Your dumb fucking idea relates to finding the key to 1 specific address. I am looking for the key to any of millions addresses that have bitcoin stored on them. So, my problem is much, much, much easier than your stupid problem.
That is why it is possible to find some bitcoin on an address - because I am not trying to find the key to just one single address.
Fucking stupid people piss me off.
(Over)estimate of total hashes taken for mining bitcoin:
nhash=(2 *10^18/second)(8years)(pi*10^7 seconds/year) < 2^89
Number of addresses containing bitcoin:
ncoin<21000000
BTC/(10^-8
BTC)<2^51
Number of addresses:
naddress=2^160
Multiplying:
ncoin*nhash<2^140
prob=naddress/(ncoin*nhash)<2^-20<0.000001
Therefore, if you spend all the mining power ever used by the network, you have less then a one-in-a-milion chance of finding anything.
Also, note that all my estimates are very heavily slanted in your favor, and I am ignoring the time taken by list comparisons.
Yes, I did not include the fact that miners actually take two hashes, but this is canceled by the fact that addresses with one satoshi are not worth hacking.
In conclusion, if RawDog has so much hashpower, he should probably mine instaid, or go on with the quantum supercomputer (while you are at it, don't forget to build a nuclear reactor to power it).
Theres a really old story about shaolin monks being able to phase through solid objects...
Another good one:
There is a story about an Indian temple in Kashi Vishwanath which contains a large room with three time-worn posts in it surrounded by 64 golden disks. Brahmin priests, acting out the command of an ancient prophecy, have been moving these disks, in accordance with the immutable rules of the Brahma, since that time. The puzzle is therefore also known as the Tower of Brahma puzzle. According to the legend, when the last move of the puzzle will be completed, the world will end. It is not clear whether Lucas invented this legend or was inspired by it.Who do you think would succede first, RawDog or the Brahmin priests?