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[-] atopi@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

according to wikipedia, there are about 10⁸⁰ protons in the observable universe

you would need 266 bits to give each one a different number
if you are using base 64, you would need 45 digits
it would look something like this aGVoc3Z4ZnN5YWhkYiByaHNqc2hyIGcgZGhzaGVkaGJz1

this post was submitted on 27 Jan 2026
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