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Bitcoin's hashcash PoW is not a 256-bit search problem though. At current difficulty levels, it's closer to an 86-bit problem, so Grover's algorithm reduces tha
by tromp 5y ago
Bitcoin's hashcash PoW is not a 256-bit search problem though. At current difficulty levels, it's closer to an 86-bit problem, so Grover's algorithm reduces that to the equivalent of a 43 bit search space.