What if all possible bitcoin wallets are owned? - page 2.

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Quote from: koelen3 on February 27, 2015, 01:55:39 PM

What's f**cking Zeptometre and Yoctoseconds Undecided

Just some rarely used SI prefixes. "zepto-" stands for 10^-21 and "yocto-" stands for 10^-24.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_prefix#List_of_SI_prefixes

wow! why do we even need that shit!
Too much for me . Undecided

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Quote from: koelen3 on February 27, 2015, 01:55:39 PM

What's f**cking Zeptometre and Yoctoseconds Undecided

Just some rarely used SI prefixes. "zepto-" stands for 10^-21 and "yocto-" stands for 10^-24.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_prefix#List_of_SI_prefixes

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bitcoin wallet has generate automatically with numeric and mathematic system
thats why its revolutioner

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Quote from: erre on February 25, 2015, 06:05:39 PM

This is more appropriate:

What's f**cking Zeptometre and Yoctoseconds Undecided

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i don't think it will done ever
even if someone setup system to generate a lot of new addresses automatically then it will take them hundreds of the years or more

randy8777

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would it be possible that a fork brings us way more addresses and still let us use our current ones?

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It is practically impossible for one to generate all the addresses available without a few thousand hardware from the future (few hundred years). Why would someone even want to try it? It would just be a waste of resources.

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If I were you I won't be bothered at all as the possibility is so low. Too low, like almost zero probability to have the same address owned by two different person. Even in advancement in computing power for years to come it will take a whole lifetime for things like that to happen.

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it will take yearssssssss to generate all possible BTC address but just in case, maybe they can add atleast 1 character to it

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That's pretty damn cool. Not gonna lie. Anyways, thanks for the response guys. Appreciate the education.

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Quote from: erre on February 25, 2015, 06:05:39 PM

This is more appropriate:

This is really mindblowing. Bitcoin will survive until universe explodes.

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Chart couple posts above should end this discussion.
There is more bitcoin addresses than all grains of sands in all beaches of the world

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There are too many bitcoin addresses that can be generated. Generating them all requires a computing power that's never been heard of before, and can be possibly invented after millions of years from now. It is possible, but is very improbable at the current time frame.

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Quote from: VoR0220 on February 25, 2015, 05:46:21 PM

It is my understanding that bitcoin wallets are created through a hash table with 64 bits of alphanumeric characters. What happens when all wallets are completely used up? What happens then? Just a curiosity question.

I guess you are talking about bitcoin addresses and not wallets. Given the number of addresses possible, it is unlikely to happen when mankind rules.

There are so many addresses that the probability of an identical address being generated by 2 users is almost zero. That should happen long before all addresses are used up.

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it would take a huge amount of time, which is impossible for any human, maybe some alien technology in the future can make it possible

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that's not possible as there are over 2^160 possible addresses

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Quote from: gmaxwell on February 25, 2015, 06:07:00 PM

Quote from: VoR0220 on February 25, 2015, 05:46:21 PM

It is my understanding that bitcoin wallets are created through a hash table with 64 bits of alphanumeric characters.

Your understanding is incorrect. There is no hashtable involved anywhere, and Bitcoin addresses have 160 bits of data.

thank you for the correction.

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Quote from: gmaxwell on February 25, 2015, 06:07:00 PM

Quote from: VoR0220 on February 25, 2015, 05:46:21 PM

It is my understanding that bitcoin wallets are created through a hash table with 64 bits of alphanumeric characters.

Your understanding is incorrect. There is no hashtable involved anywhere, and Bitcoin addresses have 160 bits of data.

Just have to stop by and say how awesome it is that people with incredible inside knowledge and understanding like gmaxwell just stop by and help answering questions from people who are new to Bitcoin. Awesome!!!

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