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Re: Bitcoin puzzle transaction ~32 BTC prize to who solves it
by
kTimesG
on 28/09/2024, 08:52:24 UTC
If someone solved Puzzle 130, then holy molly, they’ve got a supercomputer the size of a small moon! But wait — no one’s got one of those lying around (unless NASA’s hiding something). So, if no one solved Puzzle 130, holy molly, something fishy’s going on — maybe the puzzle fairies had a little too much coffee and fancy lunches in Dubai!  Grin

Come on, let's get real. I myself computed that if I had 150k $ lying around I would have solved 130 in less than 90 days. Simple crude math - divide total ops by number of op/s, again by ops/GPU/s, multiply with price/h.

So no supercomputer required here, just $ to pay for the most optimized piece of software to run, to minimize costs.

But now 135 requires 5 times more money to solve, or for GPU prices to go down, or for performance per $ to go up, which WILL happen. What I do not understand, is what the deal is with the 3Emi script address, is it a group, is it some sort of smart contract, why was it not spent already, etc.