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That's not really their utility though. The value of firstbits is that you just type the first few bits of the address you want to look up and hit enter. It's l
by maaku 12y ago
That's not really their utility though. The value of firstbits is that you just type the first few bits of the address you want to look up and hit enter. It's like auto-complete.
- MichaelGG 12y agoExcept it depends on that address being previously used. Otherwise people can attack it by entering a shorter prefix leading to another wallet. If I know you're gonna send to 1234567890, I'll go register 1234567899, so if you just type in 12345, it hits my account.