Solved
Bitcoin puzzle #26
Bitcoin puzzle #26 has been solved. Its private key is 340326e. The address originally held 0.03 BTC, which was swept by whoever found the key first.
Puzzle #26 at a glance
- Total received
- 0.026 BTC
- Balance now
- 0.0 BTC
- Address
- 1JVnST957hGztonaWK6FougdtjxzHzRMMg
- HASH160
- bfebb73562d4541b32a02ba664d140b5a574792f
- Range start
- 2000000
- Range end
- 3ffffff
- Bit length
- 26-bit
- Keys in range
- 33,554,432 (33554432)
- Transactions
- 2
The solved key
- Private key
- 340326e
- Decimal
- 54538862
- WIF
- KwDiBf89QgGbjEhKnhXJuH7LrciVrZi3qYjgd9M7tefTXkqGMNis
Verify it yourself: multiply this key by the secp256k1 generator point, compress the resulting public key, and take RIPEMD-160(SHA-256(·)). You get exactly the HASH160 above. This site performs that check on every published key at build time.
Puzzle #26 — common questions
How many private keys does Bitcoin puzzle #26 contain?
Puzzle #26 spans the range 2^25 to 2^26−1, which is exactly 33,554,432 private keys — twice as many as puzzle #25.
How long would it take to solve Bitcoin puzzle #26?
An eight-core machine running this browser solver at four million keys per second would need about 8.4 seconds to sweep the whole range. A pooled GPU cluster reaching one trillion keys per second would need about < 1 seconds.
How much is Bitcoin puzzle #26 worth?
The address was swept when it was solved, so there is no claimable reward now. It originally received 0.026 BTC.
Is Bitcoin puzzle #26 solved?
Yes. Its private key is 340326e in hexadecimal, or KwDiBf89QgGbjEhKnhXJuH7LrciVrZi3qYjgd9M7tefTXkqGMNis in WIF format. The balance was spent once the key became known.
What is the key range for puzzle #26?
From 2000000 to 3ffffff in hexadecimal. The address is 1JVnST957hGztonaWK6FougdtjxzHzRMMg and its HASH160 is bfebb73562d4541b32a02ba664d140b5a574792f.