Re: Bitcoin puzzle transaction ~32 BTC prize to who solves it

Another mystery solved!

The ghost turned out to be an imposter.

What happens if in Scooby Doo method you use 4095 Instead of 5000?

I said 4095 beacause is 16^3-1, which is the number of prefix combination (16^3).

Code:

=== FINAL RESULTS ===
Wins:
Scooby_Doo: 242
Prefix: 245
Ties: 13

Total Checks:

Scooby_Doo: 24659497
Prefix: 25177201
Total Time:

Scooby_Doo: 319.437524 seconds
Prefix: 312.082084 seconds

Averages (Total Time / Wins):

Scooby_Doo : 1.319990 seconds/victory
Prefix : 1.273804 seconds/victory

Checks per Win:
Scooby_Doo : 101898.75 checks/win
Prefix : 102764.09 checks/win

Code:

=== FINAL RESULTS ===
Wins:
Scooby_Doo: 242
Prefix: 243
Ties: 15

Total Checks:

Scooby_Doo: 24255742
Prefix: 24184105
Total Time:

Scooby_Doo: 315.602728 seconds
Prefix: 303.996729 seconds

Averages (Total Time / Wins):

Scooby_Doo : 1.304144 seconds/victory
Prefix : 1.251015 seconds/victory

Checks per Win:
Scooby_Doo : 100230.34 checks/win
Prefix : 99523.07 checks/win

Maybe generating an hash and looking at the first 3 hex digits (12 bits) is basically the same as generating a random number between 1 and 4096?

Your rigged results are hilarious.

Please let us know how they are rigged

Soon, I'll be sharing the "Scoob" code again with a realistic comparison of methods, and you'll see that the prefix approach is superior. But I won't be constantly fixing scripts that compare apples to oranges.