Bitcoin puzzle transaction ~32 BTC prize to who solves it

[kTimesG]

Why do you think LLMs are superior to human minds or expert knowledge? You're a lost case if you follow ChatGPT blindly.

I repeat: try it our yourself. Best and satisfying way to learn something.

I'm not following it blindly, nor would I follow a random person on a forum blindly. Since you're unable to elaborate I'll assume you don't know what you're talking about.

Did you just compare a human person that advised you EXACTLY what you have to do, with AI?

Let me tell you something: 48 billion EC operations take 5 seconds to complete on a RTX 4090.

So, who TF is the one that has no idea what he's talking about? You're being ridiculous, but lucky you, you're just the 5th guy today that deserves this medal.

I find it amazing that in just the first day of 2026 almost the entire things discussed in the last 10 years somehow all made a comeback: prefixes, suffixes, splitting, RBF, trolls, ECDLP non-senses, and AI-based idiots pretending to outsmart human beings.

It's no wonder this thread's basically a trash bin of idiocracy.

[sxiclub]

Thank you, I did google the service you named, but wasnt too sure what I was looking at.

Chatgpt is leading me to believe the reality is quite different. Are you saying a single GPU could solve the private key if the wallet address is known, the public key is known, and they know the 71 bit range of where the key is? Chatgpt seems to think it would take a lot longer than seconds. It stated to solve it there would be around 48 billion EC operations required, and a decent GPU doing kangaroo algo is still in the low millions.

People should stop using chatgpt this way. Chatgpt is a great tool for getting help with technical issues, but you need to have a very good understanding of the concept you're working on. If you don't, chatgpt won't help you with those concepts.

[jonematt]

Why do you think LLMs are superior to human minds or expert knowledge? You're a lost case if you follow ChatGPT blindly.

I repeat: try it our yourself. Best and satisfying way to learn something.

I'm not following it blindly, nor would I follow a random person on a forum blindly. Since you're unable to elaborate I'll assume you don't know what you're talking about.

Did you just compare a human person that advised you EXACTLY what you have to do, with AI?

Let me tell you something: 48 billion EC operations take 5 seconds to complete on a RTX 4090.

So, who TF is the one that has no idea what he's talking about? You're being ridiculous, but lucky you, you're just the 5th guy today that deserves this medal.

I find it amazing that in just the first day of 2026 almost the entire things discussed in the last 10 years somehow all made a comeback: prefixes, suffixes, splitting, RBF, trolls, ECDLP non-senses, and AI-based idiots pretending to outsmart human beings.

It's no wonder this thread's basically a trash bin of idiocracy.

https://i.postimg.cc/G470wvB8/669.png

[ee1234ee]

While everyone is busy finding right way to get the prize maybe we should ask are these puzzle legitimate first?

Let's say I got the access to a single, found by me puzzle address and I will withdraw all btc's with an exchange into my bank acc - cash, and okay I managed to move coins physically but I think there is no clear saying that "whoever can crack it - coins belongs to this person" by the creator so at this point I cannot make it automatically legal because the puzzle is famous.

So the real question is did the person who posted (saatoshi_rising) the challenge actually control the coins when puzzle was made?...

I don't want to have frozen bank acc and sit in jail because the ownership could be questioned though-.-''

Don't get me wrong, but what is the first thing you do when you have ~half mill in your hands - you don't wait a micro second trying to verify if this is legal - looks yes but not enough clear statement so far. You just simply move coins to your wallet and likely to an exchange to cash them out and then what?

I don't know about you guys but I would likely want to purchase something using my bank acc, be transparent, legal you know...

If this cannot be enough explained then that increases risk of seizure to 100%, now is 20-30 likely.

What is the point of having such funds and not be able to use it legally?


saatoshi_rising - if you ever read this, we need you NOW.

Many people have already solved the puzzle, such as puzzle numbers 67, 68, 69, and 70. These people have already withdrawn their money and are enjoying the beach and fine wine. Are you still asking this question here? Haha

[Cricktor]

So the real question is did the person who posted (saatoshi_rising) the challenge actually control the coins when puzzle was made?...

All we know from blockchain is that funds from puzzles #161-#255 were withdrawn and redistributed on 2017-07-11 05:00:53 (UTC) after it has been pointed out that puzzles #161-#255 don't make sense and saatoshi_rising acknowledged this.

We can only assume, the creator did this withdrawal & redestribution. Who else would have the private keys for puzzles #161-#255?

Also the exposure of public keys for puzzles divisible by 5 for #65...#160 on 2019-06-01 02:07:26 (UTC) could've only be done by the puzzle's creator, because you apparently need the private keys for this, too.

