pull down to refresh

26 sats \ 1 reply \ @Fenix 26 May \ parent \ on: What actually makes a address be a burn address? math bitcoin bitcoin_beginners

Isn't the probability of generating all types of wallet addresses the same? What makes this pattern different or even “impossible” if the function is the same for everyone?

Ps: Don’t worry, the link here helped.

write
compose
5 sats \ 0 replies \ @Murch 27 May

It’s not impossible, it’s just that the number space is so enormous that it’s exceedingly unlikely that it will ever be found: every random private key you generate will map to one of 2160 possible P2PKH addresses.

Also see, Bitcoin Stack Exchange Is each Bitcoin address unique?

reply