quizchain/35

Solved on 2019-04-13 after 5h 7m, key derived from the published recipe. 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.

The MATH hat

"Think." Three words, the second one Yang: MATH Yang hat. No field this time.

The hat is the Yang campaign's answer to MAGA, with the last two letters swapped for TH. The author delivered hints by talking to Yang supporters on Twitter. Five hours on the chain, and the winner said thanks in the comments.

IDquizchain/3535 / 772019-04-13

Puzzle / quizchain

35

bitcoinp2pkh solved

Record

bitcoinPuzzle({
  address: p2pkh("1QG3XE2FRm6b…fDydCMH1", "ff233caa3642…b85bb74f"),
  status: Status.Solved,
  key: wif("L31yQxfBdiKJ…t1mGqebC").entropy("4710baf2e951…b86f2fe5", source("https://www.…lock_35/")).derived(),
})

Prize: 0.007 BTC
Key material: wif, derived from the recipe
Verification: verified
Solved: 2019-04-13 · 5h 7m

tx 2

Trail: Explorerblockstream.info; Sourcereddit.com/r/bitcoinpuzzles/comments/bcouou/easy_7_mbtc_quizchain_block_35; Tryquizchain/35 in the playground

Address: 1QG3XE2FRm6bp6hBrCnjchaaYVfDydCMH1

hash160 ff233caa364202d6db0608b853088abbb85bb74f

Balance

asking the explorer

Key

public key · compressed: 031a1793b638dfc0b85c5d45533319a1389304484d8ca9674148bcdc55774b13a4
WIF: L31yQxfBdiKJXEMuQgkHCPvFQf5icVGfC5xve3BdrNYot1mGqebC
entropy hash: 4710baf2e951169fc3ab381ab86f2fe5
entropy source: MD5 of the three words and the last three characters of the block 34 key, separated by spaces

Transactions

funding2019-04-130.007 BTC11020a80bf…d5c4fd
claim2019-04-130.00676948 BTC19e945bd89…1f972a

Hints

undated
officialQuestion: Think
Sourcereddit.com/r/bitcoinpuzzles/comments/bcouou/easy_7_mbtc_quizchain_block_35
Published answer
Solution: MATH Yang hat BFUB no BFUB for this block.
Sourcereddit.com/r/bitcoinpuzzles/comments/bcouou/easy_7_mbtc_quizchain_block_35
undated
officialFormat: [solution] [link] with exactly one space between them. Solution is a string of three words, second one of them Yang.
Sourcereddit.com/r/bitcoinpuzzles/comments/bcouou/easy_7_mbtc_quizchain_block_35
undated
officialLink from last block (still unsolved now) is 2PG.
Sourcereddit.com/r/bitcoinpuzzles/comments/bcouou/easy_7_mbtc_quizchain_block_35