quizchain/71

Solved on 2019-04-30 after 14h 6m, key published. 0.008 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.

merry idea

"merry idea". 8 mBTC, the cross sum of 71.

Read merry as a name. It was Merry who gave Gandalf the idea for the password to the Doors of Durin in Lord of the Rings. So the answer is Mellon and the field is Gandalf. Players who went for a Harry Potter wizard got close and no further.

IDquizchain/7171 / 772019-04-30

Puzzle / quizchain

71

bitcoinp2pkh solved

Record

bitcoinPuzzle({
  address: p2pkh("1C5P5dfq4nWq…YzmdyK7U", "797d7a937844…15466842"),
  status: Status.Solved,
  key: wif("KxQGi7WXnWzG…6xPvBo8h").entropy("d6afff13ce66…99b8cbeb", source("https://www.…lock_71/")),
})

Prize: 0.008 BTC
Key material: wif
Verification: verified
Solved: 2019-04-30 · 14h 6m

tx 2

Trail: Explorerblockstream.info; Sourcereddit.com/r/bitcoinpuzzles/comments/biww11/8mbtc_quizchain_block_71; Tryquizchain/71 in the playground

Address: 1C5P5dfq4nWqhcRDkSCWJKy3S1YzmdyK7U

hash160 797d7a9378442124640abc9df1a174e015466842

Balance

asking the explorer

Key

public key · compressed: 037a6dbafdd95c8761d0a73ed433048d9b0b63f9e4b095700445a909ebadecf15e
WIF: KxQGi7WXnWzG33SKK288AWmCc3LBC2V86ts2ZG4ESH8c6xPvBo8h
entropy hash: d6afff13ce667d4ad13d0c3899b8cbeb
entropy source: MD5 of the password, TOMI, the wizard and the whole block 70 key

Transactions

funding2019-04-300.008 BTC4a75013a72…ba862e
claim2019-04-300.00788115 BTC998f865c2e…a7bc05

Hints

undated
officialQuestion: merry idea
Sourcereddit.com/r/bitcoinpuzzles/comments/biww11/8mbtc_quizchain_block_71
Published answer
The solution was "Mellon TOMI Gandalf".
Sourcewattpad.com/720895205-second-complete-quizchain
undated
officialFormat [solution] TOMI [TOMI] [link]
Sourcereddit.com/r/bitcoinpuzzles/comments/biww11/8mbtc_quizchain_block_71
undated
officialHint for TOMI field live now at Twitter feed. It is grey
Sourcereddit.com/r/bitcoinpuzzles/comments/biww11/comment/em4v010