Bitcoin puzzle transaction ~32 BTC prize to who solves it

[Akito S. M. Hosana]

I've been trying to solve puzzle 130 for two years now. 6 GPUs. The puzzle creator is kidding with us. Yes, we are all donkeys. 

[frozenen]

I guess finders are never gonna share solutions for 120, 125 and 130?
lol are you guys gonna try vanity 1Prestige1zSYorBdz94KA2UbJW3hYLTn4 instead of search 67?

[Feron]

It will not be the creator, the more people search for puzzle addresses, the greater the chance of solving them
To give an example, if 1,000,000 computers start solving puzzle 67, there is a good chance you will solve it in one day

[AlanJohnson]

I've been trying to solve puzzle 130 for two years now. 6 GPUs. The puzzle creator is kidding with us. Yes, we are all donkeys.  

First (puzzle 66) there was a mockery with addresses like 1YouDeserveNothingxxxxxxx...

Now (puzzle 130) is going to address 1Prestige1xxxxxxxxxxxxx...

Puzzle 120 and 125 didn't even take altcoins ...

I knew it was a waste of time... It's still exciting but not worth to invest too much time or resources.

  

[Feron]

maybe hundreds of people puzzling addresses, but if the whole planet started looking for them, then those addresses would just get dusty

[Feron]

so you shouldn't invest in it, just run the code on the cpu and voila, you can still try to guess the beginning of the range to speed up the solution

[Tepan]

https://www.blockchain.com/explorer/transactions/btc/91ec88f5d6d6cc727e0205d3aa3709fee507df05140d187846cf22aef784621a


someone just took out the 130 bit.
dang, it's creator or someone else did samething with 66 bit ?

  "outputs": [
    {
      "address": "1Prestige1zSYorBdz94KA2UbJW3hYLTn4",
      "pkscript": "76a914fab6c492ff6de8e5080faa86847e3374dcf042ce88ac",
      "value": 1299999680,
      "spent": false,
      "spender": null
    }

ngl, the way you can break the puzzle is from recent history of priv key has been found, if someone found it, and not tell the key, the puzzle is broken, you just need to think this is PUZZLE, and every piece is work together to assemble the next lossless piece.

[kTimesG]

It will not be the creator, the more people search for puzzle addresses, the greater the chance of solving them
To give an example, if 1,000,000 computers start solving puzzle 67, there is a good chance you will solve it in one day

Wrong example. I think you meant 1 billion computers running at 100% usage for 24 hours.

[ihsotas91]

I guess finders are never gonna share solutions for 120, 125 and 130?
lol are you guys gonna try vanity 1Prestige1zSYorBdz94KA2UbJW3hYLTn4 instead of search 67?

  possibility of finding 67 via vanity > possibility to find 1Prestige between 0 and 2^256 

[CY4NiDE]

"Here is my own assumption being profered as straight facts without any proof"

Where is the evidence to back all this fud about the creator of this challenge?

[coinprober]

More and more skeptical of these puzzles, the creators are playing a trick on us

[ihsotas91]

I think rather than brute forcing I like playing vanity game, it is more exciting..


<sup>import sqlite3
import random
from bit import Key
import bitcoin

# Connect to vanity_addresses.db for storing found vanity addresses
vanity_conn = sqlite3.connect('vanity_addresses.db')
vanity_cursor = vanity_conn.cursor()

# Create a table in vanity_addresses.db to store vanity addresses and private keys
vanity_cursor.execute('''
    CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS vanity_addresses (
        address TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
        private_key TEXT
    )
''')
vanity_conn.commit()

def generate_vanity_address(prefix):
    while True:
        private_key = random.randint(2**66, 2**67)

        key = Key.from_int(private_key)
        addr = key.address
        addr_uncompressed = bitcoin. privkey_to_address(private_key)

        if addr.startswith(prefix):
            # Insert found vanity addresses into the vanity_addresses.db database
            vanity_cursor.execute(
                'INSERT INTO vanity_addresses (address, private_key) VALUES (?, ?)', (addr, str(private_key)))
            vanity_conn.commit()

        if addr_uncompressed.startswith(prefix):
            # Insert found vanity addresses into the vanity_addresses.db database
            vanity_cursor.execute(
                'INSERT INTO vanity_addresses (address, private_key) VALUES (?, ?)', (addr_uncompressed, str(private_key)))
            vanity_conn.commit()


prefix = '1BY8G'

generate_vanity_address(prefix)</sup>

[Akito S. M. Hosana]

1 billion computers running at 100% usage for 24 hours.

This number only shows how impossible it is to solve.

[nomachine]

Where is the evidence to back all this fud about the creator of this challenge?

