Quote from: o_e_l_e_o on June 07, 2023, 06:42:17 PM

This address (39QWbnkbcPFcrJFEB6yvVDc12eX5zqVt3y) doesn't have a private key though: It has an unlocking script, the details of which I've given above. The private key needed in the script is the one belonging to the uncompressed public key in the script, which leads to the address 1PE3udPhhcSP4RAkVVuTPwQrGidVtkcaA4.

If you try to sell someone that private key, they will see an empty (although previously used) address. To lead them to the given address you'd need to first teach them about scripting. And if they can understand the script well enough to generate the given address, then they'll see through the scam.

I got looking into 1PE3udPhhcSP4RAkVVuTPwQrGidVtkcaA4 when I saw https://x.com/MichaelDunwort1/status/1635424260314525696 | https://archive.ph/EjMaJ#selection-499.93-499.127

Shortly after I had clicked on Like on a bunch of tweets by https://x.com/MichaelDunwort1, they sent me a DM.

99 out of 100 DMs that I've ever received on Twitter are scammers. Usually once I do a bit more research on them, I figure out they are scammers, block/mute them and move on.

In this case, a web search found this topic as the only match with bitcoin address 1PE3udPhhcSP4RAkVVuTPwQrGidVtkcaA4.

Does anyone know if https://x.com/MichaelDunwort1 is legit? Either that is a legit account and he's a crafty bitcoiner, or scammers have reached a whole new level of ingenuity.