INVESTIGATIVE DOSSIER · RESEARCHED 03 OCT 2026
BITCOIN PUZZLE #124 · 124-BIT · OPEN

Bitcoin Puzzle #124

Still unsolved. The private key for this puzzle is an integer between 2^123 and 2^124 − 1, and whoever finds it can sweep 12.40000000 BTC from 1BkkGsX9ZM6iwL3zbqs7HWBV7SvosR6m8N.

How to attempt Bitcoin puzzle #124

Only the address is known, so a solver has to walk the interval: multiply the secp256k1 generator by each candidate key, hash the compressed public key with SHA-256 and RIPEMD-160, and compare with the address’s hash160. On average that is 2^122 tests, about 5.32e+36. A single high-end GPU running BitCrack or keyhunt manages roughly a billion tests per second.

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