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Title: Bitcoin address for sale Post by: Piligrim on May 28, 2011, 05:43:29 AM Ever heard of cyber squatters? Would it be possible for someone to take possession of all vacant bitcoin addresses and thus gain control over bitcoins?
Title: Re: Bitcoin address for sale Post by: TheMagikarp on May 28, 2011, 06:09:24 AM No.
Title: Re: Bitcoin address for sale Post by: opticbit on May 28, 2011, 06:13:32 AM Read the subject, and thought you were doing somthing else, so it gave me an idea.
So ill post a new thread. I thought you were selling a wallet that was getting residual income. I think it'll be hard to take up all the possible addys. Title: Re: Bitcoin address for sale Post by: Piligrim on May 28, 2011, 06:19:22 AM No. That is as in "No I won't sue you until I find a lawer"? Title: Re: Bitcoin address for sale Post by: laanwj on May 28, 2011, 06:22:54 AM 2^160 = 1461501637330902918203684832716283019655932542976
That's how many addresses you'll have to generate. It's not realistic either in generation or storage. The sun, or even the universe will die before you enumerated them. Title: Re: Bitcoin address for sale Post by: jjVon on May 28, 2011, 01:58:46 PM Very new to this myself. I understand there is a limit to the number of BitCoins, but are you saying there an actual limit to the number of wallets available as well?
Title: Re: Bitcoin address for sale Post by: Soros Shorts on May 28, 2011, 02:03:44 PM Very new to this myself. I understand there is a limit to the number of BitCoins, but are you saying there an actual limit to the number of wallets available as well? In the same way that there is a limit to the number of atoms on the earth. |