Bitcoin puzzle transaction ~32 BTC prize to who solves it

[mahmood1356]

Since yesterday, I continued to search the puzzle with artificial intelligence and Python, and today I doubted the codes I wrote for me and allowed me to test with famous keys. And I was surprised to see the wrong code. I asked the cause of the error of artificial intelligence. He tells me that I am sorry to write a misleading code for you.

[teguh54321]

Since yesterday, I continued to search the puzzle with artificial intelligence and Python, and today I doubted the codes I wrote for me and allowed me to test with famous keys. And I was surprised to see the wrong code. I asked the cause of the error of artificial intelligence. He tells me that I am sorry to write a misleading code for you.

Hmm how bout just trim and jump ? Why no one try 😅. Just more efficient brute force.

[teguh54321]

Can anyone explain the reason for the arrangement of these addresses and their private keys?
13zb1hNyBmm9VHdUjT4pjkJqwXtybyW81c ,0×3FFD9E8D95FD16DF1
13zb1hPjjNHrCYTGHoJZ8VuUF7a1f17mhC ,0×3FFDA712209B2F1C6
13zb1hRHC6B5xSmHWFTh3p6TUWBiAd4rpm ,0×3FFDBEB3C6492AF1D
13zb1hQK9tjwFuAfJv7Xs9wbEKapYTicDf ,0×3FFE1B4AD8DE5AF91
13zb1hRC9fFYPxr2GfHNmGYVw9hZ4WmSG6 ,0×3FFE1BE41B25796E7
13zb1hP7bbrMKw1tQfRy8xmpGJsZj4B2L8 ,0×3FFE382F4D7C67DBD
13zb1hPAaNFxmT4kUBnNDJksojDzyHKzPL ,0×3FFE4049FF941EBE8
13zb1hRchpFppFnnHBwrhPg8UcGYSsXaEZ ,0×3FFE4ACD6439123FC
13zb1hQZ9jDuqJ6e1Qq9tEi8sYrWsaFqQh ,0×3FFE4F76933F6ECDA
13zb1hPozD1DCDvz7idAtx8BPNxWqNzi37 ,0×3FFE590E35EE13789
13zb1hPfCQL4UxzVf5H87yhXcPihLUbWTU ,0×3FFE71DB2DAC2CBE8
13zb1hQzTam4yi6BqLgoxkNmK27G7CUTgw ,0×3FFE8001ED4AB47E3
13zb1hQfdGZouHqzA1KWstKV5t8XhxiQvX ,0×3FFE88305A387E3FE
13zb1hP5bkdfEt8JbSpN2TMi2cmiX7W32G ,0×3FFE894B795F8795D
13zb1hPhveyxnwuHMZSujjjQgXJvx8G9TG ,0×3FFE8D7BE41FB9CB0
13zb1hRgea3L2SoLsvcxRTkYrHwwNGnnLA ,0×3FFE9E0DB7BFE5EEA
13zb1hQqKHs1x4wazdUHretmrkry4PvzKB ,0×3FFEA4EA732B1E013
13zb1hPgRujFWRvNx7ShMcmJPdtvfjEat3 ,0×3FFEA93C0A63E5E34
13zb1hQ398g4mhJz5JJfvwfQjw72SrmFsu ,0×3FFEADBCE1001AC2D
13zb1hSKHJR2uDefiMFaQQYGW5auUsH2bT ,0×3FFEAFB46E99F3866
13zb1hS5fKnpP48Z49GUBniMMyRs8FLHhD ,0×3FFEBAD4DAEB4AFB6
13zb1hQVPJqiPjcQrUG3jwCaqjy2yLp2pX ,0×3FFEEB6B4036256BF
13zb1hPPs1eceTSEXtdNMEBbm5X7nXSWQC ,0×3FFF0112D07B3E55D
13zb1hQgaLeQW8tVnEr9RdLZyskMJVP7m7 ,0×3FFF06CD3AEE41473
13zb1hQrk8GgdZ9AHQoJsu2oKaJ6jUSDvj ,0×3FFF08D481686A20B
13zb1hQNxY1JH264ua31bzukPQR9ttTMZh ,0×3FFF0E4A35B5A3F39
13zb1hR96oMtorgJW5vwcxcQq4EgLTy6bW ,0×3FFF18B5366BD176C
13zb1hQPurBiBeUsgkuG4bu2wAn9cqBMhN ,0×3FFF29AC4FE135AAF
13zb1hRu42zLFFNirzdZV8w1kg2Ws1tAwb ,0×3FFF302922DB749C1
13zb1hSD9wbK2omtBSPJthZTNd3N5hveHd ,0×3FFF32C90B7948356
13zb1hPCs9vbGg7wh7r7tCBzn77h7GGfRs ,0×3FFF374A57372A693
13zb1hPhyrXZ599kYNbfaKjexULNo1qXqC ,0×3FFF3D93AF2511C63
13zb1hPQFDTV429Qoh77YKRVrwkgYKqEbX ,0×3FFF4D4228F60CA57
13zb1hSTXahuhCYQ86FvSRXaEzZDT4CLrP ,0×3FFF63C2505EB050B
13zb1hRzdfdLsXAn2EVxKmGebc21kC9Vqr ,0×3FFF792A75DD25A95
13zb1hRHtw6TVi5fFaNhs9k8PAup4HfSF1 ,0×3FFF7C1D0D35BF239
13zb1hSK7AiqkPvEpFAfZ11eREtAtxGkQ1 ,0×3FFF803F78AEA8ED6
13zb1hR1KTtG8CR3c2uJcYXLhkz1twNKqb ,0×3FFF9A5853905DC41
13zb1hSBntc11g1mVzSbG79xKjnBxTo4Eb ,0×3FFFA8BD5304F2E9E
13zb1hPKU3KskofhS7Xf6uyHQ8ALQyeRZ8 ,0×3FFFAAC13328B345B
13zb1hReEyiUrRXoJXZjGiaUR3ZKsxtdvC ,0×3FFFB760C9F9DB323
13zb1hPxtzHEdJ1yAELYUef8xk6Bh7XUMf ,0×3FFFE59460D32DF80
13zb1hRkjFDyqGTqZuXLLmgKM52hUGGbV3 ,0×3FFFEA03499F9FDFF                              

