| ▲ | giancarlostoro 4 days ago |
| Even when I copy and paste, I triple check the beginning and end of the addresses shown. |
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| ▲ | johnisgood 4 days ago | parent [-] |
| Same. I triple check the beginning and the end. Just like I am supposed to when handling money. In cases of many cryptocurrencies, you should focus more on the last characters instead of the first. In terms of Bitcoin, it usually begins with "bc1" (yes, depends) and ends with whatever. Triple check either way. Sometimes I would clear my clipboard and copy paste anew. |
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| ▲ | mr_mitm 4 days ago | parent [-] | | Generating an evil wallet where the last six characters or so match the original is probably feasible. I heard of this being done to SSH host keys. Someone invented randomart images to make it easier for humans to compare binary strings [1], but I'm not sure how well they fare against similar attacks. [1] https://bytes.zone/posts/what-is-the-randomart-image-for/ | | |
| ▲ | pants2 4 days ago | parent | next [-] | | I have been targeted by scammers who generated wallet addresses with 15 of the same characters. | |
| ▲ | johnisgood 4 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | I am sure it is, but oh well. You always have to be careful about money. |
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