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Bitcoin Puzzle record

Bitcoin Puzzle #88

open · address only

8.8 BTC nominal287 candidate keys

Where it sits on the line

Puzzles #76–#100: search work One column per puzzle; height is the base-2 logarithm of the search steps. Puzzle #88 is highlighted. The line sits at 2^69. #76 · 2^75 #77 · 2^76 #78 · 2^77 #79 · 2^78 #80 · 2^40.5 #81 · 2^80 #82 · 2^81 #83 · 2^82 #84 · 2^83 #85 · 2^43 #86 · 2^85 #87 · 2^86 #88 · 2^87 #89 · 2^88 #90 · 2^45.5 #91 · 2^90 #92 · 2^91 #93 · 2^92 #94 · 2^93 #95 · 2^48 #96 · 2^95 #97 · 2^96 #98 · 2^97 #99 · 2^98 #100 · 2^50.5
  • found
  • open · address only
  • open · public key on chain
  • the line · 269

This puzzle needs about 287 search steps — above the line (269).

No puzzle above the line has been found yet.

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

How the work is estimated

Record

P2PKH address
16AbnZjZZipwHMkYKBSfswGWKDmXHjEpSf
mempool.space Blockstream
HASH160
38a968fdfb457654c51bcfc4f9174d6ee487bb41
Search class
address-only
No public key on record: the only route is to hash candidate keys and compare them with the address (HASH160).
Candidate interval
287 → 288 − 1
start0x8000000000000000000000
end0xffffffffffffffffffffff
Interval size154742504910672534362390528 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.

Method

Without a catalogued public key the work is sequential HASH160 comparison across the interval, so it grows with the interval size.