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July 11, 2023, 01:47:54 AM
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Hi all, I have not been here for a very long time and was hoping I could get some information on this thread.

First
There is a list in this thread showing all the addresses from 1 - 160
Do I understand this correctly?
Address 66 13zb1hQbWVsc2S7ZTZnP2G4undNNpdh5so still needs resolving
I ask as I see in the post people congratulating others on finds in much higher ranges, is this one not worth the effort since it’s the easiest remaining.

And secondly
I wrote some custom software tonight to have a go at the above address, the software is currently checking slightly above 45,700 addresses per second, am I wasting my time? and how does this equate to the hash rates I see mentioned here.

Sorry if these seem dumb questions, answers would be very much appreciated.

So I did a little digging, is this correct
A hash will always be the same number of characters used so 1 Bitcoin address checked per second would equal a hash rate of 64?
If my above statement is correct then the software I wrote is running at 2,924,800 Hash's per second or 2.924 Mh/s, again am I wasting my time?

It's not a hash per second, but key per second, generating public key from a private key, hashing the public key 2ice to generate the address, an old laptop with low end GPU  can search for 25 million + keys per second, good GPUs can do billions of keys/s.

From 5 to 160, every 5 puzzle there is an exposed public key, so since we already have the public key we can skip 2 hashes and only generate public keys, and that also is not 1 key at a time, we could practically subtract or add 10,000 trillion keys per second, just a minimum, that's why they can be solved faster.

Have a look at bitcrack and other tools to see what speed you get and compare with your tool.

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July 11, 2023, 02:36:42 PM
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What do yo think about creator step 5 bit range pubkey?
Faster search and get private key maybe he hint to you for solve non pubkey puzzle.
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July 11, 2023, 02:58:54 PM
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What do yo think about creator step 5 bit range pubkey?
Faster search and get private key maybe he hint to you for solve non pubkey puzzle.

Why would there be any hints? This is not a game, it's a measurement for time taken to solve different keys in certain ranges.
If there was a shortcut to find a private key with only having an address, bitcoin wouldn't be here today.

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July 11, 2023, 05:10:58 PM
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Hi all, I have not been here for a very long time and was hoping I could get some information on this thread.

First
There is a list in this thread showing all the addresses from 1 - 160
Do I understand this correctly?
Address 66 13zb1hQbWVsc2S7ZTZnP2G4undNNpdh5so still needs resolving
I ask as I see in the post people congratulating others on finds in much higher ranges, is this one not worth the effort since it’s the easiest remaining.

And secondly
I wrote some custom software tonight to have a go at the above address, the software is currently checking slightly above 45,700 addresses per second, am I wasting my time? and how does this equate to the hash rates I see mentioned here.

Sorry if these seem dumb questions, answers would be very much appreciated.

So I did a little digging, is this correct
A hash will always be the same number of characters used so 1 Bitcoin address checked per second would equal a hash rate of 64?
If my above statement is correct then the software I wrote is running at 2,924,800 Hash's per second or 2.924 Mh/s, again am I wasting my time?

A little slow. I get 850 million/second with a Rtx 3060 ti at 50% power no cpu on 66.  But it is mainly luck not speed. Like mining bitcoin it only takes a single correct hash but the more hashes you generate the better the chance but this mining is finding the keyspace location or public address by prefix.
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July 11, 2023, 09:53:10 PM
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It all lies in computing power, currently I can reduce the range of puzzle #130 to the equivalent of looking for the public key of puzzle #103 without slowing down the search (my resources aren't useful for looking for a public key in range 103 anyway), I could reduce more but I do not have the necessary resources for it and the search becomes slow, therefore it is my "acceptable" range. It doesn't seem unreasonable to me that more puzzles will continue to be found this year by comparing what I can do with basic resources with others who have many .

in short, a puzzle for rich people

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July 12, 2023, 12:47:03 AM
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It all lies in computing power, currently I can reduce the range of puzzle #130 to the equivalent of looking for the public key of puzzle #103 without slowing down the search (my resources aren't useful for looking for a public key in range 103 anyway), I could reduce more but I do not have the necessary resources for it and the search becomes slow, therefore it is my "acceptable" range. It doesn't seem unreasonable to me that more puzzles will continue to be found this year by comparing what I can do with basic resources with others who have many .

in short, a puzzle for rich people
Well, if you can really reduce the range down to 103 bits, there are already a few hunters with decent rigs willing to help you out and then you could use an escrow to split the prize, you could also divide the 103 bit range into 100 small ranges and search each one per day, after 100 days or even less, you will find the key, but the question is, are you really sure you can lower the range to 103 or even lower? What if the key you are looking for is not there?

You need to provide a reasonable solution to prove that the target is in the said range.

Good luck though, I'm off this puzzle till I see the private keys for #120 and especially #125, I might work on other puzzles here and there, but won't engage in sharing my findings and talk about possible solutions, as it seems we could spend more than 120 days 24/7 just to have nothing at the end, and I don't mean money, who ever solved it they deserve it and I hope the best for them, but not being able to have the answer ( private key ) of the puzzle, even an empty key, is a deal breaker.

