I'm not opposed to LLM-generated code at all, but the such obviously LLM-written README is annoying. The style is so easy to spot. At least try to figure out how to prompt it to not write so obviously like an LLM. (And no, I'm not even referring to the em dashes.)
>At one spin per millisecond (faster than this app runs), you'd expect a hit roughly once per 1.7 × 10⁶² years — about 10⁵² times the current age of the universe. The heat death of the universe occurs first
Alright! Now there’s only the heat death of the universe standing between me and massive wealth? I like these odds.
I got a couple of hits by pressing command-R _really_, _really_ fast. But transferring from Nakamoto's wallet feels a bit like fucking with the first bootprints in the lunar regolith.
I made a similar concept, but it wasn't self hosted. I never made the front page though! Congrats. Could you add a video of the experience to GitHub. Without that I wasn't willing to download and give it a go
No reason to--no one will hit.
You have much much much chance at guessing a random number that solves the next bitcoin block and mining the old fashioned way.
Let's see...2^241 or so possible 256 bit numbers, so that's 256 * 2^241, so that's....10^50 yottabytes. Obviously we're gonna need cloud storage for all this, so let's say that's about 2 cents per gigabyte/month, so that's...2.2614 × 10^63 dollars per month?
Actually, why does the site list the odds as ~1 in 5.27 × 10⁷²? That's 2^241, but it's picking random 256 bit numbers. Is it because there are so many valid hits?
Why wouldn't the host just send themselves the key first and then have everyone pull slot machine for them. If you do win it, you are not seeing a penny if you roll from that site.
Generally agree that most services like this would at a minimum log a matching key w/ alert. I'm not going to audit the code but maybe OP has good intentions.
I'm not opposed to LLM-generated code at all, but the such obviously LLM-written README is annoying. The style is so easy to spot. At least try to figure out how to prompt it to not write so obviously like an LLM. (And no, I'm not even referring to the em dashes.)
>At one spin per millisecond (faster than this app runs), you'd expect a hit roughly once per 1.7 × 10⁶² years — about 10⁵² times the current age of the universe. The heat death of the universe occurs first
Alright! Now there’s only the heat death of the universe standing between me and massive wealth? I like these odds.
I don't get it. That wasn't hard. What do I do with the key now that I have it?
Nothing much, since quantum supremacy will drive all coins to zero, but it is a biohazard.
Email it to me and I'll safely dispose of it for you at a responsible E-waste site.
Same here. I guess "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx12345" made it easy for Satoshi to remember, though.
Post it on here. We'll all help you out.
The honest thing to do is to return the key you found to its owner Satoshi Nakamoto.
99% of gamblers quit before they win big. In this case, really big. I am going to be the 1%. Or should that be the 1.9e-71%.
I dunno if I'm missing something, but I can't see the actual guessed key anywhere on the site?
So if I win, I won't be able to actually claim the Mooney's?
The key shows up if you win, you can simulate it by adding ?devwin=1 to the URL.
Oh. That makes sense I guess.
I don't think it'll ever show for reals
Quick question - why hasn't someone 51 percent attacked Satoshi's wallets?
Estimated cost of a 51% attack on Bitcoin, if no one is cooperating, is $6 billion to $10 billion.
Surely the cost goes down if they get some big players to cooperate.
And the reward is... $83 billion. Basically 10x your money.
I mean, this is the kind of thing that we could sell bonds for, to raise the $6 to $10 billion needed.
Other than the fact that you'd be de-legitimizing BTC, the very thing you're trying to steal. Or morals - them, too. Other than that?
A better project would be to take the exact key generation function at the time Satoshi started it and mine possible PRNG parameters.
I got a couple of hits by pressing command-R _really_, _really_ fast. But transferring from Nakamoto's wallet feels a bit like fucking with the first bootprints in the lunar regolith.
There's also the Large Bitcoin Collider. Last time coins were recovered was 9 years ago. https://lbc.cryptoguru.org/about
I made a similar concept, but it wasn't self hosted. I never made the front page though! Congrats. Could you add a video of the experience to GitHub. Without that I wasn't willing to download and give it a go
Question is does the dev sneak in some secret notification code if someone hits it?
No reason to--no one will hit. You have much much much chance at guessing a random number that solves the next bitcoin block and mining the old fashioned way.
What's really fun is that, if you win and do anything about it, Bitcoin's value immediately crashes.
Yes, but I think it'll back up within a year. It's crazy.
can use collaborated list to remove the random numbers that failed already.
That's gonna be a nice storage bill!
Let's see...2^241 or so possible 256 bit numbers, so that's 256 * 2^241, so that's....10^50 yottabytes. Obviously we're gonna need cloud storage for all this, so let's say that's about 2 cents per gigabyte/month, so that's...2.2614 × 10^63 dollars per month?
Actually, why does the site list the odds as ~1 in 5.27 × 10⁷²? That's 2^241, but it's picking random 256 bit numbers. Is it because there are so many valid hits?
Hmm, maybe this can help me win the Monopoly Lottery :)
This is really fun, I like it a lot. It's great that it's all client-side, real, and does exactly what it says.
https://keys.lol is just as fun.
Why wouldn't the host just send themselves the key first and then have everyone pull slot machine for them. If you do win it, you are not seeing a penny if you roll from that site.
There's no realistic chance it'll be correct anyway
Not with that attitude it won’t
Yeah, people really have no faith.
Generally agree that most services like this would at a minimum log a matching key w/ alert. I'm not going to audit the code but maybe OP has good intentions.
what does it mean Loaded 21954 wallets ?
maybe some quantum algo can guess every key at once.
lol. It's fun. Not that I could ever guess it right realistically but it's fun.
This kind of fun thing's exactly why I'm on the internet. Thanks for sharing! :D