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Quote from: Akito S. M. Hosana on November 11, 2024, 04:44:58 PM

Quote from: kTimesG on November 11, 2024, 03:50:25 PM

I hope no one actually believes they can compete with RetiredCoder aka 3Emi. It looks like a billionaire's hobby, not a contest. It costs at least 500K to break 135, but he doesn't do it for the money, and I won't be a sheep.

I think the puzzle creator is competing with himself. Embarrassed

Ok well noted

Quote from: Akito S. M. Hosana on September 28, 2024, 07:44:51 AM

Premise 1: After puzzle 120 was solved, the creator increased the prize money on 2023-04-16 to 1000 BTC (public stunt hypothesis).
Premise 2: Puzzle 125 was removed on 2023-07-09, likely as another stunt (further public manipulation hypothesis).
Premise 3: Puzzle 130 was moved after the solving of puzzle 66, likely to generate more attention.
Premise 4: It is practically impossible to solve puzzle 130 without at least 600 GPUs, making it improbable for anyone to solve it legitimately.

Logical Conclusion:
Using modus tollens (if P implies Q, and Q is false, then P must be false):

If it is true that solving Puzzle 130 is only possible with extreme computational resources (Premise 4), and no one is known to possess those resources, then no one could have solved it without manipulation.
The formula could look like:

If (someone solves Puzzle 130) -> (they have extreme computational resources).
Not (anyone has extreme computational resources).
Therefore, Not (anyone solved Puzzle 130) -> it may have been manipulated.