Re: Bitcoin puzzle transaction ~32 BTC prize to who solves it
I would think the best way would be to modify (ocl)vanitygen according to BurtW's suggestion. You would need to limit the random number generator to a certain amount of bits and keep the rest.
That would be a start. Unfortunately I do not have the set of skills needed to do that, otherwise I'd start working right away
I don't think brute force is going to solve this puzzle.
A GPU bot would increase the performance much higher but still we would be here forever trying it.
The only way to solve this efficiently is to try to find a mathematical formula to break the sequence.
If a formula is not found, I think this puzzle will be as unbreakable as bitcoin itself.
A GPU bot would increase the performance much higher but still we would be here forever trying it.
The only way to solve this efficiently is to try to find a mathematical formula to break the sequence.
If a formula is not found, I think this puzzle will be as unbreakable as bitcoin itself.
So that means that calculating this is just as difficult as calculating a private key for a given public address? I thought this followed a fixed pattern, since some of the solutions have already been posted by you. All that's left is applying whatever you used to reach those address values.
Assuming my pattern assumption is correct then the underlying sequence was masked off to create the private keys.
Now if the underlying sequence before masking came from a cryptographically secure random number generator there is no hope of predicting the 51st private key and brute force or random chance in 51 bits is the only chance.
However if the underlying sequence was mathematically generated then maybe the keys are predictable.
Now if the underlying sequence before masking came from a cryptographically secure random number generator there is no hope of predicting the 51st private key and brute force or random chance in 51 bits is the only chance.
However if the underlying sequence was mathematically generated then maybe the keys are predictable.
So how were the results on the OP reached? Simply luck?