Bitcoin puzzle transaction ~32 BTC prize to who solves it

[nomachine]

Get one of them to sit next to you while you program the ECDLP solver.

Here I am, Abdullah, sitting in a cafe right now.   

[dan.alex]

Huge respect for cracking it—amazing work!

To the entire community: as we all know, there are no magic tricks, shortcuts, or secret exploits here. It’s now clear that pure brute force is the only way forward.

With that in mind, it feels like the puzzle journey has reached its end for many of us. Competing against someone with over 2,000+ powerful GPUs (and counting!) just isn't realistic.

Huge respect for what? For using a program he probably didn’t even code and GPUs he doesn’t even own? I call this: script kiddies with resources.
I doubt this was the purpose of this puzzle, and I think the journey has indeed ended for them while it’s just begun for participants with higher IQs and fewer resources.
Time will tell!

P.S. There’s no frustration in this post. I was never a participant in the puzzle. But I do find the cocky posts about bruteforcing so hilarious. You’ve missed the entire point!

[prim_]

Congrats Bram, I think you got your username from Colony Tv series. I guess those horoscope and vodoo techniques don't work but they keep talking about.

My guess.. Who could have access to gpu farm and is able to manage/build tools?
Have no idea because i dont run brute force service to recover stuff with huge gpu farm..

I wonder what is more profitable with a huge GPU farm, just mining BTC or brute forcing puzzles)

Same here, feels like the game has changed.

I'm gratefull for NoMachine1's Cyclone, also knowing that there are people around there with programming skills able to change CPU versions for use with GPU, and also knowing that the game has changed from BTC mining to BTC puzzle finding. Yeah, 2000 GPUs is a thing. Nevertheless, I'll keep trying with my 5 M keys /s... 

[Akito S. M. Hosana]

Get one of them to sit next to you while you program the ECDLP solver.

Here I am, Abdullah, sitting in a cafe right now.   

Wait, you're in India fishing in the Mutha River? Impossible 

[abdullahsoliman]

Get one of them to sit next to you while you program the ECDLP solver.

Here I am, Abdullah, sitting in a cafe right now.   

In Minutes Bro 

No impresive and doesn't care after 67 and 68 solved.. apreciated to Retired Coder and all coder who share their weapon and method to this community.. no greedy AF

Can you rephrase ?

By another words you need to make something to the community, in one line, just without play in words

Guess How 

I dont think I owe anyone anything.
That being said, I think I've contributed quite a bit to this thread, dont you think ?

if you think that RetiredC was owe to anyone or wait something for anyone you was wrong as he made contribute to community on two ways first release the code he use in solving the hardest and tell even with codes that we need massive amounts of GPUs to be 100% sharp and direct and second he make some small puzzles all of us enjoy that we was connected and all in fin congrats the solver and move on but if you think you contributed to community when you tell us that is purely random brute forcing using serval thousands of GPUs, mining farm to solve the puzzles, thank you, you add nothing 
and if you think that if we don`t know that if we do like what you did maybe from like months we could race on 101 right now, brother that's not work like this


you owe to puzzle creator
you owe to coder that work hours and days work harder to give you some point start from if you code from scratch as you tell that your start point another one end point soo you owe him/her
you owe this thread, by the way

[Bram24732]

I call this: script kiddies with resources.

I mean,
Except for the part where I wrote all the software from scratch
Except for the part where I crowdfunded all the funds starting from zero dollar.
Except for the part where I delt with the GPU providers.

From where I stand, I call this shit talking with zero info

[Denevron]

Why are you all so angry here? Well, people have the opportunity to use farms - it's their business. Here, no one is obliged to anyone, a person wants - he posts a program for everyone, or an idea for implementing a program, if he doesn't want - he doesn't post it, it's strictly everyone's business. On the contrary, we should be glad that there are people who manage to find the keys)

[Bram24732]

Get one of them to sit next to you while you program the ECDLP solver.

Here I am, Abdullah, sitting in a cafe right now.   

In Minutes Bro 

No impresive and doesn't care after 67 and 68 solved.. apreciated to Retired Coder and all coder who share their weapon and method to this community.. no greedy AF

Can you rephrase ?

