LogicBeach

Who this is

A musician who makes downtempo electronica in a basement and hides wallets in it. The Farcaster bio says "Artist, Astrophysics BS, General Nerd, Builder." That's about the right order.

The albums are the puzzles. Bifurcations in 2020 had a Bitcoin prize and got solved. Two years later came the BITS EPther puzzle, which LogicBeach describes as "2 songs, 2 minutes each, 2 music videos, in glorious 2-color", released on 2022/2/22 at 2:22:22. Commitment to the bit, literally.

Then Powerful Moss, the sixth album. The first plan, in April 2024, was a wallet full of DEGEN and 33,333,333 MOSS, a meme token named after "my favorite bryophyte". By January 2025 it had turned into ETH on Base, held by a contract that also sells the album. Probably for the better.

What the record says

Three facts, all from Farcaster. The March 2024 announcement with the Donkey Kong Country 2 soundfonts. The launch in January 2025. The prize a week later, "up to ~0.5 ETH and growing". What LogicBeach said about the puzzle itself, the baked in words and the promise of something "more creative", sits in the hints on the puzzle record, because it's about the puzzle, not about the author.

The record

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  about: "Electronic musician who releases albums as crypto puzzles, with a wallet seed hidden in the music.",
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    fact("Announced a new album made with Donkey Kong Country 2 MIDI soundfonts, …", ANNOUNCEMENT, { date: "2024-03-26" }),
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    fact("Said a week after the release that the prize was up to about 0.5 ETH and still growing.", FIRST_WEEK, { date: "2025-01-24" }),
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