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Re: Brute force private key tool?
by
dancupid
on 18/09/2013, 16:40:24 UTC
Sorry, just not possible mathematically Smiley
Of course it is possible mathematically.

Just calculate all 2^256 possible private keys.

Problem is, it takes 4374632717895743580924578342947135648937456945487362587195637892 years.


Anyone trying to brute force private keys will not start with the pure mathematics, but with the point at which human beings interact with this mathematics and make a fatal mistake.