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by vessenes 3741 days ago
Thanks for the note back.

I think the attack vector that seems very likely here is an e-mail like this:

User: Initiates Support Request around a transaction that's funky

Naughty BlockCypher Employee: "Let's try to debug this. Can you get me a private key from an early address you sent from, one which you WON'T USE AGAIN? I want to check that we're doing our math correctly. Make sure it's not an address with an existing balance!"

I propose that well over 99% of developers would think "Will I use this address again? If not, should be fine to pass on this private key."