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Board Development & Technical Discussion
Re: same public key
by
DeathAndTaxes
on 29/06/2013, 22:26:08 UTC
Exactly it is that simple.  The Bitcoin network has no concept of "ownership" only authentication.  If one can sign a transaction with a valid private key they can spend the coins.  If someone generates an address which produces the same public key as your address then they can spend your coins.