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Re: Bitcoin puzzle transaction ~32 BTC prize to who solves it
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ccinet
on 03/03/2024, 21:20:45 UTC
The concept of a logarithm was invented just a few centuries ago and immediately changed engineering as we know it.

You can even do regression analysis
https://i.ibb.co/jJYVpd6/Figure-1.png

I'm lost between the size of the numbers and the precision required here . . .

There is no pattern. But it's not random either according to the polynomial analysis. There is an exact math formula for making this puzzle with some script, errors = ZERO.  With high decimal precision (mp.dps = 20 at least)
And the formula is in the creator's mind.

Viewing it at that level of precision, it obviously corresponds to a regression line corresponding to 2^n.
The problem comes when inferring where the private address falls in the range 2^n-1 -2^n when n>50, in this case if a random pattern exists here it will be very difficult to find it in the range.
However, a prediction with linear regression can give us a clue that could be +15% -15% or 30% of the predicted value, which in the case of the range for bit 66 and greater is still an astronomical number.