The Bitcoin Limbo Game, 0.1 BTC REWARD

[BurtW]

How low can you go?

The Bitcoin Limbo Game

Here is how it works:

1) Find the oldest Bitcoin address you still control (have the private key for) that you do not mind making public.  For example:

     13fG1Shr3gaDqGSXpgmqjhYUCXwFSShoKd

2) Enter this oldest address into the form at http://www.minaddress.info

3) You will get a MinAddress for your address.  For my example it is:  4d8fd-13f

     NOTES:  You must have a valid MinAddress to win.
                  The address must have a balance equal to or greater than 0.1 BTC to win.
                  You must prove you control the address to win.  
                  If your address does not work at the web site then please report it here or to the owner.
                  The MinAddress thread is here:  https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=774741.0
                  This is part of the beta testing of the site so...

4) The first portion of a MinAddress is the block number of the address.

5) If the block address portion of your oldest address is lower than the lowest address posted so far in this thread then post it in this thread.

I will give a 0.1 BTC prize to the oldest/lowest address posted in the next couple of weeks or so.  

I reserve the right to post my own oldest address if I wish (a hidden reserve of sorts).

You must follow the posting format shown in this next post (you can put anything you want into the message you sign) in order to prove you own the address and are not just blowing smoke.

EDIT:  Even after all these years I still learn new ways to get scammed.  Amazing.

In order to win:

   the Bitcoin address must have a balance equal to or greater than 0.1 BTC
   you must prove you control the address by signing a message with the private key
   you must have the lowest MinAddress
   your post must follow the format used in the following post:

[1714781802]

1714781802

[BurtW]

4d8fd-13f

13fG1Shr3gaDqGSXpgmqjhYUCXwFSShoKd

Code:

Your MinAddress must be less than 4d8fd

G9UBD3QsPBgdXUsdhXNpBU+hQxO2n6NnEdzd0TevxZWf7RBlI1Eu6sEfgqrftzCOWIM3R1TdJF63zlP+aZFl390=

Balance 0.1001 BTC (which in my case will be used to pay the winner):

https://blockchain.info/address/13fG1Shr3gaDqGSXpgmqjhYUCXwFSShoKd

[BurtW]

Are we limited to submitting a single address?

In otherwords, can I submit my lowest address available to me in my hot wallet right now, and then if/when someone beats it can I go get a paper wallet from cold storage and submit that address?

Or once I submit an address am I locked into using that address for the duration of the game?

You can submit as many as you want to as long as it has a lower MinAddress than the previous post, you have the private key, and the address has a balance equal to or greater than 0.1 BTC.

[DannyHamilton]

4d8fd-13f

13fG1Shr3gaDqGSXpgmqjhYUCXwFSShoKd

Code:

Your MinAddress must be less than 4d8fd

G9UBD3QsPBgdXUsdhXNpBU+hQxO2n6NnEdzd0TevxZWf7RBlI1Eu6sEfgqrftzCOWIM3R1TdJF63zlP+aZFl390=

Balance 0.1001 BTC (which in my case will be used to pay the winner):

https://blockchain.info/address/13fG1Shr3gaDqGSXpgmqjhYUCXwFSShoKd

4c6ed-19b (4c6ed < 4d8fd)

19bgmFmEhpgNi8nbqnJ2pnQHXz9mpKxDkA

Code:

Your MinAddress must be less than 4c6ed

ID5FXaRHKzFiKOL9KLLXmyPb5VleCD7X9PjhwLkAPaaXqn9OYx2NcCl/Gxi8owbl3XLUqGTUzBrgEYvQkg/LaBg=

Balance at the time this post is created: 0.00991042 BTC

https://blockchain.info/address/19bgmFmEhpgNi8nbqnJ2pnQHXz9mpKxDkA

[BurtW]

470f4 is now the number to beat!

[railzand]

This is fun, and great practice. I'm too young to stand a chance. If anything could lure satoshi back in, though...

[BurtW]

This is fun, and great practice. I'm too young to stand a chance. If anything could lure satoshi back in, though...

Yes.  I am sure Satoshi is all over my 0.1 BTC reward.  

Give it a try! 470f4 is the current number to beat and that is not that long ago.  Dig up your oldest key pair and give it a whirl!

[marcotheminer]

This is fun, and great practice. I'm too young to stand a chance. If anything could lure satoshi back in, though...

Yes.  I am sure Satoshi is all over my 0.1 BTC reward.  

Give it a try! 470f4 is the current number to beat and that is not that long ago.  Dig up your oldest key pair and give it a whirl!

How do you beat that number/letter combination. I dont get it.

[DannyHamilton]

This is fun, and great practice. I'm too young to stand a chance. If anything could lure satoshi back in, though...

Yes.  I am sure Satoshi is all over my 0.1 BTC reward.  

