Quote from: ViperGeek on February 11, 2014, 08:51:21 PM

Another interesting data point. When I look at the transaction ID for the "pickpocketed" transaction, I see:

https://blockchain.info/tx/e00709e118af2b1d6737ccaf10c8423d6a49b24b72472f2754d35efca7b0ab23

The page states: "Warning! this transaction is a double spend of 112743537. You should be extremely careful when trusting any transactions to/from this sender."

The imported address I used to send the BTC was deterministically generated on brainwallet.org using a not-so-strong passphrase (after all, this is just a test). Is it possible that someone else in the vast Bitcoin universe used the exact same not-so-strong passphrase and just got an unexpected donation of 0.01 BTC?

I'm more concerned about the mystery than the $$$. If I learn something today, the lesson will be worth the $6 USD.

Thanks (again).

- Dave

If you deterministically generated a bitcoin address from a "not-so-strong passphrase", it is likely that your 0.01 was immediately swept to the other address.

You have to wake up pretty early in the morning to stay ahead of bitcoin thieves.