INVESTIGATIVE DOSSIER · RESEARCHED 03 OCT 2026
BITCOIN PUZZLE #139 · 139-BIT · OPEN

Bitcoin Puzzle #139

Still unsolved. The private key for this puzzle is an integer between 2^138 and 2^139 − 1, and whoever finds it can sweep 13.90000000 BTC from 1Fz63c775VV9fNyj25d9Xfw3YHE6sKCxbt.

How to attempt Bitcoin puzzle #139

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 2^137 tests, about 1.74e+41. A single high-end GPU running BitCrack or keyhunt manages roughly a billion tests per second.

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