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Bitcoin Puzzle record

Bitcoin Puzzle #50

found · spent

5 BTC nominal249 candidate keys

Where it sits on the line

Puzzles #38–#62: search work One column per puzzle; height is the base-2 logarithm of the search steps. Puzzle #50 is highlighted. The line sits at 2^69. #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 #52 · 2^51 #53 · 2^52 #54 · 2^53 #55 · 2^54 #56 · 2^55 #57 · 2^56 #58 · 2^57 #59 · 2^58 #60 · 2^59 #61 · 2^60 #62 · 2^61
  • found
  • open · address only
  • open · public key on chain
  • the line · 269

This puzzle needs about 249 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
1MEzite4ReNuWaL5Ds17ePKt2dCxWEofwk
mempool.space Blockstream
Known public key
03f46f41027bbf44fafd6b059091b900dad41e6845b2241dc3254c7cdd3c5a16c6
HASH160
de081b76f840e462fa2cdf360173dfaf4a976a47
Search class
historical
The output has been spent. Dates and labels are catalog attributions, not audited identities.
Candidate interval
249 → 250 − 1
start0x2000000000000
end0x3ffffffffffff
Interval size562949953421312 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
372569
Evidence
On-chain
Catalog label
15L3Hy
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: 8.56%

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.

00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000022bd43c2e9354

Method

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