Bitcoin puzzle transaction ~32 BTC prize to who solves it

[Menowa*]

Replying to the bro who copied the puzzle creator’s name said: the range is “this”

Anyone can say: “hey look ate me, I have discovered a magical method that will solve everything. I can’t prove it yet, even if I have a lot of information. But if I’m right, the range will be this”.

Even if by chance you’re lucky enough to hit the right range, it doesn’t prove and help anything. Everybody has 1 out of 4 chances to hit the first digit. And how would it help to cut 2 bits from the entropy?

[BlackAKAAngel]

... I have 10 bots waiting for you, and this time even Mara doesn’t help!

Yadda, yadda...

Care to explain how a transaction submitted to a non-public mempool as Mara's Slipstream service is attackable for the public (or you mastermind specifically)?

Oh, wait, you're such a genius that you convinced Mara to collude with you. I knew it!

Maybe you can convince me and others how superior you are, which I doubt you can. But hey, surprise me us!

And if you can't or are afraid of, I'd suggest to STFU, you don't add any value to this thread with your blabber. Who cares how many dudes have bots running, when it's clear as pure water that nobody sane should broadcast solutions for puzzles like #71, #72 and so on to public mempools.

I wait for the creator to come back
 I would hack him
If you want to know more about me I can share some information
 and yes  not all of it is true  but it's close 

I am 39 years old  and I have been working on computers my whole life  starting back in 1998
I am one of the best hackers  with the alias  bLACKAnGEL

Today I work independently  I operate alone Hacking someone makes me feel good
 I love it—it's like adrenaline going to the moon
I have been working on this puzzle for three years and have written many scripts
But this time I decided to change things up and hack someone to steal the prize.

Why not? Many people here say they’ve been stolen from bots, so I could do the same.

[vhh]

...lot of BS!

Why Did You Redeem It ? 👺

[analyticnomad]

... I have 10 bots waiting for you, and this time even Mara doesn’t help!

Yadda, yadda...

Care to explain how a transaction submitted to a non-public mempool as Mara's Slipstream service is attackable for the public (or you mastermind specifically)?

Oh, wait, you're such a genius that you convinced Mara to collude with you. I knew it!

Maybe you can convince me and others how superior you are, which I doubt you can. But hey, surprise me us!

And if you can't or are afraid of, I'd suggest to STFU, you don't add any value to this thread with your blabber. Who cares how many dudes have bots running, when it's clear as pure water that nobody sane should broadcast solutions for puzzles like #71, #72 and so on to public mempools.

I wait for the creator to come back
 I would hack him
If you want to know more about me I can share some information
 and yes  not all of it is true  but it's close 

I am 39 years old  and I have been working on computers my whole life  starting back in 1998
I am one of the best hackers  with the alias  bLACKAnGEL

Today I work independently  I operate alone Hacking someone makes me feel good
 I love it—it's like adrenaline going to the moon
I have been working on this puzzle for three years and have written many scripts
But this time I decided to change things up and hack someone to steal the prize.

Why not? Many people here say they’ve been stolen from bots, so I could do the same.

"I operate alone Hacking someone makes me feel good"

Can I just ask; why is hacking people, and possibly ruining their life something you're proud of?

[bibilgin]

"I operate alone Hacking someone makes me feel good"

Can I just ask; why is hacking people, and possibly ruining their life something you're proud of?

My response to this statement is as follows. As WhiteHacker,

"A vulnerability isn't a mistake; it's proof that people don't care."

This is something I tell many of my customers and business partners. Because people always say things like, "Nothing will happen, they can't hack me, who cares?"

The result: I'm ruined, my information and data are lost, encrypted. I've been hacked.

[analyticnomad]

"I operate alone Hacking someone makes me feel good"

Can I just ask; why is hacking people, and possibly ruining their life something you're proud of?

My response to this statement is as follows. As WhiteHacker,

"A vulnerability isn't a mistake; it's proof that people don't care."

This is something I tell many of my customers and business partners. Because people always say things like, "Nothing will happen, they can't hack me, who cares?"

The result: I'm ruined, my information and data are lost, encrypted. I've been hacked.

I would push back on that and offer the majority of people DO in-fact care. They protect themselves the best they can with the knowledge they have. Its the people who find work-arounds who want to exploit any weakness they can find that make it difficult for people to catch up to the newest security.

So no, vulnerability is not a mistake but it's also not proof that people don't care.

[BlackAKAAngel]

All hackers should work together, no matter if they are black, white, or red. This system of life is not fair; we work and pay, while others become rich. Is this democracy? We should not help bad people who sell bombs, guns, and other harmful stuff. Why? People are killed with your guns and bombs, and you think that what I or others like me do is bad? Ahahaha, you are wrong!

[Bram24732]

All hackers should work together, no matter if they are black, white, or red. This system of life is not fair; we work and pay, while others become rich. Is this democracy? We should not help bad people who sell bombs, guns, and other harmful stuff. Why? People are killed with your guns and bombs, and you think that what I or others like me do is bad? Ahahaha, you are wrong!

