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RE: A QUIZ on crypto wallets. Win 20 LEO !

in LeoFinance4 years ago (edited)

I don't think so.
While your version

2ae271d2aceeca2708cf88544766ae9d5346d3e3ea356833e018bf7f621d43b7

seem to be also a valid ETH private key, it leads to a totally different ETH pub address, which is
0x9394230666cdcEB91ED10862bA87840c1751Ee6b

I have verified this in Metamask and MyEtherWallet, and both of them gave me the same result:

0x9394230666cdcEB91ED10862bA87840c1751Ee6b

As you may imagine, one PUB address can not have more than ONE private-key,
while at the same time - ONE private-key does not control more than just ONE Public address.

So, the Quiz task remains unsolved.

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A private key can control many public addresses.

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Many? How many?
Any source to backup this statement?

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Multiple public keys hash to the same public address, as the public address consists of a suffix of the hashed public key.

Wallets for various coins provide you a list of public addresses all of them derived from the private key, in order for you to preserve your privacy. e.g. You use one public address only once, then for a different txn you use another.

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I don't think I understood anything. Maybe you can explain a bit detailed?

This private key
0x610c8b06eac7fbd9aeb88b500fd6892b038cc60fc40e9381184130e6893fb600

is from this ETH public address:
m/44'/60'/0'/0/0,
0x1E07018Ff906F03f9e0A0Dab894b1EcC3424742f

What other addresses this very same private key controls?

Having PRIVATE key should be not hard to find the corresponding PUBLIC address(s), right?
So what are those others?

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A wallet normally contains a master private key and generates multiple slave private keys.
For each private key, you can create at least two public keys, one compressed, the other uncompressed.
There is a ton of material explaining this online.
Please google it.

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I see , we are talking about the DIFFERENT things.

You talk about EXTENDED MASTER PRIVATE KEY, for the whole wallet.

I talk about a private key for a one single address, containing a fixed certain amount of coins.

If you disagree, I kindly ask you,
tell me please, which other ETH address is controlled by this private key:
0x610c8b06eac7fbd9aeb88b500fd6892b038cc60fc40e9381184130e6893fb600

At least ONE MORE !

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