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Re: Bitcoin puzzle transaction ~32 BTC prize to who solves it
by
pbies
on 10/06/2024, 03:07:46 UTC
Simple program for puzzle 66 below.

If you want to search from a specific private key number both ways up and down, just use it:

Code:
#!/usr/bin/env python3

from hdwallet import HDWallet
from hdwallet.symbols import BTC
from tqdm import tqdm
from tqdm.contrib.concurrent import process_map

hdwallet = HDWallet(symbol=BTC)

p=0x000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001a838b13505b26867
middle=p*2
mid=1000000

def go(i):
b=hex(i)
b='0'*(66-len(b))+b[2:]
hdwallet.from_private_key(private_key=b)
a=hdwallet.p2pkh_address()
if a=='13zb1hQbWVsc2S7ZTZnP2G4undNNpdh5so':
print('private key: 0x'+b+'\a')
exit()

process_map(go, [x for i in range(mid) for x in {middle-i:0,middle+i:0}], max_workers=10, chunksize=10000)

import sys
print('\a',end='',file=sys.stderr)

Here I set p for previous puzzle pvk and double it.
Middle is the variable from where the search will start.