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Private/Public key mismatch #90

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belgacoin opened this issue Nov 25, 2014 · 4 comments
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Private/Public key mismatch #90

belgacoin opened this issue Nov 25, 2014 · 4 comments

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@belgacoin
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Hello,

Today I created a paper wallet, I checked the Pub Addr in blockchain.info and strangely enough, the newly created bitcoin address had 1 BTC on it!!
The Priv Key on the other hand didn't match with this address, I extracted the Pub Key via Armory from this Priv Key and it resulted in a different Pub Addr.

@TheButterZone
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More discussion on https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=873121.0

@absorber
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absorber commented Dec 4, 2014

It seemed to be on the user's end - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=873121.msg9671820#msg9671820

I think this issue can be closed?

@pointbiz
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pointbiz commented Jan 7, 2015

Yes, this was due to a malware browser plugin that modified the bitaddress output. There was no flaw in the bitaddress code related to this issue.

@pointbiz pointbiz closed this as completed Jan 7, 2015
@belgacoin
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Indeed, it was a malicious Chrome add-on (Dogecoin ticker).

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