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Bitcoin Puzzle record

Bitcoin Puzzle #53

found · spent

5.3 BTC nominal252 candidate keys

Where it sits on the line

Puzzles #41–#65: search work One column per puzzle; height is the base-2 logarithm of the search steps. Puzzle #53 is highlighted. The line sits at 2^69. #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 #63 · 2^62 #64 · 2^63 #65 · 2^33
  • found
  • open · address only
  • open · public key on chain
  • the line · 269

This puzzle needs about 252 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
15K1YKJMiJ4fpesTVUcByoz334rHmknxmT
mempool.space Blockstream
Known public key
020faaf5f3afe58300a335874c80681cf66933e2a7aeb28387c0d28bb048bc6349
HASH160
2f4870ef54fa4b048c1365d42594cc7d3d269551
Search class
historical
The output has been spent. Dates and labels are catalog attributions, not audited identities.
Candidate interval
252 → 253 − 1
start0x10000000000000
end0x1fffffffffffff
Interval size4503599627370496 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
483532
Evidence
On-chain
Catalog label
LBC
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: 50.18%

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.

00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000180788e47e326c

Mentioned in the atlas

Where #53 comes up in the room pages. rooms 3 · mentions 4

History
Theories
Sources

Method

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