not hard to imagine if you don't understand math:
The total number of possible Bitcoin private keys is approximately:
115,792,089,237,316,195,423,570,985,008,687,907,853,269,984,665,640,564,039,457,584,007,913,129,639,936
The number of used Bitcoin addresses is approximately:
48,000,000
So, if you wanted to brute-force any used key, your odds would be:
48,000,000 / 115,792,089,237,316,195,423,570,985,008,687,907,853,269,984,665,640,564,039,457,584,007,913,129,639,936
Which simplifies to approximately a 1 in:
2,412,335,706,746,879,482,170,172,892,843,054,624,393,338,332,664,416,490,405,475,573,312
chance of guessing a used Bitcoin private key on a random attempt. The numbers are so large that brute-forcing any key is still practically impossible.
BitcoinStu
npub1ua…dx9cn
2024-09-09 15:10:44
in reply to nevent1q…sldv
Author Public Key
npub1uavkq2z6vqczd772ple0p0k44ncjcxv5lg4sq6r069aagvra47uq2dx9cnPublished at
2024-09-09 15:10:44Event JSON
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"content": "not hard to imagine if you don't understand math:\n\nThe total number of possible Bitcoin private keys is approximately:\n\n115,792,089,237,316,195,423,570,985,008,687,907,853,269,984,665,640,564,039,457,584,007,913,129,639,936\n\nThe number of used Bitcoin addresses is approximately:\n\n48,000,000\n\nSo, if you wanted to brute-force any used key, your odds would be:\n\n48,000,000 / 115,792,089,237,316,195,423,570,985,008,687,907,853,269,984,665,640,564,039,457,584,007,913,129,639,936\n\nWhich simplifies to approximately a 1 in:\n\n2,412,335,706,746,879,482,170,172,892,843,054,624,393,338,332,664,416,490,405,475,573,312\n\nchance of guessing a used Bitcoin private key on a random attempt. The numbers are so large that brute-forcing any key is still practically impossible.",
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