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shawabawa3 on Dec 21, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: All Bitcoin private keys are on this website

not exactly true

BTC addresses that have never sent BTC are not vulnerable to quantum computers as the public key is only sent when a transaction is made. The address you send to is a hash of the public key and irreversible even with quantum computers

garmaine on Dec 21, 2021 | [–]

This is no longer the case with Taproot, btw.

robbiep on Dec 21, 2021 | [–]

The more you know. Thankyou

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