I was going by the example cost of $8 for 16 bits you stated in an earlier comment: "2^16 = 65536 ... so if a search space of 65536 costs you $8" If you thi

I was going by the example cost of $8 for 16 bits you stated in an earlier comment: "2^16 = 65536 ... so if a search space of 65536 costs you $8" If you think the numbers I'm arriving at are wrong then can you specify exactly where my cost function goes wrong?