I think not so usefull .. Bcoz even far away this prefix can still be found ..

[mahmood1356]

This puzzle is very strange. If it's for measuring the world's brute forcing capacity, 161-256 are just a waste (RIPEMD160 entropy is filled by 160, and by all of P2PKH Bitcoin). The puzzle creator could improve the puzzle's utility without bringing in any extra funds from outside - just spend 161-256 across to the unsolved portion 51-160, and roughly treble the puzzle's content density.

If on the other hand there's a pattern to find... well... that's awfully open-ended... can we have a hint or two?

I am the creator.

You are quite right, 161-256 are silly.  I honestly just did not think of this.  What is especially embarrassing, is this did not occur to me once, in two years.  By way of excuse, I was not really thinking much about the puzzle at all.

I will make up for two years of stupidity.  I will spend from 161-256 to the unsolved parts, as you suggest.  In addition, I intend to add further funds.  My aim is to boost the density by a factor of 10, from 0.001*length(key) to 0.01*length(key).  Probably in the next few weeks.  At any rate, when I next have an extended period of quiet and calm, to construct the new transaction carefully.

A few words about the puzzle.  There is no pattern.  It is just consecutive keys from a deterministic wallet (masked with leading 000...0001 to set difficulty).  It is simply a crude measuring instrument, of the cracking strength of the community.

Finally, I wish to express appreciation of the efforts of all developers of new cracking tools and technology.  The "large bitcoin collider" is especially innovative and interesting!

Can you match the creator of riddles? My question is that the puzzle range is now very large and almost impossible with the current search power, do you have potential tips or tips for us? While the purpose of the creators of riddles may be something other than our thinking, but if the puzzle guidance is provided, more people will be able to solve the rest of the puzzles and this is called the puzzle search, I didn't understand the reason for their name ? The puzzle is usually done by laying pieces of answers or solutions, and in these cases bitcoin puzzles are the same? That we can tell that puzzle ?

[Frequence]

This puzzle is very strange. If it's for measuring the world's brute forcing capacity, 161-256 are just a waste (RIPEMD160 entropy is filled by 160, and by all of P2PKH Bitcoin). The puzzle creator could improve the puzzle's utility without bringing in any extra funds from outside - just spend 161-256 across to the unsolved portion 51-160, and roughly treble the puzzle's content density.

