What happens if we run out of zeroes?

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swiftmaxiMember
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#1Apr 11, 2021, 08:45 PM
Is that even possible? With hashrate, miners, and difficulty constantly going up...
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darkguruHero Member
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#2Apr 11, 2021, 11:29 PM
"Number of zeros" in what? What the hell are you asking?
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its_ninjaSenior Member
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#3Apr 12, 2021, 04:08 AM
OK, so every 8 zeros represents 4294967296 (almost 4.3 billion) times faster bitcoin hash rate. So we got more than 5 more sets of 8 zeros, or 4.29 billion x 4.29 billion x 4.29 billion x 4.29 billion x 4.29 billion Which is an exponential increase, not a linear increase ... it wont happen. Edit: reminder that 2^256 is close to the number of atoms in the universe (only about 1000 times smaller)
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swiftmaxiMember
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#4Apr 12, 2021, 06:49 AM
Thanks that's all I wanted to know. I always thought it was linear.
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