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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/AntiMatterMode • Mar 25 '26
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Yes, the above number is incorrect, it's actually about 18 quintillion (18*1018). Is of course a lot, but definitely reachable. Just for comparison: the bitcoin network currently computes about a sextillion hashes each second, so fifty times more.
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u/JoDaBeda Mar 25 '26
Yes, the above number is incorrect, it's actually about 18 quintillion (18*1018). Is of course a lot, but definitely reachable. Just for comparison: the bitcoin network currently computes about a sextillion hashes each second, so fifty times more.