<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 1:31 PM Alfie John <alfie@alfie.wtf> wrote:<br></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
Yep.... and "stealing" using guessable private keys is already happening:<br>
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    - <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/blockchain-bandit-ethereum-weak-private-keys/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.wired.com/story/blockchain-bandit-ethereum-weak-private-keys/</a><br>
    - <a href="https://redpiranha.net/news/online-bitcoin-wallets-open-compromise-weak-private-key-generation-code" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://redpiranha.net/news/online-bitcoin-wallets-open-compromise-weak-private-key-generation-code</a><br>
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Alfie<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">But don't allow this or any other failure of BitCoin security ever lead you to doubt the absolute inevitability of the global financial system being replaced. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">This is differential security: No insecurity in the BitCoin system can ever be considered significant because it is only a proof of concept. At this stage it is sufficient to demonstrate that there exists the possibility of a security control that might address the issue with some degree of effectiveness sometime.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"> Meanwhile any and every failure in the existing payments infrastructure is not only a valid criticism, it is proof of its inevitable collapse.</div></div></div>