Indexed Oct 4
THE OUTCOME ARCHIVE
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42closed cases
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DOCUMENTED CASE FILES
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Only pages with a defensible public record receive a solution write-up.
CASE 01SOL-themed / off-chain
Bull Camp · Black Bull Vault
GameWeb hunt
The vault opens after twelve home visits, but completion only sets a browser-local flag. The shipped game contains no wallet connection, claim flow or SOL transfer.
Solved 2026-09-07 · no public-game crypto payoutRead case file →
CASE 02eCash
Cain’s Chronicles
Social hunt
The article yielded its words through a simple diagonal extraction: word 1 of paragraph 1, word 2 of paragraph 2, and so on.
Solved · user-confirmedRead case file →
CASE 03Bitcoin
Hunting Time Seed-Phrase Hunt
SeriesNeeds bookVisualSeed phrase
Twelve book and image clues resolved to BIP39 words; the creator published the complete solution on August 20.
Solved · 420,000 satsRead case file →
CASE 04Monero
AmphibianDev Monero File Wallet
Creator disclosed the deterministic file-plus-password path and later confirmed that the wallet held no XMR.
Solved · emptyRead case file →
CASE 05Bitcoin
LuckyLurker Bitcoin Vault
SeriesWeb huntSeed phrase
The twelve-clue vault was cracked and claimed; a full solution has not been published.
Solved · 80,000 satsRead case file →
CASE 06Ethereum
CryptoPuzzlers · Sliding Colors
Video
A chain through 128 normalized color strips yielded the 64 hexadecimal digits of the Ethereum private key. The exposed key is deliberately omitted.
Solved · 0.1 ETH sweptRead case file →
STATUS LEDGER
Closed and excluded
HuntChainOutcomeClosed / checkedEvidence
Ask a Bitcoiner · JoshuaBoth published prize outputs were spent together after the September 19 interview hunt. The round is no longer claimable; the parent series remains worth watching.
BitcoinSolved · 80,527 sats swept2026-09-24Source ↗Series
Bitcoin Movie EnigmaThe published 100,000-sat prize output was spent in full. No public solution write-up was found during this audit.
BitcoinSwept · 100,000 sats2026-09-08Source ↗Video
Street Fighter · The Secret TournamentThe official BitcoinPuzzles.io page now marks the character-and-ordering challenge solved, so it has been removed from the active hunt dashboard.
Solana / CBSolved · official page confirmed2026-10-04 checkSource ↗Mempool Space InvadersA player posted a qualifying 10,092-BTC run and the organizer acknowledged the win and payout. It is archived as claimed rather than left active.
BitcoinClaimed · payout acknowledged2026-10-04 checkSource ↗52 BricksThe full published prize balance left the puzzle address. The intended visual solution has not been documented here.
EthereumSwept · 0.01 ETH2026-09-04Source ↗Visual
Cipher in CirclesThe full 0.02 ETH prize left the puzzle address. The intended circle-and-color extraction remains undocumented.
EthereumSwept · 0.02 ETH2026-09-13Source ↗Wonderabbit · PrometheusThe published prize was swept and the open-puzzle repository recorded the closure. It no longer belongs on the active list.
BitcoinSolved / swept · 1,031,123 sats2026-09-28Source ↗Zden Cryptopuzzle LVL.5The LVL.5 prize was swept. The broader Zden series remains indexed because HALV is a separate live target.
BitcoinSolved / swept · 555,550 sats2026-09-22Source ↗Series
Andy Bauch · New Money, COGThe funded COG output was spent in full, closing this artwork-based wallet hunt.
BitcoinSwept · 428,206 sats2026-09-25Source ↗Visual
MonxThe live MONX hunt page explicitly reports that the hunt has been solved.
XRP LedgerSolved · site-confirmed2026-10-04 checkSource ↗NFT WorldThe advertised WRLD prize left the published wallet in 2022, so this historical hunt is archived as solved.
Ethereum / WRLDSolved · 500,000 WRLD moved2022-01-15Source ↗MigglesThe target wallet transferred its token and ETH holdings out, closing the hunt.
BaseSolved · token and ETH prize moved2025-06-26Source ↗Paradigm KryptosThe PK1–PK10 leaderboard is complete and the competition is no longer an active crypto-prize hunt.
Off-chain / fiatClosed · leaderboard complete2026-10-02Source ↗Syndicate · The Great Vault LeakThe twelve-word Syndicate vault hunt has been cracked. The recovered words remain private; a public winner announcement and exact payout transaction have not yet been added to the record.
BNB Smart ChainSolved · user-confirmed2026-09-22Source ↗SeriesSeed phraseSocial huntOn-chain
The $DOG Effect · Secret ChallengeAn anonymous winner bought two copies of The $DOG Effect, recovered the hidden twenty-four-word phrase and claimed the advertised wallet. The organizer deliberately withheld the winner’s identity and wallet details.
