Post
Topic
Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: What are the odds we'll find a collision by the time the last bitcoin gets mined?
by
theymos
on 26/03/2011, 21:37:32 UTC
The probability of any specific address is 1 in 2^160 or 1.4x10^48 right?

It's ~6.84x10-49. Did you put "1 in 2^160" in Wolfram Alpha?  Wink

Quote
So the more addresses you have out there the higher the chance of a collision right (birthday problem?)

Yes. It is a birthday problem.