Ever wondered how secure Satoshi's original Bitcoin wallet really is? The answer lies in pure mathematics. Cracking a 12-word BIP39 seed phrase means beating odds of 1 in 340,282,366,920,938,463,463,374,607,431,768,211,456. That's roughly 2^128 possible combinations. To put this in perspective: even with every computing resource on Earth working non-stop since the universe began, you wouldn't come close to exhausting that keyspace. This is why the 12-word mnemonic became the industry standard for self-custody wallets. Your recovery phrase doesn't need military-grade encryption because the entropy itself is the fortress. So next time someone suggests their seed is "probably fine," remind them they're betting against astronomical odds. That's not security theater—that's mathematical certainty.