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		tjungblut on Dec 21, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: All Bitcoin private keys are on this website wow, the private key with 10.28 eth can't be imported anywhere. The others work and are already being emptied. One way to lose your money for sure. EDIT: the aforementioned wallet can also be found as the 0x00 wallet on the very first page. Interesting collision? EDIT2: it's hardcoded https://github.com/SjorsO/keys-generator/blob/master/ethereu...

pokepim on Dec 21, 2021 [–]

Why it cant be imported anywhere?

tjungblut on Dec 21, 2021 | [–]

it's the maximum private key https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/blob/master/crypto/c... - so the public key is actually just a example and not the real public key for that private key.

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