Checking the first few bytes of a Bitcoin Address should not be considered sufficient for ensuring that it is correct as it takes less than a second to generate a 3 character vanity address that matches the first 3 characters of an address.
On Mon, 30 Oct 2017, 11:44 shiva sitamraju via bitcoin-dev, < bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > Hi, > > When I copy and paste bitcoin address, I double check the first few bytes, > to make sure I copied the correct one. This is to make sure some rogue > software is not changing the address, or I incorrectly pasted the wrong > address. > > > With Bech32 address, its seems like in this department we are taking as > step in the backward direction. With the traditional address, I could > compare first few bytes like 1Ko or 1L3. With bech32, bc1. is all I can see > and compare which is likely to be same anyway. Note that most users will > only compare the first few bytes only (since addresses themselves are very > long and will overflow in a mobile text box). > > Is there anyway to make the Bech32 addresses format more visually distinct > (atleast the first few bytes) ? > _______________________________________________ > bitcoin-dev mailing list > bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org > https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev >
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