Bitcoin puzzle transaction ~32 BTC prize to who solves it - page 321.

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Quote from: zielar on December 30, 2018, 03:59:09 AM

Quote from: KingZee on December 28, 2018, 10:08:20 AM

Quote from: bill32767 on December 28, 2018, 09:36:50 AM

Quote from: racminer on December 26, 2018, 04:59:19 PM

Hi

I scanned 58CE to 58CF, no key found.

because it is random

I finally understood why there are so many new people here coming up with dumb ideas on this thread, it's because they think this is actually a puzzle.

This is not a puzzle, this is a cryptographic test of how much time it would take to crack a private key given a limited range of entropy. Of course I'm sure if the prize was a bit higher per address, we'd have more computing power on it..

The prize is also not 32 BTC, because if you manage to crack the last few addresses, you might as well try to crack the richest address in the network. Guess that makes this "puzzle" have over a 100k btc in prize!

Give me a kayspace for another "big" address from without this puzzle!

Hi Zielar

What brute force strategy do you adopt?

we could PM if you want.

A Very Healthy, Wealthy and Happy New Year to All

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Quote from: KingZee on December 28, 2018, 10:08:20 AM

Quote from: bill32767 on December 28, 2018, 09:36:50 AM

Quote from: racminer on December 26, 2018, 04:59:19 PM

Hi

I scanned 58CE to 58CF, no key found.

because it is random

I finally understood why there are so many new people here coming up with dumb ideas on this thread, it's because they think this is actually a puzzle.

This is not a puzzle, this is a cryptographic test of how much time it would take to crack a private key given a limited range of entropy. Of course I'm sure if the prize was a bit higher per address, we'd have more computing power on it..

The prize is also not 32 BTC, because if you manage to crack the last few addresses, you might as well try to crack the richest address in the network. Guess that makes this "puzzle" have over a 100k btc in prize!

Give me a kayspace for another "big" address from without this puzzle!

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Quote from: holy_ship on December 28, 2018, 11:16:32 PM

Quote from: racminer on December 28, 2018, 04:15:12 PM

private key case #N has N-1 random bits following the leading bit. That's it.

If I was puzzle creator, I'd "forget" couple of ranges, say 60 and 61. That would make all mamma's bounty hunters to fall in endless loop trying to find puzzle60 forever and ever Grin

so all true bitcoins would be in safety.

We will know that for sure in a few weeks Wink

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Quote from: racminer on December 28, 2018, 04:15:12 PM

private key case #N has N-1 random bits following the leading bit. That's it.

If I was puzzle creator, I'd "forget" couple of ranges, say 60 and 61. That would make all mamma's bounty hunters to fall in endless loop trying to find puzzle60 forever and ever Grin

so all true bitcoins would be in safety.

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Quote from: itod on December 28, 2018, 02:09:24 PM

Quote from: KingZee on December 28, 2018, 10:08:20 AM

Quote from: bill32767 on December 28, 2018, 09:36:50 AM

Quote from: racminer on December 26, 2018, 04:59:19 PM

Hi

I scanned 58CE to 58CF, no key found.

because it is random

I finally understood why there are so many new people here coming up with dumb ideas on this thread, it's because they think this is actually a puzzle.

This is not a puzzle, this is a cryptographic test of how much time it would take to crack a private key given a limited range of entropy. Of course I'm sure if the prize was a bit higher per address, we'd have more computing power on it..

The prize is also not 32 BTC, because if you manage to crack the last few addresses, you might as well try to crack the richest address in the network. Guess that makes this "puzzle" have over a 100k btc in prize!

Initially this was called "puzzle" because the structure of the transaction and motivation for it was not obvious, until original sender of the transactions appeared here and confirmed the assumptions that it was structured to prove that brute-force attack on Bitcoin is futile. Alas, blockheads constantly try to solve "something" in this, usually by trying to spot a pattern in walls of digits in every possible notation, missing the point that brute-forcing the private keys is only possible option, and there is no other possible approach. Looks like many humans are not only bad in comprehending extremely large numbers, they also fail to understand what word "random" means.

Absolutely true

The only pattern here is that the private key leading bit is "one" and that private key case #N has N-1 random bits following the leading bit. That's it.

