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toxicbitcoiner | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +4 
 2^256 possible combinations to guess and check. Mathematically equivalent to finding a specific atom in the whole universe.
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BitcoinNora | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Ffs 😂😂😂
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Maxim | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Or ~10^77 possible combinations. Even if we assume there’s tens of millions of unique private keys, the probability that AI guesses one is ~10^(-70). No classical computer is able to screen so many keys without our lifetime.