Quote from: algorithm32 on Today at 05:28:02 AM

Quote from: digaran on Today at 04:08:38 AM

So what was the cost of sequential search for #66?, was it more than 6.6 BTC? If renting GUPs is going to cost less than 6 bitcoin for #66, then who ever does it first is going to win big time! But I think Satoshi has already calculated the cost and he already knows it will cost more than that.

Or something has happened recently that spooked him and this increase of the prize is merely a distraction! Lol.

I'm only good at making up conspiracy theories. Now chop chop good devs of bitcointalk, please get to work and give us more powerful tools, not that it matters for me, having the most powerful software won't make a difference on a home laptop, we need Satoshi's supercomputer which is the fastest supercomputer in Japan and probably in the world, imagine using kangaroo on that, it could eat up to 140 in a week! 😉

Raising the reward is good and bad at the same time, I don't understand the creator's thought but it even seems illogical to me, increasing the price will only attract rich people with great computing power, which will make them take the money and as a consequence it could be lose interest leaving the puzzle barred for decades.
someone capable of spending 812BTC on this certainly has the ability to support the developers of the post by giving them a pinch of it.
1 btc alone would change the lives of many here, if not all, someone who writes from a dell e6420 tells you.
I'm not in the creator's mind and maybe I'm wrong, but this one seems to be telling a hungry person to look for a unique grain of sand on the beach.
"He who has everything ignores what others lack."

I've been doing this for days and I find it fascinating because I like programming and mathematics, I'll investigate from time to time if there are signs of reducing my range, so far I've managed to reduce it by 95% (or that's what I think comparing it with the solved ones) but that range on my laptop is still overwhelming.

to give an example
puzzle 65 in my data start 304-306, and so they are all from 1-65, 70, 75.... so it can't be a coincidence. however it is still overwhelming my resources.
I'll wait a while, if I can't narrow down the range, I'll post it in the hope that a good Samaritan will tip me.

i think your onto something... i believe the key will 95% likelyhood of starting with 35----------------