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Security issues with the design or implementation of Bitcoin.

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How long would it take a large computer to crack a private key?

I am doing a presentation on Bitcoins and I was looking for some calculations to make people feel safe about the private key encryption. Please first answer, how long in bytes the private key is, the …
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How long would it take a large computer to crack a private key?

2^256 = 1.1x10^77 = number of key combinations 2^128 = 3.4x10^38 = the average number of guesses needed According to this website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOP500, the fastest supercomputer is …
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