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Bitcoin Puzzle record

Bitcoin Puzzle #149

open · address only

14.9 BTC nominal2148 candidate keys

Where it sits on the line

Puzzles #136–#160: search work One column per puzzle; height is the base-2 logarithm of the search steps. Puzzle #149 is highlighted. The line sits at 2^69. #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 #152 · 2^151 #153 · 2^152 #154 · 2^153 #155 · 2^78 #156 · 2^155 #157 · 2^156 #158 · 2^157 #159 · 2^158 #160 · 2^80.5
  • found
  • open · address only
  • open · public key on chain
  • the line · 269

This puzzle needs about 2148 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
1CXvTzR6qv8wJ7eprzUKeWxyGcHwDYP1i2
mempool.space Blockstream
HASH160
7e827e3b90da24c2a15f7b67e3bbece39955a5d0
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
2148 → 2149 − 1
start0x10000000000000000000000000000000000000
end0x1fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
Interval size356811923176489970264571492362373784095686656 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.