Solved
Bitcoin puzzle #34
Bitcoin puzzle #34 has been solved. Its private key is 34a65911d. The address originally held 0.03 BTC, which was swept by whoever found the key first.
Puzzle #34 at a glance
- Total received
- 0.034 BTC
- Balance now
- 0.0 BTC
- Address
- 1PWABE7oUahG2AFFQhhvViQovnCr4rEv7Q
- HASH160
- f6d67d7983bf70450f295c9cb828daab265f1bfa
- Range start
- 200000000
- Range end
- 3ffffffff
- Bit length
- 34-bit
- Keys in range
- 8,589,934,592 (8589934592)
- Transactions
- 2
The solved key
- Private key
- 34a65911d
- Decimal
- 14133072157
- WIF
- KwDiBf89QgGbjEhKnhXJuH7LrciVrZi3qYjgd9MJaAKqns7PN9Ra
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 #34 — common questions
How many private keys does Bitcoin puzzle #34 contain?
Puzzle #34 spans the range 2^33 to 2^34−1, which is exactly 8,589,934,592 private keys — twice as many as puzzle #33.
How long would it take to solve Bitcoin puzzle #34?
An eight-core machine running this browser solver at four million keys per second would need about 36 minutes 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 #34 worth?
The address was swept when it was solved, so there is no claimable reward now. It originally received 0.034 BTC.
Is Bitcoin puzzle #34 solved?
Yes. Its private key is 34a65911d in hexadecimal, or KwDiBf89QgGbjEhKnhXJuH7LrciVrZi3qYjgd9MJaAKqns7PN9Ra in WIF format. The balance was spent once the key became known.
What is the key range for puzzle #34?
From 200000000 to 3ffffffff in hexadecimal. The address is 1PWABE7oUahG2AFFQhhvViQovnCr4rEv7Q and its HASH160 is f6d67d7983bf70450f295c9cb828daab265f1bfa.