Re:Bitcoin puzzle #66 was solved: 6.6 BTC (~$400k) withdrawn
by wslh on Sunday September 15, 2024 @10:58AM
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First, a question: is there something similar for other blockchains? And, a clarification, when I said public keys I referred to public keys that match an unknown private key but I understand now (am I correct?) that this puzzle is purely brute forcing private keys with a lot of zeroes and then matching with the addresses in the blockchain (which would be a function from the public key).
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Re:Bitcoin puzzle #66 was solved: 6.6 BTC (~$400k) withdrawn
by mrb on Sunday September 15, 2024 @11:26AM
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I don't know if other blockchains have these puzzles. You are correct thas this puzzle is brute forcing private keys with a bunch of zeroes, from which a public key can be calculated.
Re:Bitcoin puzzle #66 was solved: 6.6 BTC (~$400k) withdrawn
by thisconnect on Monday September 16, 2024 @04:26AM
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Other bc's are centralized and don't need it as they can just revert or change their state.