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July 12, 2023, 01:28:12 AM
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It all lies in computing power, currently I can reduce the range of puzzle #130 to the equivalent of looking for the public key of puzzle #103 without slowing down the search (my resources aren't useful for looking for a public key in range 103 anyway), I could reduce more but I do not have the necessary resources for it and the search becomes slow, therefore it is my "acceptable" range. It doesn't seem unreasonable to me that more puzzles will continue to be found this year by comparing what I can do with basic resources with others who have many .

in short, a puzzle for rich people
Well, if you can really reduce the range down to 103 bits, there are already a few hunters with decent rigs willing to help you out and then you could use an escrow to split the prize, you could also divide the 103 bit range into 100 small ranges and search each one per day, after 100 days or even less, you will find the key, but the question is, are you really sure you can lower the range to 103 or even lower? What if the key you are looking for is not there?

You need to provide a reasonable solution to prove that the target is in the said range.

Good luck though, I'm off this puzzle till I see the private keys for #120 and especially #125, I might work on other puzzles here and there, but won't engage in sharing my findings and talk about possible solutions, as it seems we could spend more than 120 days 24/7 just to have nothing at the end, and I don't mean money, who ever solved it they deserve it and I hope the best for them, but not being able to have the answer ( private key ) of the puzzle, even an empty key, is a deal breaker.
I am completely sure of it because I tested it with public keys that I know the pk and I was able to know that the script work

My problem is that I lack computing power and at this time I do not have how to invest in it. I have thought about sharing the script but we would return to the same starting point where someone with a lot of computer power takes advantage of the script, take the money and then do not even have the decency to thank the developers or reveal the key.

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July 12, 2023, 01:58:34 AM
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Ok, lets test your script without you revealing it to the public, just drop the first 2 characters on the left for this public key's private key :

03cefd304a9a8da40666e97b2d9650e31a71a9a9fcd29a24724d31a2fabbc8ea0e

Do you need the exact range or not? It has 32 characters and it starts with F, just drop the second character and give me the public key for it to verify, that could help a lot for others to believe you.

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July 12, 2023, 02:09:41 AM
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Ok, lets test your script without you revealing it to the public, just drop the first 2 characters on the left for this public key's private key :

03cefd304a9a8da40666e97b2d9650e31a71a9a9fcd29a24724d31a2fabbc8ea0e

Do you need the exact range or not? It has 32 characters and it starts with F, just drop the second character and give me the public key for it to verify, that could help a lot for others to believe you.
32 Characters hex?

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July 12, 2023, 04:24:02 AM
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Ok, lets test your script without you revealing it to the public, just drop the first 2 characters on the left for this public key's private key :

03cefd304a9a8da40666e97b2d9650e31a71a9a9fcd29a24724d31a2fabbc8ea0e

Do you need the exact range or not? It has 32 characters and it starts with F, just drop the second character and give me the public key for it to verify, that could help a lot for others to believe you.

I did not understand your proposal very well regarding the range of your pk

but for example if you eliminate the first 2 digits of your pk in decimal and generate another pubkey you will possibly get a pubkey that starts (although I recommend explaining the range better):

1= 03941029...
2=02caf96e4..

After I know what your pubkey is, I get the rest of the digits.

without the need to generate millions of keys.

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July 12, 2023, 05:58:04 AM
Last edit: July 12, 2023, 03:13:05 PM by batareyka
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It all lies in computing power, currently I can reduce the range of puzzle #130 to the equivalent of looking for the public key of puzzle #103 without slowing down the search (my resources aren't useful for looking for a public key in range 103 anyway), I could reduce more but I do not have the necessary resources for it and the search becomes slow, therefore it is my "acceptable" range. It doesn't seem unreasonable to me that more puzzles will continue to be found this year by comparing what I can do with basic resources with others who have many .

in short, a puzzle for rich people
Well, if you can really reduce the range down to 103 bits, there are already a few hunters with decent rigs willing to help you out and then you could use an escrow to split the prize, you could also divide the 103 bit range into 100 small ranges and search each one per day, after 100 days or even less, you will find the key, but the question is, are you really sure you can lower the range to 103 or even lower? What if the key you are looking for is not there?

You need to provide a reasonable solution to prove that the target is in the said range.

Good luck though, I'm off this puzzle till I see the private keys for #120 and especially #125, I might work on other puzzles here and there, but won't engage in sharing my findings and talk about possible solutions, as it seems we could spend more than 120 days 24/7 just to have nothing at the end, and I don't mean money, who ever solved it they deserve it and I hope the best for them, but not being able to have the answer ( private key ) of the puzzle, even an empty key, is a deal breaker.
I am completely sure of it because I tested it with public keys that I know the pk and I was able to know that the script work

My problem is that I lack computing power and at this time I do not have how to invest in it. I have thought about sharing the script but we would return to the same starting point where someone with a lot of computer power takes advantage of the script, take the money and then do not even have the decency to thank the developers or reveal the key.



