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1) Message boards : Number crunching : Found First Prime What Do I Do? (Message 14474)
Posted 4857 days ago by Alyx

How often are primes found? I just found a Proth prime, and I don't even have 1k credit in project yet. Was this just beginners luck, or is finding a prime really common?