Bitcoin puzzle #66 was solved: 6.6 BTC (~$400k) withdrawn

Re:Bitcoin puzzle #66 was solved: 6.6 BTC (~$400k) withdrawn by ivanjermakov on Sunday September 15, 2024 @11:52AM (#41548207)

Who is paying to the puzzle solvers?

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Re:Bitcoin puzzle #66 was solved: 6.6 BTC (~$400k) withdrawn by PcChip on Sunday September 15, 2024 @12:02PM (#41548264)

The btc has been in the wallet since the puzzle was created

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Re:Bitcoin puzzle #66 was solved: 6.6 BTC (~$400k) withdrawn by doctorwhat on Sunday September 15, 2024 @11:59AM (#41548246)

Three letters agencies? Could be a nice way to find out if a foreign entity has an enormous brute-force capability? But more likely I'd say they got their bitcoin back when a core2duo was enough to generate a few of them overnight...

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Re:Bitcoin puzzle #66 was solved: 6.6 BTC (~$400k) withdrawn by cmcaleer on Sunday September 15, 2024 @06:57PM (#41551204)

Prize pool would have to be much more than $400k to justify a state actor flexing that kind of capability, NK makes far more than that exploiting DeFi protocols.

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Re:Bitcoin puzzle #66 was solved: 6.6 BTC (~$400k) withdrawn by horacemorace on Sunday September 15, 2024 @11:59AM (#41548244)

Everyone who trades fiat for crypto.

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Re:Bitcoin puzzle #66 was solved: 6.6 BTC (~$400k) withdrawn by lm28469 on Monday September 16, 2024 @08:35AM (#41555437)

The person who created the wallets in 2015 when BTC wasn't worth much

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