Bitcoin puzzle transaction ~32 BTC prize to who solves it

[FrozenThroneGuy]

Half the people here are doing their best to come up with creative ways of gaining any edge, no matter how small, over the otherwise nearly insurmountable odds these puzzles present; and the other half seem to be here just to shit on them and generally be as depressing and defeatist as possible

Personally, I'm having much more fun learning and expanding my horizons in the first group

Personally, I’m just fact checking those ideas with basic math.
Some people can’t do that (and that’s ok not everyone has an PhD) and I would really hate that they spend money based on a phoney theory on the internet. That’s why I call the BS when I see it.
If there is a theory which has merit I’ll be the first one to praise it and implement it to win 69 faster.

My opinion not about your idea. Puzzles higher than 69 - it is a question about money or hardware like FPGA, AISC.
Have anybody from here tried to switch c++ to verilog via HLS? Or maybe have a few experience into VERILOG?
High level FPGA like Virtex UltraScale+ can boost our speed from gkeys/s to petakeys

I have a  VHDL version of secp256k1 I did for fun back then. It produces good results but never ran it on an actual chip.
But that's not the issue. Even if you had a 10x boost per watt versus a GPU, you would still need to find a way to scale. GPUs are everywhere, FPGAs, not so much.

Bram, is it possible to give my your work (VHDL SECP256k1)? I will try to update it.
Right now I am doing GPU Cyclone version, it has hashing and comparing to target hash160, on rtx 4060 it has 4.3 Ghash/s, that faster than bitcrack, vanity, etc.

[nomachine]

I launch mutagen and an error appears
I downloaded the new version today

Try again now.

[fantom06]

I launch mutagen and an error appears
I downloaded the new version today

Try again now.

how to run to make from mutagen.cpp in puzzle_solver

[nomachine]

how to run to make from mutagen.cpp in puzzle_solver

Compile using make.
Rename mutagen to puzzle_solver (or puzzle_solver.exe),
or update the Makefile by changing the line to:
TARGET = puzzle_solver

[Akito S. M. Hosana]

how to run to make from mutagen.cpp in puzzle_solver

Compile using make.
Rename mutagen to puzzle_solver (or puzzle_solver.exe),
or update the Makefile by changing the line to:
TARGET = puzzle_solver

Can you add Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up to play when the puzzle is solved  

[AlanJohnson]

how to run to make from mutagen.cpp in puzzle_solver

Compile using make.
Rename mutagen to puzzle_solver (or puzzle_solver.exe),
or update the Makefile by changing the line to:
TARGET = puzzle_solver

Can you add Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up to play when the puzzle is solved  

or maybe as an eternal loop played during solving

[nomachine]

how to run to make from mutagen.cpp in puzzle_solver

Compile using make.
Rename mutagen to puzzle_solver (or puzzle_solver.exe),
or update the Makefile by changing the line to:
TARGET = puzzle_solver

Can you add Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up to play when the puzzle is solved  

might violate GitHub's policies 

[fantom06]

how to run to make from mutagen.cpp in puzzle_solver

Compile using make.
Rename mutagen to puzzle_solver (or puzzle_solver.exe),
or update the Makefile by changing the line to:
TARGET = puzzle_solver

