Comment by isitthough42
4 years ago
If someone tells you:
This secret image contains a Bitcoin wallet recovery key
If you can crack the secret, the funds are yours!
You can check the status of the wallet here:
https://www.blockchain.com/explorer/addresses/btc/1A1zP1eP5QGefi2DMPTfTL5SLmv7DivfNa
Now here's the secret:
0002146273a3774b3828effff3382000someGarbageSecretThatsActuallyIs{https://youtu.be/eBGIQ7ZuuiU}EnctyptedUsingARandom4096BitStringAsPassword
Which "verifiable and public" part helped?
- Anyone can point to a random link on blockchain.com
- the encrypted secret can contain anything
They didn't do it here, but you can sign a message that includes a checksum of the application with the private key of that address. The signed message can be proved using just the public key that they have linked to.