It doesn't seem difficult to generate all 8 character alphanumeric strings, but the 30 seconds it takes to generate the scrypt hash is the real challenge here.
218 trillion combinations. Roughly 69 million years to generate hashes on even half of that space.
Essentially, you need to find a hole in the algorithm, right?
What I mean is, there's no identifying information except that the wallet has 10BTC in it. Even if you could generate all the addresses at once, there's no way to know which one is the right one!
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Ohhh nice idea.
It doesn't seem difficult to generate all 8 character alphanumeric strings, but the 30 seconds it takes to generate the scrypt hash is the real challenge here.
218 trillion combinations. Roughly 69 million years to generate hashes on even half of that space.
Essentially, you need to find a hole in the algorithm, right?
What I mean is, there's no identifying information except that the wallet has 10BTC in it. Even if you could generate all the addresses at once, there's no way to know which one is the right one!
Except that they gave you the address. The trick is to figure out the private key.