If on the other hand there's a pattern to find... well... that's awfully open-ended... can we have a hint or two?

I am the creator.

You are quite right, 161-256 are silly.  I honestly just did not think of this.  What is especially embarrassing, is this did not occur to me once, in two years.  By way of excuse, I was not really thinking much about the puzzle at all.

I will make up for two years of stupidity.  I will spend from 161-256 to the unsolved parts, as you suggest.  In addition, I intend to add further funds.  My aim is to boost the density by a factor of 10, from 0.001*length(key) to 0.01*length(key).  Probably in the next few weeks.  At any rate, when I next have an extended period of quiet and calm, to construct the new transaction carefully.

A few words about the puzzle.  There is no pattern.  It is just consecutive keys from a deterministic wallet (masked with leading 000...0001 to set difficulty).  It is simply a crude measuring instrument, of the cracking strength of the community.

Finally, I wish to express appreciation of the efforts of all developers of new cracking tools and technology.  The "large bitcoin collider" is especially innovative and interesting!

Can you match the creator of riddles? My question is that the puzzle range is now very large and almost impossible with the current search power, do you have potential tips or tips for us? While the purpose of the creators of riddles may be something other than our thinking, but if the puzzle guidance is provided, more people will be able to solve the rest of the puzzles and this is called the puzzle search, I didn't understand the reason for their name ? The puzzle is usually done by laying pieces of answers or solutions, and in these cases bitcoin puzzles are the same? That we can tell that puzzle ?

You're literally spamming this thread.
The creator is here to test current hardware performance and push its limits.
Within the next four years or even sooner, puzzle 71 will be a thing of the past.
The creator's goal is to benchmark hardware, not to hand out free keys so please stop the noise and focus on solving the puzzle !!!

[mahmood1356]

This puzzle is very strange. If it's for measuring the world's brute forcing capacity, 161-256 are just a waste (RIPEMD160 entropy is filled by 160, and by all of P2PKH Bitcoin). The puzzle creator could improve the puzzle's utility without bringing in any extra funds from outside - just spend 161-256 across to the unsolved portion 51-160, and roughly treble the puzzle's content density.

If on the other hand there's a pattern to find... well... that's awfully open-ended... can we have a hint or two?

I am the creator.

You are quite right, 161-256 are silly.  I honestly just did not think of this.  What is especially embarrassing, is this did not occur to me once, in two years.  By way of excuse, I was not really thinking much about the puzzle at all.

I will make up for two years of stupidity.  I will spend from 161-256 to the unsolved parts, as you suggest.  In addition, I intend to add further funds.  My aim is to boost the density by a factor of 10, from 0.001*length(key) to 0.01*length(key).  Probably in the next few weeks.  At any rate, when I next have an extended period of quiet and calm, to construct the new transaction carefully.

A few words about the puzzle.  There is no pattern.  It is just consecutive keys from a deterministic wallet (masked with leading 000...0001 to set difficulty).  It is simply a crude measuring instrument, of the cracking strength of the community.

Finally, I wish to express appreciation of the efforts of all developers of new cracking tools and technology.  The "large bitcoin collider" is especially innovative and interesting!

Can you match the creator of riddles? My question is that the puzzle range is now very large and almost impossible with the current search power, do you have potential tips or tips for us? While the purpose of the creators of riddles may be something other than our thinking, but if the puzzle guidance is provided, more people will be able to solve the rest of the puzzles and this is called the puzzle search, I didn't understand the reason for their name ? The puzzle is usually done by laying pieces of answers or solutions, and in these cases bitcoin puzzles are the same? That we can tell that puzzle ?

You're literally spamming this thread.
The creator is here to test current hardware performance and push its limits.
Within the next four years or even sooner, puzzle 71 will be a thing of the past.
The creator's goal is to benchmark hardware, not to hand out free keys so please stop the noise and focus on solving the puzzle !!!

I asked exactly the question to the puzzle maker, which in the past had asked someone else's question! Do you have trouble with it? This forum is for these questions and answers, and not to comment on the kind of question asked by the puzzle maker! And I also did not ask the manufacturer of the special key to the puzzle,

[brainless]

Focus!!!
density by a factor of 10, from 0.001*length(key) to 0.01*length(key).

