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There's a 1 in 4 billion chance of fat fingering it. https://learnmeabitcoin.com/guide/checksum https://learnmeabitcoin.com/guide/checksum The thing to be rea
by ShorsHammer 6y ago
There's a 1 in 4 billion chance of fat fingering it.
https://learnmeabitcoin.com/guide/checksum https://learnmeabitcoin.com/guide/checksum
The thing to be really aware about is insidious malware that detects valid bitcoin addresses being copied and modifies them in place, sometimes even to the point of including the same first/last alphanumerics to a certain degree.
You'd hopefully be using a bootable linux distro and multisig for transferring such amounts.
- pjc50 6y agoDoesn't stop you from making a UI error and entering the wrong value in the wrong box.
- Cthulhu_ 6y agoSaid UI could protect the user from it though, by not accepting a 'fee' value more than 10% over the current average (for example).
- ShorsHammer 6y agoI'd suggest double checking it in such instances and not doing it drunk at 2am like a wall street trader.