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Re: Is it possible to generate an already existing seed?
by
mvrcrypto
on
30/01/2018, 16:17:26 UTC
Yes it is possible to generate an existing seed. But hard. And it is harder to find a collision with a particular one.
If you want to know more about the odds, you can take a look at the birthday problem
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_problem
.
You can also find someone who did the math here :
https://download.wpsoftware.net/bitcoin-birthday.pdf