Not sure what's the fuss about.

From an evidence perspective: no one can claim their TX got replaced, nor that they were the ones who solved the puzzle. Because the replacer just as well may claim he was the first one to do it, and there is no way to prove the contrary (mempool history is not valid evidence). Both parties (claimer and replacer) did the same thing: they cracked a key, just using different methods.

So I have zero issues about the morality or ethical side of this, simply because the reason of concern does not exist (no one gets robbed; again: they didn't own the key anyway, they CRACKED it).

To be clear: it's not about not getting caught. It's about having a very strong defense in the face of any reasonable court. Thieves calling thieves? See what your lawyer would say about that.

"Whoever signs first is the owner" - this is so freaking wrong. So this means that all the Satoshi mined addresses are freebies, right? They don't belong to anyone? No, they belong to Satoshi, he did the effort to mine them. Exactly the same thing in this puzzle: the coins belong to the creator.

He doesn't care WHO or HOW cracks the keys, as the puzzle objective is really simple: move the funds, NOT "prove you brute-forced the key". That is already implied.

That's why my only advice is to not try to solve the weak puzzles at all, unless you're 100% certain WTF you're getting into, in all aspects.

Not sure what's the fuss about.

From an evidence perspective: no one can claim their TX got replaced, nor that they were the ones who solved the puzzle. Because the replacer just as well may claim he was the first one to do it, and there is no way to prove the contrary (mempool history is not valid evidence). Both parties (claimer and replacer) did the same thing: they cracked a key, just using different methods.

So I have zero issues about the morality or ethical side of this, simply because the reason of concern does not exist (no one gets robbed; again: they didn't own the key anyway, they CRACKED it).

"Whoever signs first is the owner" - this is so freaking wrong. So this means that all the Satoshi mined addresses are freebies, right? They don't belong to anyone? No, they belong to Satoshi, he did the effort to mine them. Exactly the same thing in this puzzle: the coins belong to the creator.

He doesn't care WHO or HOW cracks the keys, as the puzzle objective is really simple: move the funds, NOT "prove you brute-forced the key". That is already implied.

That's why my only advice is to not try to solve the weak puzzles at all, unless you're 100% certain WTF you're getting into, in all aspects.