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not hard to imagine if you don't understand math:
The total number of possible Bitcoin private keys is approximately:
115,792,089,237,316,195,423,570,985,008,687,907,853,269,984,665,640,564,039,457,584,007,913,129,639,936
The number of used Bitcoin addresses is approximately:
48,000,000
So, if you wanted to brute-force any used key, your odds would be:
48,000,000 / 115,792,089,237,316,195,423,570,985,008,687,907,853,269,984,665,640,564,039,457,584,007,913,129,639,936
Which simplifies to approximately a 1 in:
2,412,335,706,746,879,482,170,172,892,843,054,624,393,338,332,664,416,490,405,475,573,312
chance of guessing a used Bitcoin private key on a random attempt. The numbers are so large that brute-forcing any key is still practically impossible.
The total number of possible Bitcoin private keys is approximately:
115,792,089,237,316,195,423,570,985,008,687,907,853,269,984,665,640,564,039,457,584,007,913,129,639,936
The number of used Bitcoin addresses is approximately:
48,000,000
So, if you wanted to brute-force any used key, your odds would be:
48,000,000 / 115,792,089,237,316,195,423,570,985,008,687,907,853,269,984,665,640,564,039,457,584,007,913,129,639,936
Which simplifies to approximately a 1 in:
2,412,335,706,746,879,482,170,172,892,843,054,624,393,338,332,664,416,490,405,475,573,312
chance of guessing a used Bitcoin private key on a random attempt. The numbers are so large that brute-forcing any key is still practically impossible.