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Yeah, I really don't understand how they are ignoring this. It's actually very concerning to me that they don't understand this.
by cmurphycode 11y ago
Yeah, I really don't understand how they are ignoring this. It's actually very concerning to me that they don't understand this.
- skrebbel 11y agoAre you sure they don't? Do you know how much 2^61 is?
- cmurphycode 11y agoWell, if they did understand, they would say the chance is ~1 in 2^61, not 1 in 2^122, and they would've based the math comparison to RAM failure on 2^61, which changes the comparison entirely. In any case, I should have been more clear. I'm not necessarily worried about this case. But if you design systems and miss a factor of a square root, you tend to break things that we're all relying on to work.
- sirsar 11y agoFar within the bounds of modern computing. The Bitcoin network cranks out 2^61 hashes every 2 or so seconds.