btc-collider-rs

What

The Bitcoin address collider

1. generates public/private keys
2. derives the corresponding wallet addresses
3. determines if the address has been used

How

TODO

Why

This project enabled me to

• learn Rust
• explore cryptographical security of bitcoin addresses

Usage

By default, the collider searches for collisions with the top 10 funded bitcoin addresses (as of April 2022).

cargo run --release

To increase the probabilty of a collision you can use an extended list of bitcoin addresses, e.g. all funded addresses or all addresses ever used. Once you downloaded the list, replace the soft link in the addresses folder as shown below.

ln -sf <addresses_file>.txt.gz latest.txt.gz