Bitcoin puzzle transaction ~32 BTC prize to who solves it

[Akito S. M. Hosana]

I would also say that solving 80 bits, with some proper Tame precomputed database (with way less than half a billion DPs) takes much less than 20 seconds, even on a budget GPU. There is a precise balance where having too many DPs (of lower bits) is not beneficial, and having fewer DPs (of higher bits) is better overall.

Yep. But now, let’s say you’ve got a bot with a pre-calculated DP. Puzzle 71 can be solved in, like, 2 seconds on a CPU as soon as the public key pops up. It’s a huge problem if folks ain’t using MARA slipstream, if you ask me. 

Provided that anyone ever solves puzzle 71. 

[Wanderingaran]

I would also say that solving 80 bits, with some proper Tame precomputed database (with way less than half a billion DPs) takes much less than 20 seconds, even on a budget GPU. There is a precise balance where having too many DPs (of lower bits) is not beneficial, and having fewer DPs (of higher bits) is better overall.

Yep. But now, let’s say you’ve got a bot with a pre-calculated DP. Puzzle 71 can be solved in, like, 2 seconds on a CPU as soon as the public key pops up. It’s a huge problem if folks ain’t using MARA slipstream, if you ask me. 

Provided that anyone ever solves puzzle 71. 

Even if you solve it, it’s uncertain who will get the prize. So how does that fit into a fair puzzle race? This is the perfect example of a scam.

[teguh54321]

I would also say that solving 80 bits, with some proper Tame precomputed database (with way less than half a billion DPs) takes much less than 20 seconds, even on a budget GPU. There is a precise balance where having too many DPs (of lower bits) is not beneficial, and having fewer DPs (of higher bits) is better overall.

Yep. But now, let’s say you’ve got a bot with a pre-calculated DP. Puzzle 71 can be solved in, like, 2 seconds on a CPU as soon as the public key pops up. It’s a huge problem if folks ain’t using MARA slipstream, if you ask me.  

Provided that anyone ever solves puzzle 71.  

Even if you solve it, it’s uncertain who will get the prize. So how does that fit into a fair puzzle race? This is the perfect example of a scam.

Not scam. Bram and rc got the price

I would also say that solving 80 bits, with some proper Tame precomputed database (with way less than half a billion DPs) takes much less than 20 seconds, even on a budget GPU. There is a precise balance where having too many DPs (of lower bits) is not beneficial, and having fewer DPs (of higher bits) is better overall.

Yep. But now, let’s say you’ve got a bot with a pre-calculated DP. Puzzle 71 can be solved in, like, 2 seconds on a CPU as soon as the public key pops up. It’s a huge problem if folks ain’t using MARA slipstream, if you ask me.  

I also setup sniper bot on vps. But loose on sniping 69 😅. That winner bot is wild .....  and i promise if my bot get it , I will split 50 50 with the solver he he he🤪

[kTimesG]

give up and wait for quantum technology

Break all puzzles while waiting for quantum technology, and secure them to PQK (post-quantum keys) before all hell breaks loose.

[analyticnomad]

I would also say that solving 80 bits, with some proper Tame precomputed database (with way less than half a billion DPs) takes much less than 20 seconds, even on a budget GPU. There is a precise balance where having too many DPs (of lower bits) is not beneficial, and having fewer DPs (of higher bits) is better overall.

Yep. But now, let’s say you’ve got a bot with a pre-calculated DP. Puzzle 71 can be solved in, like, 2 seconds on a CPU as soon as the public key pops up. It’s a huge problem if folks ain’t using MARA slipstream, if you ask me.  

I also setup sniper bot on vps. But loose on sniping 69 😅. That winner bot is wild .....  and i promise if my bot get it , I will split 50 50 with the solver he he he🤪

How about you just not do that at all?

[Denevron]

I would also say that solving 80 bits, with some proper Tame precomputed database (with way less than half a billion DPs) takes much less than 20 seconds, even on a budget GPU. There is a precise balance where having too many DPs (of lower bits) is not beneficial, and having fewer DPs (of higher bits) is better overall.

Yep. But now, let’s say you’ve got a bot with a pre-calculated DP. Puzzle 71 can be solved in, like, 2 seconds on a CPU as soon as the public key pops up. It’s a huge problem if folks ain’t using MARA slipstream, if you ask me.  

I also setup sniper bot on vps. But loose on sniping 69 😅. That winner bot is wild .....  and i promise if my bot get it , I will split 50 50 with the solver he he he🤪

How about you just not do that at all?

people's conscience does not allow them not to do this, everyone wants a freebie)

[Nuclearkeys]

While everyone is trying to brute force this puzzle. Some people have already hacked Bitcoin itself, or rather secp, otherwise some transactions cannot be explained. Of course, the one who hacks the system itself will not say anything about it, otherwise his life will be in danger, a lot of money is kept by influential people and also the black market.
One thing is certain, old addresses from 2009-2010 have been active for some time now. And transfers to exchanges and other addresses are made from them. It is logical that if you have found a vulnerability, it is better to use old wallets, because in this case, few will be able to confirm the legitimacy of these coins, because they have long lost the keys.

We could have seen a lot of complains from "Guys from old wallets" and the governments we know could not be interested in having reserves. For now that that is dream. Most cases that have happened is scamming or installing RAT tools.

