Re: Missing Private Key

I have read this before and I have downloaded the BitCoin client, so how do I identify my private key here? I also noticed with my wallet, I only have one bitcoin address, how do I have so many more on CoinBase?

You can export your private key in the debug console, however, don't do that. It is intentionally made difficult to do so that people don't do it and compromise their security.

You can get more addresses by clicking the "new" button in File > Receiving Addresses.

Ok, thanks for the info, but what is the private key? I seen on here that there is a game where people are trying to crack bitcoin addresses to get rewards. How private can it be if people are cracking them?

The private key is a very very large random number. It is one of 2^256 - 1 numbers. The human mind is not capable of fathoming such large numbers, so just trust that it is insanely huge. Since there are so many of these very very large random numbers, the odds of someone finding a private key associated with an address that can be spent from and is found within a person's lifetime is very low.

What game are you talking about?