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So someone stole the prize and left some sort of calling card mocking everyone solving bitcoin puzzles?

1Jvv4yWkE9MhbuwGU66666666669sugEF 0.00000001 1YouAreSoDumbLoL666666666667K5aR4 0.00000002 1WhatWereUThinking6666666662wkqq1 0.00000003 1YouDeserveNothing6666666665sbbBC 0.00000004 1YouEpicFaiLure66666666666688GSDA 0.00000005 1BitchAssLoser66666666666669dBUVg 0.00000006 1AndEveryoneELse666666666669Vnc8C 0.00000007 1ThisisALosingGame6666666667HAZdf 0.00000008 1JustGetAReaLJob666666666665vGKVD 0.00000009 1YoureWastingTimeAndMoney664CVExC 0.00000010 1AndCausingCLimateChange6666HK8Qc 0.00000011 13zb1hQbWVsc2S7ZTZnP2G4undNNpdh5so 0.00000012 1Jvv4yWkE9MhbuwGUoqFYzDjRVQHaLWuJd 0.00000013 1FK5PjPNARQmg94n2cNHTo9417kWfXUDBQ 0.00002125



That one is sending money to the address, not taking money from it.


Exactly, the person who swiped the 6.6 BTC reward, uses the same computing power to forge some public keys so he can send a message to the guesser, sending a tiny amount of BTC to the guesser in the process.


from the peanut gallery it is impossible to differentiate organizer vs thief, the organizer did invest the money to host the prize, but not the critical thinking to organize a convincing prize?




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