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by bowmessage 2379 days ago
Dictionary size of what3words: (57*10^12)^(1/3) ~= 38485 [0]

Number of IPv6 addresses: ~340 undecillion [1]

Length of string of words: ~8.4 [2]

Probably closer to 8 as what3words likely doesn't cover the full 3-word-address-space of the English language.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What3words#cite_note-16 [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6#cite_ref-rfc2460_2-2 [2] https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=log+base+38485+of+340%...

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