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bits/157

Open since 2015-01-15, the key somewhere in 157 bits. 15.70001 BTC on Bitcoin.

IDbits/157157 / 2562015-01-15
Puzzle / bits

157

bitcoinp2pkh unsolved

Record

puzzle({
  chain: "bitcoin",
  address: "14JHoRAdmJg3…t6hzbQe9",
  key: bits(157),
})
Prize
15.70001 BTC
Key material
157-bit search width
Verification
unverifiable
Solved
not yet
tx 4
Trail
Explorerblockstream.info
Sourcebitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5218972
Trybits/157 in the playground
Address
14JHoRAdmJg3XR4RjMDh6Wed6ft6hzbQe9

hash160 242d790e5a168043c76f0539fd894b73ee67b3b3

Balance
asking the explorer

Key

range · 157 bits
0x1000000000000000000000000000000000000000 to 0x1fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff

Transactions

  1. funding2015-01-150.157 BTC08389f34c9…a6cd15
  2. increase2017-07-111.413 BTC5d45587cfd…384164
  3. increase2021-08-190.00001 BTCe1f668b8cc…44076b
  4. increase2023-04-1614.13 BTC12f34b58b0…8d13b3

Techniques

  1. masked-key-rangecollectionbitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1306983.msg18765941

Hints

  1. 2017-04-2706:41:08

    officialcollectionThere is no pattern. It is just consecutive keys from a deterministic wallet (masked with leading 000...0001 to set difficulty).