nothing helps

 g++ -O3 -march=native -std=c++17 puzzle_solver.cpp -lssl -lcrypto -lpthread -o  puzzle_solver
/usr/bin/ld: /tmp/cck3z0I2.o: in function `worker(Secp256K1*, int, int, int, AVXCounter, AVXCounter)':
puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0xcc7): undefined reference to `Point::Point()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0xd04): undefined reference to `Point::Point()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0xd63): undefined reference to `Int::Int()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0xd6e): undefined reference to `Int::SetInt32(unsigned int)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0xd87): undefined reference to `Secp256K1::ComputePublicKey(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0xdc5): undefined reference to `Point::~Point()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0xe02): undefined reference to `Int::ModNeg()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0xe54): undefined reference to `Int::Int()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0xe7f): undefined reference to `IntGroup::IntGroup(int)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0xe94): undefined reference to `Int::Int()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0xeb4): undefined reference to `Int::Int()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x146d): undefined reference to `Int::Int()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1480): undefined reference to `Int::Set(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x14a5): undefined reference to `Int::Int()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x14b2): undefined reference to `Int::SetInt32(unsigned int)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x14bd): undefined reference to `Int::ShiftL(unsigned int)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x14cc): undefined reference to `Int::Xor(Int const*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x14f2): undefined reference to `Int::GetBase16[abi:cxx11]()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x169d): undefined reference to `Secp256K1::ComputePublicKey(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x16b3): undefined reference to `Int::Int()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x16c9): undefined reference to `Int::Int()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x16df): undefined reference to `Int::Int()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x16ea): undefined reference to `Int::Set(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x16f9): undefined reference to `Int::Set(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1704): undefined reference to `Int::Set(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x170c): undefined reference to `Int::ModNeg()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x173c): undefined reference to `Int::ModSub(Int*, Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x174c): undefined reference to `Int::ModSub(Int*, Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x175f): undefined reference to `Int::ModSub(Int*, Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1772): undefined reference to `Int::ModSub(Int*, Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x179e): undefined reference to `IntGroup::Set(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x17a6): undefined reference to `IntGroup::ModInv()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x17db): undefined reference to `Int::Int()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x17ef): undefined reference to `Int::ModSub(Int*, Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x17fe): undefined reference to `Int::Int()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1814): undefined reference to `Int::ModMulK1(Int*, Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1823): undefined reference to `Int::Int()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1838): undefined reference to `Int::ModSquareK1(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1854): undefined reference to `Int::Set(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x185f): undefined reference to `Int::ModAdd(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x186a): undefined reference to `Int::ModSub(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1879): undefined reference to `Int::Int()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1888): undefined reference to `Int::Set(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1893): undefined reference to `Int::ModSub(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x18a2): undefined reference to `Int::ModMulK1(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x18be): undefined reference to `Int::Set(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x18c6): undefined reference to `Int::ModNeg()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x18d1): undefined reference to `Int::ModAdd(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1918): undefined reference to `Int::Int()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1930): undefined reference to `Int::ModSub(Int*, Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x193c): undefined reference to `Int::Int()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1952): undefined reference to `Int::ModMulK1(Int*, Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x195e): undefined reference to `Int::Int()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1971): undefined reference to `Int::ModSquareK1(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1984): undefined reference to `Int::Set(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1997): undefined reference to `Int::ModAdd(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x19a6): undefined reference to `Int::ModSub(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x19ae): undefined reference to `Int::Int()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x19bd): undefined reference to `Int::Set(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x19cc): undefined reference to `Int::ModSub(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x19db): undefined reference to `Int::ModMulK1(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x19ea): undefined reference to `Int::Set(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x19f2): undefined reference to `Int::ModNeg()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x19fd): undefined reference to `Int::ModAdd(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1a7b): undefined reference to `Point::Point()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1a98): undefined reference to `Int::Set(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1ab2): undefined reference to `Int::Set(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1aba): undefined reference to `Int::IsEven()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1aff): undefined reference to `Int::GetByte(int)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1b44): undefined reference to `Point::~Point()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1c13): undefined reference to `Point::~Point()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1c5a): undefined reference to `Point::~Point()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1cba): undefined reference to `IntGroup::~IntGroup()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1cc2): undefined reference to `Point::~Point()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1ce1): undefined reference to `Point::~Point()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1ddf): undefined reference to `sha256avx2_8B(unsigned char const*, unsigned char const*, unsigned char const*, unsigned char const*, unsigned char const*, unsigned char const*, unsigned char const*, unsigned char const*, unsigned char*, unsigned char*, unsigned char*, unsigned char*, unsigned char*, unsigned char*, unsigned char*, unsigned char*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1e9d): undefined reference to `ripemd160avx2::ripemd160avx2_32(unsigned char*, unsigned char*, unsigned char*, unsigned char*, unsigned char*, unsigned char*, unsigned char*, unsigned char*, unsigned char*, unsigned char*, unsigned char*, unsigned char*, unsigned char*, unsigned char*, unsigned char*, unsigned char*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1fd1): undefined reference to `Int::Int()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1fe0): undefined reference to `Int::Set(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1ffe): undefined reference to `Int::Int()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x2008): undefined reference to `Int::SetInt32(unsigned int)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x2013): undefined reference to `Int::Add(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x2026): undefined reference to `Int::GetBase16[abi:cxx11]()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x22d6): undefined reference to `Point::~Point()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x22de): undefined reference to `Point::~Point()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x232f): undefined reference to `IntGroup::~IntGroup()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x2344): undefined reference to `Point::~Point()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x236c): undefined reference to `Point::~Point()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x2950): undefined reference to `Int::Int()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x295e): undefined reference to `Int::SetInt32(unsigned int)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x296d): undefined reference to `Int::Sub(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x2bb8): undefined reference to `Point::~Point()'
/usr/bin/ld: /tmp/cck3z0I2.o: in function `worker(Secp256K1*, int, int, int, AVXCounter, AVXCounter) [clone .cold]':
puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text.unlikely+0xed): undefined reference to `Point::~Point()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text.unlikely+0xf5): undefined reference to `Point::~Point()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text.unlikely+0x123): undefined reference to `IntGroup::~IntGroup()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text.unlikely+0x13c): undefined reference to `Point::~Point()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text.unlikely+0x15a): undefined reference to `Point::~Point()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text.unlikely+0x1ef): undefined reference to `Point::~Point()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text.unlikely+0x22f): undefined reference to `Point::~Point()'
/usr/bin/ld: /tmp/cck3z0I2.o: in function `main.cold':
puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text.unlikely+0x2a8): undefined reference to `Secp256K1::~Secp256K1()'
/usr/bin/ld: /tmp/cck3z0I2.o: in function `main':
puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text.startup+0x1cb): undefined reference to `Secp256K1::Secp256K1()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text.startup+0x1d3): undefined reference to `Secp256K1::Init()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text.startup+0x227): undefined reference to `Secp256K1::~Secp256K1()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text.startup+0x341): undefined reference to `Int::SetBase10(char*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text.startup+0x350): undefined reference to `Int::Int()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text.startup+0x35f): undefined reference to `Int::SetBase10(char*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text.startup+0x36a): undefined reference to `Int::IsEqual(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text.startup+0x37a): undefined reference to `Int::GetBitLength()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text.startup+0x461): undefined reference to `Int::GetBase16[abi:cxx11]()'
/usr/bin/ld: /tmp/cck3z0I2.o: in function `__static_initialization_and_destruction_0()':
puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text.startup+0x140b): undefined reference to `omp_get_num_procs'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text.startup+0x2a57): undefined reference to `Int::Int()'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