And this proves what exactly in the context you cited from kTimesG? That you're too stupid to replicate what was talked about, an experiment with an exposed public key from a limited range entropy private key? You're using the wrong playground and tool, dude.

... Are you still asking this question here? Haha

He seems to prefer to bow to his fiat bank and shit his pants in fear. Some people should just stay away from this puzzle if such things are their concern.

About 988BTC have been invested to fund this Bitcoin cracking challenge puzzle. Let's wait for morons to appear here who say these are crime coins.

[brainless]

Why do you think LLMs are superior to human minds or expert knowledge? You're a lost case if you follow ChatGPT blindly.

I repeat: try it our yourself. Best and satisfying way to learn something.

I'm not following it blindly, nor would I follow a random person on a forum blindly. Since you're unable to elaborate I'll assume you don't know what you're talking about.

Did you just compare a human person that advised you EXACTLY what you have to do, with AI?

Let me tell you something: 48 billion EC operations take 5 seconds to complete on a RTX 4090.

So, who TF is the one that has no idea what he's talking about? You're being ridiculous, but lucky you, you're just the 5th guy today that deserves this medal.

I find it amazing that in just the first day of 2026 almost the entire things discussed in the last 10 years somehow all made a comeback: prefixes, suffixes, splitting, RBF, trolls, ECDLP non-senses, and AI-based idiots pretending to outsmart human beings.

It's no wonder this thread's basically a trash bin of idiocracy.

You forget mention those who were looking admins to discus how to redeem puzzle 71

[ArtificialLove]

Nobody really answered my question

[Bram24732]

Nobody really answered my question

I will.
You can’t get “close” to an address. Either your are exactly on it, or your aren’t.
The address looking alike does not give you any advantage of info about where the actual key is.
This is by design.

[jonematt]

So the real question is did the person who posted (saatoshi_rising) the challenge actually control the coins when puzzle was made?...

All we know from blockchain is that funds from puzzles #161-#255 were withdrawn and redistributed on 2017-07-11 05:00:53 (UTC) after it has been pointed out that puzzles #161-#255 don't make sense and saatoshi_rising acknowledged this.

We can only assume, the creator did this withdrawal & redestribution. Who else would have the private keys for puzzles #161-#255?

Also the exposure of public keys for puzzles divisible by 5 for #65...#160 on 2019-06-01 02:07:26 (UTC) could've only be done by the puzzle's creator, because you apparently need the private keys for this, too.

https://i.postimg.cc/G470wvB8/669.png

And this proves what exactly in the context you cited from kTimesG? That you're too stupid to replicate what was talked about, an experiment with an exposed public key from a limited range entropy private key? You're using the wrong playground and tool, dude.

... Are you still asking this question here? Haha

He seems to prefer to bow to his fiat bank and shit his pants in fear. Some people should just stay away from this puzzle if such things are their concern.

About 988BTC have been invested to fund this Bitcoin cracking challenge puzzle. Let's wait for morons to appear here who say these are crime coins.

What is the best tool to solve puzzle 71 with an RTX 5090 extreme graphics card?

[GinnyBanzz]

So the real question is did the person who posted (saatoshi_rising) the challenge actually control the coins when puzzle was made?...

All we know from blockchain is that funds from puzzles #161-#255 were withdrawn and redistributed on 2017-07-11 05:00:53 (UTC) after it has been pointed out that puzzles #161-#255 don't make sense and saatoshi_rising acknowledged this.

We can only assume, the creator did this withdrawal & redestribution. Who else would have the private keys for puzzles #161-#255?

Also the exposure of public keys for puzzles divisible by 5 for #65...#160 on 2019-06-01 02:07:26 (UTC) could've only be done by the puzzle's creator, because you apparently need the private keys for this, too.

And this proves what exactly in the context you cited from kTimesG? That you're too stupid to replicate what was talked about, an experiment with an exposed public key from a limited range entropy private key? You're using the wrong playground and tool, dude.

... Are you still asking this question here? Haha

He seems to prefer to bow to his fiat bank and shit his pants in fear. Some people should just stay away from this puzzle if such things are their concern.

About 988BTC have been invested to fund this Bitcoin cracking challenge puzzle. Let's wait for morons to appear here who say these are crime coins.

What is the best tool to solve puzzle 71 with an RTX 5090 extreme graphics card?

Keyhunt-cuda

[Akito S. M. Hosana]

So the real question is did the person who posted (saatoshi_rising) the challenge actually control the coins when puzzle was made?...