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Quote from: KingZee on December 28, 2018, 10:08:20 AM

Quote from: bill32767 on December 28, 2018, 09:36:50 AM

Quote from: racminer on December 26, 2018, 04:59:19 PM

Hi

I scanned 58CE to 58CF, no key found.

because it is random

I finally understood why there are so many new people here coming up with dumb ideas on this thread, it's because they think this is actually a puzzle.

This is not a puzzle, this is a cryptographic test of how much time it would take to crack a private key given a limited range of entropy. Of course I'm sure if the prize was a bit higher per address, we'd have more computing power on it..

The prize is also not 32 BTC, because if you manage to crack the last few addresses, you might as well try to crack the richest address in the network. Guess that makes this "puzzle" have over a 100k btc in prize!

Initially this was called "puzzle" because the structure of the transaction and motivation for it was not obvious, until original sender of the transactions appeared here and confirmed the assumptions that it was structured to prove that brute-force attack on Bitcoin is futile. Alas, blockheads constantly try to solve "something" in this, usually by trying to spot a pattern in walls of digits in every possible notation, missing the point that brute-forcing the private keys is only possible option, and there is no other possible approach. Looks like many humans are not only bad in comprehending extremely large numbers, they also fail to understand what word "random" means.

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Quote from: KingZee on December 28, 2018, 10:08:20 AM

Quote from: bill32767 on December 28, 2018, 09:36:50 AM

Quote from: racminer on December 26, 2018, 04:59:19 PM

Hi

I scanned 58CE to 58CF, no key found.

because it is random

I finally understood why there are so many new people here coming up with dumb ideas on this thread, it's because they think this is actually a puzzle.

This is not a puzzle, this is a cryptographic test of how much time it would take to crack a private key given a limited range of entropy. Of course I'm sure if the prize was a bit higher per address, we'd have more computing power on it..

The prize is also not 32 BTC, because if you manage to crack the last few addresses, you might as well try to crack the richest address in the network. Guess that makes this "puzzle" have over a 100k btc in prize!

New people are not dumb people with dumb ideas Mr Sr. Member KingZee ... random means anything goes, could be randumb too !
thank you

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Quote from: KingZee on December 28, 2018, 10:08:20 AM

Quote from: bill32767 on December 28, 2018, 09:36:50 AM

Quote from: racminer on December 26, 2018, 04:59:19 PM

Hi

I scanned 58CE to 58CF, no key found.

because it is random

I finally understood why there are so many new people here coming up with dumb ideas on this thread, it's because they think this is actually a puzzle.

This is not a puzzle, this is a cryptographic test of how much time it would take to crack a private key given a limited range of entropy. Of course I'm sure if the prize was a bit higher per address, we'd have more computing power on it..

The prize is also not 32 BTC, because if you manage to crack the last few addresses, you might as well try to crack the richest address in the network. Guess that makes this "puzzle" have over a 100k btc in prize!

We know it is random ...
Someone requested to search that range so I did.

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Quote from: bill32767 on December 28, 2018, 09:36:50 AM

Quote from: racminer on December 26, 2018, 04:59:19 PM

Hi

I scanned 58CE to 58CF, no key found.

because it is random

I finally understood why there are so many new people here coming up with dumb ideas on this thread, it's because they think this is actually a puzzle.

This is not a puzzle, this is a cryptographic test of how much time it would take to crack a private key given a limited range of entropy. Of course I'm sure if the prize was a bit higher per address, we'd have more computing power on it..

The prize is also not 32 BTC, because if you manage to crack the last few addresses, you might as well try to crack the richest address in the network. Guess that makes this "puzzle" have over a 100k btc in prize!

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Quote from: racminer on December 26, 2018, 04:59:19 PM

Hi

I scanned 58CE to 58CF, no key found.

because it is random

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Hi

I scanned 58CE to 58CF, no key found.

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...better is both :-)

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Quote from: fernadies on December 20, 2018, 09:44:58 PM

I don't understand the pattern. What does the last column mean

The last column gives the list of BTC addresses of course. ( https://www.blockchain.com/fr/btc/tx/08389f34c98c606322740c0be6a7125d9860bb8d5cb182c02f98461e5fa6cd15 )

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I don't understand the pattern. What does the last column mean

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