user1878: The PPCoin whitepaper describes "search space" without any context of what it is.  Can anyone describe what search space is?

user1906: Search space in cryptography refers to the sum of how many different solutions there can be. For example, a bit has a search space of 2 - 1 and 0, white a byte has a search space of 2^8 or 255.
In this context, the search space refers to how many different possible hashes there can be for the proof of stake (I believe) algorithm.

1878: <p><a href="http://ppcoin.org/static/ppcoin-paper.pdf" rel="nofollow">The PPCoin whitepaper</a> describes "search space" without any context of what it is.  Can anyone describe what search space is?</p>
 1906: <p>Search space in cryptography refers to the sum of how many different solutions there can be. For example, a bit has a search space of 2 - 1 and 0, white a byte has a search space of 2^8 or 255.</p>

<p>In this context, the search space refers to how many different possible hashes there can be for the proof of stake (I believe) algorithm.</p>
