INVESTIGATIVE DOSSIER · RESEARCHED 03 OCT 2026
BITCOIN PUZZLE #1 · 1-BIT · PRE-USED

Bitcoin Puzzle #1

A 1-bit key is trivial, and this address was already in use before the puzzle was funded, so its emptying is not counted as a solve.

About puzzle #1

The first two puzzles have private keys 1 and 3. Both addresses existed on chain before January 2015, so the puzzle record starts at #3.

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