Bitcoin 101 - Quindecillions & The Amazing Math Of Bitcoin's Private Keys

How do you slow down hackers and provide equal access to everyone on earth? Not easy. But Bitcoin's solution is devilishly simple, employing outrageously big numbers. Bitcoin's private keys are made of numbers (called quindecillions) that are so large, they literally choke the best computers. In fact even if all the world's computers were able to work together, these numbers would still be too large. By using an analogy to drawers and pirates, James dives into this math, revealing not only how simple the idea is, but how well it works.

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[Ocdib]

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[evoxyseah]

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[tomg]

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[justingrech]

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[SuperLolwhat]

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Your tremendous effort is much appreciated and will no doubt achieve reverence one day.

[ElishaBenAvraham]

Finally !
A video that makes sense of Private Keys.

[ceue]

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[BackToConstitution]

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[fabioqueiroz]

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[skykensok]

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[ARCHERDAVE]

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[nicholasrosa]

They will be showing this video in classrooms when Bitcoin takes over the world.

[peacefulpony]

Thank you for putting bitcoin's large numbers into perspective. 

[prometriccat]

I want to thank James for making this video. Very easy to understand . I have seen some videos before, but never before someone taught these concepts for a layman in such clear terms. Thanks for demystifying bitcoin technology.

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[Shalashaska]

Great video. Explains the security of Bitcoin without any half-truths that some explanations rely on to dumb down the answer for the lay person.