Exploring New Methods for Cracking Bitcoin Addresses

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planktonHero Member
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#1Aug 19, 2024, 11:56 PM
So here's a thought. Bitcoin addresses come from a 256-bit random value, like this one: "1PnVcifB9EBwbaAauprqcucPgfUnrRLtWg". A lot of people talk about seed phrases, but honestly, they’re just condensed 256-bit numbers. Basically, you take that random 256 bits, make a 64-bit hash, get your private key, and then generate a public key from that. A lot of folks are trying to create random numbers to get lucky with wallet addresses.
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wizard_2016Full Member
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#2Aug 20, 2024, 12:02 AM
Not to rain on your parade, but you're definitely not the first to think this way. Your explanation has a bunch of issues, to be honest. Also, neural networks have been around for ages. Just because you're hearing about them now while coins go missing doesn’t mean you're onto something new. I’m guessing those addresses you found were set with most bytes to zero? Those are pretty famous and always show a zero balance.
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gang2015Member
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#3Aug 22, 2024, 07:39 AM
Gotta say, that sounds like a stretch. Looks more like AI wrote this, asking for donations, similar to that other thread I stumbled upon. Why SQLite? Bloom Index is way more common for this kind of thing.
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stacksatsHero Member
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#4Aug 22, 2024, 11:50 AM
Honestly, this seems like a lost cause. Trying to find a single address in the vastness of all this is like searching for a needle in a haystack.
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0xNodeMember
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#5Aug 22, 2024, 02:18 PM
A neural network acts like an agent, using a directed graph to minimize paths. Each node has a cost and the goal is to find the cheapest route using various search methods. But if you want to build a graph for all private keys? Good luck, you'll need way more space than just keeping the private keys in a file, and that’s already pushing limits.
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m1kes4tFull Member
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#6Aug 22, 2024, 08:14 PM
Let’s not spread myths here. Sure, 256 bits is huge, but it’s still smaller than the estimated number of atoms in the universe. That number is about 1000 times larger.
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