Quote from: og kush420 on September 20, 2013, 10:34:08 PM

Quote from: DannyHamilton on September 20, 2013, 08:14:45 AM

Quote from: Nagan on September 20, 2013, 07:04:40 AM

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Advances in mathematics/computing will make these calculations feasible after decades at most.
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What calculations? Brute force? No, you are mistaken. Brute force of 256 bit will not be feasible.

with quantum computing in the distant future there is no reason to say it could not happen

consider the largest number our ancestors had thought of only 500 years ago? 2000 years ago? maybe even a million, but a speck of nothing compared to the longest number we can computate today