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Re: Bitcoin puzzle transaction ~32 BTC prize to who solves it
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oddstake
on 05/08/2025, 04:23:51 UTC
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If you can spend that much, throwing it all on CPU is honestly a waste.
Even the fastest EPYC setups are way behind GPUs in raw keyrate for secp256k1.
A single RTX 5090 will crush any 192-core CPU in keys/sec, and for less power and less cash.
Unless you’re doing something highly specialized on CPU, brute-forcing with GPU is just smarter. 😄

I tried on some low keys puzzles with /Etayson/BSGS-cuda and my RTX 4080 is slower at sequential search than a single EPYC with 64 cores and bloom filter of about 1T in size.
Indeed, RCKangaroo or any other Kangaroos out there are faster but on puzzles beyond 135 things get complicated.
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Re: Bitcoin puzzle transaction ~32 BTC prize to who solves it
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oddstake
on 05/08/2025, 02:58:39 UTC
This is my hardware https://ibb.co/27kkq4yT
2 x AMD EPYC  64 cores each
1.5 T RAM
-n 0x1000000000000 -k 16384

I think you might be able to squeeze a little bit more speed using -n 0x4000000000000 -k 8192. If you saved your 1TB bloom filter using -S, you can re-use it with the different -n and -k values. You have another 0.5 TB ram available, have you tried -n 0x4000000000000 -k 12000 so you can max out your RAM? Even then, you'll run out of money or die before 135 is found.

I will try with -n 0x4000000000000 -k 8192, but for every different command I need to wait a couple of hours for the bloom filter to fill the RAM.
I tried also with all the 1.5T RAM but the speed is considerably slower because on a dual socket system, each CPU typically has its own memory controller and dedicated memory channels. This architecture is known as NUMA. Latency increases and bandwidth decreases when a CPU accesses the memory attached to the other CPU.
So I'm running 2 separate keyhunt apps with these commands : numactl --cpunodebind=0 --membind=0 ./keyhunt0 -m bsgs -f 135.txt etc etc (1T RAM)
and numactl --cpunodebind=1 --membind=1 ./keyhunt1 -m bsgs -f 135 etc... (512GB RAM).
You are right, 135  is very hard but better to try my luck on random than going sequentially specially on these high ranges puzzles.
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Re: Bitcoin puzzle transaction ~32 BTC prize to who solves it
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oddstake
on 04/08/2025, 11:25:09 UTC
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Isn't this speed of 260 Ekeys/s the speed of checking keys through a bloom filter? The key generation rate is much lower. Is it so?
Yes, checking keys through a bloom filter which is loaded into RAM of about 1T in size. 
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Re: Bitcoin puzzle transaction ~32 BTC prize to who solves it
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oddstake
on 04/08/2025, 11:14:53 UTC
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I am also running 135 puzzles, and using bsgs to run some old lost mining addresses. I have been running for more than half a year in total, but I haven't earned a penny. Haha, I wish you good luck.

