←back to thread

New Mersenne Prime discovered (probably)

(www.mersenne.org)
359 points sdsykes | 1 comments | 16 Oct 24 11:51 UTC | HN request time: 0.204s | source
Show context
jl6 ◴[19 Oct 24 06:27 UTC] No.41886027[source]▶
Finally! Just when I thought everyone had moved their spare compute to more lucrative schemes.

It’s the longest wait for a new mersenne prime since the discovery of M32 in 1992.

replies(1): >>41886149 #
noduerme ◴[19 Oct 24 06:54 UTC] No.41886149[source]▶
amazing how many bitcoins have been discovered since then. Satoshi should've incentivized mining something useful.
replies(2): >>41886226 #>>41886817 #
1. iamgopal ◴[19 Oct 24 09:50 UTC] No.41886817[source]▶
every new prime for new block, but not linear.