Does hashing of bitcoin addresses cause collisions?

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There are 2^256 possible public keys.

We generate bitcoin addresses by hashing these public keys using SHA256 and then RIPEMD160.

Now, since 160 < 256 won't there necessarily be collisions - multiple public keys will have to map onto one bitcoin address?

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Posted 2018-12-15T18:00:59.937

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