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This is WILD.

The computing power of the Bitcoin network is 650 exahashes.

One exahash represents 1 quintillion computer calculations per second.

650 exahashes means the Bitcoin computer network does 650 quintillion calculations per second.

There's not a close second in the world in terms of computing power by a single network. But it gets even crazier.

650 quintillion seconds ago was 20.8 trillion years ago.

The Big Bang supposedly happened 13.8 billion years ago.

20.8 trillion divided by 13.8 billion equals 1,507.

The computing power of the Bitcoin network is 1,507 times the length of the universe’s existence.

Now, calculations per second (a rate of computation) and seconds (a unit of time) aren’t necessarily relatable, but this is more about providing an analogy to represent the magnitude of the Bitcoin computer network doing 650 quintillion calculations per second, and more specifically, how large and impenetrable the Bitcoin network truly is.

At the least, it's a fun comparison.

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Cole Walmsley