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Re: I made my own code to Create your own Bitcoin address (Python)
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Pablo-wood
on 21/12/2024, 21:40:36 UTC
<b>Nice work mate but a few point to mention</b>
First :
Handling private keys and seed phrases in plaintext is inherently risky. You stand at a very high risk if an attacker gets hold of your system.

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user_variable = "test"
Using user_variable for entropy is highly risky. Assuming a user provides a weak or predictable input?. Despite introducing randomness via salting understanding the strength of the entropy greatly relies on the quality of the user input

Lastly using RIPEMD-160 hash of the private key for the witness program is risky. This can lead to an invalid address or one that cannot be recovered .

It is best to use a proper public key derived from the private key when creating the witness program.