[Bram24732]

Half the people here are doing their best to come up with creative ways of gaining any edge, no matter how small, over the otherwise nearly insurmountable odds these puzzles present; and the other half seem to be here just to shit on them and generally be as depressing and defeatist as possible

Personally, I'm having much more fun learning and expanding my horizons in the first group

Personally, I’m just fact checking those ideas with basic math.
Some people can’t do that (and that’s ok not everyone has an PhD) and I would really hate that they spend money based on a phoney theory on the internet. That’s why I call the BS when I see it.
If there is a theory which has merit I’ll be the first one to praise it and implement it to win 69 faster.

My opinion not about your idea. Puzzles higher than 69 - it is a question about money or hardware like FPGA, AISC.
Have anybody from here tried to switch c++ to verilog via HLS? Or maybe have a few experience into VERILOG?
High level FPGA like Virtex UltraScale+ can boost our speed from gkeys/s to petakeys

I have a  VHDL version of secp256k1 I did for fun back then. It produces good results but never ran it on an actual chip.
But that's not the issue. Even if you had a 10x boost per watt versus a GPU, you would still need to find a way to scale. GPUs are everywhere, FPGAs, not so much.

Bram, is it possible to give my your work (VHDL SECP256k1)? I will try to update it.
Right now I am doing GPU Cyclone version, it has hashing and comparing to target hash160, on rtx 4060 it has 4.3 Ghash/s, that faster than bitcrack, vanity, etc.

Hey, sorry I don't share code Besides it's probably not so clean haha
Kudos on the GPU version of Cyclone, lets hope you find some clever optimisations !

