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by TallboyOne 4479 days ago
How does that site work which has every bitcoin address listed. Does it just generate those on the fly based on the page number?
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palkeo 4479 days ago
Yes, I think so. It just couldn't have generated the list before, it's just not feasible.
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kapkapkap 4479 days ago
FWIW, the footer says 'It took a lot of computing power to generate this database. Donations welcome: 1Bv8dN7pemC5N3urfMDdAFReibefrBqCaK;'.
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TallboyOne 4474 days ago
Theres also only 10^77 atoms in the universe, and I think 10^80 bitcoin hashes... I think that footer note is being facetious.
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nthj 4479 days ago
They might cache the first n pages, too.
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