Bitcoin puzzle transaction ~32 BTC prize to who solves it

[7xminer]

Good evening,

I just added an AVX512 version of KeyQuest V1.3 available at https://github.com/Benjade/KeyQuest promising higher speed. Available only on Linux or via WSL.

Best regards

Hi, nice! but what is the main difference to Keyhunt from AlbertoBSD?

[decal]

Quick clarification -  if someone were to discover the private key for one of the remaining unsolved puzzles, how would they verify ownership or prove they actually solved it? Apologies if this has already been addressed.


Thanks guys!

[pbies]

Good evening,

I just added an AVX512 version of KeyQuest V1.3 available at https://github.com/Benjade/KeyQuest promising higher speed. Available only on Linux or via WSL.

Best regards

I am getting 134.14 Mkeys/s with 28 threads on AMD Ryzen 9 9950X.

[analyticnomad]

Does anyone have any experience with TensorDock cloud GPU? Trying to find a legit provider with a lot of GPU's to deploy.

[mahmood1356]

Good evening,

I just added an AVX512 version of KeyQuest V1.3 available at https://github.com/Benjade/KeyQuest promising higher speed. Available only on Linux or via WSL.

Best regards

I am getting 134.14 Mkeys/s with 28 threads on AMD Ryzen 9 9950X.

With an RTX 2070 graphics card, what is the maximum and fastest number of keys that can be scanned?

[Akito S. M. Hosana]

With an RTX 2070 graphics card, what is the maximum and fastest number of keys that can be scanned?

It depends on which program is used:

https://github.com/FixedPaul/VanitySearch-Bitcrack

RTX2070 ~ 1600Mkeys/s

RTX3060 ~ 2000Mkeys/s

[Jorge54PT]

Great speed but dont have range Start and End.

[Akito S. M. Hosana]

Great speed but dont have range Start and End.

This is also very fast:

https://github.com/WanderingPhilosopher/VanBitCrackenRandom2

Anyway, I've been running both for months and I haven't found anything.

Puzzle 71 is impossible to solve even with 5 RTX4090 GPUs. Been there, done that

[nomachine]

5 RTX4090 GPUs. Been there, done that

You should’ve just bought shark fishing gear instead, bro. 

[Jorge54PT]

Great speed but dont have range Start and End.

This is also very fast:

https://github.com/WanderingPhilosopher/VanBitCrackenRandom2

Anyway, I've been running both for months and I haven't found anything.

Puzzle 71 is impossible to solve even with 5 RTX4090 GPUs. Been there, done that

I use this at 1000mk/s with my 3060 but so far without success

[jeLACOSTE]

[Puzzle?] 90.42691 BTC unspent UTXO at bc1qnfmreg… (Tx 308fd7…2103, 16-Apr-2023)

Hi everyone,

While reviewing the **16 April 2023 “×10 refresh” transaction** that boosted all *unsolved* Bitcoin-Puzzle rewards, I spotted one output nobody seems to have covered:

Code:

TXID   : 308fd7b9cad3526907739ead99ae1deaa233574a044c370f45030d4e292a2103
Block  : 785 611   (16 Apr 2023 • 21:18 UTC)
Address: bc1qnfmregvreguzxsvped4vxxvdrxcqfcuclzymax
Value  : 90.426 910 BTC  (9 042 691 000 sats)
Status : Unspent – zero outgoing tx since creation

Why it caught my eye

Detail	Relevance
All other outputs (~872 BTC) from the same TX were fanned out to every known puzzle address (#66 → #160) at exactly 10 × their previous reward.	Classic “refresh” pattern.
This UTXO is the only leftover and was NOT part of the original puzzle list.	Looks intentionally isolated.
9 042 691 000 sats = 9 042 691 × 1000.  The core integer 9 042 691 is prime (the 605 088-th prime).	Prime indices are a hallmark of the puzzle creator.
Puzzle #90 is already solved (privkey = 868012190417726402719548863).	So this 90-BTC chunk cannot be the original #90 reward.
No OP_RETURN, no child tx, no dust “pings”.	Address looks like a deliberate parking spot.

Working theories so far

• Fee / staging buffer – The creator might hold a large reserve for future fan-outs; 90 BTC is more than strictly necessary.
• New puzzle seed (maybe #161?) – [icode]9042691[/icode] could serve as seed or checksum, e.g. 
  [icode]priv_161 = SHA256(priv_90 || 9042691) mod n[/icode]
• Timing beacon – Leaving a juicy UTXO idle helps measure how fast bots notice any movement.

What I’m hoping the community can clarify

• Has the puzzle author (“Midori”, “13E”, etc.) ever referenced 9042691 or this 90-BTC address on IRC / Telegram / Reddit / Bitcointalk?
• Any archived chats from April 2023 that mention a prime × 1000 marker?
• Do the TX values align with any known SHA256-chain or XOR-chain progression of the solved puzzle keys?

