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Bitcoin Puzzle record

Bitcoin Puzzle #96

open · address only

9.6 BTC nominal295 candidate keys

Where it sits on the line

Puzzles #84–#108: search work One column per puzzle; height is the base-2 logarithm of the search steps. Puzzle #96 is highlighted. The line sits at 2^69. #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 #101 · 2^100 #102 · 2^101 #103 · 2^102 #104 · 2^103 #105 · 2^53 #106 · 2^105 #107 · 2^106 #108 · 2^107
  • found
  • open · address only
  • open · public key on chain
  • the line · 269

This puzzle needs about 295 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
15ANYzzCp5BFHcCnVFzXqyibpzgPLWaD8b
mempool.space Blockstream
HASH160
2da63cbd251d23c7b633cb287c09e6cf888b3fe4
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
295 → 296 − 1
start0x800000000000000000000000
end0xffffffffffffffffffffffff
Interval size39614081257132168796771975168 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.