[Akito S. M. Hosana]

If the creator did not legally relinquish ownership (e.g., via a smart contract or binding terms), brute-forcing the key might still be considered theft.

If the owner did not clearly relinquish ownership (e.g., by publishing a signed transaction or legal agreement), taking funds may be unlawful.

Intent: If the puzzle is structured as a brute-force attack rather than a solvable riddle, it could be argued that the creator is inducing illegal activity.

This is impossible to solve, man. Not sure what's the fuss about? You want to arrest the creator of this puzzle? Aren't you? Or the participants? Come on.

[nomachine]

If the creator did not legally relinquish ownership (e.g., via a smart contract or binding terms), brute-forcing the key might still be considered theft.

If the owner did not clearly relinquish ownership (e.g., by publishing a signed transaction or legal agreement), taking funds may be unlawful.

Intent: If the puzzle is structured as a brute-force attack rather than a solvable riddle, it could be argued that the creator is inducing illegal activity.

This is impossible to solve, man. Not sure what's the fuss about? You want to arrest the creator of this puzzle? Aren't you? Or the participants? Come on.

It’s mad hard to prove someone’s in the game. Unless they’re buggin’ and move all their BTC where there’s KYC. Like Binance or somethin’. Me? I’d probably use an atomic swap and Monero. But even if they catch a trace(where would I send it), they’d need a whole army to roll up there. A whole army. Maybe even a bunker buster. And even then, they risk startin’ WWIII with another country.  

[zorogaber]

Is there a script that can check millions of decimal numbers?

[Akito S. M. Hosana]

It’s mad hard to prove someone’s in the game. Unless they’re buggin’ and move all their BTC where there’s KYC. Like Binance or somethin’. Me? I’d probably use an atomic swap and Monero. But even if they catch a trace(where would I send it), they’d need a whole army to roll up there. A whole army. Maybe even a bunker buster. And even then, they risk startin’ WWIII with another country.  

So, you got a whole strategy to move this crypto in phases, huh? Probably through Russia or China? And you cool with kissin’ 30% goodbye after all them moves? 

[nomachine]

It’s mad hard to prove someone’s in the game. Unless they’re buggin’ and move all their BTC where there’s KYC. Like Binance or somethin’. Me? I’d probably use an atomic swap and Monero. But even if they catch a trace(where would I send it), they’d need a whole army to roll up there. A whole army. Maybe even a bunker buster. And even then, they risk startin’ WWIII with another country.  

So, you got a whole strategy to move this crypto in phases, huh? Probably through Russia or China? And you cool with kissin’ 30% goodbye after all them moves? 

You think I’m out here buyin’ a house, drivin’ a Lambo, and partyin’ on a rooftop in Dubai? All at once? No. I’d be movin’ like $700-$800 a month for the next 20 years. Small moves, Ellie. Small moves.

[teguh54321]

It’s mad hard to prove someone’s in the game. Unless they’re buggin’ and move all their BTC where there’s KYC. Like Binance or somethin’. Me? I’d probably use an atomic swap and Monero. But even if they catch a trace(where would I send it), they’d need a whole army to roll up there. A whole army. Maybe even a bunker buster. And even then, they risk startin’ WWIII with another country.  

So, you got a whole strategy to move this crypto in phases, huh? Probably through Russia or China? And you cool with kissin’ 30% goodbye after all them moves? 

Howbout iran ?😅

[onepuzzle]

Guys, I’ve always wondered: is brute-forcing really the only solution? At some point I read the one and only final message from saatoshi_rising, where he said he used a deterministic wallet to create this puzzle. He distributed the prizes in 2017, which means he must have either recorded every private key (perhaps in a file) or retained the exact master seed. That way he can reconstruct all wallets at any time—maybe he even had it tattooed. After a lot of research I wrote two C++ scripts that generate the exact same puzzle game, probably just like he did. I’ve tried countless seeds without success—maybe you’ll get lucky and uncover all 918 BTC. If you do, please stay fair and split half with me.

