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Re:Bitcoin puzzle #66 was solved: 6.6 BTC (~$400k) withdrawn by n2d4 on Monday September 16, 2024 @02:38AM (#41553374)
Pollard's rho algorithm can be applied to not just numbers but any cyclic group, which secp256k1 (the elliptic curve used by Bitcoin) is.
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