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> if you don’t have more than 230 bits of entropy Should this be 226 instead of 230, since 2**225 < 52! < 2**226 ?
by omoikane 2y ago
> if you don’t have more than 230 bits of entropy
Should this be 226 instead of 230, since 2**225 < 52! < 2**226 ?
- mlyle 2y agoI did round, but you probably need more than 226. Because 52! does not divide into any power of 2. Imagine if you had 5 possible hands, and 3 bits of entropy. Some hands are going to be twice as likely than others (pigeon hole principle). So if you have 4 bits more, the least common hands will be 31/32 as common as the most common hands.