[Cricktor]

One thing is certain, old addresses from 2009-2010 have been active for some time now. And transfers to exchanges and other addresses are made from them. It is logical that if you have found a vulnerability, it is better to use old wallets, because in this case, few will be able to confirm the legitimacy of these coins, because they have long lost the keys.

Of what "exploited vulnerability" are you talking about? Not yet saying it's nonsense, but without evidence, close to.

I can assure you that ~1,096,255.xBTC¹ which are attributed to the entity "Patoshi" and mostly held in near 22k coinbase UTXOs didn't move so far, despite the known transactions that Satoshi spent from block #9. I'm not saying that Satoshi and Patoshi are the same entity, but it's quite plausible to me, that they likely are.

I have a watch-only wallet with 21,954 combo() descriptors of mined Patoshi-blocks from 2009-2010 and I would see any spending from those, which simply didn't happen. combo() descriptors match any address type, except Taproot as far as I remember.

The only transactions I see are "donations" mostly to the Genesis block, but also rarely to some other blocks that are believed to belong to Satoshi's stash. It's commonly dust but some are sort of generous like this recent 300k sats transaction. Of course, there have been way larger "donations", although large ones are rare. All this bloats the UTXO set as it's not likely they will be consolidated.

Not sure why you bring this up in this puzzle topic, but we've seen worse blabbering.


¹Current balance according to my watch-only wallet. My sample of Patoshi attributed blocks has a few errors which I don't know if it has been corrected from the list of attributed blocks. I haven't corrected my descriptors yet, so the balance could be off by a few hundred or low thousands bitcoin. It's definitely more than a million bitcoin plus/minus give or take.

[3dmlib]

Hello. Anybody interested in 100usd puzzle 71 mempool bot competition?

[HABJo12]

I love to

[3dmlib]

I love to

OK.
Address: 1FXsMVXVV52zyLhHzZKg6wGous6KzMW6bM
Private key in 71 puzzle range.
Tomorrow 24 June 2025 between 13.00 and 14.00 UTC time I'll transfer from it, public key will be exposed and you can try to intercept.
Thanks.

[HABJo12]

IF you can please make the range shorter its just playing for searching for such fund on a wide range

[3dmlib]

IF you can please make the range shorter its just playing for searching for such fund on a wide range

RCKangaroo do it on my computer less then a minute. Even puzzle 81 takes about 5 minutes to find private key from public key. Don't need to make range shorter. For next bot competitions I thinking to make range even bigger for more fun but with bigger reward.

[henry1111]

what is the most basic puzzle i can start with?

[HABJo12]

as far as i understand RCKangaroo by itself jump with certain numbers you can finish the all range by one jump but to find the address you are targeting you have to make the jumping mechanism by the well known number so it will get after running some sequence , i don't know much about codding but i am learning most things in here.

[3dmlib]

what is the most basic puzzle i can start with?

You can start with 71, but please be aware that ALL PUZZLES UNTIL ABOUT 86-87 SHOULD BE WITHDRAWN WITHOUT USING PUBLIC BTC MEMPOOL. USE SLIPSTREAM SERVICE OF MARA POOL TO WITHDRAW SUCCESSFULLY.

[zahid888]

what is the most basic puzzle i can start with?

You can start with 71, but please be aware that ALL PUZZLES UNTIL ABOUT 86-87 SHOULD BE WITHDRAWN WITHOUT USING PUBLIC BTC MEMPOOL. USE SLIPSTREAM SERVICE OF MARA POOL TO WITHDRAW SUCCESSFULLY.

And what's the plan for your $100 challenge? Gonna play it with MaraPool's slipstream, or rolling the dice with a regular mempool transaction?

[3dmlib]

what is the most basic puzzle i can start with?

You can start with 71, but please be aware that ALL PUZZLES UNTIL ABOUT 86-87 SHOULD BE WITHDRAWN WITHOUT USING PUBLIC BTC MEMPOOL. USE SLIPSTREAM SERVICE OF MARA POOL TO WITHDRAW SUCCESSFULLY.

And what's the plan for your $100 challenge? Gonna play it with MaraPool's slipstream, or rolling the dice with a regular mempool transaction?

Mempool of course. Or it will be no challenge if use slipstream.

ps: Waiting for 13.00 UTC. Also I'll place first initial tx just after block mined to have more time for fun

[Frequence]

what is the most basic puzzle i can start with?

You can start with 71, but please be aware that ALL PUZZLES UNTIL ABOUT 86-87 SHOULD BE WITHDRAWN WITHOUT USING PUBLIC BTC MEMPOOL. USE SLIPSTREAM SERVICE OF MARA POOL TO WITHDRAW SUCCESSFULLY.

And what's the plan for your $100 challenge? Gonna play it with MaraPool's slipstream, or rolling the dice with a regular mempool transaction?

Mempool of course. Or it will be no challenge if use slipstream.

ps: Waiting for 13.00 UTC. Also I'll place first initial tx just after block mined to have more time for fun

Burned that $100 in fees.
Miners: Thank you, bro.

[3dmlib]

Burned that $100 in fees.
Miners: Thank you, bro.

Thank you all for participation.
Is it possible to limit maximum fee somehow? Any ideas?
Also, where to view all mempool RBF timeline? mempool.space definitely not shows all.