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-de
The last few bytes can be generated to be the same also.
On Mon, 30 Oct 2017, 14:20 Ricardo Filipe via bitcoin-dev, <
bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> start double checking the last few bytes instead?
>
> 2017-10-30 8:56 GMT+00:00 shiva sitamraju via bitcoin-dev
> :
> > Hi,
> >
> >
I feel like this would be pointless as the vast majority of users would
likely download the blockchain from a node that was not enforcing a tip
requirement as it would seem like unnecessary cost as in protocol​s such as
BitTorrent there is no such tips in sharing files and the blockchain
distributi
