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Re: Bitcoin puzzle transaction ~32 BTC prize to who solves it
by
kTimesG
on 06/01/2025, 11:24:07 UTC
It is so funny how some people think that because two points look alike then its a hot zone worth to investigate, while some others think the complete opposite. And they're both right: you can indeed argue that you can get closer to a solution little by little (see genetic algorithms), and you can also argue that statistically the solution should be as far away as possible from any other similar solution.

It's a very good example of why they are both actually wrong, and the winner here is simple, his name is Random and it seems no one wants to accept its definition or his highly entropic personality. Random is very hated and bullied, and no one believes him or takes him for granted, because he has a really big problem: every time you look at him, there are high chances he may look completely different. Or maybe not. Or maybe just a little? But random has a girlfriend: Prime. Prime understands him and the two share a lot of common ground, but they have a secret relationship.

The curve equation and parameters are completely and intentionally devised and chosen in such a way to ruin all of these assumptions, hopes, and "I know better"s. No, there is no magic pattern, formula, neural network, simplification, reduction, statistical analysis anomalies, or other similar BS. There is no pattern in either decimal, hex, binary, ASCII art, Photoshop horoscope, or any other visual mapping from bits to representation that you can ever think of.

Also if one does not have a clue about what hex numbers mean, they should really not waste time on discovering fundamental knowledge (for themselves only) while trying to break something called Elliptic Curve Cryptography. Now, this doesn't mean they are stupid, it just means that someone may be able to understand black holes equations, but it doesn't mean they should ever touch programming.