Quote from: Anders on July 08, 2014, 07:37:57 PM

Quote from: DannyHamilton on July 08, 2014, 07:27:27 PM

Given that there are an estimated 10⁸⁰ particles in the known universe, and the estimated number of grains of sand that the entire known universe could hold (given average size of a grain of sand) is estimated at 10⁹⁰, and the quantity of planck volumes that would fit in the known universe is approximately 10¹⁸³, I think we've reached the point where the number of possibilities are indistinguishable from infinite.

I typed in the wrong number. Here is the correct number:

9.2323412683466475285638791370210766478370544416421428... × 10^2408239

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=2^8%2C000%2C000

Still beyond astronomical though, lol.

Still much smaller than a googolplex,...so
not very impressive as far as "large numbers" go. hehe.

Also still wondering why Satoshi decided we should
be using double hashes in the Merkle tree.