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A few solved, with payout proofs.",null,"Python",153,55,107,2,0,25,10,60.24,"Other",false,"main",true,[],"2026-08-24 04:01:23","# open-crypto-puzzles\n\nSomeone hides a crypto wallet inside a puzzle, publishes the address, and dares the internet\nto solve it and keep what is in it. These are real, still unsolved, and the coins are sitting\non-chain right now.\n\n## Still unsolved, sitting on-chain\n\n![Donut chart of where the unsolved prize money sits, biggest prizes first](assets\u002Fprize-map.png)\n\n*The biggest unsolved prizes on-chain right now. Regenerated from the manifests by `tools\u002Ffig_readme_totals.py`.*\n\n\u003C!-- totals:start -->\n| Asset | Locked in unsolved puzzles | Approx. value |\n|---|---|---|\n| Bitcoin | 9.71 BTC | $612,000 |\n| Ethereum | 13.21 ETH | $25,000 |\n| Arweave | 1,900 AR | $3,400 |\n| Stablecoins | 306 USDT + 0 USDC | $300 |\n| **Total** | **across 31 funded puzzles** | **$641,000** |\n\nChecked 2026-08-16 at BTC $63,000, ETH $1,880, AR $1.81. Prices and balances move; verify each escrow yourself.\n\u003C!-- totals:end -->\n\nI am floflo777. I worked about 40 of these and solved a few (0.5 ETH and about 0.01 BTC).\nThis is my research on the rest: for every puzzle, the address, the author's clues, what I\ntried, and where I got stuck. Pick one and keep going.\n\n## How to read this repository\n\n1. Pick a tier below. Prizes are grouped by USD value at the snapshot date.\n2. Open the puzzle folder. `README.md` is the whole story: clues, mechanism, tested, leads.\n3. Before any effort, re-check the escrow yourself: click the explorer link in \"At a glance\"\n   or read [docs\u002Fverify-funding.md](docs\u002Fverify-funding.md). The chain is the truth, not this file.\n4. `analysis\u002Ftested.md` is what not to redo. `analysis\u002Fleads.md` is where to start.\n5. If you solve one: sweep first, then tell people. See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md).\n\n## How to use it with an AI agent\n\nPoint your agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, or any other) at [AGENTS.md](AGENTS.md). It\ncontains the rules and a starter prompt. The machine-readable index is\n[puzzles.json](puzzles.json); each folder has a `puzzle.json` and, when the derivation is\nknown, `tools\u002Foracle.py --selftest`.\n\n## Engines\n\nThe GPU and CPU bruteforce engines I use on these puzzles are in [engines\u002F](engines\u002F): a\nchecksum-aware BIP39 seed and passphrase kernel (about 790k derivations\u002Fs), a brainwallet\n`SHA256 -> secp256k1 -> hash160` kernel (about 9.3M keys\u002Fs), an Electrum v1 old-seed engine,\nand two Arweave key-stretch engines. They ship as CUDA source plus Python host drivers with\nself-tests; build them with `engines\u002Fbuild.sh` (nvcc), then point one at a puzzle's target.\nSee [engines\u002FREADME.md](engines\u002FREADME.md).\n\n## Start here: twelve to look at first\n\nIf you do not know where to begin, these twelve are the clearest to pick up. The full list,\ngrouped by prize, is in the tables below.