INVESTIGATIVE DOSSIER · RESEARCHED 03 OCT 2026
BITCOIN PUZZLE #98 · 98-BIT · OPEN

Bitcoin Puzzle #98

Still unsolved. The private key for this puzzle is an integer between 2^97 and 2^98 − 1, and whoever finds it can sweep 9.80000000 BTC from 1CaBVPrwUxbQYYswu32w7Mj4HR4maNoJSX.

How to attempt Bitcoin puzzle #98

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 2^96 tests, about 7.92e+28. A single high-end GPU running BitCrack or keyhunt manages roughly a billion tests per second.

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