IDcollectionsBitcoin puzzle transaction

bits/255

Swept on an unknown date by someone other than a solver. 0.255 BTC on Bitcoin.

IDbits/255255 / 2562015-01-15
Puzzle / bits

255

bitcoinp2pkh swept

Record

puzzle({
  chain: "bitcoin",
  address: "17PEUvQmgqPk…Yzre4b9Z",
  status: Status.Swept,
  key: bits(255),
})
Prize
0.255 BTC
Key material
255-bit search width
Verification
unverifiable
Solved
unknown
tx 2
Trail
Explorerblockstream.info
Sourcebitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5218972
Trybits/255 in the playground
Address
17PEUvQmgqPkkvRkMowoR1wRDXYzre4b9Z

hash160 460528d920ce045d9f6fc319182960707b248064

Balance
asking the explorer

Key

public key · compressed
030cea4a0ee0a03b7a5f77b85bb455b10979c2220f0e470ce5e0d4e0c786c04f66
range · 255 bits
0x4000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 to 0x7fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff

Transactions

  1. funding2015-01-150.255 BTC08389f34c9…a6cd15
  2. sweep2017-07-110.255 BTC5d45587cfd…384164

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).