\n\n| Puzzle | Prize | Why it is a good place to start |\n|---|---|---|\n| [Keir Finlow-Bates: book treasure hunt](2-mid-prizes\u002Fkeir-finlow-bates-blockchain-book-600ksats\u002F) | 600,000 sats open, 4 lots solved | I solved 4 of its 12 lots; the write-ups show exactly how the author hides a key, which is the strongest lead for the 3 still open. |\n| [Corey Phillips: kitten passphrase](2-mid-prizes\u002Fcorey-phillips-kitten-passphrase-1msats\u002F) | 0.01 BTC | The seed is fixed and public; only one BIP39 passphrase is missing. A clean, bounded target to point a tool at. |\n| [Keysa: Crack the Seed](2-mid-prizes\u002Fkeysa-crack-the-seed-369ksats\u002F) | 369,369 sats | Seventy words are printed on a card; twelve of them are the seed. The whole puzzle is picking the right twelve in the right order. |\n| [GSMG.io puzzle](1-big-prizes\u002Fgsmg-io-5btc-puzzle\u002F) | up to 5 BTC | A famous multi-stage hunt; every stage but the last is solved. The final gate is two sealed AES blobs. |\n| [Guntis Vitolins MetaMask seed](1-big-prizes\u002Fguntis-vitolins-metamask-8-6eth\u002F) | 8.61 ETH | The largest prize here. A 12-word seed scattered across the author's own clues. |\n| [Ballet \u002F Bobby Lee cards](1-big-prizes\u002Fballet-bobby-lee-2btc-cards\u002F) | 2 BTC | Two physical Ballet cards, 1 BTC each. Each needs one hidden half that was never photographed. |\n| [Aoi Nakamoto Quizchain](1-big-prizes\u002Faoi-nakamoto-quizchain-0-854btc\u002F) | 0.854 BTC | The key comes from a Wattpad chapter run through MD5. The rule is certified on a solved sibling block. |\n| [BLM collage seed](1-big-prizes\u002Fblm-brave-new-world-0-2btc\u002F) | 0.2 BTC | A whole seed hidden inside one large collage image: runes, micro-text, a clock. |\n| [Arweave Puzzle #11](2-mid-prizes\u002Farweave-puzzle-11-1eth\u002F) | 1 ETH | A single grayscale sketch that encodes a raw 64-hex private key. |\n| [LogicBeach: Powerful Moss](2-mid-prizes\u002Flogicbeach-powerful-moss-0-54eth\u002F) | 0.55 ETH | A 12-word seed spread across the 12 tracks of an album. The artist's two earlier hunts really paid out. |\n| [Smith, Lyle & Moore Hunt #2](2-mid-prizes\u002Fsmith-lyle-moore-hunt-2-0-032btc\u002F) | 0.032 BTC | A tree of password-locked web pages; each page you open hands you a fragment of the seed. |\n| [Bitcoin Movie Enigma](3-small-prizes\u002Fbitcoin-movie-enigma-100ksats\u002F) | 100,000 sats | Thirty-four film stills become 24 words. Small prize, quick to check once you name the films. |\n\n\u003C!-- generated:start -->\n## Big prizes (>= $10,000)\n| Puzzle | Prize | USD | Chain | Type | What remains | Escrow checked | Status |\n|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|\n| [GSMG.io Puzzle](1-big-prizes\u002Fgsmg-io-5btc-puzzle\u002F) | 5.0068982 BTC | 315,435 | bitcoin | text-cipher, pixel-code, web-tree, raw-private-key | insight | 2026-08-16 | open |\n| [Ballet \u002F Bobby Lee: Take Bobby's Bitcoin](1-big-prizes\u002Fballet-bobby-lee-2btc-cards\u002F) | 2.00007358 BTC | 126,005 | bitcoin | bip38, physical-object | external-info | 2026-08-16 | open |\n| [Bitaps Shamir Secret Sharing Challenge](1-big-prizes\u002Fbitaps-shamir-challenge-1btc\u002F) | 1.00016775 BTC | 63,011 | bitcoin | shamir, bip39-seed | external-info | 2026-08-16 | open |\n| [Aoi Nakamoto Quizchain](1-big-prizes\u002Faoi-nakamoto-quizchain-0-854btc\u002F) | 0.777 BTC | 48,951 | bitcoin | bip39-seed, word-selection | external-info | 2026-08-21 | open |\n| [Peter Todd Hash Collision Bounties](1-big-prizes\u002Fpeter-todd-hash-collision-bounties-0-59btc\u002F) | 0.59364885 BTC | 37,400 | bitcoin | hash-collision | research-breakthrough | 2026-08-16 | watch |\n| [Guntis Vitolins: 10 ETH Challenge](1-big-prizes\u002Fguntis-vitolins-metamask-8-6eth\u002F) | 8.612541554256945 ETH | 16,192 | ethereum | bip39-seed, word-selection, video-series | bounded-compute | 2026-08-16 | open |\n| [BLM Collage: Welcome to the Brave New World](1-big-prizes\u002Fblm-brave-new-world-0-2btc\u002F) | 20,107,284 sats | 12,668 | bitcoin | image-stego, word-selection, bip39-seed, text-cipher | insight | 2026-08-16 | open |\n\n## Mid prizes ($100 to $10,000)\n| Puzzle | Prize | USD | Chain | Type | What remains | Escrow checked | Status |\n|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|\n| [TeikhosBounty: Johan Nygren's Proof-of-Public-Key Puzzles](2-mid-prizes\u002Fteikhos-bipedaljoe-solver-bounties-2eth\u002F) | 2.000006 ETH | 3,760 | ethereum | smart-contract, timelock | external-info | 2026-08-16 | open |\n| [Smith, Lyle & Moore Hunt #2: Glimmer](2-mid-prizes\u002Fsmith-lyle-moore-hunt-2-0-032btc\u002F) | 0.031777 BTC | 2,002 | bitcoin | bip39-seed, password-pages, web-tree | insight | 2026-08-16 | open |\n| [Trithemius: Wealth in Poetry](2-mid-prizes\u002Fwealth-in-poetry-0-03btc\u002F) | 3,124,630 sats | 1,969 | bitcoin | bip39-seed, text-cipher, brainwallet | insight | 2026-08-16 | open |\n| [Arweave Puzzle #11](2-mid-prizes\u002Farweave-puzzle-11-1eth\u002F) | 1 ETH | 1,880 | ethereum | image-stego, pixel-code, raw-private-key | insight | 2026-08-16 | open |\n| [Bountiful: the Fe compiler bug bounty](2-mid-prizes\u002Ffe-lang-bountiful-compiler-bounty-1eth\u002F) | 1 ETH | 1,880 | ethereum | smart-contract, timelock | insight | 2026-08-17 | open |\n| [Arweave Puzzle #3](2-mid-prizes\u002Farweave-puzzle-3-1000ar\u002F) | 1,000.165838006237 AR | 1,810 | arweave | word-selection, text-cipher | insight | 2026-08-16 | open |\n| [LogicBeach: Powerful Moss](2-mid-prizes\u002Flogicbeach-powerful-moss-0-54eth\u002F) | 0.55 ETH | 1,034 | base | image-stego, bip39-seed, word-selection, smart-contract | insight | 2026-08-16 | open |\n| [Arweave Puzzle #10](2-mid-prizes\u002Farweave-puzzle-10-500ar\u002F) | 500.02225493 AR | 905 | arweave | word-selection, text-cipher | insight | 2026-08-16 | open |\n| [Arweave Puzzle Weave #12](2-mid-prizes\u002Farweave-puzzle-12-400ar\u002F) | 400.00248121 AR | 724 | arweave | word-selection, geometry, text-cipher | insight | 2026-08-16 | open |\n| [Wonderabbit: Prometheus](2-mid-prizes\u002Fwonderabbit-prometheus-1msats\u002F) | 1,031,123 sats | 650 | bitcoin | bip39-seed, physical-object, text-cipher | external-info | 2026-08-16 | open |\n| [Corey Phillips: Kitten Passphrase Puzzle](2-mid-prizes\u002Fcorey-phillips-kitten-passphrase-1msats\u002F) | 1,001,900 sats | 631 | bitcoin | bip39-seed, brainwallet | external-info | 2026-08-16 | open |\n| [RushWallet Contest #30](2-mid-prizes\u002Frushwallet-contest-30-1msats\u002F) | 1,000,000 sats | 630 | bitcoin | brainwallet, audio | external-info | 2026-08-16 | open |\n| [School of Bitcoin: 1 Million Sats In This Image](2-mid-prizes\u002Fschool-of-bitcoin-1msats\u002F) | 1,000,000 sats | 630 | bitcoin | bip39-seed, image-stego, password-pages | external-info | 2026-08-16 | open |\n| [AH White: Walking Banks](2-mid-prizes\u002Fah-white-walking-banks-800ksats\u002F) | 800,000 sats | 504 | bitcoin | bip39-seed, book, text-cipher | external-info | 2026-08-16 | open |\n| [Keir Finlow-Bates: Move Over Brokers Treasure Hunt](2-mid-prizes\u002Fkeir-finlow-bates-blockchain-book-600ksats\u002F) | 600,000 sats | 378 | bitcoin | book, brainwallet, text-cipher | human-action | 2026-08-16 | open |\n| [Zden Cryptopuzzle LVL.5](2-mid-prizes\u002Fzden-haluska-lvl5-555ksats\u002F) | 555,550 sats | 350 | bitcoin | geometry, raw-private-key | external-info | 2026-08-16 | open |\n| [FTPK Season 2: Never-Ending](2-mid-prizes\u002Fftpk-season-2-300usdt\u002F) | 305.930218 USDT | 306 | ethereum | bip39-seed, word-selection | insight | 2026-08-16 | open |\n| [Andy Bauch: New Money, COG](2-mid-prizes\u002Fandy-bauch-new-money-cog-428ksats\u002F) | 428,206 sats | 270 | bitcoin | pixel-code, physical-object | external-info | 2026-08-16 | open |\n| [Keysa: Crack the Seed Game](2-mid-prizes\u002Fkeysa-crack-the-seed-369ksats\u002F) | 369,369 sats | 233 | bitcoin | bip39-seed, word-selection | insight | 2026-08-16 | open |\n| [Zden Level HALV](2-mid-prizes\u002Fzden-haluska-halv-312ksats\u002F) | 312,500 sats | 197 | bitcoin | geometry, raw-private-key | external-info | 2026-08-16 | open |\n| [Pindar Van Arman: cryptoArtGAN Act 1 Puzzle](2-mid-prizes\u002Fpindar-van-arman-cryptoartgan-nft\u002F) | 1 NFT |  | ethereum | bip39-seed, word-selection | insight | 2026-08-16 | open |\n\n## Small prizes (\u003C $100)\n| Puzzle | Prize | USD | Chain | Type | What remains | Escrow checked | Status |\n|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|\n| [Crypto Puzzles 2018: Puzzle #2](3-small-prizes\u002Fcrypto-puzzles-2018-puzzle-2-0-05eth\u002F) | 0.05 ETH | 94 | ethereum | raw-private-key, image-stego, video-series | external-info | 2026-08-16 | open |\n| [Bitcoin Movie Enigma](3-small-prizes\u002Fbitcoin-movie-enigma-100ksats\u002F) | 100,000 sats | 63 | bitcoin | bip39-seed, text-cipher, word-selection | insight | 2026-08-16 | open |\n| [Exitonly Bitcoin Challenge 14](3-small-prizes\u002Fexitonly-challenge-14-30ksats\u002F) | 30,000 sats | 18.90 | bitcoin | bip39-seed, word-selection | uneconomic | 2026-08-16 | open |\n\n## Solved and cashed\n| Puzzle | Cashed | Payout tx | Date | Series lesson |\n|---|---|---|---|---|\n| [VeteranHODL: Hunting Time](4-solved\u002Fveteranhodl-hunting-time-420ksats\u002F) | 420000 sats | [d3783a1cde2c491a6edfbead81aeebda90257c8c25b4b0c9b2bac89bc5cd607a](https:\u002F\u002Fmempool.space\u002Ftx\u002Fd3783a1cde2c491a6edfbead81aeebda90257c8c25b4b0c9b2bac89bc5cd607a) | 2026-08-18 | solved by a reader after publication, not by me |\n| [FTPK Season 4: Something in Common](4-solved\u002Fftpk-season-4-166usdc\u002F) | 181 USDC | [0x4c10674a4856cbba9b66543cc027a77e6b3a1ba458085f8fe680d588ffdd8f37](https:\u002F\u002Fetherscan.io\u002Ftx\u002F0x4c10674a4856cbba9b66543cc027a77e6b3a1ba458085f8fe680d588ffdd8f37) | 2026-08-20 | solved by a reader after publication, not by me |\n| [bc1q21 Time-Lock Challenge, Level 5](4-solved\u002Fbc1q21-timelock-challenge-l5-100ksats\u002F) | 99604 sats | [73baf40f668fb221b6b9c934f199a51f7e0ab1f1bb585e07c18a7b3e88dfd7ed](https:\u002F\u002Fmempool.space\u002Ftx\u002F73baf40f668fb221b6b9c934f199a51f7e0ab1f1bb585e07c18a7b3e88dfd7ed) | 2026-07-24 | solved; the claim transaction confirms the answer |\n| [LuckyLurker Seed Riddles](4-solved\u002Fluckylurker-seed-riddles-80ksats\u002F) | 