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Re: Bitcoin puzzle transaction ~32 BTC prize to who solves it
by
mcdouglasx
on 10/06/2025, 16:03:20 UTC
I have a question and why two different private keys can lead to the same address in certain circumstances?
Example:000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000050574a424748444e47
fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffebaaedce6af48a08c171ca0d4187a8f88
1ECDtqs8nAUyxNuTY4kTV6rHr6NoVUkMna

s= fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffebaaedce6af48a08c171ca0d4187a8f88
N = 115792089237316195423570985008687907852837564279074904382605163141518161494337

because s being larger than the order of the curve N they are equivalent to the same private key.


r= fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffebaaedce6af48a08c171ca0d4187a8f88 % N

r= 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000050574a424748444e47

r = s