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0 pointskbenson5y ago0 comments

It's anonymous as long as you don't use it for anything. As the GP notes, that allows it to be stored for a while to deal with later.

If nothing else, it's a good way to prove capability. Want to prove your prior deeds and that you're the one that pulled off that twitter hack? Have someone provide you an address and transfer out of that wallet, and now you've got proof of control of the funds, which works pretty well as a way of verifying you are the individual/group that pulled this off if someone asks. In that way, it's a good advertising.

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brantonb5y ago

A wallet is really just a public/private key pair. To prove you have access, you can just sign a message of someone else’s choosing with the private key. No need to transfer any value.

It’s why any claims to be Satoshi are laughable. If you want to go public, just prove it cryptographically.

tenuousemphasis5y ago

Even easier, just ask them to provide any message then sign using the key(s) to which ownership is desired to be proven. This still works if the Bitcoin have been spent.

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brantonb5y ago

A wallet is really just a public/private key pair. To prove you have access, you can just sign a message of someone else’s choosing with the private key. No need to transfer any value.

It’s why any claims to be Satoshi are laughable. If you want to go public, just prove it cryptographically.

tenuousemphasis5y ago

Even easier, just ask them to provide any message then sign using the key(s) to which ownership is desired to be proven. This still works if the Bitcoin have been spent.

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