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Millions of Old Bitcoin Wallets Have Critical Security Flaws, Experts Say (due to a not-so-CSPRNG in BitcoinJS)

gizmodo.com Millions of Old Bitcoin Wallets Have Critical Security Flaws, Experts Say

If you're using a wallet older than 2016, you need to act fast.

Millions of Old Bitcoin Wallets Have Critical Security Flaws, Experts Say
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  • Is it safe to use https://www.keybleed.com/ and provide the public key?

    • If you're in any doubt about if your keys might've been generated by that software, you should probably just assume that they are and move to new keys asap.

      • I would think that it would be good practice to stay current with your funds. Every year or so, review what's available and move to whatever the meta happens to be.