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		lmz on Sept 15, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bitcoin puzzle #66 was solved: 6.6 BTC (~$400k) wi... That one is sending money to the address, not taking money from it.

pushedx on Sept 16, 2024 [–]

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.

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