IDcollectionsQuizchain2

quizchain2/11

Solved on 2019-05-21 after 1d 22h 29m, 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.

No question at all

May 20, 2019. The author promises a block "so simple and obvious that I don't even need a question". Block 11 of the first run did the same trick, so there's a hint in the number itself.

What you get is a format, [solution] TOMI [TOMI], and the first digits of three MD5 hashes: 057 for the whole string, 7 for the solution, 1 for the TOMI field. That's it. No question, no link.

u/Quantris put it well: "IMHO no block with a TOMI could really be considered straightforward". The guesses piled up anyway. "a very simple solution", "block 11", "geico TOMI caveman". Nothing.

Close to nothing

The claim confirmed at 11:21:51 UTC on May 21, and nobody said a word. The author's update explains it. Start from nothing, and the two smallest things you can type are one space and one line break. The solution was one space. The TOMI field was one space.

So the string starts with two spaces. One is the solution, one comes before TOMI. u/BrainForceOne hashed TOMI one space first, missed, and then got it. Feels almost rude, doesn't it?

The hint that never came was 4444. The author explained it later: 4 for 44, divide by 4. Block 44 of the first run had a blank solution, and this one was "close to blank".

Bots or people?

The silent winner made the author wonder whether an outside bot had grabbed the 7 mBTC. u/Quantris didn't buy it: MD5 into Ian Coleman's tool is enough protection on its own. One way to find out, the author said. That test became block 15.

IDquizchain2/1111 / 202019-05-19 → 2019-05-21
Puzzle / quizchain2

11

bitcoinp2pkh solved

Record

bitcoinPuzzle({
  address: p2pkh("14wH4M6Ej19L…a86SPSsv", "2b2c3e5b1ce8…1d60b03a"),
  status: Status.Solved,
  key: wif("KyjAP9JR7pn5…rNQ5GoEF").entropy("057e2b3773ea…61e920cb", source("https://www.…lock_11/")).derived(),
})
Prize
0.007 BTC
Key material
wif, derived from the recipe
Verification
verified
Solved
2019-05-21 · 1d 22h 29m
tx 2
Trail
Explorerblockstream.info
Sourcereddit.com/r/bitcoinpuzzles/comments/bqqiot/7_mbtc_quizchain2_block_11
Tryquizchain2/11 in the playground
Address
14wH4M6Ej19LM5h6BxAQMVdD1ba86SPSsv

hash160 2b2c3e5b1ce846ed38f87a54ded489be1d60b03a

Balance
asking the explorer

Key

public key · compressed
02455a7f030dfb2770ffdda9db09d2a0a0041594bd418d8f0b164e97fb24d02cdc
WIF
KyjAP9JR7pn5Bz98cqyp3PZNpdnw2nGzotA2enpTrT5trNQ5GoEF
entropy hash
057e2b3773eafe634f5b769161e920cb

Transactions

  1. funding2019-05-190.007 BTC95f7f474d7…0be23e
  2. claim2019-05-210.00668294 BTCa06ea10109…ae9734

Hints

  1. undated

    officialThis will be a simple block similar to block 11 of the first round with a very simple solution. It will be so simple and obvious that I don't even need a question for the block.

    Published answer

    Starting from nothing, the two alternatives are one space and one line break. For this block I chose the first alternative, with "one space" as the TOMI field.

    Sourcereddit.com/r/bitcoinpuzzles/comments/bqqiot/7_mbtc_quizchain2_block_11

  2. undated

    officialFormat: [solution] TOMI [TOMI]

    Published answer

    Got it. There is one space for solution and one space before TOMI.

    Sourcereddit.com/r/bitcoinpuzzles/comments/bqqiot/comment/eobz5fy

  3. undated

    officialFIrst three digits of MD5 hash are 057.

  4. undated
  5. undated

    officialMD 5 hash of TOMI field only is 1.