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    July 14, 2025, 12:58:47 AM
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    Quote from: Akito S. M. Hosana on July 14, 2025, 12:55:46 AM
    Quote from: nomachine on July 14, 2025, 12:38:41 AM
    From the report, private transaction services like MARA's Slipstream let users send transactions directly to trusted miners instead of broadcasting them publicly. This helps prevent quantum adversaries from seeing and hijacking transactions before they're confirmed. But it doesn't replace the need for quantum-resistant signatures at the protocol level. However, during the transition period after implementing those signatures, this approach can reduce risks. The text also mentions that these services are contentious now because they're used for non-financial data storage and create a two-tier system. This is supposed to help against quantum attacks because a quantum computer could potentially steal the transaction details (like the signature) and create a conflicting transaction if they can see it in the mempool before confirmation.

    Will all mempools become like MARA?  Tongue

    I don't think so. But I think there will definitely be more of them.  Grin
    BTC: bc1qdwnxr7s08xwelpjy3cc52rrxg63xsmagv50fa8

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    July 14, 2025, 01:11:42 AM
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    I repeat my question: Is there a script that takes numbers from a file and searches through them for the puzzle?

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    July 14, 2025, 03:41:33 AM
    Last edit: July 14, 2025, 04:00:38 AM by teguh54321
     #11023
    Quote from: kTimesG on July 13, 2025, 01:04:30 PM
    Quote from: teguh54321 on July 13, 2025, 12:45:21 PM
    So you suggest the entire beach should be uniform ? Howbout  a "beach" compare to the next "beach" eg 10 quantilion keyspace? 😅.  Or there might be something we can use 🤔

    I believe there some kind of tiny bias , but still figure out how to use it 🙃

    No, the beach isn't more or less uniform than some other beach, or the island that contains it, or the planet that holds the island. Maybe a dog pissed over the sand you're looking at, it doesn't say anything about the whole picture. That is the whole point: randomness. If you flip a coin 2 quadrillion times, it won't get to exactly 1 quadrillion heads and 1 quadrillion tails, even after quadrillions of repeats. If it does end up like that more times than expected, it doesn't make it a fair coin, it makes it a rigged coin (since you can predict the results in your favor).

    Even if H160 is rigged (the beach is "uniform", or prefixes are spread out predictably in other words), it would only mean you can rig the input (the SHA256), but then you have another problem: how to find the public key (if one even exists) that hashes to that particular SHA256. And assuming you do find it, you'll then need to find the corresponding private key, which is itself a 2**124 bits problem anyway.
    What if is say 3 scoop of sand comparison sometime valid in case sand vs beach 😅.  Or mybe only statistical luck , cause some time 20x valid before wrong again 🙃... 
    I hope there some kind of unintentional bias happened in this puzzle .. 🤪🙏

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    July 14, 2025, 04:11:58 AM
     #11024
    Quote from: snes22 on July 13, 2025, 05:13:10 AM
    What to do if I found the Public Key and Private Key?

    Don't trust people here, lot of scammers. So if you find these key you need to send it to me in private message, if the key are correct, I send you the prize trust me bro Grin

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    July 14, 2025, 04:40:27 AM
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    Quote from: Virtuose on July 14, 2025, 04:11:58 AM
    trust me bro Grin

    The Bitcoin puzzle could be a CIA honeypot to catch hackers brute-forcing keys.  Trust me bro Grin

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    July 14, 2025, 04:44:48 AM
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    Quote from: Wanderingaran on July 14, 2025, 04:40:27 AM
    Quote from: Virtuose on July 14, 2025, 04:11:58 AM
    trust me bro Grin

    The Bitcoin puzzle could be a CIA honeypot to catch hackers brute-forcing keys.  Trust me bro Grin

    Hmm, I'd say that's highly unlikely. However, it's possible that it's a conglomerate of server-hosting companies. It makes more money than it gives away, I'm certain of that.

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    July 14, 2025, 05:56:03 AM
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    Quote from: Virtuose on July 14, 2025, 04:44:48 AM
    Quote from: Wanderingaran on July 14, 2025, 04:40:27 AM
    Quote from: Virtuose on July 14, 2025, 04:11:58 AM
    trust me bro Grin

    The Bitcoin puzzle could be a CIA honeypot to catch hackers brute-forcing keys.  Trust me bro Grin

    Hmm, I'd say that's highly unlikely. However, it's possible that it's a conglomerate of server-hosting companies. It makes more money than it gives away, I'm certain of that.

    This might 😅.
    Create puzzle and make gpu rent servce ? Such a good idea 🙃

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    July 14, 2025, 09:38:07 AM
    Last edit: July 14, 2025, 07:46:10 PM by hilariousandco
     #11028
    Quote from: Virtuose on July 14, 2025, 04:11:58 AM
    Quote from: snes22 on July 13, 2025, 05:13:10 AM
    What to do if I found the Public Key and Private Key?