There isn’t a single person I would call hacker on this thread

[kTimesG]

~the usual BS, but on steroids~

I would push back on that and offer the majority of people DO in-fact care. 

It's laughable that a self-called crypto expert is now also a white hacker, however he can't even count the bits of some value correctly, even after pinpointed to their obvious mistakes.

But maybe I'm misunderstanding how selling M$ Windows licenses in a PC shop is now the same thing as being a white-hacker crypto expert.

[nomachine]

That BTC creator puzzle guy ain’t running some weak setup. He’s on Libreboot and a hardened OS, air-gapped or locked down tight. You don’t crack that from your couch, your laptop, or some phishing link. To get past it you’d need to be right on top of the hardware: physical access, side-channel/close-range radio snooping and hardware tampering and getting inches away from the box. Even someone with crazy skills like Snowden wouldn’t ‘hack it from afar’ you’d have to be there, hands-on, or run advanced lab attacks. But nothing’s absolutely unbreakable if an attacker can touch the device. 

[bibilgin]

It's laughable that a self-called crypto expert is now also a white hacker, however he can't even count the bits of some value correctly, even after pinpointed to their obvious mistakes.

But maybe I'm misunderstanding how selling M$ Windows licenses in a PC shop is now the same thing as being a white-hacker crypto expert.

There's a great saying about you in our country.

"Nobody ever threw you a bone, so why are you barking?"

Now, telling someone who thinks they're shit isn't actually worthless, that their AI-loving lover is just a creature writing replies doesn't change their character. "Those without honor are dishonorable."

I've been in the IT and technology industry for over 23 years. Unlike you, I didn't start 2-3 years ago.

Crypto Expert = Someone who knows how encryption algorithms work.

Hacker = Someone who exploits vulnerabilities in a system, knows software or hardware deficiencies, and among these, must also know CRYPTOGRAPHY systems.

Now, if you understand what both are, fuck off and never reply to me again. Because you're the worst.
This idiot apologized. Does anyone remember? I think it's time to apologize again.

All hackers should work together, no matter if they are black, white, or red. This system of life is not fair; we work and pay, while others become rich. Is this democracy? We should not help bad people who sell bombs, guns, and other harmful stuff. Why? People are killed with your guns and bombs, and you think that what I or others like me do is bad? Ahahaha, you are wrong!

Look, my friend, you can wage war digitally against the mafia, terrorists, arms dealers, drug dealers... whatever illegal activity you know.

But if you harm a factory, a workplace, or a human resource, that makes you look bad.

This is where the difference between black and white becomes clear.

I find all the vulnerabilities of the companies I serve and inform them about the vulnerabilities in their systems. Then I meet with IT experts and company executives to negotiate a cybersecurity agreement. This makes me a white hacker.

But if I hack the company, I encrypt their files. I demand a ransom (a substantial sum, $10,000, $20,000, $50,000). This shows that I'm blackmailing them to show them that my goal is to cause harm. This shows that I'm a black hacker.

[kTimesG]

~ even more useless offtopic crap ~

Listen dude, no one here gives 2 shits on what you say. What's super-clear though, is that you *cannot* count a few matching bits properly (ignoring that you needed ChatGPT to provide you that faulty script anyway). I highly doubt you even know what a xor operator even does.

Still, you're here bragging ever since 66 was out about how you're gonna break the next one.

If you're doing cyber-sec but still can't count bits, then I'm Batman ever since 1982. Why? Just because I say so, and I don't even need to write 500 non-sense paragraphs about it.

It's like saying you're a pilot with 35 years experience but you have no idea how to take a plane off the ground. So, all I can do is to continue making fun of you, it's all you can possibly deserve anyway.

[bibilgin]

bla bla bla...

And he says,
"Nobody cares about what you wrote.
And he's responding to my comment. Or did your boyfriend write that, AI?

Come on, mind your own business, don't sit around and reply to people.
Did you apologize? - YES
A person = RESPECT the person they apologize to. (Or does your boyfriend not let them?)

[bibilgin]

DON'T GO OFF TOPIC

For tveryone who is criticizing the other part please put your criticism to yourself and mind your own business if you are able to help do it!
if you are unable shut up!

I hope for the kind moderators to stop this nonsense and keep this thread on topic

Yes, my friend, you're right about that. I'm ignoring him. He's writing to me or about me again. I think the moderators can take appropriate action on this matter.

I haven't read or commented on anything he's written in a long time. You can research it.

"If someone throws a punch, punch them back harder. But don't start the fight." That's just what I'm doing.

[kTimesG]

A puzzle solver that's also a crypto expert ("knowing how encryption algorithm works") is definitely gonna break the next puzzle! Especially given that he's been in BOTH the IT and "technology" areas for a lifetime! That makes me wonder what the hell "IT" stands for. Maybe he played in the movie, who knows.

