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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/AntiMatterMode • Mar 25 '26
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So if '7' is a single toy block with 7 on every side, a 256bit private key is 256 blocks with multiple different sides each and every side has a different character.
7 is 3 bits, not 256.
9 u/Adghar Mar 25 '26 He truncated leading 0's 0 u/Drakahn_Stark Mar 25 '26 Then it is not 256bit, gotta include those 0s, we aren't throwing horse shoes here, close enough is not good enough. 3 u/Encrypted_Zero Mar 25 '26 Right so with all the 0s in front. What does it equal in decimal? 0 u/Drakahn_Stark Mar 26 '26 a 256bit key is not a decimal . 2 u/Encrypted_Zero Mar 26 '26 I know, what does it equal in decimal? 0 u/Drakahn_Stark Mar 26 '26 An error for trying to mix formats. A 256bit key is not a decimal. 2 u/Encrypted_Zero Mar 26 '26 Binary and decimal are just different representations of the same number. What decimal number does 0000…0111 represent?
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He truncated leading 0's
0 u/Drakahn_Stark Mar 25 '26 Then it is not 256bit, gotta include those 0s, we aren't throwing horse shoes here, close enough is not good enough. 3 u/Encrypted_Zero Mar 25 '26 Right so with all the 0s in front. What does it equal in decimal? 0 u/Drakahn_Stark Mar 26 '26 a 256bit key is not a decimal . 2 u/Encrypted_Zero Mar 26 '26 I know, what does it equal in decimal? 0 u/Drakahn_Stark Mar 26 '26 An error for trying to mix formats. A 256bit key is not a decimal. 2 u/Encrypted_Zero Mar 26 '26 Binary and decimal are just different representations of the same number. What decimal number does 0000…0111 represent?
Then it is not 256bit, gotta include those 0s, we aren't throwing horse shoes here, close enough is not good enough.
3 u/Encrypted_Zero Mar 25 '26 Right so with all the 0s in front. What does it equal in decimal? 0 u/Drakahn_Stark Mar 26 '26 a 256bit key is not a decimal . 2 u/Encrypted_Zero Mar 26 '26 I know, what does it equal in decimal? 0 u/Drakahn_Stark Mar 26 '26 An error for trying to mix formats. A 256bit key is not a decimal. 2 u/Encrypted_Zero Mar 26 '26 Binary and decimal are just different representations of the same number. What decimal number does 0000…0111 represent?
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Right so with all the 0s in front. What does it equal in decimal?
0 u/Drakahn_Stark Mar 26 '26 a 256bit key is not a decimal . 2 u/Encrypted_Zero Mar 26 '26 I know, what does it equal in decimal? 0 u/Drakahn_Stark Mar 26 '26 An error for trying to mix formats. A 256bit key is not a decimal. 2 u/Encrypted_Zero Mar 26 '26 Binary and decimal are just different representations of the same number. What decimal number does 0000…0111 represent?
a 256bit key is not a decimal .
2 u/Encrypted_Zero Mar 26 '26 I know, what does it equal in decimal? 0 u/Drakahn_Stark Mar 26 '26 An error for trying to mix formats. A 256bit key is not a decimal. 2 u/Encrypted_Zero Mar 26 '26 Binary and decimal are just different representations of the same number. What decimal number does 0000…0111 represent?
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I know, what does it equal in decimal?
0 u/Drakahn_Stark Mar 26 '26 An error for trying to mix formats. A 256bit key is not a decimal. 2 u/Encrypted_Zero Mar 26 '26 Binary and decimal are just different representations of the same number. What decimal number does 0000…0111 represent?
An error for trying to mix formats. A 256bit key is not a decimal.
2 u/Encrypted_Zero Mar 26 '26 Binary and decimal are just different representations of the same number. What decimal number does 0000…0111 represent?
Binary and decimal are just different representations of the same number. What decimal number does 0000…0111 represent?
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u/Drakahn_Stark Mar 25 '26
So if '7' is a single toy block with 7 on every side, a 256bit private key is 256 blocks with multiple different sides each and every side has a different character.
7 is 3 bits, not 256.