undefined | Better HN

0 pointsfooker2y ago0 comments

That probability is significantly lower than one in a billion.

One in a billion would be if keys were ~30 bits. Luckily it isn't.

0 comments

The one in a billion was in reference to storage related stats described in the article. Not private crypto keys.

I love conversations like this that remind me how unintuitive big numbers are.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

0 pointsfooker2y ago0 comments

That probability is significantly lower than one in a billion.

One in a billion would be if keys were ~30 bits. Luckily it isn't.

The one in a billion was in reference to storage related stats described in the article. Not private crypto keys.

I love conversations like this that remind me how unintuitive big numbers are.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse