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A random signature never looks like that. Somebody built this one.",[493,614,615],{},"So what does the post really hold? Everyone in the thread got stuck around here. NotATether ran Kangaroo over almost the whole 80-bit range. Nothing. The author's verdict: \"no idea where it was ever hinted anything about using Kangaroo.\" The data speaks for itself, apparently.",[515,617,619],{"id":618},"the-hints-since","The hints since",[493,621,622,623,627],{},"kTimesG doesn't hand out much. The record keeps ",[624,625],"dataset-count",{"of":626,"puzzle":513},"hints"," hints, the author's own plus two from other players. The ones people keep quoting:",[629,630,631,635,642,645,648],"ul",{},[632,633,634],"li",{},"July: \"the hints are already inside-out\", and everyone is \"stuck at the ASCII 8 cat incident\".",[632,636,637,638,641],{},"September: a meta clue, ",[582,639,640],{},"gvonys fhelucrM kbZ",", to \"wake up or confuse even more your LLMs\".",[632,643,644],{},"Skin tones are part of it. Paint every emoji default yellow and the answer holds only \"if you already know that the image was redrawn.\"",[632,646,647],{},"\"The smart approach can find the correct solution in 4 milliseconds.\"",[632,649,650],{},"And on September 23, a post that just says \"This is a hint.\"",[493,652,653],{},"Four milliseconds. Not a GPU farm, not a week of Kangaroo. Whatever the trick is, it's small. Is it hiding in plain sight?",[515,655,657],{"id":656},"what-the-phy-record-carries","What the Phy record carries",[659,660,666],"pre",{"className":661,"code":662,"filename":663,"language":664,"meta":665,"style":665},"language-ts shiki shiki-themes puzzles puzzles puzzles","export const phyChallenge = puzzle({\n  id: \"phy\",\n  chain: \"bitcoin\",\n  address: \"bc1qrpn28qa82uyjg37dvsz3w7wpm3kpdea957nm9p\",\n  sourceUrl: OP,\n  startedAt: \"2026-06-05 19:15:46\",\n  pubkey: compressed(\"02425afdd1716149faf414b6fdb96d5e7afc8ce42496042f4df559c80a7c6650eb\"),\n  prize: 0.008,\n  hints: [\u002F* the author's posts, the missing J with its answer, two from the thread *\u002F],\n  transactions: [funding(\u002F* 800,000 sats on June 21 *\u002F)],\n  assets: assets({ puzzle: \"puzzle.png\", sourceUrl: PICTURE, digests: [digest(\u002F* … *\u002F)] }),\n});\n","src\u002Fcollections\u002Fphy.ts","ts","",[582,667,668,694,707,718,729,735,746,764,770,783,800,829],{"__ignoreMap":665},[669,670,673,677,680,684,687,691],"span",{"class":671,"line":672},"line",1,[669,674,676],{"class":675},"skH_V","export",[669,678,679],{"class":675}," const",[669,681,683],{"class":682},"s38Sx"," phyChallenge ",[669,685,686],{"class":675},"=",[669,688,690],{"class":689},"sK71F"," puzzle",[669,692,693],{"class":682},"({\n",[669,695,697,700,704],{"class":671,"line":696},2,[669,698,699],{"class":682},"  id: ",[669,701,703],{"class":702},"shU9J","\"phy\"",[669,705,706],{"class":682},",\n",[669,708,710,713,716],{"class":671,"line":709},3,[669,711,712],{"class":682},"  chain: ",[669,714,715],{"class":702},"\"bitcoin\"",[669,717,706],{"class":682},[669,719,721,724,727],{"class":671,"line":720},4,[669,722,723],{"class":682},"  address: ",[669,725,726],{"class":702},"\"bc1qrpn28qa82uyjg37dvsz3w7wpm3kpdea957nm9p\"",[669,728,706],{"class":682},[669,730,732],{"class":671,"line":731},5,[669,733,734],{"class":682},"  sourceUrl: OP,\n",[669,736,738,741,744],{"class":671,"line":737},6,[669,739,740],{"class":682},"  startedAt: ",[669,742,743],{"class":702},"\"2026-06-05 19:15:46\"",[669,745,706],{"class":682},[669,747,749,752,755,758,761],{"class":671,"line":748},7,[669,750,751],{"class":682},"  pubkey: ",[669,753,754],{"class":689},"compressed",[669,756,757],{"class":682},"(",[669,759,760],{"class":702},"\"02425afdd1716149faf414b6fdb96d5e7afc8ce42496042f4df559c80a7c6650eb\"",[669,762,763],{"class":682},"),\n",[669,765,767],{"class":671,"line":766},8,[669,768,769],{"class":682},"  prize: 0.008,\n",[669,771,773,776,780],{"class":671,"line":772},9,[669,774,775],{"class":682},"  hints: [",[669,777,779],{"class":778},"scIB-","\u002F* the author's posts, the missing J with its answer, two from the thread *\u002F",[669,781,782],{"class":682},"],\n",[669,784,786,789,792,794,797],{"class":671,"line":785},10,[669,787,788],{"class":682},"  transactions: [",[669,790,791],{"class":689},"funding",[669,793,757],{"class":682},[669,795,796],{"class":778},"\u002F* 800,000 sats on June 21 *\u002F",[669,798,799],{"class":682},")],\n",[669,801,803,806,809,812,815,818,821,823,826],{"class":671,"line":802},11,[669,804,805],{"class":682},"  assets: ",[669,807,808],{"class":689},"assets",[669,810,811],{"class":682},"({ puzzle: ",[669,813,814],{"class":702},"\"puzzle.png\"",[669,816,817],{"class":682},", sourceUrl: PICTURE, digests: [",[669,819,820],{"class":689},"digest",[669,822,757],{"class":682},[669,824,825],{"class":778},"\u002F* … *\u002F",[669,827,828],{"class":682},")] }),\n",[669,830,832],{"class":671,"line":831},12,[669,833,834],{"class":682},"});\n",[836,837,839],"h3",{"id":838},"the-address-comes-from-the-signature","The address comes from the signature",[493,841,842,843,846,847,852,853,855,856,858],{},"No post by the author ever spelled out the address. It comes from the signed text, and anyone can check it with ",[582,844,845],{},"keys_message_recover"," from ",[497,848,851],{"href":849,"rel":850},"https:\u002F\u002Fkeys.agntn.dev",[504],"@agntn\u002Fkeys",". Feed it the post and the signature with the J, plus the ",[582,854,686],{}," padding the post leaves off. Out comes ",[582,857,584],{}," and the funded address. Feed it only the last line and some other address comes out. That's the whole proof, and the record keeps the public key it gives.",[836,860,862],{"id":861},"the-same-hint-twice","The same hint, twice",[493,864,865,866,871],{},"The June 21 post looks different today. When kTimesG fixed the J, the sentence about the missing character got struck through. The record keeps the original wording, with a ",[497,867,870],{"href":868,"rel":869},"https:\u002F\u002Fweb.archive.org\u002Fweb\u002F20260629174249\u002Fhttps:\u002F\u002Fbitcointalk.org\u002Findex.php?topic=5584952.0",[504],"June 29 capture"," as confirmation. The J itself is the hint's answer, credited to NotATether.",[836,873,875],{"id":874},"no-technique-yet","No technique yet",[493,877,878],{},"Nobody published how the puzzle works, so the record names no technique. Guessing one from the thread would be the kind of LLM essay the author keeps asking people to stop sending. Once a solution is out, it gets one.",[515,880,882],{"id":881},"the-phy-challenge-record","The Phy Challenge record",[884,885],"puzzle-page",{"puzzle":513},[887,888,889],"style",{},"html pre.shiki code .skH_V, html code.shiki .skH_V{--shiki-light:var(--shiki-token-keyword);--shiki-default:var(--shiki-token-keyword);--shiki-dark:var(--shiki-token-keyword)}html pre.shiki code .s38Sx, html code.shiki .s38Sx{--shiki-light:var(--ui-text-highlighted);--shiki-default:var(--ui-text-highlighted);--shiki-dark:var(--ui-text-highlighted)}html pre.shiki code .sK71F, html code.shiki .sK71F{--shiki-light:var(--shiki-token-function);--shiki-default:var(--shiki-token-function);--shiki-dark:var(--shiki-token-function)}html pre.shiki code .shU9J, html code.shiki .shU9J{--shiki-light:var(--shiki-token-string);--shiki-default:var(--shiki-token-string);--shiki-dark:var(--shiki-token-string)}html pre.shiki code .scIB-, html code.shiki .scIB-{--shiki-light:var(--shiki-token-comment);--shiki-default:var(--shiki-token-comment);--shiki-dark:var(--shiki-token-comment)}html .light .shiki span {color: var(--shiki-light);background: var(--shiki-light-bg);font-style: var(--shiki-light-font-style);font-weight: var(--shiki-light-font-weight);text-decoration: var(--shiki-light-text-decoration);}html.light .shiki span {color: var(--shiki-light);background: var(--shiki-light-bg);font-style: var(--shiki-light-font-style);font-weight: var(--shiki-light-font-weight);text-decoration: var(--shiki-light-text-decoration);}html .default .shiki span {color: var(--shiki-default);background: var(--shiki-default-bg);font-style: var(--shiki-default-font-style);font-weight: var(--shiki-default-font-weight);text-decoration: var(--shiki-default-text-decoration);}html .shiki span {color: var(--shiki-default);background: var(--shiki-default-bg);font-style: var(--shiki-default-font-style);font-weight: var(--shiki-default-font-weight);text-decoration: var(--shiki-default-text-decoration);}html .dark .shiki span {color: var(--shiki-dark);background: var(--shiki-dark-bg);font-style: var(--shiki-dark-font-style);font-weight: var(--shiki-dark-font-weight);text-decoration: var(--shiki-dark-text-decoration);}html.dark .shiki span {color: var(--shiki-dark);background: var(--shiki-dark-bg);font-style: var(--shiki-dark-font-style);font-weight: var(--shiki-dark-font-weight);text-decoration: var(--shiki-dark-text-decoration);}",{"title":665,"searchDepth":696,"depth":696,"links":891},[892,893,894,895,896,897,902],{"id":517,"depth":696,"text":518},{"id":546,"depth":696,"text":547},{"id":567,"depth":696,"text":568},{"id":604,"depth":696,"text":605},{"id":618,"depth":696,"text":619},{"id":656,"depth":696,"text":657,"children":898},[899,900,901],{"id":838,"depth":709,"text":839},{"id":861,"depth":709,"text":862},{"id":874,"depth":709,"text":875},{"id":881,"depth":696,"text":882},"kTimesG signed a whitepaper parody and posted a spiral of grey emojis. The signature gives up the prize address. The key behind it is still out there","md",null,{"icon":907},"i-lucide-flower",{"title":216},{"title":910,"description":903},"Phy Challenge: a signed Bitcointalk post, a spiral of emojis and 800,000 sats","zyaQ2f5-5anW8xD7glee-u1U6Gid-rLRksGyXmsgHDo",[913,915],{"title":212,"path":213,"stem":214,"description":914,"children":-1},"AH White hid a real 24-word Bitcoin seed in the thriller Walking Banks. 800000 sats wait on two addresses. Four words are known and twenty are not.",{"title":220,"path":221,"stem":222,"description":916,"children":-1},"A website that dropped clues to a Bitcoin recovery phrase all summer of 2024 and then went quiet. The 0.01 BTC is still on the address",{"key":513,"author":337,"authorKey":918,"authorUrl":919,"total":672,"statuses":920,"chains":921,"prize":923,"unsolvedPrize":925,"withPubkey":672,"withKey":926,"firstStarted":927,"lastStarted":927,"hints":928,"ticks":929,"position":931,"registered":932,"dataVersion":933},"ktimesg","https:\u002F\u002Fbitcointalk.org\u002Findex.php?action=profile;u=3610370",{"unsolved":672},[922],"bitcoin",{"BTC":924},0.008,{"BTC":924},0,"2026-06-05 19:15:46",[],[930],"unsolved",27,47,"3dd87c804ae0",18,{"view":936,"files":1024,"previous":-1,"next":-1,"position":672,"total":672},{"id":513,"collection":513,"chain":922,"status":930,"address":588,"kind":937,"hash160":938,"redeemScript":-1,"prize":939,"prizeAmount":924,"currency":-1,"startedAt":927,"solvedAt":-1,"solveTime":-1,"bits":-1,"range":-1,"pubkey":940,"pubkeyFormat":754,"secret":941,"keyLiteral":-1,"verdict":942,"detail":943,"explorer":944,"source":502,"transactions":672,"tool":945,"name":665,"preGenesis":946,"escrow":-1,"derived":946,"keyRows":947,"transactionRows":948,"assetSource":533,"stages":953,"hints":954,"techniques":1022,"solverName":-1,"solverKey":-1,"solverUrl":-1,"claimUrl":-1,"json":1023},"p2wpkh","1866a383a757092447cd64051779c1dc6c16e7a5","0.008 BTC","02425afdd1716149faf414b6fdb96d5e7afc8ce42496042f4df559c80a7c6650eb","none","unavailable","Puzzle has no private key","https:\u002F\u002Fblockstream.info\u002Faddress\u002Fbc1qrpn28qa82uyjg37dvsz3w7wpm3kpdea957nm9p","phy\tunsolved\t0.008 BTC\tbc1qrpn28qa82uyjg37dvsz3w7wpm3kpdea957nm9p\nchain: bitcoin  address kind: p2wpkh\nhash160: 1866a383a757092447cd64051779c1dc6c16e7a5\npublic key: 02425afdd1716149faf414b6fdb96d5e7afc8ce42496042f4df559c80a7c6650eb (compressed)\nprivate key: unknown\nstarted: 2026-06-05 19:15:46\ntransactions: 1\n\tfunding\t2026-06-21 18:08:38\t0.008 BTC\t2ba79d0b377ab2c41f3508e91e84d0b2aff771fd81b97b8e85c24788795964d3\nasset: assets\u002Fphy\u002Fpuzzle.png\nasset source: https:\u002F\u002Fwww.talkimg.com\u002Fimages\u002F2026\u002F06\u002F05\u002FUrS0Mq.png\nhints: 18\n\tofficial\t2026-06-05\tlooks bad this bearish cycle around and no end is in sight, so here's a puzzle for everyone, no loose ends, no hashing.\tsource: https:\u002F\u002Fbitcointalk.org\u002Findex.php?topic=5584952.msg66802369#msg66802369\tconfirmation: https:\u002F\u002Fweb.archive.org\u002Fweb\u002F20260629174249\u002Fhttps:\u002F\u002Fbitcointalk.org\u002Findex.php?topic=5584952.0 (Wayback capture of the first page from June 2026, signature still one character short)\n\tofficial\t2026-06-21\tThere is currently a missing char in the second code of the first post. I will fix it after\u002Fif someone figures it out.\tsource: https:\u002F\u002Fbitcointalk.org\u002Findex.php?topic=5584952.msg66860784#msg66860784\tconfirmation: https:\u002F\u002Fweb.archive.org\u002Fweb\u002F20260629174249\u002Fhttps:\u002F\u002Fbitcointalk.org\u002Findex.php?topic=5584952.0 (Wayback capture of the first page from June 2026, signature still one character short)\tanswer: J\tanswer source: https:\u002F\u002Fbitcointalk.org\u002Findex.php?topic=5584952.msg66990855#msg66990855\tanswer date: 2026-07-29\n\tofficial\t2026-06-21\tThe rest of the provided parts are all correct and complete, and there is a prize (as of today). If you reach a state where you believe \"this cannot be solved\", it means you are missing the direct and indirect clues along the way.\tsource: https:\u002F\u002Fbitcointalk.org\u002Findex.php?topic=5584952.msg66860784#msg66860784\tconfirmation: https:\u002F\u002Fweb.archive.org\u002Fweb\u002F20260629174249\u002Fhttps:\u002F\u002Fbitcointalk.org\u002Findex.php?topic=5584952.0 (Wayback capture of the first page from June 2026, signature still one character short)\n\tofficial\t2026-06-21\tA final useful sign (the password's already mentioned). -----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE----- jA0ECQMKVwglgSLxlRn\u002F0jcBn0f9h3kbilK\u002FNDDWZCkuONpev7JZbbw+l6uVZC0N aJFXTLG6sbLXr6t0z3scptSM3vWBCmOU =D+ub -----END PGP MESSAGE-----\tsource: https:\u002F\u002Fbitcointalk.org\u002Findex.php?topic=5584952.msg66860784#msg66860784\tconfirmation: https:\u002F\u002Fweb.archive.org\u002Fweb\u002F20260629174249\u002Fhttps:\u002F\u002Fbitcointalk.org\u002Findex.php?topic=5584952.0 (Wayback capture of the first page from June 2026, signature still one character short)\n\tofficial\t2026-06-29\tCongrats on decoding the puzzle hint. But it's not the missing char.\tsource: https:\u002F\u002Fbitcointalk.org\u002Findex.php?topic=5584952.msg66888088#msg66888088\n\tofficial\t2026-07-23\tI don't know what to hint at, when the hints are already inside-out, and everyone seems to be stuck at the ASCII 8 cat incident, or don't want to share what they found.\tsource: https:\u002F\u002Fbitcointalk.org\u002Findex.php?topic=5584952.msg66971742#msg66971742\n\tofficial\t2026-07-29\tTo progress before wasting any compute power, the data speaks for itself, which creates some immediate conclusions, so no idea where it was ever hinted anything about using Kangaroo.\tsource: https:\u002F\u002Fbitcointalk.org\u002Findex.php?topic=5584952.msg66991304#msg66991304\n\tofficial\t2026-08-13\tWhy would you think the address is wrong, since the signature verifies?\tsource: https:\u002F\u002Fbitcointalk.org\u002Findex.php?topic=5584952.msg67040416#msg67040416\n\tofficial\t2026-08-22\tYou got pretty close with 97% of the recoloring, nice, though a much easier and precise normalization than grayscale-to-tone exists, if some overall observations are made.\tsource: https:\u002F\u002Fbitcointalk.org\u002Findex.php?topic=5584952.msg67070333#msg67070333\n\tofficial\t2026-08-28\tIf you're referring to the extra LF, no, but I can't fix that for obvious reasons.\tsource: https:\u002F\u002Fbitcointalk.org\u002Findex.php?topic=5584952.msg67090189#msg67090189\n\tofficial\t2026-08-28\tGuys, stop sending DMs and LLM essays about the puzzle, everything required to solve is in the first post, and it's actually much easier to solve then I anticipated. I already gave too many hints as it is.\tsource: https:\u002F\u002Fbitcointalk.org\u002Findex.php?topic=5584952.msg67090189#msg67090189\n\tofficial\t2026-09-05\tmeta-clue to either wake up or confuse even more your LLMs, as they seem to have crossed off-road... gvonys fhelucrM kbZ\tsource: https:\u002F\u002Fbitcointalk.org\u002Findex.php?topic=5584952.msg67116131#msg67116131\n\tofficial\t2026-09-06\tThere's no \"useless\" information added into the puzzle. If all of you are thinking some LLM will magically deduct information that's visible in plain sight by anyone, you should understand that LLMs can only understand data they were trained about, and this puzzle is not one of those things.\tsource: https:\u002F\u002Fbitcointalk.org\u002Findex.php?topic=5584952.msg67117836#msg67117836\n\tofficial\t2026-09-07\tOnly if you already know that the image was redrawn and requires to test the skin-tone to fix the image.\tsource: https:\u002F\u002Fbitcointalk.org\u002Findex.php?topic=5584952.msg67122008#msg67122008\n\tofficial\t2026-09-15\tThe third one helps as well. But anyway, all the clues I've given were already in the puzzle, since the puzzle is already self-explaining itself. The smart approach can find the correct solution in 4 milliseconds.\tsource: https:\u002F\u002Fbitcointalk.org\u002Findex.php?topic=5584952.msg67146555#msg67146555\n\tofficial\t2026-09-23\tThis is a hint.\tsource: https:\u002F\u002Fbitcointalk.org\u002Findex.php?topic=5584952.msg67170689#msg67170689\n\tcommunity\t2026-06-20\tPhyllotaxis ?\tsource: https:\u002F\u002Fbitcointalk.org\u002Findex.php?topic=5584952.msg66855641#msg66855641\n\tcommunity\t2026-07-29\tThe signature signs the complete OP text with no trailing newline. It recovers the funded SegWit address bc1qrpn28qa82uyjg37dvsz3w7wpm3kpdea957nm9p, currently holding 800,000 sats.\tsource: https:\u002F\u002Fbitcointalk.org\u002Findex.php?topic=5584952.msg66990855#msg66990855\nexplorer: https:\u002F\u002Fblockstream.info\u002Faddress\u002Fbc1qrpn28qa82uyjg37dvsz3w7wpm3kpdea957nm9p\nsource: https:\u002F\u002Fbitcointalk.org\u002Findex.php?topic=5584952.msg66802369#msg66802369\nfiles: 1 file, 0 archived sources; puzzles_assets lists them and reads one by its path",false,[],[949],{"type":791,"txid":950,"date":951,"amount":939,"url":952},"2ba79d0b377ab2c41f3508e91e84d0b2aff771fd81b97b8e85c24788795964d3","2026-06-21 18:08:38","https:\u002F\u002Fblockstream.info\u002Ftx\u002F2ba79d0b377ab2c41f3508e91e84d0b2aff771fd81b97b8e85c24788795964d3",[],[955,961,967,969,971,975,979,982,985,989,993,995,999,1003,1007,1011,1015,1020],{"kind":956,"text":957,"source":502,"confirmation":958,"date":960,"shared":946},"official","looks bad this bearish cycle around and no end is in sight, so here's a puzzle for everyone, no loose ends, no hashing.",{"url":868,"description":959},"Wayback capture of the first page from June 2026, signature still one character short","2026-06-05",{"kind":956,"text":962,"source":553,"confirmation":958,"date":963,"answer":964,"shared":946},"There is currently a missing char in the second code of the first post. I will fix it after\u002Fif someone figures it out.","2026-06-21",{"text":965,"source":577,"date":966},"J","2026-07-29",{"kind":956,"text":968,"source":553,"confirmation":958,"date":963,"shared":946},"The rest of the provided parts are all correct and complete, and there is a prize (as of today). If you reach a state where you believe \"this cannot be solved\", it means you are missing the direct and indirect clues along the way.",{"kind":956,"text":970,"source":553,"confirmation":958,"date":963,"shared":946},"A final useful sign (the password's already mentioned). -----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE----- jA0ECQMKVwglgSLxlRn\u002F0jcBn0f9h3kbilK\u002FNDDWZCkuONpev7JZbbw+l6uVZC0N aJFXTLG6sbLXr6t0z3scptSM3vWBCmOU =D+ub -----END PGP MESSAGE-----",{"kind":956,"text":972,"source":973,"date":974,"shared":946},"Congrats on decoding the puzzle hint. But it's not the missing char.","https:\u002F\u002Fbitcointalk.org\u002Findex.php?topic=5584952.msg66888088#msg66888088","2026-06-29",{"kind":956,"text":976,"source":977,"date":978,"shared":946},"I don't know what to hint at, when the hints are already inside-out, and everyone seems to be stuck at the ASCII 8 cat incident, or don't want to share what they