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mini/4

Solved on 2025-01-15 after 15h 18m, key published. 0.01 BTC on Bitcoin.

IDmini/404 / 72025-01-14 → 2025-01-15
Puzzle / mini

4

bitcoinp2pkh solved

Record

bitcoinPuzzle({
  address: p2pkh("1AH5pRZW4Zof…YNu3Rez7", "65c3cf1b54c1…b88b9970"),
  status: Status.Solved,
  key: hex("c6768f199574…e9301552"),
})
Prize
0.01 BTC
Key material
hex
Verification
verified
Solved
2025-01-15 · 15h 18m
tx 2
Trail
Explorerblockstream.info
Sourcebitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5526453
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Address
1AH5pRZW4ZofEJhdb3muNZ1q88YNu3Rez7

hash160 65c3cf1b54c179e6a2fee4fa3a148ed9b88b9970

Balance
asking the explorer

Key

public key · compressed
03c8f139dad58b4786d3649992849733c2a7626f011089e87508ccdf8b0758c493
private key (hex)
c6768f199574104ae1b75eab82b0cc1d2d2e9ee7d50637a574e27131e9301552

Transactions

  1. funding2025-01-140.01 BTC5353b25012…76ae8c
  2. claim2025-01-150.01 BTC3df3a1c623…563007

Hints

  1. 2025-01-14

    official03C8F139DAD58B4786D3649992849733C2A7626F011089E87508CCDF8B0758C493 Hint: It's a strong point so you cannot solve it by kangaroos. But it's a special point, you can solve it easily if you use some feature of secp256k1.

    Published answer

    Another explanation: It's a special point, if you apply endomorphism for it, you will get previous point (Point - G). It's funny to have two points next to each other with same Y, isn't it? And since you know the distance between these two points, you can calculate the private key easily.

    2025-01-15bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5526453.msg64955287

  2. 2025-01-14

    officialIt's not difficult, really. And you don't even need GPUs or fast PC.

  3. 2025-01-14

    officialECDSA already was in previous puzzle, so probably I won't use it again