    Don't trust people here, lot of scammers. So if you find these key you need to send it to me in private message, if the key are correct, I send you the prize trust me bro Grin

    I'm certain that the user neither has the private key nor has searched for it! From saying 'if the public key and the private key...', it's clear in the message that they have neither! Because if the private key had been found, then what need would they have for the public key—which they claim to have in the message??!!

    Quote from: Bram24732 on July 12, 2025, 06:47:41 AM
    Quote from: Sky12345625 on July 12, 2025, 06:20:38 AM
    Hello everyone,
    I’m just an ordinary person who has poured every ounce of energy and savings into cracking Bitcoin Puzzle #71 for months.
    This puzzle is unimaginably hard, with a private key range of 2^60 keys—far beyond anything I ever imagined.

    I’ve scanned over 2^60 private keys, coming very close to the target address but still no success.
    Every time I get close, it tears my heart apart, as my time, money, and energy drain away, and my life crumbles.

    I have no money left, not even for basic living expenses, debts weigh on me like mountains, and I want to give up.
    But a tiny flicker of hope inside me keeps me going.
    I’m not chasing fortune; I’m just trying to survive, hoping for even the smallest help to breathe and keep fighting.

    I sincerely ask you to help me. Even a tiny bit of BTC could give me the strength to live on.
    I know it’s a lot to ask, but I’ve reached my breaking point.

    This is my Bitcoin address:
    bc1pe552kve5y4u4edvhq5egrw82e3zu9z8agtmywyysz9e2ajhtq5zsd5z0xu

    Please help me. Give me a chance to survive.
    Thank you, and may everyone who reads this be safe and well.

    — A lonely, struggling, hopeful Puzzle #71 solo hunter

    Did I just read “please fund my GPU rental for puzzle 71” ?
    I do not intend to disrespect or accuse anyone, but when someone asks for help, the very first thing that must prove their genuine need for assistance is honesty. At the very least, if you had provided the wallet address used to pay for the server rentals so far, that would have strongly supported the truth of your claim! Instead, you gave an address that hasn’t had a single transaction.

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    July 14, 2025, 04:37:53 PM
     #11029
    wake up and go to work pls, none of us are good enough to solve this puzzle

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    July 14, 2025, 04:39:57 PM
    Last edit: July 14, 2025, 07:45:47 PM by hilariousandco
     #11030
    Quote from: mahmood1356 on July 14, 2025, 03:41:18 PM
    Quote from: Bram24732 on July 12, 2025, 06:47:41 AM
    Quote from: Sky12345625 on July 12, 2025, 06:20:38 AM
    Hello everyone,
    I’m just an ordinary person who has poured every ounce of energy and savings into cracking Bitcoin Puzzle #71 for months.
    This puzzle is unimaginably hard, with a private key range of 2^60 keys—far beyond anything I ever imagined.

    I’ve scanned over 2^60 private keys, coming very close to the target address but still no success.
    Every time I get close, it tears my heart apart, as my time, money, and energy drain away, and my life crumbles.

    I have no money left, not even for basic living expenses, debts weigh on me like mountains, and I want to give up.
    But a tiny flicker of hope inside me keeps me going.
    I’m not chasing fortune; I’m just trying to survive, hoping for even the smallest help to breathe and keep fighting.

    I sincerely ask you to help me. Even a tiny bit of BTC could give me the strength to live on.
    I know it’s a lot to ask, but I’ve reached my breaking point.

    This is my Bitcoin address:
    bc1pe552kve5y4u4edvhq5egrw82e3zu9z8agtmywyysz9e2ajhtq5zsd5z0xu

    Please help me. Give me a chance to survive.
    Thank you, and may everyone who reads this be safe and well.

    — A lonely, struggling, hopeful Puzzle #71 solo hunter

    Did I just read “please fund my GPU rental for puzzle 71” ?
    I do not intend to disrespect or accuse anyone, but when someone asks for help, the very first thing that must prove their genuine need for assistance is honesty. At the very least, if you had provided the wallet address used to pay for the server rentals so far, that would have strongly supported the truth of your claim! Instead, you gave an address that hasn’t had a single transaction.

    Also help us by telling what key that allready scanned with proof...  Mybe the winner will help him at the end 🙏

    Quote from: hoanghuy2912 on July 14, 2025, 04:37:53 PM
    wake up and go to work pls, none of us are good enough to solve this puzzle

    Scanning keys and experiment just a hobby for me.. solving is a bonus 😅✌️🙏

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    July 14, 2025, 05:30:37 PM
    Last edit: July 14, 2025, 07:45:21 PM by hilariousandco
     #11031
    Why is it that every 5 puzzles from puzzle 135 onwards, one puzzle has its public key revealed, while the surrounding puzzles do not?

    Quote from: teguh54321 on July 14, 2025, 05:03:55 PM
    Quote from: hoanghuy2912 on July 14, 2025, 04:37:53 PM
    wake up and go to work pls, none of us are good enough to solve this puzzle

    Scanning keys and experiment just a hobby for me.. solving is a bonus 😅✌️🙏
    the latter will never come true

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    July 14, 2025, 05:51:02 PM
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    Quote from: hoanghuy2912 on July 14, 2025, 05:30:37 PM
    Why is it that every 5 puzzles from puzzle 135 onwards, one puzzle has its public key revealed, while the surrounding puzzles do not?

    because there were transactions with them, whoever created the puzzle specifically revealed their public key.

