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		jazzyjackson on July 18, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Police destroy Bitcoin miners with steamroller in ... The collisions that ASICS search for are a few leading zeros, even with the whole Bitcoin network at your disposal I don’t expect it’s practical to find an exact 256bit collision.

AareyBaba on July 18, 2021 [–]

3Blue1Brown has a convincing visualization of the size of 2^256.

How secure is 256 bit security? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9JGmA5_unY

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