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Re: ARG Puzzle with 3.5 BTC Private Key Prize
by
arg
on 06/07/2014, 17:51:26 UTC
that imports as
https://blockchain.info/address/1MtR9nBGfWBLY23q4dRGRjjzBBiEdxRmC3

if they are not valid addresses then that is a fatal flaw in the blockchain because it's showing as a valid address and you could send coins there

If you edit the address it comes back as checksum not valid, so it clearly does check the addresses and says that this one is valid. If it's not then blockchain is fucked then

 If you could import that invalid private key to begin with, blockchain.info is not verifying checksums properly. It's invalid, end of story. The address checksum is a different matter, you can have an address but no matching private key.