'set' the first 2/3rds of the characters - and compute the remaining 1/3 to form a valid private key?
The private key is a number. Just a number between 1 and 0xFFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFE BAAE DCE6 AF48 A03B BFD2 5E8C D036 4140
Any number in this range is valid private key ready to use
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Private_key
Is it possible to form a custom private key? For example, could one 'set' the first 2/3rds of the characters - and compute the remaining 1/3 to form a valid private key?
What is the formula for determining whether or not a character string is a valid Bitcoin private key?
I understand this would make it far less random, and far less secure. For this application, that is OK.
What is the formula for determining whether or not a character string is a valid Bitcoin private key?
I understand this would make it far less random, and far less secure. For this application, that is OK.
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