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Re: What is the probability of a bitcoin address starting with "11..." ?
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shorena
on 15/05/2016, 19:58:47 UTC
⭐ Merited by ABCbits (2)
are you sure?
It seems base58 would have a 1/58th chance for a '1'
There are no bitcoin addresses starting with "1Z...", "1Y..."
The formula for probability is more complicated

No?

Code:
Address: 1ZXt58NWzZaGxmdcYBccLJL2WNQrTqhuR
Privkey: 5JCQvCDYtQ9fKkkngyAMsS2przu41Gv5KfC4F7zC4XYbikJyXQX

Address: 1YoF7HgrHKxrSH3TyawU9r61DkShpqKd6
Privkey: 5K8r11CxkJy3nJURHEUjpt1zRP8gChNparReacZKsLi2zpCbzoR

For a reference that hhanh00 is correct, see the footnote (marked with *), here[1]

[1] https://en.bitcoin.it/w/images/en/9/9b/PubKeyToAddr.png