Bitcoin / DOG tokenSolved · 5,000,000 DOG claimed2026-09-02Source ↗Needs bookSeed phrase24 wordsProject token
Bitcoin Coders · Puzzle #06The Portuguese “As peças da seed” round used twenty-four shuffled binary fragments to reconstruct and order a twelve-word BIP39 phrase. Its published prize was spent; the series says the next puzzle arrives in October.
BitcoinSolved · 30,000 sats swept2026-09-16Source ↗SeriesPortugueseSeed phrase
Keysa · Crack the Seed GameThe full funded output was spent in block 966,260. The intended twelve-word selection rule and solver identity have not yet been documented.
BitcoinSolved · 369,369 sats swept2026-09-10Source ↗Seed phrasePhysical accessGame
Ask a Bitcoiner · Stefan SmithThe interview bounty was claimed in full in block 966,225. The organizer’s September 15 livestream announced the winner and revealed the seed-word timestamps.
BitcoinSolved · 71,000 sats swept2026-09-10Source ↗SeriesVideoSeed phrase
Levva · Crack the CodeThe live contest page reports “Code Cracked.” Ethereum contract state for game 13 records a non-zero winner ending in C0e9 and exposes the completed phrase after the win.
Ethereum / LVVASolved · Round 132026-09-13 checkSource ↗SeriesSocial hunt12 wordsGame
Find The Private Keys · Season 2The Season 2 wallet sent out its full 310.372091 USDT balance on September 10. The solver and intended solution have not yet been documented.
EthereumSolved · 310.372091 USDT swept2026-09-10Source ↗SeriesVisualPrivate key
OMG21 / Sound MoneyThe published prize output was spent in Bitcoin block 964,943. The winner and intended solution have not yet been published by the creator.
BitcoinSolved · 1,000,000 sats swept2026-09-01Source ↗Audio
SmartHoldem PuzzleThe wallet was recovered successfully. The solver reports that a later exchange withdrawal did not fully reach self-custody.
SmartHoldemSolved by tracker owner2026-08Source ↗Video
Ask a Bitcoiner / Bringin 21 QuestionsBoth published prize addresses were swept together.
BitcoinSolved · spent2026-08-25Source ↗SeriesVideoSeed phrase
SolRiddles · Riddle #1Riddle #1 is complete; a separate Riddle #2 remains listed as coming soon.
SolanaSolved2026-08Source ↗Incomplete
Wallchain / Quack Heads Easter HuntThe time-bounded Easter campaign completed after the final word was released.
EVMExpired2026-04-05Source ↗CrackTheSeed V4The tracker owner solved V4, claimed the funded wallet and published the solution on Hack Forums. The earlier “unfunded” classification had mistaken the post-claim zero balance for an empty launch.
SolanaSolved by tracker owner · 4.059943508 SOL claimed2026-06-27Source ↗SeriesVisualSeed phrase
Tonkeeper July Seed HuntThe published wallet was drained roughly 23 seconds after launch.
TONSolved2026-07—Seed phrase
As Above So BelowThe original prize address was drained in 2025.
BitcoinSolved · drained2025—CryptoPuzzlers · Neon DartboardThe headline wallet no longer holds its original prize.
EthereumSolved · sweptArchivedSource ↗Video
CryptoPuzzlers · Exploding BombinosThe headline wallet no longer holds its original prize.
EthereumSolved · sweptArchivedSource ↗Video
SatHunterz · Bitcoin Seed HuntTwelve partners revealed seed words across X and Nostr. The wallet was cracked about two hours after the final stage. More games were promised every two months, but no later round was found and the series is now dormant.
BitcoinSolved · 702,000 sats claimed2025-08-15Source ↗SeriesSeed phraseSocial huntBitcoin prizeDormant
LogicBeach · Bifurcations Album HuntA halving-era music album hid a Bitcoin puzzle across its tracks and supporting material. The original thread later confirmed that the coins moved and linked to the winners’ write-up.
BitcoinSolved · approximately 0.03 BTC moved2020Source ↗AudioBitcoin prizeBuried
Publicnote · Ten-Wallet Bitcoin Treasure HuntThe hunt published ten wallets containing 133,700 sats each. A September 2026 recheck found every published output fully spent, so none of the advertised prize remains.
BitcoinSolved / swept · 1,337,000 sats total2019Source ↗Web huntBitcoin prizeBuried
BTGS Crypto Puzzle #2The published bounded-key parameters did not reproduce the target address in an independent exhaustive test.
BitcoinGoldExcluded · broken2026-08-27 checkSource ↗SeriesBrute force