Bitcoin puzzle uses Genesis Block data
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- An unidentified Bitcoin user embedded a 255-byte puzzle message in block 963,629.
- The message claims a wallet was created using public data from Bitcoin’s Genesis Block.
- The creator says the wallet has very low randomness, but no solution has been verified.
An unidentified Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) user embedded a 255-byte puzzle message in block 963,629 on 22 August.
The message claims the wallet was created using information from Bitcoin’s Genesis Block, mined by Satoshi Nakamoto.
“I made a Bitcoin puzzle using information contained in the genesis block created by Satoshi to generate the wallet,” the anonymous creator wrote in an on-chain message.
The creator also claimed the wallet’s randomness was “extremely low”, but gave no derivation method or private key.
Galaxy Research identified the transaction, which was mined by Foundry USA at about 19:45 UTC on 22 August.
The transaction was 500 bytes and paid a 250-satoshi fee, while its message used Bitcoin’s OP_RETURN data field.
No verified evidence shows the puzzle has been solved or that its associated wallet has moved funds, leaving the claim unconfirmed.
At the time of reporting, Bitcoin price was $77,576.10.
