Bitcoin Puzzle record
Bitcoin Puzzle #115
Where it sits on the line
- found
- open · address only
- open · public key on chain
- the line · 269
This puzzle needs about 258 search steps — below the line (269).
Every puzzle below the line has been found.
Model: kangaroo. The public key has been on chain since 2019, so the square-root shortcut applies: about 2 × 2(N−1)/2 group operations.
How the work is estimatedRecord
- Known public key
- 0248d313b0398d4923cdca73b8cfa6532b91b96703902fc8b32fd438a3b7cd7f55
- HASH160
- ea0f2b7576bd098921fce9bfebe37f6383e639a4
- Search class
- historical
- The output has been spent. Dates and labels are catalog attributions, not audited identities.
- Candidate interval
- 2114 → 2115 − 1
- start0x40000000000000000000000000000
- end0x7ffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
- Interval size20769187434139310514121985316880384 scalars. Exact BigInt bounds, not a floating estimate.
Snapshot 2 Oct 2026. The reward is the catalog's nominal allocation (N × 0.1 convention from 2023-04-16; earlier spends predate it), not a live balance. A key that matches the address proves the math, not that the coins are still there: check an explorer. Missing fields are omitted, not invented.
Solution record
- Catalog date
- Block
- 634986
- Evidence
- On-chain
- Catalog label
- zielar
- A spend proves key control, not a forum identity.
- Transactions
- mempool.space tx Solve transaction · Blockstream
Where the key sat in its range
Published position in range: 51.49%
0% · start of rangeend of range · 100%
Published historical scalar (already public)
This hex scalar is already in the public puzzle corpus. It is historical evidence, not a live key to import. This page does not produce WIF and does not handle secret material.
0000000000000000000000000000000000060f4d11574f5deee49961d9609ac6
Mentioned in the atlas
Where #115 comes up in the room pages. rooms 1 · mentions 1
Method
Historical record. Method notes for open puzzles live on the method page.