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albert_e • yesterday at 3:28 PM • 4 replies • view on HN

Our 200 digit random number was 199 zeroes followed by a 4

- emudhra lawyer maybe (:


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vbezhenar • yesterday at 3:50 PM

Private key size is 384 bits or 116 decimal digits. So 115 zeroes.

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j_maffe • yesterday at 5:30 PM

I really wonder if this would/should hold in court. It is ridiculously unlikely yet genuinely possible.

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trinari • yesterday at 3:40 PM

technically possible

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