A huge part of cryptography is big numbers. Really big numbers. For example, the SHA-256 crystallographic hash produces a 256-bit thumbprint of any data you give it. Exactly how big is 256-bits? 8 bits = 256 16 bits = 65536 32 bits = 4294967296 64 bits = 1.84467E+19 128 bits = 3.40282E+38 256 bits ...
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