Quote from: o_e_l_e_o on February 25, 2023, 08:12:36 PM

Quote from: JustAsk on February 25, 2023, 04:34:17 PM

Why not? It is a chance!

I am thinking of an atom. One specific atom. Not just on Earth, not just in the solar system, but somewhere in the observable universe. A single atom. Start guessing and I'll give you all the bitcoin I own once you pick the right one. Why not? There is a chance you pick correctly, after all!

This is like you trying to find a previously used seed phrase by simply picking random words. It is a complete waste of time. The only thing you will gain is burnt out hardware and a high electricity cost.

Here is an explanation I gave a few years ago:

Quote from: o_e_l_e_o on June 04, 2019, 05:44:16 PM

Let's say we have a trillion planet Earths. On each Earth, there are a trillion people. Each person has a trillion computers. Each computer generates a trillion keys a second. All these computers have been creating a trillion keys per second since the birth of the universe 13.7 billion years ago. 10^12 * 10^12 * 10^12 * 10^12 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 365 * 13.7 * 10^9 = 4.3*10^65. This means that they would have so far generated approximately 0.0000000004% of all private keys.

Not random words!
It's just 2048 english words and the dictionary is known!