Find the WIF challenge

[phrutis]

Find the WIF challenge

The known part of the key is 40 characters from 52
The address 1PfNh5fRcE9JKDmicD2Rh3pexGwce1LqyU

How to participate in the challenge:

If you have a GPUs:
RTX 2070, 2080, 2090, 3060, 3070, 3080, 3090, A5000, A6000 and are ready to search for a key 24/7

Challenge is a collective search for a key

A large range of 12 characters is divided into 3364 small ranges.
The program is configured correctly, it takes into account many technical aspects of searching for the initial part of the key.

read more : https://github.com/phrutis/wif500

[1714876982]

1714876982

[stanner.austin]

@phrutis
Hello
You can write here key in text wif, add ? or * at missing location.
Wanted to see if i read correct photo you posted on github or not some part is hard to understand.
Also your github range check on K or L for compressed ? if you consider its compressed there are K starter and L too

[phrutis]

read FAQ: Why didn't you post the original diary photo?

[stanner.austin]

@phrutis
Hello
Your exe and photo exactly searching same key you think it's that hard for any one to extract text you coded in your exe ?

Code:

************5bCRZhiS5sEGMpmcRZdpAhmWLRfMmutGmPHtjVob

key range you searching can be found in exe but i just wanted to be sure from you.
https://pastebin.com/UvdAMSvn

Can you explain what your app is doing with api ?
-ebat-ty-haker-eto-pizdec
-ty-samiy-umniy
-zagyan-v-svoyu-vzhopu
-her-tebe
-idi-v-zhopu
-zaglyan-v-zhopu-eshyo-raz
-ctfhecksdfbgrbgerjum777

[phrutis]

This thread was created to complete the challenge ASAP.

If you want to ask questions regarding the exe file, maybe it's better to do it here:
   
Challenge or Scam or Nothing?
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5394745.0

[PrivatePerson]

Can you explain what your app is doing with api ?
-ebat-ty-haker-eto-pizdec
-ty-samiy-umniy
-zagyan-v-svoyu-vzhopu
-her-tebe
-idi-v-zhopu
-zaglyan-v-zhopu-eshyo-raz

-ebat-ty-haker-eto-pizdec (eбaт ты xaкep - этo пиздeц -> fuck you hacker is fucked up)
-ty-samiy-umniy (ты caмый yмный -> you are the smartest)
-zagyan-v-svoyu-vzhopu-her-tebe (зaгяни в cвoю в жoпy - xep тeбe -> get in your ass - fuck you)
-idi-v-zhopu-zaglyan-v-zhopu-eshyo-raz (иди в жoпy зaгляни в жoпy eщё paз -> go in the ass look in the ass again)

great code

[PrivatePerson]

Bitcoins came to the address 1JNX6DgbLfa9GZiQ5XUd61mj77YGzt6frb and after 18 seconds were sent to another. Why was this address written down in a book? Writing this address and private key took more than 18 seconds.

[casinotester0001]

Bitcoins came to the address 1JNX6DgbLfa9GZiQ5XUd61mj77YGzt6frb and after 18 seconds were sent to another. Why was this address written down in a book? Writing this address and private key took more than 18 seconds.

Transaction 28/Apr/2020
Someone had the diary photo 2 years ago?

[NotATether]

Big ethical question here.

Suppose you do find the coins (which actually belong to @soferox) - how will you return them to him?

[casinotester0001]

Suppose you do find the coins (which actually belong to @soferox) - how will you return them to him?

In FAQ: https://github.com/phrutis/wif500

"The intermediary was asked to make a challenge and if the key is found, he will receive 10%. He agreed.
A program was developed and the challenge was launched."

It looks like @soferox will get 10% (or a bit less, because the intermediary will get a bit too).


@NotATether:
Btw is @soferox the owner or the intermediary?

[bigvito19]

I have a question. Recently there was a flood and a notebook containing a offline wallet was damage and it destroyed part of a WIF private key, so now I basically have:

Kw**********(I have the next 40 characters, just not posting for obvious reasons), so I am missing 10 characters in all.

I also have the public key. Is it possible to use this software to start a search at Kw... and iterate over the missing 10 characters with the known 40 characters also in the key.

