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Title: possible bitcoin addresses Post by: tonto on March 15, 2012, 05:56:20 PM How many possible bitcoin addresses are there? Since I don't know the math that takes place, how are they calculated? If it's by each client, how many possible per person?
Title: Re: possible bitcoin addresses Post by: grue on March 15, 2012, 05:59:26 PM Did you even try to search? (https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=site%3Abitcointalk.org+possible+bitcoin+addresses&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8)
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=24268.0 Title: Re: possible bitcoin addresses Post by: tonto on March 15, 2012, 06:01:12 PM :-[
Er, no I didn't. ;) Thanks! Title: Re: possible bitcoin addresses Post by: Revalin on March 15, 2012, 06:40:41 PM The full answer: 2^160; they are randomly generated; they are all shared by everyone, but 2^160 is an enormous number and everyone can use as many as they like with no concerns about running out or accidentally generating a duplicate address.
Title: Re: possible bitcoin addresses Post by: RaggedMonk on March 15, 2012, 07:16:30 PM There are about as many possible bitcoin addresses as there are atoms in the earth.
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