quizchain/74

Solved on 2019-05-03 after 1d 22h 3m, key published. 0.011 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 perfect murder

"Victim of the perfect murder." 11 mBTC.

The hints were "Queen of crime" and "Who would be smart enough to pull off the perfect murder?". Agatha Christie's Curtain, where Poirot is the murderer. The victim is Norton, and the field is Othello, one of the clues Poirot left.

IDquizchain/7474 / 772019-05-01 → 2019-05-03

Puzzle / quizchain

74

bitcoinp2pkh solved

Record

bitcoinPuzzle({
  address: p2pkh("1HbUcHKfpkUS…ue3EByMQ", "b6073394d3fd…44c072bf"),
  status: Status.Solved,
  key: wif("L1myU8V1SzKb…99VyYMAm").entropy("0a7c902815f9…592b2553", source("https://www.…lock_74/")),
})

Prize: 0.011 BTC
Key material: wif
Verification: verified
Solved: 2019-05-03 · 1d 22h 3m

tx 2

Trail: Explorerblockstream.info; Sourcereddit.com/r/bitcoinpuzzles/comments/bjnzi8/11_mbtc_quizchain_block_74; Tryquizchain/74 in the playground

Address: 1HbUcHKfpkUSssNtcfS3vKzdTMue3EByMQ

hash160 b6073394d3fd08f7ddac22508895535944c072bf

Balance

asking the explorer

Key

public key · compressed: 0312b422a56647895f549b81db0f36a964479696ec86b374be8b353167257825dd
WIF: L1myU8V1SzKbAvW51KcEaA6EvfpmffqNuTgMdmY45XpH99VyYMAm
entropy hash: 0a7c902815f9dc9d26057280592b2553
entropy source: MD5 of the victim, TOMI, the play and the whole block 73 key

Transactions

funding2019-05-010.011 BTCd3515e508f…4cf952
claim2019-05-030.01076038 BTCcc9570322c…cd014d

Hints

undated
officialQuestion: Victim of the perfect murder.
Sourcereddit.com/r/bitcoinpuzzles/comments/bjnzi8/11_mbtc_quizchain_block_74
Published answer
The victim in that novel is Norton (the solution for this block), and the TOMI field is one of the hints Poirot left, which was Othello.
Sourcereddit.com/r/bitcoinpuzzles/comments/bjnzi8/11_mbtc_quizchain_block_74
undated
officialAgain surviving longer than expected. Let's try a hint for this one too. Queen of crime.
Sourcereddit.com/r/bitcoinpuzzles/comments/bjnzi8/comment/emb8d3y
undated
officialSecond hint live now: Who would be smart enough to pull off the perfect murder?
Sourcereddit.com/r/bitcoinpuzzles/comments/bjnzi8/comment/emiutzl