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Re: BitCrack - A tool for brute-forcing private keys
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ETFbitcoin
on
27/02/2021, 11:20:12 UTC
Quote from: Pythagoras33 on February 26, 2021, 11:52:52 PM
Why waste so much electricity with the brute force attack when you just need to solve a simple mathematical problem?
https://decrypt.co/59340/ancient-bitcoin-whale-just-moved-5-million
1. The news only says someone move lots of Bitcoin (which had old UTXO age) with speculation it have some influence on Bitcoin price
2. What is the simple mathematical problem? Finding private key if someone reuse
k
value?