found.","https:\u002F\u002Fbitcointalk.org\u002Findex.php?topic=5584952.msg66971742#msg66971742","2026-07-23",{"kind":956,"text":980,"source":981,"date":966,"shared":946},"To progress before wasting any compute power, the data speaks for itself, which creates some immediate conclusions, so no idea where it was ever hinted anything about using Kangaroo.","https:\u002F\u002Fbitcointalk.org\u002Findex.php?topic=5584952.msg66991304#msg66991304",{"kind":956,"text":983,"source":598,"date":984,"shared":946},"Why would you think the address is wrong, since the signature verifies?","2026-08-13",{"kind":956,"text":986,"source":987,"date":988,"shared":946},"You got pretty close with 97% of the recoloring, nice, though a much easier and precise normalization than grayscale-to-tone exists, if some overall observations are made.","https:\u002F\u002Fbitcointalk.org\u002Findex.php?topic=5584952.msg67070333#msg67070333","2026-08-22",{"kind":956,"text":990,"source":991,"date":992,"shared":946},"If you're referring to the extra LF, no, but I can't fix that for obvious reasons.","https:\u002F\u002Fbitcointalk.org\u002Findex.php?topic=5584952.msg67090189#msg67090189","2026-08-28",{"kind":956,"text":994,"source":991,"date":992,"shared":946},"Guys, stop sending DMs and LLM essays about the puzzle, everything required to solve is in the first post, and it's actually much easier to solve then I anticipated. I already gave too many hints as it is.",{"kind":956,"text":996,"source":997,"date":998,"shared":946},"meta-clue to either wake up or confuse even more your LLMs, as they seem to have crossed off-road... gvonys fhelucrM kbZ","https:\u002F\u002Fbitcointalk.org\u002Findex.php?topic=5584952.msg67116131#msg67116131","2026-09-05",{"kind":956,"text":1000,"source":1001,"date":1002,"shared":946},"There's no \"useless\" information added into the puzzle. If all of you are thinking some LLM will magically deduct information that's visible in plain sight by anyone, you should understand that LLMs can only understand data they were trained about, and this puzzle is not one of those things.","https:\u002F\u002Fbitcointalk.org\u002Findex.php?topic=5584952.msg67117836#msg67117836","2026-09-06",{"kind":956,"text":1004,"source":1005,"date":1006,"shared":946},"Only if you already know that the image was redrawn and requires to test the skin-tone to fix the image.","https:\u002F\u002Fbitcointalk.org\u002Findex.php?topic=5584952.msg67122008#msg67122008","2026-09-07",{"kind":956,"text":1008,"source":1009,"date":1010,"shared":946},"The third one helps as well. But anyway, all the clues I've given were already in the puzzle, since the puzzle is already self-explaining itself. The smart approach can find the correct solution in 4 milliseconds.","https:\u002F\u002Fbitcointalk.org\u002Findex.php?topic=5584952.msg67146555#msg67146555","2026-09-15",{"kind":956,"text":1012,"source":1013,"date":1014,"shared":946},"This is a hint.","https:\u002F\u002Fbitcointalk.org\u002Findex.php?topic=5584952.msg67170689#msg67170689","2026-09-23",{"kind":1016,"text":1017,"source":1018,"date":1019,"shared":946},"community","Phyllotaxis ?","https:\u002F\u002Fbitcointalk.org\u002Findex.php?topic=5584952.msg66855641#msg66855641","2026-06-20",{"kind":1016,"text":1021,"source":577,"date":966,"shared":946},"The signature signs the complete OP text with no trailing newline. 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