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Re:CryptoKitties craze slows down transactions on Ethereum by djtriptych on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @01:27PM (#15854202)
> The game's developers describe them as "breedable Beanie Babies", each with its own unique 256-bit genome.

> The kitties' unique DNA can lead to four billion possible genetic variations.

Erm 2^256 is juuuuust a bit more than 4 billion. This seems like an error.

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Re:CryptoKitties craze slows down transactions on Ethereum by calvinlh on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @01:35PM (#15854316)
https://www.google.com/search?q=2^256

You're off by about 68 orders of magnitude; it's 2^32 that's approximately 4 billion.

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Re:CryptoKitties craze slows down transactions on Ethereum by rspeer on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @01:41PM (#15854381)
This is what the person you are replying to was pointing out, yes, using sarcastic understatement.
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Re:CryptoKitties craze slows down transactions on Ethereum by djtriptych on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @02:32PM (#15854969)
Really thought that 5th 'u' in juuuuust would have implied the sarcasm tag
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Re:CryptoKitties craze slows down transactions on Ethereum by shakestheclown on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @04:13PM (#15856048)
Six is the minimum.
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