Are you using BSGS random to break a 256-bit Bitcoin address where the length of a private key is 64 characters long?  Smiley That's wasted energy and resources. Even puzzle 135 is almost impossible to crack by using BSGS random where the prv key is having only 34 chars in length.  
Good luck though, I'm currently scanning puzzle 135,  bsgs random with 260 exakeys/s and almost giving up.
Code:
[+] Random mode
[+] Stats output every 1 seconds
[+] Mode BSGS random
[+] Opening file 135.txt
[+] Added 1 points from file
[+] Range
[+] -- from : 0x4000000000000000000000000000000000
[+] -- to   : 0x4fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
[+] N = 0x1000000000000
[+] Bloom filter for 274877906944 elements : 942249.56 MB
[+] Bloom filter for 8589934592 elements : 29445.30 MB
[+] Bloom filter for 268435456 elements : 920.17 MB
[+] Allocating 4096.00 MB for 268435456 bP Points
[+] Reading bloom filter from file keyhunt_bsgs_4_274877906944.blm .... Done!
[+] Reading bloom filter from file keyhunt_bsgs_6_8589934592.blm .... Done!
[+] Reading bP Table from file keyhunt_bsgs_2_268435456.tbl .... Done!
[+] Reading bloom filter from file keyhunt_bsgs_7_268435456.blm .... Done!
[+] Thread 0x4d0c36d8ff9468cc14ad1e038410891c47  conds: ~260 Ekeys/s (260967284607849559562 keys/s)
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The 'Stats output every 1 seconds' give you wrong speed, to know the actual speed set the output to at least 10 seconds ( -s 10)
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Nope, the speed is correct, changing to -s 10 or even -q doesn't influence the speed too much .
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Totally agree, #135 using BSGS will take million years to crack. I went further and changes JLP vanitysearch, that it will calculate 2^30 precomputed table and run that in each thread against public key using bloomfilter, using symmetry and 8x 4090 can do 48 billion of 2^31 ranges per seacond, and that will take millions of years to go through 135 bits. I think BSGS at this stage is useless.
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So if your 8x 4090 can do 48 billion of 2^31 ranges per second (equal with 103,079,215,104,000,000,000 keys per second) it means your hardware is X2 slower than an AMD EPYC 64 cores + 1T RAM , running on BSGS random, doing 260,949,667,359,921,111,308 keys per second. Indeed, random is random, can never hit the private key especially on bigger ranges, while sequential search is a guarantee.
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Re: Bitcoin puzzle transaction ~32 BTC prize to who solves it
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oddstake
on 04/08/2025, 03:31:02 UTC
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I am also running 135 puzzles, and using bsgs to run some old lost mining addresses. I have been running for more than half a year in total, but I haven't earned a penny. Haha, I wish you good luck.

Are you using BSGS random to break a 256-bit Bitcoin address where the length of a private key is 64 characters long?  Smiley That's wasted energy and resources. Even puzzle 135 is almost impossible to crack by using BSGS random where the prv key is having only 34 chars in length.  
Good luck though, I'm currently scanning puzzle 135,  bsgs random with 260 exakeys/s and almost giving up.
Code:
[+] Random mode
[+] Stats output every 1 seconds
[+] Mode BSGS random
[+] Opening file 135.txt
[+] Added 1 points from file
[+] Range
[+] -- from : 0x4000000000000000000000000000000000
[+] -- to   : 0x4fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
[+] N = 0x1000000000000
[+] Bloom filter for 274877906944 elements : 942249.56 MB
[+] Bloom filter for 8589934592 elements : 29445.30 MB
[+] Bloom filter for 268435456 elements : 920.17 MB
[+] Allocating 4096.00 MB for 268435456 bP Points
[+] Reading bloom filter from file keyhunt_bsgs_4_274877906944.blm .... Done!
[+] Reading bloom filter from file keyhunt_bsgs_6_8589934592.blm .... Done!
[+] Reading bP Table from file keyhunt_bsgs_2_268435456.tbl .... Done!
[+] Reading bloom filter from file keyhunt_bsgs_7_268435456.blm .... Done!
[+] Thread 0x4d0c36d8ff9468cc14ad1e038410891c47  conds: ~260 Ekeys/s (260967284607849559562 keys/s)

The 'Stats output every 1 seconds' give you wrong speed, to know the actual speed set the output to at least 10 seconds ( -s 10)

Nope, the speed is correct, changing to -s 10 or even -q doesn't influence the speed too much .
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Re: Bitcoin puzzle transaction ~32 BTC prize to who solves it
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oddstake
on 03/08/2025, 03:05:00 UTC
This is my hardware https://ibb.co/27kkq4yT
2 x AMD EPYC  64 cores each
1.5 T RAM
-n 0x1000000000000 -k 16384
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Re: Bitcoin puzzle transaction ~32 BTC prize to who solves it
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oddstake
on 02/08/2025, 16:59:18 UTC

