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Bitcoin Puzzle record

Bitcoin Puzzle #139

open · address only

13.9 BTC nominal2138 candidate keys

Where it sits on the line

Puzzles #127–#151: search work One column per puzzle; height is the base-2 logarithm of the search steps. Puzzle #139 is highlighted. The line sits at 2^69. #127 · 2^126 #128 · 2^127 #129 · 2^128 #130 · 2^65.5 #131 · 2^130 #132 · 2^131 #133 · 2^132 #134 · 2^133 #135 · 2^68 #136 · 2^135 #137 · 2^136 #138 · 2^137 #139 · 2^138 #140 · 2^70.5 #141 · 2^140 #142 · 2^141 #143 · 2^142 #144 · 2^143 #145 · 2^73 #146 · 2^145 #147 · 2^146 #148 · 2^147 #149 · 2^148 #150 · 2^75.5 #151 · 2^150
  • found
  • open · address only
  • open · public key on chain
  • the line · 269

This puzzle needs about 2138 search steps — above the line (269).

No puzzle above the line has been found yet.

Model: range scan. Every candidate key in the interval is hashed and compared with the address.

How the work is estimated

Record

P2PKH address
1Fz63c775VV9fNyj25d9Xfw3YHE6sKCxbt
mempool.space Blockstream
HASH160
a45dae9cd5d3fde21e5aa9a95367d107267b3b8a
Search class
address-only
No public key on record: the only route is to hash candidate keys and compare them with the address (HASH160).
Candidate interval
2138 → 2139 − 1
start0x40000000000000000000000000000000000
end0x7ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
Interval size348449143727040986586495598010130648530944 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.

Method

Without a catalogued public key the work is sequential HASH160 comparison across the interval, so it grows with the interval size.