In other news, calling someone idiot every couple of posts (as his posts history shows) isn't exactly calling for respect, does it?

https://asktom.cf/index.php?topic=1306983.msg65297138#msg65297138

Still waiting for those apologies, bib, and then I can safely ignore you (e.g. bring back the respect you're asking for up, from minus infinity to none).

[bibilgin]

empty texts... bla bla..

Now, let everyone read these posts. Let's see whose fault it is, and then decide who should remain silent.

https://asktom.cf/index.php?topic=1306983.msg65141317#msg65141317

In the message above -

1- You said I couldn't do it with the hardware I had, that it wasn't possible, and even said I was trolling in subsequent messages, using a bunch of insults.

2- Not understanding what you're talking about, making you sound STUPID, DUMB, and IMPOSTER. As I've mentioned in previous messages, "My English isn't very good."

https://asktom.cf/index.php?topic=1306983.msg65144440#msg65144440

In your message here, you said, "I apologize, but blah blah blah..."

What you're talking about is bit matching. I said it was 132 bits.

I saw the result was wrong. Yes, 133 bits.

You expected me to apologize for giving you a wrong result. (Have many of my friends done this? Did you say that those who don't know the answer to a question should apologize?)

Meaning "YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING," "IT'S IMPOSSIBLE," "IT'S NOT POSSIBLE."
(This proves your ego.) - IT MAKE A PERSON APOLOGIZE.

For a question, the results of "COULD BE," "ERROR," "WRONG," or "TRUE" don't warrant an apology.

Or did you apologize to your friends who understood you when you were in school for wrong answers or questions you didn't understand?

That's the gist of it, everyone.

Now, is it EGO? Is it misinformation? You decide.

[optioncmdPR]

Im on the fence as to how the puzzles were created  because on one " consecutive keys from a deterministic wallet" doesnt necessarily mean bip32, 39, 44, etc. Deterministic by definition can be any algorithem one devises that returns predicted and repeatably the same values. Its just me thinking outside the box, but its not an impossibility. I was also interested in how he represented his name .I mean there may be meaning in the double a, the underscore, and charachter length perhaps metaphorically to sort of programmer math as a hint. IM not anywhere near programmer but I know enough to know that this name may be a "saatoshi_rising" mataphor for "double_float" IEEE 754 precision.
 In addition, for those like me who spend countless hours in blockchain explorers, surely you have noticed that some puzzles  have tons of activity in their associated testnet addresses. In examining ( ISO 8601 encoded )timestamps, fees per byte, inputs, outputs and block hashes, a larger picture showing very obvious clues to its private key becomes obvious.  Now, weather or not this is intentionally done to help those who are clever enough to put it together correctly achieve the prize is unclear. Perhaps its a personal way to keep track for hiumself if he loses the keys. But whatever the reason, something is definately going on there that no one is talking about and that I am bringing light to.  Ive been on this damned thing for 2 years and I just feel like he reveals the first half of the key in blockchain data, and that the second half is meant to bruted. This way is more fair because it is makes oit more feasible to actually solve higher addresses while still remaining difficult enough so that one person cant take everything and leave everyone else pissed/ depressed or whatever.  We have a common interest here, and I for one would like to see it resolved so all everyone who tries hard enough can walk away with a part of the prize.
 -Dont you?

[benjaniah]

...a larger picture showing very obvious clues to its private key becomes obvious..

Can you provide a single example that backs up this statement?

[jeLACOSTE]

Hello! Here is an update with all the ranges and verified private&public keys, is for helping how want to start the game: https://pastebin.com/07uVytn1

https://i.postimg.cc/mZ5qr9wx/Screenshot-2025-10-19-at-03-52-23.png

[Cricktor]

My interpretation is under the assumption that saatoshi_rising did tell the truth. As far as I perceive it, it can't be verified that they're actually the puzzle's creator and if what they stated is correct. If I missed something, I'd be happy to be corrected.

...

How does it matter which determinism was used when it's likely not feasible to crack the determinism?

A simple assumption is the availability of decent wallet software that use deterministic key derivation. The majority use BIP32 derivation. What evidence besides wishful phantasy is there that BIP32 wasn't used?

It doesn't make sense to invent something else when you're not absolutely shure about the security. It's not feasible to attack the wallet's secret entropy and the likely BIP32 seed from range masked disclosed private keys. Why do something else and risking failure which doesn't align with the goal of the puzzle?


What do you think is the purpose of this puzzle where some entity invested ~988 bitcoins to setup the current challenge, raising solution prizes twice by 10-folding amounts?

For me it doesn't make sense to publish any sort of hints for what the puzzle stands for. Of course, YMMV.

As already benjaniah asked: any concrete examples of what you're phantasizing about? Examples in Testnet?

You already wrote earlier about "mirrored bits" in the private keys, couldn't provide any solid evidence for this claim and I'm sceptical that your new claim is just another waste of time for anybody here.