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probably discussed in the bitcointalk thread, but how do we know it's not just the creator of the puzzle reclaiming his own bitcoin?
by rboyd 2y ago
probably discussed in the bitcointalk thread, but how do we know it's not just the creator of the puzzle reclaiming his own bitcoin?
- altairprime 2y agoBy what means might you prove or disprove this theory?
- stonegray 2y agoHaving the the solver post all 2^66 -2 incorrect private keys would prove that they solved it fairly and had no prior knowledge of the key. You'd just need to download the 6,505,548 TB list of keys and re-derive the public key for each to check that they're valid; unfortunately it would take in the ballpark of a kiloyear of compute time assuming you have 3x RTX 3090s.
- daedrdev 2y agoIt got stolen from the original solver by someone who noticed the transaction and posted a bigger fee