CHCon 2023

Impossible is nothing: The quest for private keys
2023-11-24 , Ngaio Marsh Theatre

I was once told it is impossible to guess a private key of another users crypto currency wallet. however I don't truly understand what 'impossible' actually means and wanted to prove this wrong. So deep in a covid lockdown and armed with insanely fast internet and compute power I decided to do it. This talk will go through what i did, how i did it, and the challenges i faced to become a Kiwi John Dillinger.

Paul Craig is a kiwi hacker who has a passion for playing-with and breaking things over the last 20 years . Paul was called a malicious hacker by Heather du Plessis on TV national television (still grateful) and once had his own security report read-aloud in a NZ parliament session. You might remember me from kiwicon too.