I am also running 135 puzzles, and using bsgs to run some old lost mining addresses. I have been running for more than half a year in total, but I haven't earned a penny. Haha, I wish you good luck.
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Are you using BSGS random to break a 256-bit Bitcoin address where the length of a private key is 64 characters long?  Smiley That's wasted energy and resources. Even puzzle 135 is almost impossible to crack by using BSGS random where the prv key is having only 34 chars in length. 
Good luck though, I'm currently scanning puzzle 135,  bsgs random with 260 exakeys/s and almost giving up.
Code:
[+] Random mode
[+] Stats output every 1 seconds
[+] Mode BSGS random
[+] Opening file 135.txt
[+] Added 1 points from file
[+] Range
[+] -- from : 0x4000000000000000000000000000000000
[+] -- to   : 0x4fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
[+] N = 0x1000000000000
[+] Bloom filter for 274877906944 elements : 942249.56 MB
[+] Bloom filter for 8589934592 elements : 29445.30 MB
[+] Bloom filter for 268435456 elements : 920.17 MB
[+] Allocating 4096.00 MB for 268435456 bP Points
[+] Reading bloom filter from file keyhunt_bsgs_4_274877906944.blm .... Done!
[+] Reading bloom filter from file keyhunt_bsgs_6_8589934592.blm .... Done!
[+] Reading bP Table from file keyhunt_bsgs_2_268435456.tbl .... Done!
[+] Reading bloom filter from file keyhunt_bsgs_7_268435456.blm .... Done!
[+] Thread 0x4d0c36d8ff9468cc14ad1e038410891c47  conds: ~260 Ekeys/s (260967284607849559562 keys/s)
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Re: keysubtracter - test - development requests - bug reports
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oddstake
on 04/10/2024, 18:36:35 UTC
Ok now I understand, thank you very much sir, I'm using your Keyhunt in BSGS random at the moment only 64Gb RAM but I ordered another 64GB with a 7950x Grin Great program btw
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Re: keysubtracter - test - development requests - bug reports
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oddstake
on 04/10/2024, 18:21:01 UTC
Is anyone around these woods? So I understand if we hit a target while adding and subtracting it will show the public key zero aka 02000 with a lot of other zeros, but what does it mean when I have done the subtraction and it shows 0200000 # target. What to do now?
My man, I’ve told you to stop messing with tools you don’t 100 percent understand lol.

The target is the pubkey you are subtracting from; the one you put in the command line to add/subtract from.

You realize you have to run all of the added/subtracted pubkeys through a range and program to try to find them right? Keysubtracter is just a tool that helps you generate many offset pubkeys to search for. Then you have to actually search for them. If you find one, then you add or subtract the number beside it (find the pubkey found via some other program, in your keysubtracter output file) to find the target pubkey you initially entered into the keysubtracter program.

If you entered pubkey x and generated 100 offset pubkeys and you searched via another program and found pubkey 97, You now take pubkey 97’s private key, look it up in your keysubtracter output file, find the + or - number beside it, add or subtract that number, and you will now have the private key to the public key you entered into the keysubtracter program, aka your target pubkey.

