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Re: Short Adresses , how to check it?
by
DaveF
on 17/12/2022, 14:55:12 UTC
⭐ Merited by NeuroticFish (2)
.... Yes, it may not be accurate, in some cases the wrong address may be returned/checked, but I don't know of better tools.

Sorry I didn't put it clearly, it's not that there are no better tools, it's the fact that there are no tools or even a way to be sure.

If you can't see the full address and the private key so you can verify that the private key is actually, for that address, while making sure nobody else has seen / still has the private key then you no longer have BTC.

You have a lottery ticket that may or may not have BTC in it when you finally scratch it off.

Look a handy thread that not enough people read: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3315347.0

-Dave