Quote from: larry_vw_1955 on Today at 05:40:55 AM

Before you start funding an address like that, you should probably make sure whatever software you are using to generate that compressed address works with other software tools the same way.

Before funding, I indeed reproduce my steps using different software.

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1BsQ1rYAi2nNpnqpCLyQS4fkV4dEf3jegB would be the correct compressed address for a brainwallet corresponding to the passphrase "6PRKrgToVFyMzHL3qYa9Pq7e1ZugAiaYGYUxK2ccVaUoSeK9PYnqFti5Br-1".

You're right, I copied the addy from the previous step instead of the final step. There's another reason to verify everything twice, which I didn't do for this example. I've edited my post.

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That's another issue with trying to use bip38 and brainwallets is that bip38 is pretty well DEPRECATED by now and not really recommended.

Says who? It's a standard that's widely used, but just in case, I keep my own copies of the software. And so do many other people, I'm pretty sure someone would share it if I'd ask for it 20 years from now.
I've actually tought about creating an archive site with all kinds of old Bitcoin-related software, but I didn't want to deal with potential copyright issues.

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It's a fact of life that not all Bip38 tools produce the same output.

That's what I thought, but I couldn't find evidence for it. This would indeed mess up my system.