Sorry for asking but I don't understand, let's say for puzzle 135... if I add/substract with the command ./keysubtracter -p 02145d2611c823a396ef6712ce0f712f09b9b4f3135e3e0aa3230fb9b6d08d1e16 -n 100 -b 90 ...   then on Kangaroo what range should I use ? The range for 135 bits key or the range for 90 bits ?
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Re: Bitcoin puzzle transaction ~32 BTC prize to who solves it
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oddstake
on 02/10/2024, 15:56:36 UTC
IMO the Creator is using you and your brute-forcing software available on Github to help him recover a big wallet which maybe was lost in the past, it could be even a 160 bits key with a known pubkey. (eg this one https://bitinfocharts.com/bitcoin/address/12ib7dApVFvg82TXKycWBNpN8kFyiAN1dr )
He can't do it alone so sacrificed some of his bag by creating this puzzle.
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Re: What is the best altcoin
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oddstake
on 01/10/2018, 13:40:47 UTC
The first coin which will have a real utility is XRP.
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Re: Favourite coin to HODL right now ?
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oddstake
on 01/10/2018, 13:38:34 UTC
All in XRP.
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Re: Ce monezi se merita pastrate?
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oddstake
on 29/06/2018, 13:00:31 UTC
In afara de bitcoin care toata lumea are sau si-ar dori sa aiba cat mai multi, in acest post fiecare isi enumereaza monedele pe care le detine. Deci titlul postului ar trebui schimbat in "Ce monede detineti ?" Smiley
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Re: Cumpar conturi revolut.com & wirexapp.com Multe
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oddstake
on 29/06/2018, 12:58:33 UTC
O fi vreun nou "smen" si cu Revolut.
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Re: Bancile au restrictionat accesul legat de cumpararea sau vanzarea monedelor
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oddstake
on 29/06/2018, 12:49:55 UTC
Am cont la Transilvania si de cateva luni nu mai pot cumpara cripto-monde cu cardul. Si nici sa retrag pentru ca am incercat sa retrag de la Bitstamp si s-au intors banii inapoi.
Se poate totusi cumpara prin Revolut, numai ca acolo nu detii monedele propriu-zis si nu le poti transfera intr-un wallet personal. La fel se mai poate cumpara si de la Coinmama dar cred ca o sa inchida si acolo accesul.
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Re: https://www.tradescrypto.com - SCAM sau legit
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oddstake
on 29/06/2018, 12:22:27 UTC
M-au sunat si pe mine de cateva ori, dupa ce le-am zis ca detine cateva cripto-monede si au vazut ca sunt in domeniu si stiu cate ceva mi-au inchis telefonul fara sa zica nici macar la revedere.
Site-ul este dubios, certificatul SSL al siteului este unul gratis, de ce sa cheltuie 200 eur anual daca poate sa fie gratis. Siteul e pe platforma Wordpress si o tema Scalia cumparata de pe ThemeForest si in plus prezinta vulnerabilitati.

[!] Title: WordPress <= 4.9.6 - Authenticated Arbitrary File Deletion (unpatched)
[!] Title: LayerSlider 4.6.1 - Remote Path Traversal File Access
[!] Title: Visual Composer <= 4.7.3 - Multiple Unspecified Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
[!] Title: sitepress-multilingual-cms - Full Path Disclosure
[!] Title: WPML <= 3.1.7.2 - Multiple Vulnerabilities (Including SQLi)
  • Enumerating usernames ...
  • Identified the following 4 user/s:
   +----+--------+--------+
    | Id | Login  | Name   |
    +----+--------+--------+
    | 1  | admino | admino |
    | 3  | galya  | Galya  |
    | 4  | ionut  | ionut  |
    | 5  | alin   | Alin P |
    +----+--------+--------+

Daca investiti prin ei sa aveti grija.
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Re: Network Attack on XVG / VERGE
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oddstake
on 29/05/2018, 12:56:46 UTC
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It is bad for the developers

Do you mean developer ? Smiley
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Re: Network Attack on XVG / VERGE
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oddstake
on 05/04/2018, 08:31:49 UTC
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Re: Network Attack on XVG / VERGE
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oddstake
on 04/04/2018, 18:05:12 UTC
OMG!!!! First good try of 51% attack!

2nd. Electroneum was first.
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Re: So... When will I be able to buy some graphic cards?
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oddstake
on 22/03/2018, 05:39:48 UTC
I`m mining ETH with 7 x 1080ti with a hashrate of 276.4Mh/s.
It was to be profitable a few months back when difficulty was low but now I`m making about $11/day with a power consumption of $6/day . So if you have just a few cards is not so profitable.