stefanogaspari on Nostr: #Bitcoin pill n.2: A private key is an integer number. A private key more precisely ...
#Bitcoin pill n.2:
A private key is an integer number.
A private key more precisely is an integer number which ranges (in the hexadecimal system) between 1 and FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFEBAAEDCE6AF48A03BBFD25E8CD0364141
There are then approximately 10^77 possible private keys usable in the Bitcoin network.
It is estimated that there are between 10^78 to 10^82 atoms in the known, observable universe.
Therefore trying to find a specific private key is almost like trying to find a specific atom in the observable universe
A private key is an integer number.
A private key more precisely is an integer number which ranges (in the hexadecimal system) between 1 and FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFEBAAEDCE6AF48A03BBFD25E8CD0364141
There are then approximately 10^77 possible private keys usable in the Bitcoin network.
It is estimated that there are between 10^78 to 10^82 atoms in the known, observable universe.
Therefore trying to find a specific private key is almost like trying to find a specific atom in the observable universe