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Re: Bitcoin puzzle transaction ~32 BTC prize to who solves it
by
nomachine
on 28/10/2023, 16:46:10 UTC
Assuming

The creator made a wallet with random keys

When wallets are created they are always randomly generated keys. This is what makes them secure.

The creator then added zeros to the front of all those keys. Increasing in complexity each key after the previous key. Making them solvable.

I agree there's a pattern. But even distance from keys seems to shift at times.

You need to know Puzzle 256 private key and you will solve everything back to 1.

Code:
key = 'Puzzle_256_private key_hex'
last_index = 0
while last_index <= 255:
    mask = 1 << last_index
    mask_hex = mask + int(key, 16) % mask
    last_index += 1
    hexa = "%064x" % mask_hex
    print (hexa)

 Grin