Re: Bitcoin puzzle transaction ~32 BTC prize to who solves it

Quote from: james5000 on August 10, 2023, 05:16:41 PM

To mathematicians, there is a way to divide one point by another point on the elliptic curve.

Are you asking or telling? Of course there is a way, look at my personal text, e.g. dividing n by 6 will give you this :

Code:

2aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa74727a26728c1ab49ff8651778090ae0

You

Quote from: james5000 on Today at 12:48:45 AM

for n = fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffebaaedce6af48a03bbfd25e8cd0364141

Code:

print(toHex(round(n / 6)))

my result is 2aaaaaaaaaaaaa00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

Sad

but what I meant is whether there is a way to divide a point on the curve x, y by another point on the curve x, y?

Your result is not correct because n is not divisible by 5, you should do the math mod n to have the correct result.

Anyways, point by point multiplication and division without knowing at least one point's private key is impossible, why else they call it crypto-graphy for?
If it was possible directly, we all could break ECC easily.

Ps, I'm not a mathematician, but I'll find a way to divide point by point or die trying! 🤣