All we know from blockchain is that funds from puzzles #161-#255 were withdrawn and redistributed on 2017-07-11 05:00:53 (UTC) after it has been pointed out that puzzles #161-#255 don't make sense and saatoshi_rising acknowledged this.

We can only assume, the creator did this withdrawal & redestribution. Who else would have the private keys for puzzles #161-#255?

Also the exposure of public keys for puzzles divisible by 5 for #65...#160 on 2019-06-01 02:07:26 (UTC) could've only be done by the puzzle's creator, because you apparently need the private keys for this, too.

And this proves what exactly in the context you cited from kTimesG? That you're too stupid to replicate what was talked about, an experiment with an exposed public key from a limited range entropy private key? You're using the wrong playground and tool, dude.

... Are you still asking this question here? Haha

He seems to prefer to bow to his fiat bank and shit his pants in fear. Some people should just stay away from this puzzle if such things are their concern.

About 988BTC have been invested to fund this Bitcoin cracking challenge puzzle. Let's wait for morons to appear here who say these are crime coins.

What is the best tool to solve puzzle 71 with an RTX 5090 extreme graphics card?

No tool exists. Puzzle 69 needed ~20K GPUs. One 5090 changes nothing.

[nomachine]

No tool exists. Puzzle 69 needed ~20K GPUs. One 5090 changes nothing.

Humans are hard-wired to chase patterns and believe in tools.
That instinct goes all the way back to the Stone Age: if a stick worked once, we assume a better stick will work again. But this is where intuition fails.

No amount of voodoo, crystal balls, smart heuristics, magic circles, supposed patterns, or wishful thinking can substitute for the required hardware scale.

[ee1234ee]

Is there an expert who can integrate the functions of JeanLucPons/Kangaroo and RCKangaroo together? To do everyone a good thing, JeanLucPons/Kangaroo only supports a maximum scanning range of 125 bits, which is also relatively slow.
But it has a distributed client/server mode and the ability to save and merge DP data, while RCKangaroo supports a maximum scanning range of 170 bits and is faster, but its functionality is relatively limited and lacks more advanced features.
If any coding expert could merge the two together, I think it would be such a wonderful thing?
Using a 5090GPU, solving problem 135 only takes 400 years. If using 400 GPUs, it can be completed within a year, which gives everyone more confidence...

Did everyone say that I was right?

[Bram24732]

Is there an expert who can integrate the functions of JeanLucPons/Kangaroo and RCKangaroo together? To do everyone a good thing, JeanLucPons/Kangaroo only supports a maximum scanning range of 125 bits, which is also relatively slow.
But it has a distributed client/server mode and the ability to save and merge DP data, while RCKangaroo supports a maximum scanning range of 170 bits and is faster, but its functionality is relatively limited and lacks more advanced features.
If any coding expert could merge the two together, I think it would be such a wonderful thing?
Using a 5090GPU, solving problem 135 only takes 400 years. If using 400 GPUs, it can be completed within a year, which gives everyone more confidence...

Did everyone say that I was right?

It’s not that hard to do but idk if anyone really has the incentive to do so unless a 135 pool is created alongside it.

[GnSekhar]

While everyone is busy finding right way to get the prize maybe we should ask are these puzzle legitimate first?

Let's say I got the access to a single, found by me puzzle address and I will withdraw all btc's with an exchange into my bank acc - cash, and okay I managed to move coins physically but I think there is no clear saying that "whoever can crack it - coins belongs to this person" by the creator so at this point I cannot make it automatically legal because the puzzle is famous.

So the real question is did the person who posted (saatoshi_rising) the challenge actually control the coins when puzzle was made?...

I don't want to have frozen bank acc and sit in jail because the ownership could be questioned though-.-''

Don't get me wrong, but what is the first thing you do when you have ~half mill in your hands - you don't wait a micro second trying to verify if this is legal - looks yes but not enough clear statement so far. You just simply move coins to your wallet and likely to an exchange to cash them out and then what?

I don't know about you guys but I would likely want to purchase something using my bank acc, be transparent, legal you know...

If this cannot be enough explained then that increases risk of seizure to 100%, now is 20-30 likely.

What is the point of having such funds and not be able to use it legally?


saatoshi_rising - if you ever read this, we need you NOW.

then may be you need a consulting or accounting regarding of the legal procedures

[Wanderingaran]

Let’s imagine, as a form of end-of-empire entertainment, that Sam Bankman-Fried designed a Bitcoin puzzle. Not to reward the winner, of course, but to decide who stands closest when the FBI seizes the prize and delivers the familiar sermon about safety, order, and the unavoidability of confiscation.