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Re: Brute-forcing Bitcoin private keys
by
ETFbitcoin
on 02/03/2021, 11:17:02 UTC
Brute-forcing private keys and encrypted wallet are 2 different thing,
1. Brute-forcing encrypted wallet is faster if it's encrypted with weak password.
2. Brute-forcing private keys is only possible if it's generated with weak RNG or implementation, which significantly reduce search space.

This is like digging for gold and by technology going up i believe oneday it will be possible to brute force about 20-100 wallets each year using some crazy asic machine and a whole industry will be built around just this idea.

It's called theft.