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Re: Pollards kangaroo method to reverse engineer private keys
by
NotATether
on 06/03/2021, 16:02:03 UTC
kangaroos have claimed up to 115 bits.
I think that is a new world record but would have to research it to make sure.  If so, the person who claimed the 0.115 BTC should get some fame for that - if they want the fame...

Since the jump size is limited to 64 bits it quickly becomes impractical to search ranges that are say 128 bits long without extending the code.

I estimate it would take at least 2^64 jumps for the program to get from one end of that particular range to another.