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For example, a BitcoinJ developer once wanted to use the key to control fees, while a Bloq staffer pressed for Bitcoin Core developers to use the key to change the network’s mining difficulty.
I’m thinking about releasing the private key early July at Building on Bitcoin, though it’s not finalized yet.”
If they were found to contain the alert key code from bitcoin, he vowed to notify those projects to remove that code.
Reputation on the line
But, two years later, neither Maxwell – nor any other Bitcoin Core developer – has revealed the key.
Plus, he told CoinDesk, there are other long-standing vulnerabilities within the alert key setup that he plans to disclose when he reveals the key to the public.
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