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    July 14, 2025, 06:00:53 PM
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    Quote from: Denevron on July 14, 2025, 05:51:02 PM
    Quote from: hoanghuy2912 on July 14, 2025, 05:30:37 PM
    Why is it that every 5 puzzles from puzzle 135 onwards, one puzzle has its public key revealed, while the surrounding puzzles do not?

    because there were transactions with them, whoever created the puzzle specifically revealed their public key.

    everyone knows that there must be a spending transaction to reveal the public key but from question 135 onwards all the questions are difficult and reveal the public key for the puzzles where the prefix starts with 4 and ends with 7, why don't they reveal the public key for puzzles of equal difficulty

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    July 14, 2025, 06:21:48 PM
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    Quote from: hoanghuy2912 on July 14, 2025, 05:30:37 PM
    Why is it that every 5 puzzles from puzzle 135 onwards, one puzzle has its public key revealed, while the surrounding puzzles do not?
    2019-05-31: the creator of the "puzzles" creates outgoing transaction with the value of 1000 satoshi for addresses #65, #70, #75, #80, #85, #90, #95, #100, #105, #110, #115, #120, #125, #130, #135, #140, #145, #150, #155, #160 with the aim of probably comparing the difficulty of finding a private key for the address from which such a transaction was carried out, and one that there is no transaction.

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    July 14, 2025, 08:12:23 PM
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    Quote from: hoanghuy2912 on July 14, 2025, 06:00:53 PM
    Quote from: Denevron on July 14, 2025, 05:51:02 PM
    Quote from: hoanghuy2912 on July 14, 2025, 05:30:37 PM
    Why is it that every 5 puzzles from puzzle 135 onwards, one puzzle has its public key revealed, while the surrounding puzzles do not?

    because there were transactions with them, whoever created the puzzle specifically revealed their public key.

    everyone knows that there must be a spending transaction to reveal the public key but from question 135 onwards all the questions are difficult and reveal the public key for the puzzles where the prefix starts with 4 and ends with 7, why don't they reveal the public key for puzzles of equal difficulty

    if you open it up to smaller puzzles, they will be solved very quickly

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    July 14, 2025, 10:47:27 PM
     #11036
    Everyone working so hard to crack the puzzle and then one day when quantum computing is here someone will take it all easily without even trying Cheesy

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    July 14, 2025, 10:51:23 PM
     #11037
    Hi, i'm new to the bitcointalk forum
    Has this problem been solved ? If no, are there still hope it could be solved ?

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    July 14, 2025, 11:00:42 PM
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    Quote from: Xymphanar on July 14, 2025, 10:51:23 PM
    Hi, i'm new to the bitcointalk forum
    Has this problem been solved ? If no, are there still hope it could be solved ?

    Do you mean the problem of solving the puzzles?

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    July 14, 2025, 11:04:20 PM
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    Quote from: mahmood1356 on July 14, 2025, 11:00:42 PM
    Quote from: Xymphanar on July 14, 2025, 10:51:23 PM
    Hi, i'm new to the bitcointalk forum
    Has this problem been solved ? If no, are there still hope it could be solved ?

    Do you mean the problem of solving the puzzles?
    yeah, i mean has someone been able to collect the 32 BTC or not yet ?

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    July 14, 2025, 11:07:42 PM
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    Quote from: teguh54321 on July 14, 2025, 05:56:03 AM
    Quote from: Virtuose on July 14, 2025, 04:44:48 AM
    Quote from: Wanderingaran on July 14, 2025, 04:40:27 AM
    Quote from: Virtuose on July 14, 2025, 04:11:58 AM
    trust me bro Grin

    The Bitcoin puzzle could be a CIA honeypot to catch hackers brute-forcing keys.  Trust me bro Grin

    Hmm, I'd say that's highly unlikely. However, it's possible that it's a conglomerate of server-hosting companies. It makes more money than it gives away, I'm certain of that.

    This might 😅.
    Create puzzle and make gpu rent servce ? Such a good idea 🙃



    Wrote this almost 1 year ago


    Quote from: benjaniah on July 17, 2024, 09:58:42 PM
    I wouldn't be surprised if the puzzle creator was also the owner or investor vast.ai.

    1. Set up GPU renting service that is very good for BTC puzzle solving, and other stuff too like machine learning etc. Requires not much capital to do this. Some servers, software engineers, etc.
    2. Start a btc puzzle which you know requires a massive amount of gpu resources, magnitudes of order than whatever you spent on funding the btc puzzles in the first place
    3. Find a bunch of hosts with their own gpu rigs/machines they rent out to people trying to solve these crazy puzzles
    4. Charge your hosts 25% commission on the fees they earn from renting out their machines on your platform. Remember, you put up no capital at all for all of the hardware, electricity, storage of these very expensive gpu rigs
    5. Laugh all the way to the bank for the next several decades or longer

    Wish I could have thought of that
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