[nomachine]

how to run to make from mutagen.cpp in puzzle_solver

Compile using make.
Rename mutagen to puzzle_solver (or puzzle_solver.exe),
or update the Makefile by changing the line to:
TARGET = puzzle_solver

nothing helps

 g++ -O3 -march=native -std=c++17 puzzle_solver.cpp -lssl -lcrypto -lpthread -o  puzzle_solver
/usr/bin/ld: /tmp/cck3z0I2.o: in function `worker(Secp256K1*, int, int, int, AVXCounter, AVXCounter)':
puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0xcc7): undefined reference to `Point::Point()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0xd04): undefined reference to `Point::Point()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0xd63): undefined reference to `Int::Int()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0xd6e): undefined reference to `Int::SetInt32(unsigned int)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0xd87): undefined reference to `Secp256K1::ComputePublicKey(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0xdc5): undefined reference to `Point::~Point()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0xe02): undefined reference to `Int::ModNeg()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0xe54): undefined reference to `Int::Int()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0xe7f): undefined reference to `IntGroup::IntGroup(int)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0xe94): undefined reference to `Int::Int()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0xeb4): undefined reference to `Int::Int()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x146d): undefined reference to `Int::Int()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1480): undefined reference to `Int::Set(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x14a5): undefined reference to `Int::Int()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x14b2): undefined reference to `Int::SetInt32(unsigned int)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x14bd): undefined reference to `Int::ShiftL(unsigned int)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x14cc): undefined reference to `Int::Xor(Int const*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x14f2): undefined reference to `Int::GetBase16[abi:cxx11]()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x169d): undefined reference to `Secp256K1::ComputePublicKey(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x16b3): undefined reference to `Int::Int()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x16c9): undefined reference to `Int::Int()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x16df): undefined reference to `Int::Int()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x16ea): undefined reference to `Int::Set(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x16f9): undefined reference to `Int::Set(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1704): undefined reference to `Int::Set(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x170c): undefined reference to `Int::ModNeg()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x173c): undefined reference to `Int::ModSub(Int*, Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x174c): undefined reference to `Int::ModSub(Int*, Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x175f): undefined reference to `Int::ModSub(Int*, Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1772): undefined reference to `Int::ModSub(Int*, Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x179e): undefined reference to `IntGroup::Set(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x17a6): undefined reference to `IntGroup::ModInv()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x17db): undefined reference to `Int::Int()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x17ef): undefined reference to `Int::ModSub(Int*, Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x17fe): undefined reference to `Int::Int()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1814): undefined reference to `Int::ModMulK1(Int*, Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1823): undefined reference to `Int::Int()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1838): undefined reference to `Int::ModSquareK1(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1854): undefined reference to `Int::Set(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x185f): undefined reference to `Int::ModAdd(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x186a): undefined reference to `Int::ModSub(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1879): undefined reference to `Int::Int()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1888): undefined reference to `Int::Set(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1893): undefined reference to `Int::ModSub(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x18a2): undefined reference to `Int::ModMulK1(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x18be): undefined reference to `Int::Set(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x18c6): undefined reference to `Int::ModNeg()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x18d1): undefined reference to `Int::ModAdd(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1918): undefined reference to `Int::Int()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1930): undefined reference to `Int::ModSub(Int*, Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x193c): undefined reference to `Int::Int()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1952): undefined reference to `Int::ModMulK1(Int*, Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x195e): undefined reference to `Int::Int()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1971): undefined reference to `Int::ModSquareK1(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1984): undefined reference to `Int::Set(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1997): undefined reference to `Int::ModAdd(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x19a6): undefined reference to `Int::ModSub(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x19ae): undefined reference to `Int::Int()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x19bd): undefined reference to `Int::Set(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x19cc): undefined reference to `Int::ModSub(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x19db): undefined