https://github.com/theden/btc-heist

Generate bitcoin public and private keys and check if they match a filelist of existing addresses that have a nonzero balance
https://github.com/theden/btc-heist

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Generate bitcoin public and private keys and check if they match a filelist of existing addresses that have a nonzero balance

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/theden/btc-heist
• Owner: TheDen
• Created: 2021-12-20T12:48:19.000Z (about 3 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-03-31T22:03:03.000Z (9 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-05-30T01:18:20.914Z (7 months ago)
• Topics: bitcoin, bitcoin-addresses, cryptocurrency
• Language: Python
• Homepage:
• Size: 28.3 KB
• Stars: 124
• Watchers: 10
• Forks: 33
• Open Issues: 10
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md

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# btc-heist

## Running

Install deps, i.e., `python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt`

Download the [latest list of all funded BTC addresses](http://addresses.loyce.club/)

```bash

wget 'http://addresses.loyce.club/Bitcoin_addresses_LATEST.txt.gz'

gzip -d Bitcoin_addresses_LATEST.txt.gz

```

then run `python3 btc-heist.py`

```

usage: btc-heist.py [-h] [-c CORES] [-f ADDRESSES] [-o KEYFILE]

options:

  -h, --help            show this help message and exit

  -c CORES, --cores CORES

                        Number of CPU cores to use (default: 4)

  -f ADDRESSES, --addresses ADDRESSES

                        File containing BTC addresses (default:

                        Bitcoin_addresses_LATEST.txt),

  -o KEYFILE, --keyfile KEYFILE

                        File to output found keys (default: found_keys.txt)

```