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Story: Reverse Engineering Public Keys of Crypto Can Soon Be a Threat

By Steven Anderson

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With Bitcoin being a public ledger it is possible for one to see which public keys have the most substantial balances.

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Jesse Lund, VP of Blockchain and Digital Currencies at IBM stated, "It is about reverse engineering, where the private keys which represent the control you have over your wallet.

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And therefore I think that is a real credible threat. Bitcoin is a public ledger; therefore, so you can go out and see the public keys which are holding the massive balances and…

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Bitcoin has been doing well above the $4000 psychological resistance level; however, it was not able to sustain the standard over the past 3 days.

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ETH was not able to sustain past the $144 mark which indicated a lack of buying in the higher levels.

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XRP has been trading near the moving averages over the past few days; however, it is expected that the consolidation might not last for long.

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Profit booking is seen for Litecoin even at higher levels, therefore indicating the strength of the currency.  This is indicative of a rally to $65.561 very much probable.

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The EOS was not able to break out of the $3.8723 range; however, it can find the support close to the 20-day EMA.

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Bitcoin Cash (BCH) rose to the overhead resistance level at $163.89.  It was not able to sustain above the breakout.

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BNC broke out of $15.910, and a further breakout will propel it to the target object at $18.

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XLM shows a consolidation at the swing high, suggesting that the bulls are in the command.

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The TRX broke past the 20-day EMA; however, the bulls were not able to sustain the buying pressure and were struggling to hold the 20-day EMA.

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The Cardano has not yet triggered the buying mark at $0.05650, and the bulls are not in any hurry concerning profit booking for this token.

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