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[-] xthexder@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

99.5% would still be e^200 numbers checked (7x10^86). According to the Quora link in my other comment, we've only calculated primes in sequence up to 4x10^18 as of 7 years ago. 95% is very doable though.

Edited to correct first N primes vs primes up to N.

[-] Hexarei@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

Incredible amounts of numbers. Crazy.

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