GSMG.io

Who this is

GSMG.io sold a fully automated crypto trading bot. Past tense. The front page today reads: the lights are off, nine years of chaos ended, one mystery remains, follow the white rabbit. The white rabbit is the puzzle, which they funded with 5 BTC in April 2019 and cut in half twice, once at the 2020 halving and once at the 2024 one.

No person is named anywhere the record can cite. The company published under its name and the record does the same.

What the record says

The front page, quoted, because a company saying it has shut down is the most useful fact about a puzzle it's still funding. Then the two transactions: the original 5 BTC and the second halving, which moved 1.25 BTC to 17ucy1K9ZUAaoY6JVtM932W9jUp5LXfyHa. The chain shows where the coins went, not who holds that address, so it isn't on the record as GSMG.io's. The one address that is, 1EtbTvVB8QTGN4mduSdy7n4cZQm4iYTpQ1, paid the 5 BTC in and took the change back.

The record

static readonly author = party("GSMG.io", {
  key: "gsmg",
  kind: PartyKind.Organization,
  about: "A crypto trading bot platform that ran from 2017 to 2026 and left a multi phase puzzle behind. …",
  addresses: ["1EtbTvVB8QTGN4mduSdy7n4cZQm4iYTpQ1"],
  profiles: [
    profile("website", "https://gsmg.io/puzzle"),
    profile("website", "https://gsmg.io/"),
  ],
  facts: [
    fact("The front page says: A fully automated crypto trading bot. 2017 to 2026. The lights are off. …", "https://gsmg.io/"),
    fact("Funded the puzzle address with 5 BTC on 2019-04-13.", "https://blockstream.info/tx/73e48ff5…", { date: "2019-04-13" }),
    fact("Halved the prize at the 2020 halving and again in April 2024, …", "https://blockstream.info/tx/88cdb3cd…", { date: "2024-04-24" }),
  ],
});