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Re: Bitcoin puzzle transaction ~32 BTC prize to who solves it
by
algorithm32
on 26/05/2023, 17:28:44 UTC
in the range
decimals

400000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000:500000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

find an address whose first digits in red match yours.

target= 4975641556000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

finds an address whose first red digits match another private key in the same range.


well seems pretty obvios that you range is going to match easy with full random

This is my counter propose is

target= 4975641556000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000123456


the problem is that you sacrifice probability to gain speed.
If you have a car race of thousands of miles, you don't reduce the size of the fuel tank to make the car faster and unlikely to reach the finish line.

You do nothing with processing many keys where, for example, their first 15 digits are the same.
everything needs a balance.