reference to `Int::ModMulK1(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x19ea): undefined reference to `Int::Set(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x19f2): undefined reference to `Int::ModNeg()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x19fd): undefined reference to `Int::ModAdd(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1a7b): undefined reference to `Point::Point()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1a98): undefined reference to `Int::Set(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1ab2): undefined reference to `Int::Set(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1aba): undefined reference to `Int::IsEven()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1aff): undefined reference to `Int::GetByte(int)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1b44): undefined reference to `Point::~Point()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1c13): undefined reference to `Point::~Point()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1c5a): undefined reference to `Point::~Point()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1cba): undefined reference to `IntGroup::~IntGroup()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1cc2): undefined reference to `Point::~Point()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1ce1): undefined reference to `Point::~Point()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1ddf): undefined reference to `sha256avx2_8B(unsigned char const*, unsigned char const*, unsigned char const*, unsigned char const*, unsigned char const*, unsigned char const*, unsigned char const*, unsigned char const*, unsigned char*, unsigned char*, unsigned char*, unsigned char*, unsigned char*, unsigned char*, unsigned char*, unsigned char*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1e9d): undefined reference to `ripemd160avx2::ripemd160avx2_32(unsigned char*, unsigned char*, unsigned char*, unsigned char*, unsigned char*, unsigned char*, unsigned char*, unsigned char*, unsigned char*, unsigned char*, unsigned char*, unsigned char*, unsigned char*, unsigned char*, unsigned char*, unsigned char*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1fd1): undefined reference to `Int::Int()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1fe0): undefined reference to `Int::Set(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x1ffe): undefined reference to `Int::Int()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x2008): undefined reference to `Int::SetInt32(unsigned int)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x2013): undefined reference to `Int::Add(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x2026): undefined reference to `Int::GetBase16[abi:cxx11]()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x22d6): undefined reference to `Point::~Point()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x22de): undefined reference to `Point::~Point()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x232f): undefined reference to `IntGroup::~IntGroup()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x2344): undefined reference to `Point::~Point()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x236c): undefined reference to `Point::~Point()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x2950): undefined reference to `Int::Int()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x295e): undefined reference to `Int::SetInt32(unsigned int)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x296d): undefined reference to `Int::Sub(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text+0x2bb8): undefined reference to `Point::~Point()'
/usr/bin/ld: /tmp/cck3z0I2.o: in function `worker(Secp256K1*, int, int, int, AVXCounter, AVXCounter) [clone .cold]':
puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text.unlikely+0xed): undefined reference to `Point::~Point()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text.unlikely+0xf5): undefined reference to `Point::~Point()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text.unlikely+0x123): undefined reference to `IntGroup::~IntGroup()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text.unlikely+0x13c): undefined reference to `Point::~Point()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text.unlikely+0x15a): undefined reference to `Point::~Point()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text.unlikely+0x1ef): undefined reference to `Point::~Point()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text.unlikely+0x22f): undefined reference to `Point::~Point()'
/usr/bin/ld: /tmp/cck3z0I2.o: in function `main.cold':
puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text.unlikely+0x2a8): undefined reference to `Secp256K1::~Secp256K1()'
/usr/bin/ld: /tmp/cck3z0I2.o: in function `main':
puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text.startup+0x1cb): undefined reference to `Secp256K1::Secp256K1()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text.startup+0x1d3): undefined reference to `Secp256K1::Init()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text.startup+0x227): undefined reference to `Secp256K1::~Secp256K1()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text.startup+0x341): undefined reference to `Int::SetBase10(char*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text.startup+0x350): undefined reference to `Int::Int()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text.startup+0x35f): undefined reference to `Int::SetBase10(char*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text.startup+0x36a): undefined reference to `Int::IsEqual(Int*)'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text.startup+0x37a): undefined reference to `Int::GetBitLength()'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text.startup+0x461): undefined reference to `Int::GetBase16[abi:cxx11]()'
/usr/bin/ld: /tmp/cck3z0I2.o: in function `__static_initialization_and_destruction_0()':
puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text.startup+0x140b): undefined reference to `omp_get_num_procs'
/usr/bin/ld: puzzle_solver.cpp:(.text.startup+0x2a57): undefined reference to `Int::Int()'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

What are you trying to compile, anyway? Mutagen and Cyclone do not use SSL (-lssl -lcrypto).

