The fact that this works means that comparing keys visually by their artwork is insecure, since it allows you to generate a key pair which looks very similar to a target public key. I guess visual fingerprints might not have enough entropy.
I guess if you use this, then the security of your key is only as strong as for how many minutes the bruteforce took (since anyone else could also run the tool and generate their own key matching the desired fingerprint in the same amount of minutes you needed - or less).
> Once visualization is introduced, so is aesthetics. This feature presents a great opportunity to fight against truly random key generation in order to trade security for arbitrary human desires.
If this person made this tool specifically for the satire opportunity, that's hilarious.
The fact that this works means that comparing keys visually by their artwork is insecure, since it allows you to generate a key pair which looks very similar to a target public key. I guess visual fingerprints might not have enough entropy.
I guess if you use this, then the security of your key is only as strong as for how many minutes the bruteforce took (since anyone else could also run the tool and generate their own key matching the desired fingerprint in the same amount of minutes you needed - or less).
"kill the artist when patience is depleted"
drastic!
> Once visualization is introduced, so is aesthetics. This feature presents a great opportunity to fight against truly random key generation in order to trade security for arbitrary human desires.
If this person made this tool specifically for the satire opportunity, that's hilarious.
I wish Bitcoin produced at least something like that.