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Bitcoin Puzzle record

Bitcoin Puzzle #39

found · spent

3.9 BTC nominal238 candidate keys

Where it sits on the line

Puzzles #27–#51: search work One column per puzzle; height is the base-2 logarithm of the search steps. Puzzle #39 is highlighted. The line sits at 2^69. #27 · 2^26 #28 · 2^27 #29 · 2^28 #30 · 2^29 #31 · 2^30 #32 · 2^31 #33 · 2^32 #34 · 2^33 #35 · 2^34 #36 · 2^35 #37 · 2^36 #38 · 2^37 #39 · 2^38 #40 · 2^39 #41 · 2^40 #42 · 2^41 #43 · 2^42 #44 · 2^43 #45 · 2^44 #46 · 2^45 #47 · 2^46 #48 · 2^47 #49 · 2^48 #50 · 2^49 #51 · 2^50
  • found
  • open · address only
  • open · public key on chain
  • the line · 269

This puzzle needs about 238 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
122AJhKLEfkFBaGAd84pLp1kfE7xK3GdT8
mempool.space Blockstream
Known public key
022d77cd1467019a6bf28f7375d0949ce30e6b5815c2758b98a74c2700bc006543
HASH160
0b304f2a79a027270276533fe1ed4eff30910876
Search class
historical
The output has been spent. Dates and labels are catalog attributions, not audited identities.
Candidate interval
238 → 239 − 1
start0x4000000000
end0x7fffffffff
Interval size274877906944 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
339854
Evidence
On-chain
Catalog label
1LXyBa
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: 17.77%

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.

0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000004b5f8303e9

Method

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