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Topic: [WARNING] Stay Away from Bitcoinofficial.org (Read 153 times)

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April 16, 2020, 04:51:51 PM
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Online Bitcoin wallet that calls itself 'official'.... hmmm what could go wrong  Roll Eyes
It is obviously based in Russia, but no translation in russian language.

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Domain Name: BITCOINOFFICIAL.ORG
Registry Domain ID: D402200000009190883-LROR
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.reg.com
Registrar URL: http://www.reg.com
Updated Date: 2020-03-01T21:09:21Z
Creation Date: 2019-02-06T23:16:52Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2024-02-06T23:16:52Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date:
Registrar: Registrar of Domain Names REG.RU LLC
Registrar IANA ID: 1606
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: [email protected]
Registrant State/Province:
Registrant Country: RU
Name Server: NS1.ADMINVPS.RU
Name Server: NS2.ADMINVPS.NET
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What happened: Well I have a crypto-related website and some guy contacted me from Bitcoinofficial.org, I bet that was the owner, offering to publish their article. After reading the domain name, and I just asked myself when does bitcoin have its official website? Well, nevermind, so I tried to visit the website and yeah, it's officially created by a highly-skilled web developer in high school who wants to get people's btc.

Though it uses the coinb.in api to create the wallet address, which even has the same looks, the difference is the website doesn't have the feature to export the private keys, and surely the private key is saved in the website's server.

So I asked them if it's an open-source which I know it isn't and where's the link to download the code, they replied,
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You can open the site bitcoinofficial.org in any browser and check its html code, since this is an online wallet.
Jesus. 🤦🏻

Additional Notes: To let everyone know, especially newbies, there's no official website of bitcoin. Though bitcoin.org is created by satoshi but that doesn't mean it's the official.

And please stay away from this website, by means that don't ever create any wallet using this website that you will use to send/receive bitcoin in the future.
It's probably a scam.

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