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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: Bitcoin puzzle transaction ~32 BTC prize to who solves it
by
mcdouglasx
on 28/02/2025, 14:32:58 UTC
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Nah, man, we're good. I honestly lost track with what you're trying to explain. The Bram dude posted a proof of all the RIPEMD-160 hashes (that start with 48 bits of 0) that he claims they guarantee that he scanned and hashed 57% of all keys. It's your problem how you interpret this claim. However, if I would be in a position to dispute his claim, my best strategy (after checking his dataset) would be to find another RIPEME-160 hash (that starts with 48 bits of 0) and is part of the 57% scanned range. If I can't do that, I would first shut up.

You're still diverting everything. I copied and pasted what they said on their GitHub (those aren't my words).
https://github.com/Kowala24731/btc67

Somehow, finding the 1024 h160 assures them that they didn't skip the target key? No, right? Because it's just probability. You twist everything, which over time will only give you a bad reputation. I'm not criticizing them, I'm just pointing out a possible flaw that doesn't have a patch in their method. However, I consider it better than eternally scanning an entire range.