I offer two C++ scripts that let you replicate the Bitcoin Puzzle by saatoshi_rising.
Both scripts deterministically generate private keys, apply bitwise masks, compute P2PKH addresses and WIFs, and display progress through the keyspace.
The monolithic variant resides in a single file with direct OpenSSL and HMAC calls in main(), and outputs the index, private key (hex), address, WIF, and status (MATCH/FAIL)—it most closely matches saatoshi_rising’s original script from 2015/2017.
The modular variant is organized into meaningful functions, adds a %Range column and flexible seed handling, and is ideal for developers looking to integrate the code into modern projects.
If saatoshi_rising sees this script, he’ll be amazed at how many ways the same principle can be implemented—and perhaps a little nervous, since now anyone can scan all the puzzles in seconds.

Good Luck! https://github.com/onepuzzle/puzzle-generator

Seems not so usefull from what i see.. what if some of them is manually handpick 🤔🤔

Quite the opposite is true. saatoshi_rising himself explains that he did not hand-pick 256 separate keys, but used a deterministic wallet generator:

It is just consecutive keys from a deterministic wallet (masked with leading 000…0001 to set difficulty).

A deterministic wallet takes a single master seed and runs HMAC-SHA256(seed ∥ index) to sequentially produce all 256-bit private keys. He then zeroes out the top i bits and sets bit i–1 to 1, so that exactly i bits are pre-known and the remainder must be brute-forced.

Had he really picked each key manually, he would have needed to record or store 256 hex strings—far more cumbersome than simply remembering one seed and the masking rule. With this method, he can reconstruct all puzzle wallets in seconds—no manual handling required.

[kTimesG]

A deterministic wallet takes a single master seed and runs HMAC-SHA256(seed ∥ index) to sequentially produce all 256-bit private keys.

Isn't trying to find the seed of all keys basically just a little harder than breaking the key of Puzzle 256? Which means it's harder than all the puzzles combined, including the ones after 160, and then some.

[onepuzzle]

A deterministic wallet takes a single master seed and runs HMAC-SHA256(seed ∥ index) to sequentially produce all 256-bit private keys.

Isn't trying to find the seed of all keys basically just a little harder than breaking the key of Puzzle 256? Which means it's harder than all the puzzles combined, including the ones after 160, and then some.

saatoshi_rising once said: “By way of excuse, I was not really thinking much about the puzzle at all.”
I believe he chose a simple seed—perhaps a single word or a short phrase. And I think he was a programmer (or at least a mathematician), because he came up with the idea of generating the wallets bitwise—programmers love automation, especially when dealing with 256 wallets. Of course, it’s possible he hand-picked each puzzle; but if he did use a seed, it would be far easier to solve all puzzles with that one seed than to brute-force them.

[bibilgin]

You are really writing for nothing.

The creator,
- He did not create this puzzle to sue anyone.
- He is not a cryptographer but a high level mathematician and software developer.
- Don't think that he is simple about seeds. (Even the seed examples he uses in software tests are complicated.)
- He played a developer role in wallet creation software.

He has not entered the forum for a long time. Maybe he can come after his camp and trip are over.

A little note to the creator = Finally "ResCU"

[onepuzzle]

You are really writing for nothing.

The creator,
- He did not create this puzzle to sue anyone.
- He is not a cryptographer but a high level mathematician and software developer.
- Don't think that he is simple about seeds. (Even the seed examples he uses in software tests are complicated.)
- He played a developer role in wallet creation software.

He has not entered the forum for a long time. Maybe he can come after his camp and trip are over.

A little note to the creator = Finally "ResCU"

ResCU? What prefix language is that?

[iceland2k14]

Quite the opposite is true. saatoshi_rising himself explains that he did not hand-pick 256 separate keys, but used a deterministic wallet generator:

No matter how hard it is but this was a very tempting approach which i tried also a year ago https://github.com/iceland2k14/btc_words/blob/main/seed_puzzle.py. Off course as expected no success. Good for only playing and Dreaming of hitting all the Puzzles together in 1 shot.

[MrGPBit]

Quite the opposite is true. saatoshi_rising himself explains that he did not hand-pick 256 separate keys, but used a deterministic wallet generator:

No matter how hard it is but this was a very tempting approach which i tried also a year ago https://github.com/iceland2k14/btc_words/blob/main/seed_puzzle.py. Off course as expected no success. Good for only playing and Dreaming of hitting all the Puzzles together in 1 shot.

Well, you could make it GPU compatible and break the seeds faster, then your dreams would quickly come true.