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Just don't use that as the key to generate your BitCoin address. I saw a funny video, can't remember where, where a guy does that to prove a point. He sends a small amount of BitCoin to the wallet address, and someone steals it within seconds.


There's an article floating around about Ethereum private keys, where people use "0x[...]0000" or "0x[...]0314" or what have you. You can check the corresponding public addresses on Etherscan and see funds being systematically siphoned out by the same few accounts.




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