Quote from: btc11235 on Today at 06:11:44 PM

- #1 starts with a `1`
- #2 starts with either a `2` or `3`
- #3 starts with a `4`, `5`, `6`, or `7`
- #4 starts with any of the remaining possible hex chars
- then the pattern repeats for the next group of four keys, and so on...

is it actually possible that one seed phrase could/would actually make a series of consecutive keys that fit not just that specific pattern, but really any kind of repeating pattern at all...?? And how would you even find/make such a seed phrase...??

It is possible.

Code:

import random
import hashlib
import base58

for puzzle in range(1, 161):
   lower = 2 ** (puzzle - 1)
   upper = (2 ** puzzle) - 1
   seed = "SatoshiNakamotoPuzzle" + str(puzzle)
   random.seed(seed)
   dec = random.randint(lower, upper)
   private_key_hex = "%064x" % dec
   private_key_bytes = bytes.fromhex(private_key_hex)
   extended_key = b'\x80' + private_key_bytes
   extended_key += b'\x01'
   checksum = hashlib.sha256(hashlib.sha256(extended_key).digest()).digest()[:4]
   wif_bytes = extended_key + checksum
   wif_compressed = base58.b58encode(wif_bytes).decode()
   print(f"Puzzle = {puzzle} {DEC} = {dec} seed = {seed} wif = {wif_compressed}")

python3 test.py

Quote

Puzzle = 1 DEC = 1 seed = SatoshiNakamotoPuzzle1 wif = KwDiBf89QgGbjEhKnhXJuH7LrciVrZi3qYjgd9M7rFU73sVHnoWn
Puzzle = 2 DEC = 2 seed = SatoshiNakamotoPuzzle2 wif = KwDiBf89QgGbjEhKnhXJuH7LrciVrZi3qYjgd9M7rFU74NMTptX4
Puzzle = 3 DEC = 5 seed = SatoshiNakamotoPuzzle3 wif = KwDiBf89QgGbjEhKnhXJuH7LrciVrZi3qYjgd9M7rFU75s2EPgZf
Puzzle = 4 DEC = 11 seed = SatoshiNakamotoPuzzle4 wif = KwDiBf89QgGbjEhKnhXJuH7LrciVrZi3qYjgd9M7rFU78rNKwdiH
Puzzle = 5 DEC = 22 seed = SatoshiNakamotoPuzzle5 wif = KwDiBf89QgGbjEhKnhXJuH7LrciVrZi3qYjgd9M7rFU7EL1wKGDm
Puzzle = 6 DEC = 53 seed = SatoshiNakamotoPuzzle6 wif = KwDiBf89QgGbjEhKnhXJuH7LrciVrZi3qYjgd9M7rFU7VmMqX3qc
Puzzle = 7 DEC = 73 seed = SatoshiNakamotoPuzzle7 wif = KwDiBf89QgGbjEhKnhXJuH7LrciVrZi3qYjgd9M7rFU7fj3itoEY
Puzzle = 8 DEC = 148 seed = SatoshiNakamotoPuzzle8 wif = KwDiBf89QgGbjEhKnhXJuH7LrciVrZi3qYjgd9M7rFU8K5DxCiQf
Puzzle = 9 DEC = 306 seed = SatoshiNakamotoPuzzle9 wif = KwDiBf89QgGbjEhKnhXJuH7LrciVrZi3qYjgd9M7rFU9fkdRpSex
Puzzle = 10 DEC = 634 seed = SatoshiNakamotoPuzzle10 wif = KwDiBf89QgGbjEhKnhXJuH7LrciVrZi3qYjgd9M7rFUCV5z2PfC3
*****
Puzzle = 66 DEC = 38508275138367239239 seed = SatoshiNakamotoPuzzle66 wif = KwDiBf89QgGbjEhKnhXJuH7LrciVrZi3qZWCKpZnZsCqVzc1f9vt
Puzzle = 67 DEC = 146233885779705721938 seed = SatoshiNakamotoPuzzle67 wif = KwDiBf89QgGbjEhKnhXJuH7LrciVrZi3qbeiYkkDLY2iKmA6JS3q
Puzzle = 68 DEC = 204291343762893348650 seed = SatoshiNakamotoPuzzle68 wif = KwDiBf89QgGbjEhKnhXJuH7LrciVrZi3qcopt3giY39KjX9pfekV
Puzzle = 69 DEC = 588454650131287819678 seed = SatoshiNakamotoPuzzle69 wif = KwDiBf89QgGbjEhKnhXJuH7LrciVrZi3qkTtFZibZ9tNE96yFsjS
Puzzle = 70 DEC = 826730197180747088722 seed = SatoshiNakamotoPuzzle70 wif = KwDiBf89QgGbjEhKnhXJuH7LrciVrZi3qqDJuNu7s3FZKtsk9Pn7
Puzzle = 71 DEC = 1833056699595944202074 seed = SatoshiNakamotoPuzzle71 wif = KwDiBf89QgGbjEhKnhXJuH7LrciVrZi3rBGXpLd8yP9kGu7rqRvw

Ayo, there’s a pattern in the seed, but them keys and decimal numbers? Nah, they straight-up random.
But bruh, tryna find and reverse-engineer the seed? That’s impossible. You’d have an easier time brute-forcing private keys than crackin’ that seed, no cap. Grin