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January 12, 2014, 09:57:00 PM
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Which are the chances of generating 2 identical paper wallets (addresses) for 2 different users? kind of scary

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January 12, 2014, 10:25:15 PM
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There are 2^160 possible BTC addresses. The chance to generate two identical addresses depends on the number of attempts so you can calculate the probability as <number of attempts> / 2^160.
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