We have $16p + 1$ is a cube say $x^3$
So $16p= x^3-1 = (x-1)(x^2+ x + 1)$
As $x^2+x+1 = x(x+1) +1$ is odd we must have
$16 | x-1$
So $x = 16k+1$ for some integer k
so $p = k(x^2 + x + 1)$
the above cannot be prime unless k =1 and this gives x = 17 and p = 307
We need to see if 307 is prime and it is so
Hence the only solution is p = 307 (giving $16 * 307 +1 = 17^3$
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