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Re: Bitcoin puzzle transaction ~32 BTC prize to who solves it
by
Bulista
on 06/01/2016, 14:54:58 UTC

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I think that  what you have done is to pretty much prove it is random and there is no predictive formula.

I'm not sure.

I got some infos that are getting me to believe that there is a possible formula behind it.

I give you an example. I'm playing around by creating random formulas, and I get pretty much similar results. Yet they are predictable with a formula.

All I use for inputs are 2 arrays, one with the current position and another with the sequential list of prime numbers.

For example:

Consider n = count, p = prime numbers, and y = sequence based on the formula 2^n + (n mod p) * Log(n+1, 2) <--- Random formula I invented.

y / 2^p + 1 and y-2^p *-1 are similar formulas to what was shown before for the var x in the real sequence, their results also appear to be random...

n     p     y = 2^n + (n mod p) * Log(n+1, 2)     y / 2^p + 1     y-2^p *-1
0     2              1     1.25000000     3
1     3              3     1.37500000     5
2     5              7     1.22406016     25
3     7              14     1.10937500     114
4     11              25     1.01234752     2023
5     13              45     1.00548399     8147
6     17              81     1.00061679     130991

Yet this sequence is breakable with a simple formula.

EDIT: this formula doesn't make any sense I know, just playing around Smiley