IDcollectionsBitcoin puzzle transaction
bits/97
Open since 2015-01-15, the key somewhere in 97 bits. 9.70002613 BTC on Bitcoin.
Puzzle / bits
97
bitcoinp2pkh unsolved
Record
puzzle({
chain: "bitcoin",
address: "18ywPwj39nGj…12MDpDr8",
key: bits(97),
})- Prize
- 9.70002613 BTC
- Key material
- 97-bit search width
- Verification
- unverifiable
- Solved
- not yet
tx 4
- Trail
- Explorerblockstream.info
- Sourcebitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5218972
- Trybits/97 in the playground
- Address
- 18ywPwj39nGjqBrQJSzZVq2izR12MDpDr8
hash160 578d94dc6f40fff35f91f6fba9b71c46b361dff2
Balance
asking the explorer
Key
- range · 97 bits
- 0x1000000000000000000000000 to 0x1ffffffffffffffffffffffff
Transactions
- funding2015-01-150.097 BTC08389f34c9…a6cd15
- increase2017-07-110.873 BTC5d45587cfd…384164
- increase2023-04-168.73 BTC12f34b58b0…8d13b3
- increase2025-10-230.00002613 BTC41ea4b7060…415194
Techniques
- masked-key-rangecollectionbitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1306983.msg18765941
Hints
- 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).
Sourcebitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1306983.msg18765941Confirmweb.archive.org