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Re: I am shocked. I cannot believe this. There is now way I will ever Bitaddress.org
by
siajeen
on 30/05/2020, 10:45:39 UTC
And all Public Keys start with 1, I feel there is some kind of conspiracy.
/end of sarcasm


I guess you meant addresses ?
Note that a public key is not the same as an address. The public key is being hashed to retrieve the address (sha256 and ripemd160 + checksum).

@OP:
Regardless of the initial statement:
Do not use any website to create a paper wallet. Not even after downloading and running it offline.
The usability is not worth the risk.
Why you dont recommend it?