There is no evidence, but there is also no proof that anyone has solved Puzzle 130 using Kangaroo and a massive number of GPUs. I can’t believe anyone would be so crazy as to invest that much hardware in this. It would be more profitable to mine BTC for the same amount of time.

[Gord0nFreeman]

Where is the evidence to back all this fud about the creator of this challenge?

There is no evidence, but there is also no proof that anyone has solved Puzzle 130 using Kangaroo and a massive number of GPUs. I can’t believe anyone would be so crazy as to invest that much hardware in this. It would be more profitable to mine BTC for the same amount of time.

The Creator just wants to turn everyone into a human centipede in the search for the 67th and 68th bits. As he himself stated, there is no connection between all the keys, they were random, so this isn't a puzzle—it's just a GPU strength test, pure brute force. Kangaroo was an outstanding tool for its time and purpose, searching by public key, but there’s nothing heroic or scientific about brute-forcing the lower bits, because there’s no public key there. The experiment on studying Bitcoin's encryption strength is over! Thank you all, you’re free to go!

[Tepan]

Where is the evidence to back all this fud about the creator of this challenge?

There is no evidence, but there is also no proof that anyone has solved Puzzle 130 using Kangaroo and a massive number of GPUs. I can’t believe anyone would be so crazy as to invest that much hardware in this. It would be more profitable to mine BTC for the same amount of time.

The Creator just wants to turn everyone into a human centipede in the search for the 67th and 68th bits. As he himself stated, there is no connection between all the keys, they were random, so this isn't a puzzle—it's just a GPU strength test, pure brute force. Kangaroo was an outstanding tool for its time and purpose, searching by public key, but there’s nothing heroic or scientific about brute-forcing the lower bits, because there’s no public key there. The experiment on studying Bitcoin's encryption strength is over! Thank you all, you’re free to go!

nah, i dont aggree with this, imo bitcoin is work with computational power, but else of formula is make from human things.
still can be breach out with math, look out theres other challenge to unlock bitcoin with math.

[Gord0nFreeman]

Where is the evidence to back all this fud about the creator of this challenge?

There is no evidence, but there is also no proof that anyone has solved Puzzle 130 using Kangaroo and a massive number of GPUs. I can’t believe anyone would be so crazy as to invest that much hardware in this. It would be more profitable to mine BTC for the same amount of time.

The Creator just wants to turn everyone into a human centipede in the search for the 67th and 68th bits. As he himself stated, there is no connection between all the keys, they were random, so this isn't a puzzle—it's just a GPU strength test, pure brute force. Kangaroo was an outstanding tool for its time and purpose, searching by public key, but there’s nothing heroic or scientific about brute-forcing the lower bits, because there’s no public key there. The experiment on studying Bitcoin's encryption strength is over! Thank you all, you’re free to go!

nah, i dont aggree with this, imo bitcoin is work with computational power, but else of formula is make from human things.
still can be breach out with math, look out theres other challenge to unlock bitcoin with math.

You remind me of a fork of Digaran, with his endless attempts at pseudo-mathematical attacks on Elliptic Curve. You all just need to focus on your families instead of wasting your lives on nonsense.

[Feron]

lol that's just the beginning not the end

[AlanJohnson]

lol that's just the beginning not the end

Beginning of what ?

Look all the posts months back ... all the python/c++/rust scripts and all the discussions and theories here - it was all pointless cause nobody here has enough computational power  which this "puzzle" is all about.

It shouldn't be called puzzle at all. It is a brute force measuring tool plus there are suspicious activities here that may point the creator of this thing is not playing fair.

[Tepan]

You remind me of a fork of Digaran, with his endless attempts at pseudo-mathematical attacks on Elliptic Curve. You all just need to focus on your families instead of wasting your lives on nonsense.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I understand that you have a different perspective, and I respect that. However, I have my own view on this, and it's based on certain facts and research that I believe are valid. I'm happy to have a conversation where we can both share our ideas, but it's important for both of us to stay open-minded and respectful.

 

[Edit]

pseudo-mathematical attacks on elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) can occur, but they typically refer to attempts to undermine the security of elliptic curves using flawed, incomplete, or incorrect mathematical reasoning. These attacks are not based on sound cryptographic research but rather on misinterpretations or speculative ideas without sufficient mathematical backing.

If someone claims that "pseudo-mathematical attacks on ECC" are nonsense but simultaneously relies on brute force or waits for some miraculous mathematical breakthrough that has no solid proof yet, they might just be stuck in a charming little daydream of wishful thinking.  
After all, nothing says "I understand cryptography" quite like banking on an imaginary genius to solve a problem that stumps the world's best mathematicians any day now, right?  

closed for debate, thanks.