What Happens If I accidentally post my Private KEy somewhere Public?

DRAWDE_3691

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Quote from: BrewMaster on October 03, 2017, 11:44:36 AM

what do you think would happen if you leave you cash on a park bench?

the same thing will happen to your bitcoin if you leave your private key on the internet somewhere. the more crowded, the faster it will go Wink

Thank you Sir, with these simplified words, I easily understood what will happen if that happens.

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Quote from: DRAWDE_3691 on October 03, 2017, 09:38:13 AM

I am new to BTC, and I was long time thinking, what will happen if my private key will be used by someone, will I lost any..? Thanks

of course yes, absolutely that someone who knows your private key and all you've stored on that wallet are soon to be lost. if just incase you accidentally posted your private key somewhere in public, make a new one wallet and transfer your fund on the other wallet to avoid of loosing your coins. and be careful next time.

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Your coins will surely be gone as soon as someone notices unfortunately

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Quote from: Immakillya on October 05, 2017, 09:45:50 PM

Well, i guess it's not a private key anymore. You posted it to public. Just pray they won't see that. That's why it's called private. It mean that this is something that you don't want to see by public. In short, it is a secret mate. So if ever accidentally post your private keys to public. Kiss your bitcoins goodbye, that's over. Im just kidding. Just send all your funds from your wallet and send it to another wallet. But that's if they haven't find out that you posted your private keys. That's the only thing you can do. You must act fast before they gets your funds.

and everyone who know yout private key could have an access to go into your wallet. so better you keep yout private key very carefully.

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Quote from: DRAWDE_3691 on October 03, 2017, 09:38:13 AM

I am new to BTC, and I was long time thinking, what will happen if my private key will be used by someone, will I lost any..? Thanks

If you post your private key in public place,people can transfer all of your coin in their account.You can do nothing.Need to secret private key.If you post private key in public then you realize what mistakes you do,you should transfer your coin to another wallet.Because you can not change your private key like reset.

Bitgenius777

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Quickly transfer all your funds to another exchange or another Ethereum profile. If you don't do that. It will be lost forever. Bcus people steal ya know.

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Publishing your private key is very dangerous. You will be lost all of this address if it’s used by someone.
Because private key is your wallet , if you publish your private key, everyone can import your key to their wallet without passport.
If you have pusblished your private key， you should check your balance now and transfer your money as soon as possible.

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This is a common mistake due to user's carelessness. Immediately move your assets from that wallet to another wallet before it looted by others. Save the private key and don’t repeat the same mistake, good luck.

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It's better you move it soon before unwanted thing happens, move it to another wallet and don’t repeat the same mistake.
Always careful and think about every action you take, especially when dealing with money. It's better to double-check than regret later.

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If you post your private key, anyone can take your bitcoin. Anyone can import the private key into a wallet, coinb.in, etc. to spend your bitcoin and it is not possible to reverse the transaction or recover your coins.

If you accidentally post your private key, generate a new bitcoin address (and save the new private key securely) and transfer your bitcoin from the compromised address to the new address immediately.

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Quote from: DRAWDE_3691 on October 03, 2017, 09:38:13 AM

I am new to BTC, and I was long time thinking, what will happen if my private key will be used by someone, will I lost any..? Thanks

If you have posted you private key or if anyone has access to it, they can take all your Bitcoins. You must immediately move those Bitcoins to an address that is secure. Don't let anyone see your private keys. Once someone takes your coins, there is no way to recover them and there is no way to determine who took them (not that you could get them back anyway). You can make as many Bitcoin wallets as you want to and make sure you protect the private keys.

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Well, i guess it's not a private key anymore. You posted it to public. Just pray they won't see that. That's why it's called private. It mean that this is something that you don't want to see by public. In short, it is a secret mate. So if ever accidentally post your private keys to public. Kiss your bitcoins goodbye, that's over. Im just kidding. Just send all your funds from your wallet and send it to another wallet. But that's if they haven't find out that you posted your private keys. That's the only thing you can do. You must act fast before they gets your funds.

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It is possible due to human error that a newbie or someone else, can accidentally post Private Key somewhere Public, in such instance the best thing one can do is to remove the post as soon as possible or edit it so that Private key does not work. But if somehow you gave it to someone accidentally, then I will advise you to create a new wallet and transfer your assets from old wallet a.s.a.p. But in all cases one should be very cautious while handling private keys.

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There are bots scanning popular websites Bitcoiner's frequent that will scoop that money up in literally seconds after it appears. Even if you caught the mistake as soon as you did it and tried to move the money off the wallet it would already be gone since bots will do this nearly instantaneously. And it is more than one, the bots are in competition with one another as well so its not like you would stand a chance. It also doesn't matter which currency as I assume most of them are programmed to work with most of the popular coins.

Using the park bench analogy above, it would be more akin to leaving your wallet on a park bench during a crowded thieves convention being held at the same park.

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Quote from: DRAWDE_3691 on October 03, 2017, 09:38:13 AM

I am new to BTC, and I was long time thinking, what will happen if my private key will be used by someone, will I lost any..? Thanks

If you accidentally post your private key you could lost all you coins inside your wallet because anybody can access it. If you notice it early and you check your coins are still there, create a new wallet and transfer it immediately in a new wallet. You can also use trading platform wallet if you think it would take time for you to create wallet.

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Yes obviously, someone will try to track your bitcoin adress and then he will try to login to your wallet.. but i think that if you have 2fa activated on your account, and a password, it is impossible to spend your bitcoins with only a private key. anyway, i am not sure about this, but i think that i saw this option on my wallet.
but it is a horrible idea to post a private key on here, a ridiculous one.

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You just made someone happy by doing that. Grin

Don't ever think about that and dont let it happen. It will be the end of all your bitcoin in an instant.
You will just be lucky if no one knows about it in that forum you will be posting it. Grin

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Most likely your BTC balance will be gone. Always keep your private key safe and the last thing to do is to post it online.

You won’t post your password online as well right?

Razick

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Avoid doing this at all costs. My wallet just got hacked and the hacker stole my Bitcoin as they got access to my private keys. Anyone who has them can steal your coins. I did not have 2FA setup so there was no hope. Best not to make te same mistake I did. Thankfully, it was not a lot of BTC. Needless to say if you posted your private key somewhere then you should delete the post and move the funds from that address.

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what do you think would happen if you leave you cash on a park bench?

the same thing will happen to your bitcoin if you leave your private key on the internet somewhere. the more crowded, the faster it will go Wink

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