I used to be trying on the historical past of BTCPuzzle, and it seems that two wallets that solved the puzzles didn’t obtain their award as a result of it was “intercepted”.
I don’t know what this implies or the way it may probably work. Right here is the hyperlink the place I noticed this.
And right here is the particular textual content:
2024-09-12
Puzzle #66 (6.6 BTC) was solved by 1Jvv4y (tx1) however the unique spending transaction was changed by bc1qpk (tx2) spending solely 5.94 BTC. Lastly, one other tackle 15XVN6 took the remainder of the prize: 0.66 BTC (tx3).
2025-02-21
Puzzle #67 (6.7 BTC) was solved by bc1qfk and the transaction was mined bypassing the general public mempool to keep away from interception as within the case of puzzle #66.
2025-04-06
Puzzle #68 (6.8 BTC) was solved by bc1qfw and the transaction was mined bypassing the general public mempool to keep away from interception as within the case of puzzle #66.
2025-04-30
Puzzle #69 (6.9 BTC) was solved by bc1qlp in lower than one month, seemingly as a consequence of its place on the very starting of the search vary (0.72%). Nevertheless, the unique transaction (tx1) was publicly broadcast, resulting in it being changed a number of occasions (tx2, tx3). Finally, 15g7XH managed to steal the prize (tx4).
The concept of transactions being merely intercepted and rerouted is insanity. Did the attackers in a short time re-compute the personal key by some means, the second the transaction entered the mempool? What the hell is happening right here?
