Can private keys be bruteforced?

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They sure can.

And the more people buying in to receive the keys increases the likelihood of a brute force attempt being successful.

http://directory.io has them all

>>2382586
What's stopping a person from taking a public key and searching that database for the corresponding private key?

>>2382443
>>2383200
Why don't you think about it for more than 3 seconds? If you are truly too stupid, use a search engine

>>2383230
It's not all the addresses?

Finding a private key given only public key is virtually impossible.

>>2382443
if you have the .dat file you certainly can brute force your way through a shitty password

the answer is no, 47 billion dollars proves this

You'd pretty much need a quantum computer, and by the time they are available all the coins will be protected against them too.

Yes. But it's not cost efficient. As in the sun is likely to burn out before you will be able to steal someone's coin.

Some people have had successes by guessing the words for brainwallets. This is a much better idea than trying to bruteforce the keyspace.