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Re: The size of the private and public key sets, and collisions
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Berghoff
on 11/06/2014, 00:32:19 UTC
There are 2256 public/private key pairs.

Isn't the maximum value of private keys based on the p of secp256k1, which is  2256 - 232 - 29 - 28 - 27 - 26 - 24 - 1 ?  It's close to  2256, but not exact.  Not to be pedantic, just want to make sure my understanding is correct.