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Re: Bitcoin puzzle transaction ~32 BTC prize to who solves it
by
umadbro
on 10/02/2019, 19:18:05 UTC
For those who are curious, here's an update on the cracking pool.

This has been on the back burner due to a general lack of interest. I've repurposed the majority of my computing power to more useful applications. The public website is nearly complete now, I'm expecting it to be live today. If I see that interest has increased and people start to join the pool I'll reallocate some of my systems and time for this purpose.

I know it's been said already but to those of you who are posting these giant walls of numbers and analysis you're wasting your time. The only way these wallets will be cracked is by brute force. If you manage to find a flaw in the process used to generate random addresses you'd be much better off focusing on a larger payout. That being said, if you do manage to come up with a solid theory but lack the capacity to test a certain keyspace, post it here. I'll run it for you and even let you sweep the wallet yourself if you prove to be correct. The conjecture is ugly to try to read here and generally irrelevant nonsense.