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tzone • yesterday at 8:09 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

There are exchanges, custodians, etc that hold insane amounts of BTC or ETH in a single address.

We are talking billion dollars+ worth in a single address. So if either chainskey security is compromised in a way that it is conceivable to brute force it, there will definitely be plenty of targets.


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dist-epoch • yesterday at 8:57 PM

Stealing a billion dollar address is kind of worthless. Try cashing it out. Even if you are NK.

spottedmarley • yesterday at 8:15 PM

Yes, it would require those exchanges to move their funds around. I'm pretty sure they can manage it.