Bitcoin Puzzle record
Bitcoin Puzzle #21
Where it sits on the line
- found
- open · address only
- open · public key on chain
- the line · 269
This puzzle needs about 220 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 estimatedRecord
- Known public key
- 031a746c78f72754e0be046186df8a20cdce5c79b2eda76013c647af08d306e49e
- HASH160
- 29a78213caa9eea824acf08022ab9dfc83414f56
- Search class
- historical
- The output has been spent. Dates and labels are catalog attributions, not audited identities.
- Candidate interval
- 220 → 221 − 1
- start0x100000
- end0x1fffff
- Interval size1048576 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
- 339090
- Evidence
- On-chain
- Catalog label
- 1aaRgu
- 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: 72.78%
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.
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001ba534
Method
Historical record. Method notes for open puzzles live on the method page.