Explorer link: 
https://www.blockchain.com/explorer/addresses/BTC/bc1qnfmregvreguzxsvped4vxxvdrxcqfcuclzymax

Inputs that funded the refresh (for context – they are NOT puzzles)

Code:

bc1qpgf7usrugzxllvydvrnngpsw3rlewelk3qfjg4   83.22524 BTC   (spent)
bc1q9e8hc4p5lf677p3jsmwl36hgq84x4wwhdrundc   12.222868 BTC  (spent)
bc1qrm6wtwc9vu9rzsdt3hf6rat40hdndrt2tjyxd0   24.93108 BTC   (spent)
… more inputs omitted for brevity …

Thanks in advance for any leads or theories — and happy hunting! 
— JeLACOSTE

[Akito S. M. Hosana]

Thanks in advance for any leads or theories — and happy hunting! 
— JeLACOSTE

So, do you still think this is a quiz or a brain teaser and not a brute-force contest? 

[nomachine]

Thanks in advance for any leads or theories — and happy hunting! 
— JeLACOSTE

So, do you still think this is a quiz or a brain teaser and not a brute-force contest? 

I thought the same thing for the first two years of researching this. After passing the quiz level, messing with numerology, pulling square roots outta every number possible, solving logarithmic equations, dealing with even and odd numbers, magic circles, and some voodoo chicken-leg nonsense. After five years, you finally realize: the only thing that actually helps is fishing. 

[Cricktor]

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It's the change output of a consolidation to prepare an UTXO that a few blocks later toppled up the remaining puzzles. What do you think to achieve in trying to interpret more into it like some magic numerology?

Detail	Relevance
No OP_RETURN, no child tx, no dust “pings”.	Address looks like a deliberate parking spot.

Yes, this is still unspent, but you're wrong that it doesn't have dust "pings". What shitty blockexplorer do you use?
See https://mempool.space/address/bc1qnfmregvreguzxsvped4vxxvdrxcqfcuclzymax, three dust UTXOs so far as of now.

It's funny how some default to number voodoo to pull some rabbits out of their magic hats. Oh boy, and the magic just sucks and doesn't work, does it?

[Wanderingaran]

This puzzle gives you an understanding of the beauty of Mathematics. I am very glad that it exists. I think one address will be Mine! There are a huge number of options to search for.


I've been watching everything that's happening here since 2016, all the Ideas that you propose and dispute. Interesting. The Creator has given a field of action, Want to be rich, be the first to figure out how to deal with 16 numbers. Thanks to Him the Creator for His generosity, and to everyone who is trying to find a method that can give wealth for many centuries for all children and children from children.

While I admire your passion for the puzzle, statistically speaking, you might have better odds of winning the lottery than cracking a 16-number mystery designed to be unsolvable. At least with the lottery, the rules are clear....

[analyticnomad]

This puzzle gives you an understanding of the beauty of Mathematics. I am very glad that it exists. I think one address will be Mine! There are a huge number of options to search for.


I've been watching everything that's happening here since 2016, all the Ideas that you propose and dispute. Interesting. The Creator has given a field of action, Want to be rich, be the first to figure out how to deal with 16 numbers. Thanks to Him the Creator for His generosity, and to everyone who is trying to find a method that can give wealth for many centuries for all children and children from children.

While I admire your passion for the puzzle, statistically speaking, you might have better odds of winning the lottery than cracking a 16-number mystery designed to be unsolvable. At least with the lottery, the rules are clear....

What do you mean? There is a 100% certainty a 16 character number can be found. Bram found two within a month of each other, using clear and defined rules eg: math/speed.



 

[Menowa*]

This puzzle gives you an understanding of the beauty of Mathematics. I am very glad that it exists. I think one address will be Mine! There are a huge number of options to search for.


I've been watching everything that's happening here since 2016, all the Ideas that you propose and dispute. Interesting. The Creator has given a field of action, Want to be rich, be the first to figure out how to deal with 16 numbers. Thanks to Him the Creator for His generosity, and to everyone who is trying to find a method that can give wealth for many centuries for all children and children from children.

While I admire your passion for the puzzle, statistically speaking, you might have better odds of winning the lottery than cracking a 16-number mystery designed to be unsolvable. At least with the lottery, the rules are clear....

What do you mean? There is a 100% certainty a 16 character number can be found. Bram found two within a month of each other, using clear and defined rules eg: math/speed.



 

Of course it can be found. But do you have a GPU farm to find it in a month? Otherwise the chance of finding it its slower thant winning lottery

[analyticnomad]

This puzzle gives you an understanding of the beauty of Mathematics. I am very glad that it exists. I think one address will be Mine! There are a huge number of options to search for.


I've been watching everything that's happening here since 2016, all the Ideas that you propose and dispute. Interesting. The Creator has given a field of action, Want to be rich, be the first to figure out how to deal with 16 numbers. Thanks to Him the Creator for His generosity, and to everyone who is trying to find a method that can give wealth for many centuries for all children and children from children.

While I admire your passion for the puzzle, statistically speaking, you might have better odds of winning the lottery than cracking a 16-number mystery designed to be unsolvable. At least with the lottery, the rules are clear....

What do you mean? There is a 100% certainty a 16 character number can be found. Bram found two within a month of each other, using clear and defined rules eg: math/speed.



 

Of course it can be found. But do you have a GPU farm to find it in a month? Otherwise the chance of finding it its slower thant winning lottery

I'm not talking about resources. You tailored what I said into a conversation that only existed in your head and then replied to it.

The guy said it was "designed to be unsolvable". It was literally designed to be even more solvable by reducing the range and exposing pub keys.

[hoanghuy2912]

I think we should give up because of the lack of reality.

[Wanderingaran]

It was literally designed to be even more solvable by reducing the range and exposing pub keys.

Give me the public key for puzzle 71