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Re: The answer is 00000000000000001e8d6829a8a21adc5d38d0a473b144b6765798e61f98bd1d
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nealmcb
on 07/07/2011, 18:37:45 UTC
00000000000000001e8d6829a8a21adc5d38d0a473b144b6765798e61f98bd1d 125552

So is this the equivalent of brute forcing a 64 bit password?

edit:

I mean a password that is 64 bits long, encrypted with SHA-256.

Well, 67 bits.  I'd say that if a password hash algorithm produced exactly 67 bits (i.e. sha256(sha256(input)), truncated after the 67th bit), we have to date demonstrated a crack of a particular value (all zeros).

Or, we've done something that requires 2^68 work (2^67 * 2 hashes per attempt).

I'd also like to know the cumulative number of sha256 hashes done to date by bitcoin miners, which should be on the same order of magnitude.