Puzzle List

What is Bitcoin puzzle?

The puzzle emerged with a Bitcoin transfer made by someone in 2015. In this transfer process, Bitcoin was increasingly transferred to certain addresses, according to a certain rule. The amount of BTC in the transfer transaction was increased by a certain percentage at each address. The private keys of these addresses are created according to a certain rule. You can see this in the list above. You can examine all puzzles, both solved and waiting to be solved.

For example, there should be only one private key for puzzle #1. When we moved on to the next puzzle #2, both the BTC amount and the private key containing this address were x2 times harder than puzzle #1. This difficulty increases with each subsequent puzzle, and the number of the puzzle gives a clue to how many bits the private key of the relevant address contains. This means that whenever you go to the next puzzle, it always contains twice as many addresses as the previous one.

The easiest puzzle to solve right now is puzzle #66. But even this has not been found yet. When this website was founded the puzzle reward was 0.66 BTC for example #66. However, recently the prize amounts were increased by x10 (by the puzzle creator or someone else) to 6.6 BTC.

So what is the purpose of this puzzle?

Although the purpose of this puzzle is known as "fun" by its creator, it is actually proof of how reliable Bitcoin is today. While any ordinary Bitcoin private key is 256 bits, no one has found the easiest puzzle, a 66-bit private key, for years. You can also think like this. Even when you move on to the next puzzle, the 67-bit puzzle, you can see that it is x2 times more difficult than the previous puzzle.

A great event that proves the reliability of Bitcoin and the Blockchain system (at least for today). We owe a debt of gratitude to the puzzle creator.

How can I solve a puzzle?

There are many methods for this. If you wish, you can work on the puzzle alone or in any pool. The important point here is to find the private key of the given address. Once you find the private key, you can now claim your reward. This scanning process is done with graphics cards and processors.

It can be thought of in mining logic. The first person to find the given wallet address within the given range can claim the entire reward for themselves. (This may also be called sweeping.) btcpuzzle.info is a solo pool and there are a group of people trying to solve puzzles. You can also enter the puzzle world by joining the pool.