By another words you need to make something to the community, in one line, just without play in words

Guess How 

I dont think I owe anyone anything.
That being said, I think I've contributed quite a bit to this thread, dont you think ?

if you think that RetiredC was owe to anyone or wait something for anyone you was wrong as he made contribute to community on two ways first release the code he use in solving the hardest and tell even with codes that we need massive amounts of GPUs to be 100% sharp and direct and second he make some small puzzles all of us enjoy that we was connected and all in fin congrats the solver and move on but if you think you contributed to community when you tell us that is purely random brute forcing using serval thousands of GPUs, mining farm to solve the puzzles, thank you, you add nothing 
and if you think that if we don`t know that if we do like what you did maybe from like months we could race on 101 right now, brother that's not work like this


you owe to puzzle creator
you owe to coder that work hours and days work harder to give you some point start from if you code from scratch as you tell that your start point another one end point soo you owe him/her
you owe this thread, by the way

We definitely don’t see the world the same way

[abdullahsoliman]

I call this: script kiddies with resources.

I mean,
Except for the part where I wrote all the software from scratch
Except for the part where I crowdfunded all the funds starting from zero dollar.
Except for the part where I delt with the GPU providers.

From where I stand, I call this shit talking with zero info

This is not a Controversy, bro. All other solvers, like{RetiredC}, that use fewer numbers of GPUs than the massive one you use, release the faster +120bit code for now. Do you know this?
Do you know that he made all that you but he invented a new algorithm SOTA
I think you made a mistake 

Why are you all so angry here? Well, people have the opportunity to use farms - it's their business. Here, no one is obliged to anyone, a person wants - he posts a program for everyone, or an idea for implementing a program, if he doesn't want - he doesn't post it, it's strictly everyone's business. On the contrary, we should be glad that there are people who manage to find the keys)

You are 100% right about that {anyone, a person wants - he posts a program for everyone, or an idea for implementing a program, if he doesn't want - he doesn't post it, it's strictly everyone's business.}, but do you think the puzzle creator does? I think you catch me; we just contribute together

Get one of them to sit next to you while you program the ECDLP solver.

Here I am, Abdullah, sitting in a cafe right now.   

In Minutes Bro 

No impresive and doesn't care after 67 and 68 solved.. apreciated to Retired Coder and all coder who share their weapon and method to this community.. no greedy AF

Can you rephrase ?

By another words you need to make something to the community, in one line, just without play in words

Guess How 

I dont think I owe anyone anything.
That being said, I think I've contributed quite a bit to this thread, dont you think ?

if you think that RetiredC was owe to anyone or wait something for anyone you was wrong as he made contribute to community on two ways first release the code he use in solving the hardest and tell even with codes that we need massive amounts of GPUs to be 100% sharp and direct and second he make some small puzzles all of us enjoy that we was connected and all in fin congrats the solver and move on but if you think you contributed to community when you tell us that is purely random brute forcing using serval thousands of GPUs, mining farm to solve the puzzles, thank you, you add nothing 
and if you think that if we don`t know that if we do like what you did maybe from like months we could race on 101 right now, brother that's not work like this


you owe to puzzle creator
you owe to coder that work hours and days work harder to give you some point start from if you code from scratch as you tell that your start point another one end point soo you owe him/her
you owe this thread, by the way

We definitely don’t see the world the same way

100% Sure

[Desyationer]

Why are you all so angry here? Well, people have the opportunity to use farms - it's their business. Here, no one is obliged to anyone, a person wants - he posts a program for everyone, or an idea for implementing a program, if he doesn't want - he doesn't post it, it's strictly everyone's business. On the contrary, we should be glad that there are people who manage to find the keys)

What’s there to celebrate? For 99.9% of fishers without GPU farms, it simply means that their already minuscule chances of a successful "catch" have been halved yet again.     For me, this day feels like a day of mourning and a crappy mood.

[Bram24732]

I call this: script kiddies with resources.

I mean,
Except for the part where I wrote all the software from scratch
Except for the part where I crowdfunded all the funds starting from zero dollar.
Except for the part where I delt with the GPU providers.

From where I stand, I call this shit talking with zero info

This is not a Controversy, bro. All other solvers, like{RetiredC}, that use fewer numbers of GPUs than the massive one you use, release the faster +120bit code for now. Do you know this?
Do you know that he made all that you but he invented a new algorithm SOTA
I think you made a mistake 

Why are you all so angry here? Well, people have the opportunity to use farms - it's their business. Here, no one is obliged to anyone, a person wants - he posts a program for everyone, or an idea for implementing a program, if he doesn't want - he doesn't post it, it's strictly everyone's business. On the contrary, we should be glad that there are people who manage to find the keys)

You are 100% right about that {anyone, a person wants - he posts a program for everyone, or an idea for implementing a program, if he doesn't want - he doesn't post it, it's strictly everyone's business.}, but do you think the puzzle creator does? I think you catch me; we just contribute together

Get one of them to sit next to you while you program the ECDLP solver.