Here's an example of Mutagen being compiled with a single terminal command:

Code:

g++ -m64 -std=c++17 -Ofast -mssse3 -Wall -Wextra -Wno-write-strings -Wno-unused-variable -Wno-deprecated-copy -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-sign-compare -Wno-strict-aliasing -Wno-unused-but-set-variable -funroll-loops -ftree-vectorize -fstrict-aliasing -fno-semantic-interposition -fvect-cost-model=unlimited -fno-trapping-math -fipa-ra -flto -fassociative-math -fopenmp -mavx2 -mbmi2 -madx mutagen.cpp SECP256K1.cpp Int.cpp Timer.cpp IntGroup.cpp IntMod.cpp Point.cpp ripemd160_avx2.cpp sha256_avx2.cpp -o mutagen 

[Akito S. M. Hosana]

Here's an example of Mutagen being compiled with a single terminal command...

Why do people complicate things so much?
Most scripts — if not 90% of them — can be installed with something as simple as:

git clone script
cd script
make

 

[fantom06]

Here's an example of Mutagen being compiled with a single terminal command...

Why do people complicate things so much?
Most scripts — if not 90% of them — can be installed with something as simple as:

git clone script
cd script
make

 

the question is wrong!
rather why didn't you write this command right away. After all, this command is nowhere to be found! That's why I had to suffer for a week...

Thank you! Progress go

[nomachine]

Why do people complicate things so much?

Because everyone starts somewhere.

Somewhere = What is Git?
Somewhere = Why doesn’t anything make sense?
Somewhere = Is this a terminal or a black hole?
Somewhere = Python is too slow.
Somewhere = Why do I need 256-bit numbers to calculate a puzzle over 64?
Somewhere = Why are CPU and C++ too slow? Why do I need CUDA C++?
Somewhere = Why do I need 3000 GPUs?
Somewhere = Wait... was this all just a puzzle?
Somewhere = Why does the tutorial have a tutorial?
Somewhere = What do you mean the bug is a feature?
Somewhere = It worked yesterday, I swear.
Somewhere = Is this the end?

We’ve all been there. Some of us are still there.
Some of us went deeper. We haven't been seen since.

Send help.

[vneos]

Right now I am doing GPU Cyclone version, it has hashing and comparing to target hash160, on rtx 4060 it has 4.3 Ghash/s, that faster than bitcrack, vanity, etc.

Can you share the GPU Cyclone version?

[POD5]

Right now I am doing GPU Cyclone version, it has hashing and comparing to target hash160, on rtx 4060 it has 4.3 Ghash/s, that faster than bitcrack, vanity, etc.

Can you share the GPU Cyclone version?

Better than that, NoMachine1 will implement is own GPU version... 

[btc11235]

Half the people here are doing their best to come up with creative ways of gaining any edge, no matter how small, over the otherwise nearly insurmountable odds these puzzles present; and the other half seem to be here just to shit on them and generally be as depressing and defeatist as possible

Personally, I'm having much more fun learning and expanding my horizons in the first group

Personally, I’m just fact checking those ideas with basic math.
Some people can’t do that (and that’s ok not everyone has an PhD) and I would really hate that they spend money based on a phoney theory on the internet. That’s why I call the BS when I see it.
If there is a theory which has merit I’ll be the first one to praise it and implement it to win 69 faster.

My opinion not about your idea. Puzzles higher than 69 - it is a question about money or hardware like FPGA, AISC.
Have anybody from here tried to switch c++ to verilog via HLS? Or maybe have a few experience into VERILOG?
High level FPGA like Virtex UltraScale+ can boost our speed from gkeys/s to petakeys

I have a  VHDL version of secp256k1 I did for fun back then. It produces good results but never ran it on an actual chip.
But that's not the issue. Even if you had a 10x boost per watt versus a GPU, you would still need to find a way to scale. GPUs are everywhere, FPGAs, not so much.

Bram, is it possible to give my your work (VHDL SECP256k1)? I will try to update it.
Right now I am doing GPU Cyclone version, it has hashing and comparing to target hash160, on rtx 4060 it has 4.3 Ghash/s, that faster than bitcrack, vanity, etc.

Hey, sorry I don't share code Besides it's probably not so clean haha
Kudos on the GPU version of Cyclone, lets hope you find some clever optimisations !

