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CNNJDream

Thank you for your response. I apologize if my initial explanation was not clear enough. Allow me to provide more details about the underlying principles of Bitcoin addresses and the specific issue I am facing. In the Bitcoin system, an address is derived from a public key, which in turn is generated from a private key. The process typically follows these steps: A private key is generated, which is a random 256-bit number. The corresponding public key is derived from the private key using elliptic curve cryptography (specifically, the secp256k1 curve). The public key is then hashed using the SHA-256 and RIPEMD-160 algorithms to create a 160-bit hash. This hash is then encoded using Base58Check encoding, which includes a version byte and a checksum, resulting in the final Bitcoin address. In my case, an issue arose during step 2. When generating the public key, the first character of the first 32 hexadecimal characters of the public key was 0. This led to the first 8 bits of the public key being 0, effectively making it a 248-bit public key instead of the expected 256 bits. Despite this, the incorrect 248-bit public key was used to generate a Bitcoin address following steps 3 and 4. This address ended up receiving some bitcoins. Later, I used the same private key to generate the correct 256-bit public key and derived a different Bitcoin address from it. However, the bitcoins that were sent to the first address (derived from the incorrect 248-bit public key) are not accessible using the private key directly, as the Bitcoin system associates those funds with the incorrect public key and address. To further illustrate this, consider the two examples I provided: Example 1: PrivateKeyHexStr: 1D179D45DF2F02271CD4DAA1114B7226480BBF3DA62D94081CC6228C950F3300 Incorrect Public Key (248 bits): 2C3D118366F853F7A7FCD0E0506A87FD1ED7AD7E19103059A85C0FA8ADED85 Incorrect Address: 13mpPh9UMtSN54GTbjj4ht7S3hzCPhmmVA Example 2: PrivateKeyHexStr: 08C5F27C4B0522975583AE6BAE67B2155F5339BA040693335D4A2C4A0A213726 Incorrect Public Key (248 bits): BEC0F8B027D6333EFBBCC87ABD1C2912AB052DE99F391DB3E3EE1EF50708DD Incorrect Address: 14z6wZb4uGE1iT9osbQGMW75iNS1awCGSe In both cases, the incorrect public keys and addresses were generated due to the leading 0 in the public key, causing them to be 248 bits instead of 256 bits. I hope this clarifies the issue I am facing. I am looking for ways to recover the bitcoins that were sent to the addresses derived from these incorrect public keys, given that I have the corresponding private keys. If you have any further questions or need more information, please let me know. I greatly appreciate your interest and any help you can provide.

Funspoyler

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dou8le8u88le

Saw an article yesterday about BBF allegedly trying to kill ICP. Not if you use advanced trade 👍

Adamantinian

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Parush9

 Look who’s talking BBF of SBF who once shilled FTX like crazy !!

MichaelAischmann

*me every time my BBF wants me to meet one of her single friends.*

FldLima

Whats up with Ben name? They all seem like good guys to follow. Ben Felix, Ben Cowen. If SBF was named BBF none of this would happen.

solomonsatoshi

If a country gets off side with USA USA cuts them off from SWIFT and confiscates their reserves. This has just impacted Russia, China BBF. [https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/russia-and-china-unveil-a-pact-against-america-and-the-west](https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/russia-and-china-unveil-a-pact-against-america-and-the-west) The Brics bloc are now proposing a new reserve currency and the Saudis may be also interested. [https://news.bitcoin.com/targeting-the-us-dollars-hegemony-russia-china-and-brics-nations-plan-to-craft-a-new-international-reserve-currency/](https://news.bitcoin.com/targeting-the-us-dollars-hegemony-russia-china-and-brics-nations-plan-to-craft-a-new-international-reserve-currency/) There is a war for resource and monetary hegemony between China and the USA and all other nations will be required to decide where they are positioned. Few if any nations of [S.E.Asia](https://S.E.Asia) can afford to lose their trade with China. China is building massive physical and virtual trade infrastructure throughout the world while USAs power declines. The BRICS reserve currency would almost certainly be a protocol based on the Chinese digital Yuan. The alignment of banking and military alliances is very close...only Bitcoin is peaceful and neutral and guaranteed to treat all people without fear or favour- but humans tend toward tribalism and war so lets see what happens! USA vs DCEP vs BTC Ladies and gentlemen please take your positions.

3rummy

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