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by SomeStupidPoint 3322 days ago
You made a math error:

You can encode about 300 addresses, at 36+8 = 44 bits per item, not 45 addresses, at 36*8 = 288 bits per address.

The bits are additive, because we're storing an address and data, not a byte of data per bit of address.

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thanks, corrected.