Here I am, Abdullah, sitting in a cafe right now.   

In Minutes Bro 

No impresive and doesn't care after 67 and 68 solved.. apreciated to Retired Coder and all coder who share their weapon and method to this community.. no greedy AF

Can you rephrase ?

By another words you need to make something to the community, in one line, just without play in words

Guess How 

I dont think I owe anyone anything.
That being said, I think I've contributed quite a bit to this thread, dont you think ?

if you think that RetiredC was owe to anyone or wait something for anyone you was wrong as he made contribute to community on two ways first release the code he use in solving the hardest and tell even with codes that we need massive amounts of GPUs to be 100% sharp and direct and second he make some small puzzles all of us enjoy that we was connected and all in fin congrats the solver and move on but if you think you contributed to community when you tell us that is purely random brute forcing using serval thousands of GPUs, mining farm to solve the puzzles, thank you, you add nothing 
and if you think that if we don`t know that if we do like what you did maybe from like months we could race on 101 right now, brother that's not work like this


you owe to puzzle creator
you owe to coder that work hours and days work harder to give you some point start from if you code from scratch as you tell that your start point another one end point soo you owe him/her
you owe this thread, by the way

We definitely don’t see the world the same way

100% Sure

I think you’re too far gone sadly 🥹
Be proud to be the first one to join my ignore list

[Denevron]

Why are you all so angry here? Well, people have the opportunity to use farms - it's their business. Here, no one is obliged to anyone, a person wants - he posts a program for everyone, or an idea for implementing a program, if he doesn't want - he doesn't post it, it's strictly everyone's business. On the contrary, we should be glad that there are people who manage to find the keys)

What’s there to celebrate? For 99.9% of fishers without GPU farms, it simply means that their already minuscule chances of a successful "catch" have been halved yet again.     For me, this day feels like a day of mourning and a crappy mood.

This is the reality, but it doesn't mean that you shouldn't try? What if you are a very lucky person and can even find a Python script with 10 lines of code? 

[btc11235]

No one here owes anyone anything. And no one here is entitled to anything from anyone. Period.

I for one am grateful to everyone here who has contributed their time and knowledge (etc) so willingly, you've all helped me get to where I am with my own script, which I finally completed recently after a long time thinking about it and tinkering with it (etc)... Though let's be honest, I'm still tinkering here and there

I've learned a lot in the last year or two*, about Bitcoin (and cryptography and cryptocurrency in general) and C# (which I've used for years, but there's always new things to learn), and more...

Though yes, if I'm honest, I'm a bit disheartened that someone (anyone) can swoop-in with a ton of resources (as well as whatever knowledge they can bring to bear) and start solving puzzles left and right, and just when I've finally started my own attempt at solving some myself, too... It sucks, but that's also the game... Use what you've got -- be it resources and/or knowledge and/or your unique perspective on possible approaches (prefixes, bit-flipping, etc) -- and best of luck to you...

You hear about solo miners mining a block every once in a while, and I'm just going to keep trying, with my measly CPU power and ideas, and maybe I'll hit one... I still think it's worth trying, for now at least...

@Bram24732 I am curious, as I think others here are, which puzzle you'll start on next...? If you said already then I missed it, and obviously you don't have to say at all, but it'd really help so we can plan whether to compete with you on the same one (ha!) or try our "luck" at another... It's like if I saw @nomachine fishing at a particular spot, I'd probably move and try a different spot

* However long its been since I first heard about this "puzzle" and started trying to solve it at first by finding clues, etc, only to learn it's not really that kind of puzzle, with clues and hints you can piece together and follow, but I digress...

[Denevron]

No one here owes anyone anything. And no one here is entitled to anything from anyone. Period.

I for one am grateful to everyone here who has contributed their time and knowledge (etc) so willingly, you've all helped me get to where I am with my own script, which I finally completed recently after a long time thinking about it and tinkering with it (etc)... Though let's be honest, I'm still tinkering here and there

I've learned a lot in the last year or two*, about Bitcoin (and cryptography and cryptocurrency in general) and C# (which I've used for years, but there's always new things to learn), and more...

Though yes, if I'm honest, I'm a bit disheartened that someone (anyone) can swoop-in with a ton of resources (as well as whatever knowledge they can bring to bear) and start solving puzzles left and right, and just when I've finally started my own attempt at solving some myself, too... It sucks, but that's also the game... Use what you've got -- be it resources and/or knowledge and/or your unique perspective on possible approaches (prefixes, bit-flipping, etc) -- and best of luck to you...

