2025-12-10 11:22:04

Just realized something wild about Ethereum addresses—those "dead" null addresses everyone burns tokens to? Turns out they're not as dead as we thought.

Take an address like 0x6900000000000000000000000000000000000069. Computing its private key is basically impossible with current tech, sure. But here's the kicker: if someone theoretically could crack it, they could deploy a smart contract to that exact address and pull out all the "burned" funds sitting there.

The math makes it nearly impossible, but the possibility technically exists. Kind of changes how you think about burning tokens to null addresses, doesn't it?

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GateUser-95194dd2

· 12-11 01:15

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MEV_Whisperer

· 12-10 11:51

Wait a minute, does that mean those "permanently burned" coins could still potentially be recovered? That's a bit bleak...

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TokenToaster

· 12-10 11:49

Whoa, I just realized? I should have thought of it earlier, "destruction" has never been truly secure.

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ChainSpy

· 12-10 11:48

Wait, does that mean those "burned" coins actually haven't disappeared at all? Oh my god, I was convinced of it before. I want to see who has the ability to break into an address like this in a year. Or are we all just getting scammed and don't even realize it? It sounds like another "theoretical" horror story, but why make a fuss here? I just want to know how many project teams are secretly hoarding coins using these addresses. It's truly terrifying when you think about it. Burn addresses don't actually burn, so what else can we trust? Haha. Now I understand, the so-called destruction might just be a marketing gimmick; the real coins are still right there.

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DevChive

· 12-10 11:40

Whoa, isn't this implying that all those "burned" coins are actually just exposed... Wait, I need to calm down. Although the probability is extremely low, what if in theory someone actually cracks it? Wouldn't that be... Forget it, forget it, I’d better not think about such hopeless stuff. Haha, I remember seeing this kind of discussion before, every time it's "impossible but in theory," and I end up sweating cold. Oh my God, thinking about it like this, all the tokens we burned before don't seem so reassuring anymore... No, we're just worrying here. If someone actually cracks it, then I’ll panic. It's like "in theory, you could be hit by a meteorite," scary but how do we live then, right...

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ResearchChadButBroke

· 12-10 11:40

Wait, so those burn addresses are actually just an illusion? 🤔 Is it true that brute-forcing private keys isn't that hard… Theoretically, it might be frightening, but I still don't believe anyone could do it; the mathematical difficulty is right there. By the way, aren't those tokens burned by projects actually still hanging around? We need to re-examine this kind of mechanism. This wave is a bit of a mind-opener; I used to think that burns meant the tokens were truly permanently gone.

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