For example : 1B2Q8vPm5E5b8yxaNWUW5ZfdCR5Zu1KMJn - is the public address

and for the WIF private key I'd have Kw**********jcQmKRPNTF8CU9H1thzC981DCrZgmS4m8ygXFCEk (this is just an example, no funds are here)

basically I want to always have search for private key start at 'Kw', then search for missing 10, and end with 'jcQmKRPNTF8CU9H1thzC981DCrZgmS4m8ygXFCEk'

Any advice is appreciated and examples are even more appreciated. I do have a programming background, but I don't have much experience programming to use GPUs, which I imagine I am going to need, so I am open to any and all suggestions, other than just giving the key over to someone. I will offer a reward to anyone who successfully helps me with this too.

Or is 10 characters just too many possible combos. All advice is much appreciated!

Thank you,
S.1PfNh5fRcE9JKDmicD2Rh3pexGwce1LqyU

He said he had a pubic key, so he must have the public key but its not a outgoing transaction for this address 1PfNh5fRcE9JKDmicD2Rh3pexGwce1LqyU

[NotATether]

@NotATether:
Btw is @soferox the owner or the intermediary?

Can you explain what you mean by intermediary?

[casinotester0001]

@NotATether:
Btw is @soferox the owner or the intermediary?

Can you explain what you mean by intermediary?

Someone who got the "diary picture" from the owner of the picture ( = owner of the coins, who also made the picture says the FAQ) and asked the organizer of the challenge to get the WIF as they have not the knowledge to compute the remaining part.

...which actually belong to @soferox

How do you know, that soferox is the owner?

[seoincorporation]

Op is using this giveaway to make users install a trojan... I got this result from VirusTotal.

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/49b0ebf707f4a1fae85cfdbc83f9b4e37592e1a162420acf1933bdfc7915046c/detection

Let's hope no one fall in this trap!

And i would recommend to all users to verify each .exe before installing it, it's a good security practice that we all should follow.

[phrutis]

Op is using this giveaway to make users install a trojan... I got this result from VirusTotal.

Maybe VirusTotal isn't able to analize files good enough?
Read the FAQ:
Does the program require an internet connection?
No, the program is looking for the key offline.

Most participants run it on offline machines or rent GPUs.

[NotATether]

Someone who got the "diary picture" from the owner of the picture ( = owner of the coins, who also made the picture says the FAQ) and asked the organizer of the challenge to get the WIF as they have not the knowledge to compute the remaining part.

...which actually belong to @soferox

How do you know, that soferox is the owner?

Well for starters, he wrote that his notebook with Bitcoin private key was damaged by a flood, and since I never saw him talk about any challenge like this, I'd say it's not likely for him to be the challenge organizer (unless he explicitly mentioned that in some post that has eluded my attention).

[pooya87]

And i would recommend to all users to verify each .exe before installing it, it's a good security practice that we all should follow.

Users should never even download a .exe file from a source they don't know or fully trust. Verifying is not going to give you the required information specially using unreliable tools like VirusTotal with false positives and false negatives.
Specially if the project itself is closed source.

[casinotester0001]

...which actually belong to @soferox

How do you know, that soferox is the owner?

Well for starters, he wrote that his notebook with Bitcoin private key was damaged by a flood, and since I never saw him talk about any challenge like this, I'd say it's not likely for him to be the challenge organizer (unless he explicitly mentioned that in some post that has eluded my attention).

The organizer of the challenge is showing a picture of the damaged paper https://github.com/phrutis/wif500. How is it possible that they have a picture, if soferox is the owner and didn't ask the organizer to create a challenge?

@soferox
Can you give us an answer?

[ABCbits]

Op is using this giveaway to make users install a trojan... I got this result from VirusTotal.

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/49b0ebf707f4a1fae85cfdbc83f9b4e37592e1a162420acf1933bdfc7915046c/detection

1 out of 70 is really weak proof though. Even Electrum 4.3.0 Windows installer has 1/65 flag[1]. The actual concern of this project are,
1. Whether the author will give the reward if someone beat the challenge.
2. Whether valid WIF (leads to non-empty Bitcoin address) actually exist.
3. It's closed source.

It all comes down to whether you trust them or not. But personally i would use my money/resource for something else even if i own or rent high end GPU.

[1] https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/8dff4ac0b8cf04226d9a67c695d7905c4c6c2400cc331e8883adea828cea0024

[casinotester0001]

The actual concern of this project are,
1. Whether the author will give the reward if someone beat the challenge.
2. Whether valid WIF (leads to non-empty Bitcoin address) actually exist.

Soon we will know. The diagram https://github.com/phrutis/wif500 shows that they have completed 90% of the challenge.