You hear about solo miners mining a block every once in a while, and I'm just going to keep trying, with my measly CPU power and ideas, and maybe I'll hit one... I still think it's worth trying, for now at least...

@Bram24732 I am curious, as I think others here are, which puzzle you'll start on next...? If you said already then I missed it, and obviously you don't have to say at all, but it'd really help so we can plan whether to compete with you on the same one (ha!) or try our "luck" at another... It's like if I saw @nomachine fishing at a particular spot, I'd probably move and try a different spot

* However long its been since I first heard about this "puzzle" and started trying to solve it at first by finding clues, etc, only to learn it's not really that kind of puzzle, with clues and hints you can piece together and follow, but I digress...

Well, people called it a Puzzle, but it's really an example of the resilience of BTC and how hard it is to pick someone else's private key) and note that here we are at least talking about range restrictions  

[kTimesG]

It's sad to see people react so badly to the breaking news that computing power solves problems.

I'm kidding, it's actually really great news. It means that not a lot of people actually do it; they don't realize they have much better chances winning the lottery rather than competing blindly with something that runs at a massive scale in the same time while they post shit around here. It was very clear since more than a month ago that this is where we'll end up. Today was just the pay day for a well planned effort, not voodoo magic non-sense crap that leads nowhere (for who thinks it does - did you solve it?).

[Bram24732]

No one here owes anyone anything. And no one here is entitled to anything from anyone. Period.

I for one am grateful to everyone here who has contributed their time and knowledge (etc) so willingly, you've all helped me get to where I am with my own script, which I finally completed recently after a long time thinking about it and tinkering with it (etc)... Though let's be honest, I'm still tinkering here and there

I've learned a lot in the last year or two*, about Bitcoin (and cryptography and cryptocurrency in general) and C# (which I've used for years, but there's always new things to learn), and more...

Though yes, if I'm honest, I'm a bit disheartened that someone (anyone) can swoop-in with a ton of resources (as well as whatever knowledge they can bring to bear) and start solving puzzles left and right, and just when I've finally started my own attempt at solving some myself, too... It sucks, but that's also the game... Use what you've got -- be it resources and/or knowledge and/or your unique perspective on possible approaches (prefixes, bit-flipping, etc) -- and best of luck to you...

You hear about solo miners mining a block every once in a while, and I'm just going to keep trying, with my measly CPU power and ideas, and maybe I'll hit one... I still think it's worth trying, for now at least...

@Bram24732 I am curious, as I think others here are, which puzzle you'll start on next...? If you said already then I missed it, and obviously you don't have to say at all, but it'd really help so we can plan whether to compete with you on the same one (ha!) or try our "luck" at another... It's like if I saw @nomachine fishing at a particular spot, I'd probably move and try a different spot

* However long its been since I first heard about this "puzzle" and started trying to solve it at first by finding clues, etc, only to learn it's not really that kind of puzzle, with clues and hints you can piece together and follow, but I digress...

Maybe we do 69 if math checks out. I’ll announce it here when we made our decision.
Were not doing 135 because retired coder has too much of a head start. Also I don’t have time to code it these days - other projects are in the way.

[E36cat]

From now on Bram i supose you need to take the risks, 2000gpu per day like 10-12k $ , if you get past 60 days you wont get no profit from the prize
For 67 and 68 you got it fast and also made some profit (you can call it luck)
So guys dont worry, dont be sad and get the bruteforce running, at best he can scan one more puzzle and thats it

[btc11235]

[...]

@Bram24732 I am curious, as I think others here are, which puzzle you'll start on next...? If you said already then I missed it, and obviously you don't have to say at all, but it'd really help so we can plan whether to compete with you on the same one (ha!) or try our "luck" at another... It's like if I saw @nomachine fishing at a particular spot, I'd probably move and try a different spot

Maybe we do 69 if math checks out. I’ll announce it here when we made our decision.
Were not doing 135 because retired coder has too much of a head start. Also I don’t have time to code it these days - other projects are in the way.

Awesome, thx 

[Bram24732]

From now on Bram i supose you need to take the risks, 2000gpu per day like 10-12k $ , if you get past 60 days you wont get no profit from the prize
For 67 and 68 you got it fast and also made some profit (you can call it luck)
So guys dont worry, dont be sad and get the bruteforce running, at best he can scan one more puzzle and thats it

Thank god 2k GPUs don’t cost me 10k oO
But your reasoning is correct. It’s not a matter of time, but profitability. If we have 50% chance to break even, we won’t take the gamble. What we want to see is positive expected value + safety margin.

[papiro08]

From puzzle 135, did anyone find a partial match of more than 6?