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by jongjong 1206 days ago
I wasn't aware of this issue and it's kind of interesting because two of my blockchain projects use address 0 as the token burn address (which would basically appear to mean that a hacker could steal all the tokens ever burned). I'm now thinking that this may have scared away some potential investors. But luckily, only one of my projects is based on elliptic curves and address 0 is locked explicitly in the code (no funds can ever be moved from that address, even if the private key is known) - I guess years of coding experience taught me to always be extra careful with such edge cases. My other project is based on Lamport OTS and Merkle Signature Trees so is not affected either. Still, the PR implications are a concern.