An address which has tx records and zero balance but may be used again by its owner. (Like any address with a tx)
https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/3Mt3Z1gKp5W4a1UkCrBG9XoqMH9F5GyupnWhat did you mean exactly with "zero balance" ?
How much it is large this dataset?
How did you get this database since it's (obviously) larger then the actual database of addresses with at least 1 satoshi and it should be updated frequently each day
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1It's also curious that you find private key of an address like this, since just 0.46 % of addresses have (actually) a balance in the range of 10-100 bitcoin.
And there are (actually) 14274638 addresses with at least 1 satoshi.
1At this moment you have collected only one (1) valid result!
We will then seek scientific review.
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we have yet to declare success
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so despite the funny coincidence (1st April!), this single (1) result can't actually prove your theory and It's close to impossible make any valid claim at this stage.
if you want to publish this work, for what you have provided only predator journal will accept it, and its not an option receive peer review
if you want make a publication....
Have you tried to calculate p-value about your theory to support or reject the null hypothesis?
And why not start signing at least a message from this address ?
In a large dataset (like the dataset that you are using) it's always possible find "correlations" but these doesn't means there are "causations".
1 https://bitinfocharts.com/top-100-richest-bitcoin-addresses.htmlApologies for delayed response.
Balance = 0. They once had a btc balance but now they hold zero (0) balance.
The data set is made up of 97 previously used private keys with a confidence level of 95% and margin of error 10%.
We couldn't agree more. Finding an address like this was by pure and utter chance. Statistically, we should have found an address with less than approximately 0.01. Finding such a significant address is what led us to begin speaking about our efforts publicly.
As mentioned to you previously and many times in the thread, we are NOT declaring success. Have not made the claim that our rule is valid because as you mention, the current results are not significant enough hense why our actual scientific journal is not published and wont be published for a further number of months. I consistently have explained this numerous times to you and others. This publication as of now is just the beginning of presenting results and to speak publicly of our efforts.
Yes. P value = 0.2381
We are not acting on any privates with it be signing of keys or withdrawl of balances for two reasons.
1. We are investigating the laws surrounding withdrawl of btc found in private keys in our region. (Even if legal. There is a high probability we wont withdraw but sign. And if we were to withdraw, it would be an insignificant amount compared to found and would only be done so to provide proof)
2. We are not signing private keys as we have yet to prove our rule and find it would be inappropriate to do so and take such action on someone else's property until rule is proven.
It is indeed possible for find correlations in any sequence of large numbers and thus have significant work left to prove.
Schwarzschild.