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Re: There are 2^256 private keys out there: how big is that number?
by
fillippone
on 27/05/2019, 07:41:51 UTC
If you build a Bremermann computer the size of Earth, you could crack a key in 2 minutes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bremermann%27s_limit
Nice, but while building that computer (if ever possibile to do so, it wouldn't be instantaneous, as even the Death Star wasn't built in a day!), Bitcoin could easily upgrade to 512 Bit security.
Satoshi stash would be probably be captured, flooding BTC with 1M "new" bitcoins. That would briefly disrupt the market, but the shock would be widely anticipated and so well absorbed.