For half a year I use my cpu to scan for the #67 puzzle. I am 0.000039% scanned addresses of the range ;( A lifetime more to wait. I wonder how many supercomputers out there scan the bitcoin chain for these keys every minute. If you remember the pipeline hack, the FBI had already the privkey for the address used and it was not obtain during a hack or seize.
But Why the 67th puzzle ?.. why not the easier one? I mean the amount of private keys in 66 is unbelievably enormous already .. why go for the double of that gigantic range?
because someone is more likely to find 66 before 67 he doesnt wanna spend a shit ton of time on 66 and someone find it before him so he does 67 by time someone does find 66 he will be at head start( to most people anyway ) thats what i think at least
This analogy may seem smart if we're dealing with normal amounts like million or even billions. But when talking about tens of million trillions, that "head start" gets engulfed to almost nothing. The human mind can't grasp how extremely improbable it is to find ONE address among 73 million trillion ones, let alone double that digit. That being said, why are we still searching?
Because luck and coincidence do happen. But that's just that, you don't need to try outsmarting your odds in order to land on the key. The only factor you need is luck, and you're surely not doing yourself any more favours by doubling the odds against yourself, aka: puzz 67