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quizchain/3

Solved on 2019-04-07 after 10m, key published. 0.007 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.

Pick a number, any number

No question this time. The post is a funding link and two parts: "Pick a random 3 digit number", then the last three characters of the block 2 private key, hBF. Put them together, SHA-256, entropy, m/44'/0'/0'/0/0 like before. That's a thousand candidates with the other half already public, so a laptop clears it before the kettle boils.

The number was 777. In the comments the author admits it: "Of course I chose a number suited for a lucky guess."

Six minutes after the post

Funded at 07:51:08 UTC, posted at 07:55, swept at 08:01:41 for 672,314 satoshis. The first comment, at 08:03, just says "Even few seconds have not passed as it was solved." The author's edit has a better theory: the clue went out on Twitter before Reddit, "maybe the winner got an advantage by looking at my Twitter feed." The same edit carries the number, hBF and the WIF.

IDquizchain/303 / 772019-04-07
Puzzle / quizchain

3

bitcoinp2pkh solved

Record

puzzle({
  chain: "bitcoin",
  address: "1Nsi6LxpKqg5…BhdhUCMs",
  status: Status.Solved,
  key: wif("KxN3DX8bKLTM…wt4o683S").entropy("4b1f87124aa4…b631d743", source("https://www.…block_3/")),
})
Prize
0.007 BTC
Key material
wif
Verification
verified
Solved
2019-04-07 · 10m
tx 2
Trail
Explorerblockstream.info
Sourcereddit.com/r/bitcoinpuzzles/comments/bae43s/easy_7_mbtc_quizchain_block_3
Tryquizchain/3 in the playground
Address
1Nsi6LxpKqg5CDVrswn6YPNQaGBhdhUCMs

hash160 eff1bdd59bfa0635856eb7dd7b4cfc7ddf4d01d5

Balance
asking the explorer

Key

public key · compressed
028faeaeb616580d0b710d6ab4bb625fe157f3a2aaf393df3ac653df8f3a90e58f
WIF
KxN3DX8bKLTMNhppf6FqjvCKaLBCi5mN5vGyVNQRUxjdwt4o683S
entropy hash
4b1f87124aa427ca3f7e7dbf3d8ee8bf7e3985c488be5d7d53e65119b631d743

Transactions

  1. funding2019-04-070.007 BTCe6aa641de6…2fc93a
  2. claim2019-04-070.00672314 BTC75e81859b4…3f641c

Files

Hints

  1. undated
  2. undated

    officialSecond part: Last three digits of the private key of block 2.

    Published answer

    hBF

    Sourcereddit.com/r/bitcoinpuzzles/comments/bae43s/easy_7_mbtc_quizchain_block_3

  3. undated

    officialCombine both parts, take SHA 256 hash of that and input the result as entropy in the Ian Coleman brain wallet tool.