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We solved a P2SH transaction puzzle and redeemed Bitcoin

BTC Leak on July 19, 2020

This is a success story about how we solved a transaction puzzle and collected a small sum of Bitcoin, all details included. Pay-to-script-hash (P2SH) are the most fascinating and curious kind of Bitcoin transactions. They allow Bitcoins to be sent… Read the full article

A super-fast Bitcoin private key generator

BTC Leak on June 23, 2020

The good news first. We are going to code a script that outputs random 64 character hexadecimal strings at supersonic speeds, and then we are going to use them to try to bruteforce some Bitcoin addresses. Bitcoin private keys may… Read the full article

Three ways to hack Bitcoin

BTC Leak on June 22, 2020

A properly set up and used Bitcoin address is virtually impossible to hack. The vastness of possible private keys ensures that it is practically impossible to bruteforce one (or several) Bitcoin addresses. Humans are not machines, however, and humans do… Read the full article

Steal our Bitcoin – Again

BTC Leak on June 16, 2020

Since the first round resulted in Bitcoin theft within seconds, we have decided to step up the game for the second round. Again, we have transferred 0.0001 BTC each to 10 different unsafe segwit addresses. Here is the transaction: c94be241769a2b95f0f14780c7c1612d0e86208e263f0b8e185110aa76f572c8… Read the full article

Steal our Bitcoin – a small segwit bounty [Updated!]

BTC Leak on June 14, 2020

We have sent 0.0001 BTC each to ten different public addresses that have never before appeared on the blockchain but should still be considered high-risk and quite unsafe. It will be interesting to see how fast they are robbed! Here… Read the full article