quizchain/27

Solved on 2019-04-11 after 23m, key derived from the published recipe. 0.009 BTC on Bitcoin.

Story

What the post asked, what the answer turned out to be, and what the chain says happened. The record below holds the data.

A gambler

"I am looking for the name of a gambler." 9 mBTC, for the 7 in 27.

James Bond, gone in 24 minutes. The author suspected brute force and booed the winner in the update. The next update took it back, because another player had found the name by hand five minutes later. Still, the lesson stuck: no more short, famous answers without protection.

IDquizchain/2727 / 772019-04-11

Puzzle / quizchain

27

bitcoinp2pkh solved

Record

bitcoinPuzzle({
  address: p2pkh("1AmV6X4XUpek…dcLMsviw", "6b22e3138b4b…fe973f6e"),
  status: Status.Solved,
  key: wif("L4HGPUrxBkve…4kS8NMA2").entropy("60f7bf883202…9e3edade", source("https://www.…lock_27/")).derived(),
})

Prize: 0.009 BTC
Key material: wif, derived from the recipe
Verification: verified
Solved: 2019-04-11 · 23m

tx 2

Trail: Explorerblockstream.info; Sourcereddit.com/r/bitcoinpuzzles/comments/bbyxd4/medium_9_mbtc_quizchain_block_27; Tryquizchain/27 in the playground

Address: 1AmV6X4XUpekJPqp3smcCN9HAcdcLMsviw

hash160 6b22e3138b4b733a89c7f43913d0ab07fe973f6e

Balance

asking the explorer

Key

public key · compressed: 0245ce2a927a35a34b4fd506659d4a320657ad104860d87b0eb4cdda8957b620e5
WIF: L4HGPUrxBkveqcevHh54btCFqupm4XhnH1ZFiajTBfPv4kS8NMA2
entropy hash: 60f7bf883202ac8998ab38b79e3edade
entropy source: MD5 of the name, a space and the last three characters of the block 26 key

Transactions

funding2019-04-110.009 BTCe938ba7011…ce563c
claim2019-04-110.00867917 BTCb70aa7492b…d0d5e6

Hints

undated
officialQuestion: I am looking for the name of a gambler.
Sourcereddit.com/r/bitcoinpuzzles/comments/bbyxd4/medium_9_mbtc_quizchain_block_27
Published answer
James Bond.
Sourcewattpad.com/720895205-second-complete-quizchain
undated
officialFormat: [first name] [family name] [link] with one space between each.
Sourcereddit.com/r/bitcoinpuzzles/comments/bbyxd4/medium_9_mbtc_quizchain_block_27
undated
officialOnly one thing now: Neither block 17 nor block 7 has anything to do with the solution.
Sourcereddit.com/r/bitcoinpuzzles/comments/bbyxd4/medium_9_mbtc_quizchain_block_27