I'm loving this whole exchange... Between this and the ongoing discussion about nomachine's progress on Mutagen, it's feeling very collaborative in here today I mean, yeah, it's still a competition, but at least we can make it a friendly competition

To be clear, I am obviously not the forum police, y'all can post whatever you want... There's just a fine line between helpful critique and outright criticism (see below), and sometimes it's hard to be in here when there's negative comment after negative comment about how this is all over, puzzles above a certain number can't be done, blah blah blah... It's like, yeah, duh, this isn't going to be easy -- and yeah, maybe not even possible past a certain point -- I think we all know that... But it wouldn't be a challenge, and wouldn't be any fun, if it was easy to do

So I just want to specifically say that I appreciate NoMachine's ability to quickly whip-up scripts, and add new features on request, etc (in between fishing trips, that is); and Bram's transparency in coming here to let us know what he's up to, without which we'd all still be wondering who the heck solved 67 & 68, and did they unlock some secret formula or what is just brute-force, or what; and WanderingPhilospher's willingness to discuss whatever, and offer help and advice, etc; and everyone in general who has answered questions, offered constructive criticism, etc etc...

Honestly, I think I'm just overly sensitive rn because for months I could easily ignore everything by just getting back to work coding and problem solving, etc... But now I'm at the hardest stage: sitting and waiting. The coding is basically all done, my script is running, and now I can't do much more other than wait and see what happens... And it's gonna be a long wait... And, yeah, it very likely still won't result in any solved puzzles... I'd just rather not focus on that, and be reminded of it constantly, while I sit and wait and hope I get lucky anyway...

What’s the difference between criticism and critique? There’s some overlap in meaning, but they’re not the same in every situation. Criticism is most often used broadly to refer to the act of negatively criticizing someone or something (“I’m more interested in encouragement right now than criticism”)...while critique is a more formal word for a carefully expressed judgment, opinion, or evaluation of both the good and bad qualities of something...

-- https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/critique

[kTimesG]

Honestly, I think I'm just overly sensitive rn because for months I could easily ignore everything by just getting back to work coding and problem solving, etc... But now I'm at the hardest stage: sitting and waiting. The coding is basically all done, my script is running, and now I can't do much more other than wait and see what happens... And it's gonna be a long wait... And, yeah, it very likely still won't result in any solved puzzles... I'd just rather not focus on that, and be reminded of it constantly, while I sit and wait and hope I get lucky anyway...

Luck is something that can be computed. Why would you hope to get lucky when you can simply know how lucky you can get today, by tomorrow, or after 5000 years? It goes the same way when you buy a lottery ticket, you should know what you're getting yourself into.

The only reason 69 is not solved by tomorrow might be because there aren't enough available resources to do it by then. If those would exist (at a fair price), it would simply be solved sooner.

The equation is simple: cost = time x resources. Have enough money? Too bad you can't have enough resources to solve it ASAP. Have enough time? Too bad you can't handle the cost on your own.

Hoping to get lucky just because it takes a projected 2 months or 4 months for someone else to do it, does not mean that some "script" (I hate that word, scripts are not at all the same thing as program source code) that does millions of times less work has the same chances to succeed. It just becomes dead time for us to criticize ideas that don't really help with anything, on the contrary

And anything has a cost attached, even an idle Python scanner doing 10 k/s - if someone wants to try their luck, why not spend the exact same cost and hash away many many times more? Maybe because they're afraid to see how futile their approach was anyway.

[Bram24732]

The equation is simple: cost = time x resources. Have enough money? Too bad you can't have enough resources to solve it ASAP. Have enough time? Too bad you can't handle the cost on your own.

Exactly my approach for 67 68 69

[E36cat]

The equation is simple: cost = time x resources. Have enough money? Too bad you can't have enough resources to solve it ASAP. Have enough time? Too bad you can't handle the cost on your own.

Exactly my approach for 67 68 69

Have you started for 69? if you announced i missed it
Good Luck !

[bibilgin]

Exactly my approach for 67 68 69

I hope it will be as you think for 69. If not, there is a big risk. I want to say that the 1% calculation is wrong.