Give it a try! 470f4 is the current number to beat and that is not that long ago.  Dig up your oldest key pair and give it a whirl!

How do you beat that number/letter combination. I dont get it.

Take your oldest bitcoin address that you still have the private key for (in other words, not one from a wallet that you've lost or deleted).

Enter the bitcoin address in the MinAddress website that is linked in the OP.

See if the MinAddress results in a number/letter combination before the dash that is less than 470f4.

Letters are "greater than" numbers, so 47036 would be "less than" 470f4 (36 is "less than f4" in the same way that 36 is "less than" 94)

The order of values of "digits" from largest to smallest would be f, e, d, c, b, a, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0

[marcotheminer]

Ok so I clicked submit and got 42a1d-12hy

Now what?

[BurtW]

Ok so I clicked submit and got 42a1d-12hy

Now what?

42a1d is less than 470f4 so you are on you way.  Now you have to prove to me you own that private key.

Do you know how to sign a message with your private key?

If not, what wallet are you using?  I can tell you how to do it on the blockchain.info wallet or the Bitcoin-qt (core) wallet.

[iamnotcool]

30f5c-1kg

1KGBMAWskevoU7u3qP5fcw4zojbx7AbL1W

Code:

Your MinAddress must be less than 30f5c-1kg

IH1EqnqWP06Ss33tyugMPQf95wkH+NadjI/uLBZuNPKdJFKrtfstWkjB397YndoxC1wVWK4lhkA43j19Y4yA+ZQ=
The message is: This address belongs to 'iamnotcool' and I'm participating in BurtW's Bitcoin Limbo thread https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=779081.0
Tell me if I did anything wrong

[lili song]

my btc addy: 19jD5PfF5TqeF5xJWa5US2rM7GHVr5hdX
Min-Address: 47e7d-19jd

message:

Code:

my addy:19jD5PfF5TqeF5xJWa5US2rM7GHVr5hdX & my minAddress is 47e7d-19jd, thanks for the limbo game

signature:

Code:

Gyiu3itqhA8DzIUPQWUl9yd4NJnwv4X3OlnkrIZMbnhIZLQ5SrqGsAXwtXrJ+oGK9Mhr0gIvfC3MkFvS/QT7bwQ=

[BurtW]

30f5c-1kg

Is the current MinAddress to beat.  Private key and BTC amount verified.

Min-Address: 47e7d-19jd

Good try but your block number (47e7d) is greater than iamnotcool`s (30f5c) and michietn94's (470f4).

1TBZjmXho6mdGhoESaMV2svtqJXYtWfEp was my first address after Instawallet, IIRC. I still have the private key and MinAddress says it's 2f4f3-1t but I don't know if I need to waste time and treasure signing a message and refunding it to over the dust limit (whatever that is).

That is up to you.  The number to beat right now is 30f5c so 2f4f3 would put you in the lead.

Ok so I clicked submit and got 42a1d-12hy

Now what?

Good try but your MinAddress block number (42a1d) would need to be under 30f5c to be in the running.  If you can find an earlier address you can try that.

[s1ng]

I think this game is about who hold the oldest BTC address..

Who had it will win this giveway, am i right ?

[BurtW]

I think this game is about who hold the oldest BTC address..

Who had it will win this giveway, am i right ?

Yes, basically the person who wins this game will be a person who still controls an old (very old?) address (still has the private key), still had BTC at that address (or puts some new BTC there), and is willing to publicly declare and prove their ownership of that address.

[s1ng]

--snip--
Yes, basically the person who wins this game will be a person who still controls an old (very old?) address (still has the private key), still had BTC at that address (or puts some new BTC there), and is willing to publicly declare and prove their ownership of that address.

Wow that hard to beat since you have BTC already since 2011 

Meanwhile i start know bitcoin since 2014,
so there's no chance for me to win this

[BurtW]

--snip--
Yes, basically the person who wins this game will be a person who still controls an old (very old?) address (still has the private key), still had BTC at that address (or puts some new BTC there), and is willing to publicly declare and prove their ownership of that address.

Wow that hard to beat since you have BTC already since 2011 

Meanwhile i start know bitcoin since 2014,
so there's no chance for me to win this

Probably not.

30f5c-1kg is the MinAddress to beat.  Anyone?

[Kluge]

In case Pat doesn't play...

21412-1ez4

1Ez4a2mxKi97eXdnTV1Y4fb8NBZ6BDutGd

Code:

Your MinAddress must be less than 21412

G04bp9iX+HBEL5dP006lxSuONRBsZ4pnjJDknfddugRe4O/rIrPKrBene9dtrGtcjTQWYSiEQvwHvmNO/GlK8dc=

https://blockchain.info/address/1Ez4a2mxKi97eXdnTV1Y4fb8NBZ6BDutGd

[BurtW]

Verified.  21412-1ez4 is the MinAddress to beat.