80000 sats | [75e570a5ea243c492e2804916482f046b2392b463c51be15624e6e25a84119f7](https:\u002F\u002Fmempool.space\u002Ftx\u002F75e570a5ea243c492e2804916482f046b2392b463c51be15624e6e25a84119f7) | 2026-08-17 | solved by a reader after publication, not by me |\n| [Dug's Student Treasure Hunt (2025 edition)](4-solved\u002Fdug-student-treasure-hunt-63ksats\u002F) | 59916 sats | [ee70de514686588173b64fc31fc317ae15f1e903c742cc99140d2cf1bb2e8db1](https:\u002F\u002Fmempool.space\u002Ftx\u002Fee70de514686588173b64fc31fc317ae15f1e903c742cc99140d2cf1bb2e8db1) | 2026-08-02 | solved; the payout transaction confirms the answer |\n\u003C!-- generated:end -->\n\nPuzzles that turned out swept, unfunded, custodial, or fake are kept off the lists above, in\n[archive\u002Fdead-ends\u002F](archive\u002Fdead-ends\u002F), for anyone curious about the ones that did not pan out.\n\n## Series\n\n- Arweave puzzles: #3, #10, #11, #12 open; #8 solved by others is the oracle calibration.\n- Zden (crypto.haluska.sk): LVL5 and HALV open; earlier levels solved by others.\n- FTPK: seasons 2 and 4 open; seasons 1 and 3 finished and still playable, used to learn the author's grammar.\n- Finlow-Bates \"Blockchain book\": 12 lots, 3 open, 4 solved by me, 5 by others.\n- Aoi Nakamoto Quizchain: Real Big Block and Block 76 open; Block 77 Stage One reproduced.\n\n## On-chain check policy\n\nEvery address in this repository was checked within 30 days before publication; the date is\nin each table and each `puzzle.json`. Prices and balances move. Run\n`python3 tools\u002Fcheck_escrows.py` for a fresh table, or open the explorer links. If you find a\ndrift, open an issue with the txid.\n\n## Method, in short\n\nOracle first: reproduce a known-good vector before searching. A negative counts only with a\nwitness. A solution is an exact match, character for character. Insight over compute: if a\nrun needs hours, the constraint has not been found yet. Details: [docs\u002Fmethodology.md](docs\u002Fmethodology.md).\n\n## Disclaimer\n\nThese are public puzzles. Each reward was funded and published by the puzzle's own author,\nwho invited the public to solve it and take it. Nothing here targets a third party's wallet,\nlost keys, or private data. Solving one of these puzzles is what the author asked for. I do\nnot guarantee that any escrow is still funded when you read this: check the chain. I am not\naffiliated with any puzzle author. Do not send funds to any address in this repository.\n\n## License and third-party material\n\nText, data tables and illustrations I made: [CC BY 4.0](LICENSE). Code under `tools\u002F` and\n`*\u002Ftools\u002F`: [MIT](LICENSE-CODE). Puzzle images and short quotes remain the property of their\nauthors; they are reproduced as published because they are the challenge itself. Books,\naudiobooks and articles are not reproduced; each folder links to where to find them.\n\n## Contact\n\nX: [@0xFlorent_](https:\u002F\u002Fx.com\u002F0xFlorent_). Issues on this repository for corrections, solves, and new leads.\n","这是一个追踪和研究链上未解加密谜题的开源项目，聚焦于真实存在的悬赏钱包（含约10 BTC、12 ETH及1900 AR等资产），提供每个谜题的托管地址、作者线索、已验证资金状态及作者个人分析记录。项目包含Python实现的GPU\u002FCPU加速破解引擎（支持BIP39、脑钱包、Electrum v1及Arweave密钥派生），并提供结构化数据（puzzles.json）和AI协作指引。适用于密码学爱好者、区块链安全研究者及CTF解谜参与者开展链上悬赏破解实践与协同研究。","2026-08-19 02:30:05","CREATED_QUERY"]