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Bitcoin Puzzle record

Bitcoin Puzzle #17

found · spent

1.7 BTC nominal216 candidate keys

Where it sits on the line

Puzzles #5–#29: search work One column per puzzle; height is the base-2 logarithm of the search steps. Puzzle #17 is highlighted. The line sits at 2^69. #5 · 2^4 #6 · 2^5 #7 · 2^6 #8 · 2^7 #9 · 2^8 #10 · 2^9 #11 · 2^10 #12 · 2^11 #13 · 2^12 #14 · 2^13 #15 · 2^14 #16 · 2^15 #17 · 2^16 #18 · 2^17 #19 · 2^18 #20 · 2^19 #21 · 2^20 #22 · 2^21 #23 · 2^22 #24 · 2^23 #25 · 2^24 #26 · 2^25 #27 · 2^26 #28 · 2^27 #29 · 2^28
  • found
  • open · address only
  • open · public key on chain
  • the line · 269

This puzzle needs about 216 search steps — below the line (269).

Every puzzle below the line has been found.

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

How the work is estimated

Record

P2PKH address
1HduPEXZRdG26SUT5Yk83mLkPyjnZuJ7Bm
mempool.space Blockstream
Known public key
033f688bae8321b8e02b7e6c0a55c2515fb25ab97d85fda842449f7bfa04e128c3
HASH160
b67cb6edeabc0c8b927c9ea327628e7aa63e2d52
Search class
historical
The output has been spent. Dates and labels are catalog attributions, not audited identities.
Candidate interval
216 → 217 − 1
start0x10000
end0x1ffff
Interval size65536 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
339085
Evidence
On-chain
Catalog label
1NjGUd
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: 46.21%

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.

000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001764f

Method

Historical record. Method notes for open puzzles live on the method page.