BTC up for grabs - a BOTG experiment - just claim the BTC!

[Phinnaeus Gage]

This just gave me an idea, and I don't really know why this popped into my head when I read the OP, but it might be fun to start putting bitcoin wallets (printed private keys) in geocache locations with a few bitcoins in the wallet.  If you hid it in a good spot, and it isn't found for a long time, the person who ultimately finds it could be very, very lucky (or just end up with a worthless piece of paper, depending on the future value).

 

I like this idea. Would you be so kind as to start a new tread since it's your idea? Geocaching is an established niche market.

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[bitlotto]

Up for anyone who wants to take it...you can keep it!

Private key: 5J2PLx7Bu8hBAEjpJ3pzJ2wo2DVVrymZN7Jtqo1MBFsF3EzD4v3
Address: 1FhANknfz5k4g3X3mLcekpwxikRKJavKbF
0.01 BTC

Private key: 5JPrWUqLodNbyN8Xt2qfX4tgVcSjC9u6kh6QAS5nNsJMuDfH7PN
Address: 1DvXZ7Uc1Gsk5rqZENvcJd2p5YUF8ya68K
0.01 BTC

Private key: 5JcrEEsm5v6KL9zFAh6UAy1QqaNrV4j1XtZczWbLEY5YhMKL6Uz
Address: 1K7nQP7qWy58jhtuHVHsCmgNoJaEoZrjtQ
0.01 BTC

Private key: 5JMuVG4V4qVS5a2BxMox4Sp6ri43fp3MbVFxiz6HD4bHwXHHr1T
Address: 1P4FmFtzW17ixx5e29JZ8H2LW5SkP5FcjE
0.05 BTC

[zamgo]

Up for anyone who wants to take it...you can keep it!

Private key: 5J2PLx7Bu8hBAEjpJ3pzJ2wo2DVVrymZN7Jtqo1MBFsF3EzD4v3
Address: 1FhANknfz5k4g3X3mLcekpwxikRKJavKbF
0.01 BTC

Private key: 5JPrWUqLodNbyN8Xt2qfX4tgVcSjC9u6kh6QAS5nNsJMuDfH7PN
Address: 1DvXZ7Uc1Gsk5rqZENvcJd2p5YUF8ya68K
0.01 BTC

Private key: 5JcrEEsm5v6KL9zFAh6UAy1QqaNrV4j1XtZczWbLEY5YhMKL6Uz
Address: 1K7nQP7qWy58jhtuHVHsCmgNoJaEoZrjtQ
0.01 BTC

Private key: 5JMuVG4V4qVS5a2BxMox4Sp6ri43fp3MbVFxiz6HD4bHwXHHr1T
Address: 1P4FmFtzW17ixx5e29JZ8H2LW5SkP5FcjE
0.05 BTC

Thanks

http://blockexplorer.com/address/1FhANknfz5k4g3X3mLcekpwxikRKJavKbF
http://blockexplorer.com/address/1DvXZ7Uc1Gsk5rqZENvcJd2p5YUF8ya68K
http://blockexplorer.com/address/1K7nQP7qWy58jhtuHVHsCmgNoJaEoZrjtQ
http://blockexplorer.com/address/1P4FmFtzW17ixx5e29JZ8H2LW5SkP5FcjE

Had a big 0.0195 tx fee on one of the sends, oops!

Round 1 Complete.

Round 2 started:  http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=24350.0

[phillipsjk]

Thanks for that. I tried feebly to get one of those payouts using the default client on a LiveCD (can't compile). It made me realize how limited the default client really is. The problem of transferring coins from a "tainted" private key made me realize it is possible to build a wallet-less miner as well.

A miner just needs to know an address to send the coins to as well as a source of entropy (such as intermittent network connections). The miner then generates a throw-away private key/address pair. Upon coin creation, the coins are spent in the same transaction block to the destination address. As has been noted in other threads, the destination wallet does not even have to be on an Internet-connected computer.
Edit: To avoid refunded coins (and a non-empty virtual wallet), Transaction fees should be payed out of fees paid to the miner in the transaction block; likely (approximating) a user-configurable percentage. Errata: miner processing the transaction can decide which transactions are included or not: no fees necessary.

