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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: Indeed, almost any 256-bit number can be a private key
by
prezbo
on 23/03/2013, 11:12:10 UTC
I didn't know there were any that cannot be used. Hmm now you have me wondering why some cannot be used.

-MarkM-

There really is no reason why they coulnd't be used. Yes, the group order is less than 2^256, but even a larger number would work - it just wouldn't be very efficient.