One way bitcoins are stolen (be careful out there)

http://www.palkeo.com/code/stealing-bitcoin.html

Discussion on Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7365663

A particularly interesting comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7368283


Comments


[2 Points] fun-gee:

...from brainwallets with insecure passwords


[2 Points] buckethead--:

This is bullshit. You cannot calculate private keys from imaginary passwords. Stop spreading this nonsense on this subreddit.

I have made a script that tries every secret key, ...

Really, you guys buy into this ?


[1 Points] cat-a-plexy:

Wth is a brainwallet?


[1 Points] None:

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[1 Points] ShulginsCat:

I've never heard of Brainwallet before, but it sounds like a pretty dumb idea. Reducing the security of your wallet to a single human-readable password is exactly what you need to avoid. Who thought of this retarded idea?


[0 Points] None:

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