It cannot be denied that prefix search combined with mathematical methods is currently the most efficient way to find keys.
Under the premise of unknown public key, too many puzzle pools use search prefixes as exits, and for individuals, the winning rate of randomly searching for private keys is almost zero.
LMFAO, after literally just explaining why the actual prefix match is slower than matching the middle bits this total non-sense starting with "it cannot be denied" gets posted. Do you need a picture of how the algorithm works maybe? Or some proof on how the compiled code is smaller and faster when NOT searching the fucking prefix bits?
I guess people fail to acknowledge the actual reality, I can't find another answer, all that can be done is ack-ing that any serious optimization discussions are impossible in a thread filled daily with pure garbage.