You can eliminate as many numbers as you like.
for example, I can reduce the key by 4 digits from 32 to 28, but for this there will be 65,000 open keys, which I count is a lot.
5 and 6 digits can also be eliminated.
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July 12, 2023, 06:06:17 AM
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There is even a way to find out the range in which the key is located, ...

Really? So tell us what the range is where #66 is lying

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July 12, 2023, 08:27:55 AM
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Ok, lets test your script without you revealing it to the public, just drop the first 2 characters on the left for this public key's private key :

03cefd304a9a8da40666e97b2d9650e31a71a9a9fcd29a24724d31a2fabbc8ea0e

Do you need the exact range or not? It has 32 characters and it starts with F, just drop the second character and give me the public key for it to verify, that could help a lot for others to believe you.

I did not understand your proposal very well regarding the range of your pk

but for example if you eliminate the first 2 digits of your pk in decimal and generate another pubkey you will possibly get a pubkey that starts (although I recommend explaining the range better):

1= 03941029...
2=02caf96e4..

After I know what your pubkey is, I get the rest of the digits.

without the need to generate millions of keys.
I was very clear, I gave you my public key, and my private key has 32 hex characters starting with F, I just want you to drop the second character with your first try since there are only 16 possible answers, if your script works, you should be able to drop the second char from my private key.

Only hex, I don't work with decimal or binary.

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July 12, 2023, 08:36:04 AM
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There is even a way to find out the range in which the key is located, ...

Really? So tell us what the range is where #66 is lying


I apologize for not providing clarification.
You can find out the range from the public key.
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July 12, 2023, 09:16:42 AM
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You can find out the range from the public key.


This is serious stuff, you probably didn't realize what you said... HOW ON EARTH YOU FIGURE THE RANGE FROM PUBLIC KEY?
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You can find out the range from the public key.


This is serious stuff, you probably didn't realize what you said... HOW ON EARTH YOU FIGURE THE RANGE FROM PUBLIC KEY?




To believe in a word or not is your right.

PS Everything will go to society together when the work is completed.
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July 12, 2023, 10:41:55 AM
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You can find out the range from the public key.


This is serious stuff, you probably didn't realize what you said... HOW ON EARTH YOU FIGURE THE RANGE FROM PUBLIC KEY?




To believe in a word or not is your right.

PS Everything will go to society together when the work is completed.
Best regards.
If I tell you a certain key exist in a certain range, and if you know the first character of the private key, you might be able to get close to validating the authenticity of my claim, but without that information, there is no other way than brute forcing all the possible ranges one by one, but it would be great to learn something new before you decide to bring all the societies into the action, so share and care, right?😉

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July 12, 2023, 11:53:00 AM
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There is even a way to find out the range in which the key is located, ...

Really? So tell us what the range is where #66 is lying


I apologize for not providing clarification.
You can find out the range from the public key.

Then it will not be difficult for you to determine in what range this public key is located.
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July 12, 2023, 12:16:24 PM
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Ok, lets test your script without you revealing it to the public, just drop the first 2 characters on the left for this public key's private key :

03cefd304a9a8da40666e97b2d9650e31a71a9a9fcd29a24724d31a2fabbc8ea0e

Do you need the exact range or not? It has 32 characters and it starts with F, just drop the second character and give me the public key for it to verify, that could help a lot for others to believe you.

I did not understand your proposal very well regarding the range of your pk

but for example if you eliminate the first 2 digits of your pk in decimal and generate another pubkey you will possibly get a pubkey that starts (although I recommend explaining the range better):

1= 03941029...
2=02caf96e4..

After I know what your pubkey is, I get the rest of the digits.

without the need to generate millions of keys.
I was very clear, I gave you my public key, and my private key has 32 hex characters starting with F, I just want you to drop the second character with your first try since there are only 16 possible answers, if your script works, you should be able to drop the second char from my private key.

Only hex, I don't work with decimal or binary.
I think you misunderstood my point, if I was able to know the second character easily ecc would be broken.
just my script takes

pk1=20540573305730573

and convert it for example to

pk2= 3305730573

to know the first digits you would need to know pk2.

all this without the need to save millions of results.
  my problem is that my computer basically runs out of power to reduce more. due to stress and hangs

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Last edit: July 12, 2023, 03:08:18 PM by batareyka
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There is even a way to find out the range in which the key is located, ...

Really? So tell us what the range is where #66 is lying


I apologize for not providing clarification.
You can find out the range from the public key.

Then it will not be difficult for you to determine in what range this public key is located.
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What strange people.
You don't take my word for it, you always want confirmation.
And then this and this.

I regret that I again fell into the trap I fell into a year ago on the same forum. Everyone laughed at me.
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Good luck to everyone.







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