[bitlotto]

Up for anyone who wants to take it...you can keep it!

Private key: 5J2PLx7Bu8hBAEjpJ3pzJ2wo2DVVrymZN7Jtqo1MBFsF3EzD4v3
Address: 1FhANknfz5k4g3X3mLcekpwxikRKJavKbF
0.01 BTC

Private key: 5JPrWUqLodNbyN8Xt2qfX4tgVcSjC9u6kh6QAS5nNsJMuDfH7PN
Address: 1DvXZ7Uc1Gsk5rqZENvcJd2p5YUF8ya68K
0.01 BTC

Private key: 5JcrEEsm5v6KL9zFAh6UAy1QqaNrV4j1XtZczWbLEY5YhMKL6Uz
Address: 1K7nQP7qWy58jhtuHVHsCmgNoJaEoZrjtQ
0.01 BTC

Private key: 5JMuVG4V4qVS5a2BxMox4Sp6ri43fp3MbVFxiz6HD4bHwXHHr1T
Address: 1P4FmFtzW17ixx5e29JZ8H2LW5SkP5FcjE
0.05 BTC

Thanks

http://blockexplorer.com/address/1FhANknfz5k4g3X3mLcekpwxikRKJavKbF
http://blockexplorer.com/address/1DvXZ7Uc1Gsk5rqZENvcJd2p5YUF8ya68K
http://blockexplorer.com/address/1K7nQP7qWy58jhtuHVHsCmgNoJaEoZrjtQ
http://blockexplorer.com/address/1P4FmFtzW17ixx5e29JZ8H2LW5SkP5FcjE

Had a big 0.0195 tx fee on one of the sends, oops!

Round 1 Complete.

Round 2 started:  http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=24350.0

Cool. If you are going to continue it though, the whole point was to use the script to test it. Then post it here. Then we can see how much it was tested.

[zamgo]

Cool. If you are going to continue it though, the whole point was to use the script to test it. Then post it here. Then we can see how much it was tested.

Just consider the other post an alternate chain.   Here's a continuation of the original BOTG.... using both versions of the code posted:


0.0105 BTC up for grabs
  Hint:
  1EqfXf6Ezu2Rzh5HiK8BjKgJkPvzsZNffq
  5J3zUDkpkVTFo89rZkyTFNVvsMpPWT6EE7anqKfmNwiaDh2wpSQ


0.0105 BTC up for grabs
  Hint:
-----BEGIN EC PARAMETERS-----
BgUrgQQACg==
-----END EC PARAMETERS-----
-----BEGIN EC PRIVATE KEY-----
MHQCAQEEIMJE+6kerMEQ1nRbxSet7pgq5rZQdIE8wRvQBie5QVpEoAcGBSuBBAAK
oUQDQgAEhBwf9vvO8Mp7Aw1Ifls3OtGYjip95f4NteFfdizjqxmxOO2OJoxIkv7E
rjW10K6BZLzc21O+043/k1EzLId40w==
-----END EC PRIVATE KEY-----

[bitlotto]

  Hint:
-----BEGIN EC PARAMETERS-----
BgUrgQQACg==
-----END EC PARAMETERS-----
-----BEGIN EC PRIVATE KEY-----
MHQCAQEEIMJE+6kerMEQ1nRbxSet7pgq5rZQdIE8wRvQBie5QVpEoAcGBSuBBAAK
oUQDQgAEhBwf9vvO8Mp7Aw1Ifls3OtGYjip95f4NteFfdizjqxmxOO2OJoxIkv7E
rjW10K6BZLzc21O+043/k1EzLId40w==
-----END EC PRIVATE KEY-----

If you posted the data.pem file after the script it won't match. The data in data.pem is pretty much useless after. Rather than delete the file the script overwrites it with another key in case someones distribution is saving to disk. I'll edit the script to delete it after the write over in case people who look for it thinking it's useful.