Bitcoin address for sale

[Piligrim]

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?

[TheMagikarp]

No.

[opticbit]

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.

[Piligrim]

No.

That is as in "No I won't sue you until I find a lawer"?

[laanwj]

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.

[jjVon]

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?

[Soros Shorts]

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.