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Re: There are 2^256 private keys out there: how big is that number?
by
arulbero
on 07/01/2020, 15:04:43 UTC
At this moment the hash rate of bitcoin network is about 2^67 hashes/s, i.e. about 2^92 hashes/year.

The BTC network power is quite impressive !
Considering having the same power dedicated to address calculation, it would require few hours to find an address collision (2 private keys with the same address).


I know only a cpu program to find an address collision:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/34hjph/generating_partial_address_collisions_using_the/