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How does that site work which has every bitcoin address listed. Does it just generate those on the fly based on the page number?

Yes, I think so. It just couldn't have generated the list before, it's just not feasible.

FWIW, the footer says 'It took a lot of computing power to generate this database. Donations welcome: 1Bv8dN7pemC5N3urfMDdAFReibefrBqCaK;'.

Theres also only 10^77 atoms in the universe, and I think 10^80 bitcoin hashes... I think that footer note is being facetious.

They might cache the first n pages, too.