def calculate_time_to_explore_keyspace(attempts_per_second):
total_keys = 2**256 # Approximately 1.15 x 10^77
seconds_per_year = 60 * 60 * 24 * 365
keys_per_year = attempts_per_second * seconds_per_year
total_years = total_keys / keys_per_year
total_seconds = total_years * seconds_per_year
total_minutes = total_seconds / 60
total_hours = total_minutes / 60
total_days = total_hours / 24
return total_years, total_seconds, total_minutes, total_hours, total_days
def print_detailed_time(total_years, total_seconds, total_minutes, total_hours, total_days):
print(f"Total time to explore the entire keyspace: {total_years:.2e} years")
print(f"Total time in seconds: {total_seconds:.2e} seconds")
print(f"Total time in minutes: {total_minutes:.2e} minutes")
print(f"Total time in hours: {total_hours:.2e} hours")
print(f"Total time in days: {total_days:.2e} days\n")
def present_keyspace_analysis():
print("Keyspace Analysis for Bitcoin Private Keys")
print("=" * 40)
high_attempt_rate = 10**9 # assuming 1 billion attempts per second (very optimistic)
total_years, total_seconds, total_minutes, total_hours, total_days = calculate_time_to_explore_keyspace(high_attempt_rate)
print(f"Assuming {high_attempt_rate:,} keys can be tested per second:")
print(f"Total keys in Bitcoin (2^256): {2**256:.2e} keys")
print_detailed_time(total_years, total_seconds, total_minutes, total_hours, total_days)
hex64_attempts = 10**18 # 1 quintillion HEX64 combinations (also very optimistic)
total_years_hex64, total_seconds_hex64, total_minutes_hex64, total_hours_hex64, total_days_hex64 = calculate_time_to_explore_keyspace(hex64_attempts)
print(f"Assuming {hex64_attempts:,} HEX64 combinations can be tested per second:")
print_detailed_time(total_years_hex64, total_seconds_hex64, total_minutes_hex64, total_hours_hex64, total_days_hex64)
print("Comparison of Bitcoin keyspace sizes:")
print(f"- 256-bit keyspace: 2^256 ≈ {2**256:.2e} keys")
print(f"- 135-bit public key space: 2^135 ≈ {2**135:.2e} keys")
print(f"- 67-bit address space: 2^67 ≈ {2**67:.2e} keys")
print("\nProbability of randomly guessing a Bitcoin private key:")
probability = 1 / (2**256)
print(f"The probability of successfully guessing a valid Bitcoin private key: {probability:.2e}")
print("\nConclusion:")
print("Even with highly optimistic assumptions about the number of keys tested per second,")
print("the time required to brute-force the entire Bitcoin private key space is")
print("astronomically high and completely impractical, making the claims about")
print("recovering lost wallets through this method unfounded.")
if __name__ == "__main__":
present_keyspace_analysis()
Your numbers do not add up for HEX64.