quizchain2/26

Solved on 2019-06-03 after 1d 21h 49m, 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.

Magical Crypto Friends

June 1, 2019. The question is Magical Crypto Friends. The format gives the TOMI field away: [solution] TOMI Extremely unfair riddle. Digits 7b8.

The first hint crossed names off one by one. Not Pan or Pon. Not the Panda. Not the Pony. Not the Chikun either. Looking for an extremely unfair riddle.

The unfair riddle is Samson's, from the Bible. "Out of the eater came forth meat and out of the strong came forth sweetness," as u/martypyouknowme quoted it. The answer in the Bible is two questions. What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?

u/Quantris named Samson on day one. martypyouknowme tried both questions with the TOMI field, with and without question marks. All wrong. The author shortened the answer to sweet honey strong lion. Four words, no question marks, no "what is".

The claim confirmed at 11:36:20 UTC on June 3. The winner never commented. The next hint would have been "solution has four words". It never came.

u/Crypto_Rachel had tried the lion riddle from the first day. Change a famous riddle that much and it's near impossible, they said. The author answered with a new Wattpad chapter about fairness. Extremely unfair riddle, extremely unfair answer. Consistent, at least.

IDquizchain2/2626 / 772019-06-01 → 2019-06-03

Puzzle / quizchain2

26

bitcoinp2pkh solved

Record

puzzle({
  chain: "bitcoin",
  address: "1MZkYJGdwQyB…iPe3DuZA",
  status: Status.Solved,
  key: wif("L1f62oEUFZwT…fCiB5DVk").entropy("7b80eaaa48d1…e3978deb", source("https://www.…lock_26/")).derived(),
})

Prize: 0.007 BTC
Key material: wif, derived from the recipe
Verification: verified
Solved: 2019-06-03 · 1d 21h 49m

tx 2

Trail: Explorerblockstream.info; Sourcereddit.com/r/Grycoin/comments/bvqrlr/7_mbtc_quizchain2_block_26; Tryquizchain2/26 in the playground

Address: 1MZkYJGdwQyBxVjeP6yFEfeofniPe3DuZA

hash160 e1942be70c4fb808484e757e864ca2c4f8c3519d

Balance

asking the explorer

Key

public key · compressed: 02eba353713570f31b7077c98aa0053c480c20e282e5dde07765e5d3909568a214
WIF: L1f62oEUFZwThriUzuAFQL8kVaY9wm85zrun6Y185qpUfCiB5DVk
entropy hash: 7b80eaaa48d1aec2289c956ae3978deb
entropy source: MD5 of the four words, TOMI and the given field

Transactions

funding2019-06-010.007 BTC05ed3d9482…eb8f24
claim2019-06-030.006618 BTCe31653ee19…242830

Files

Techniques

md5-to-bip39-entropypuzzlereddit.com/r/Grycoin/comments/bvqrlr/7_mbtc_quizchain2_block_26

Hints

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officialQuestion: Magical Crypto Friends
Sourcereddit.com/r/Grycoin/comments/bvqrlr/7_mbtc_quizchain2_block_26
Published answer
As noted by several players in comments, this was about the famous Samson riddle in the Bible. The answer to that in the BIble was "What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?". I simplified this a bit to "sweet honey strong lion".
Sourcereddit.com/r/Grycoin/comments/bvqrlr/7_mbtc_quizchain2_block_26
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officialFormat: [solution] TOMI Extremely unfair riddle
Sourcereddit.com/r/Grycoin/comments/bvqrlr/7_mbtc_quizchain2_block_26
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officialFirst three digits of MD5 hash are 7b8.
Sourcereddit.com/r/Grycoin/comments/bvqrlr/7_mbtc_quizchain2_block_26
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officialNot Pan or Pon
Sourcereddit.com/r/Grycoin/comments/bvqrlr/7_mbtc_quizchain2_block_26
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officialNot the Panda
Sourcereddit.com/r/Grycoin/comments/bvqrlr/7_mbtc_quizchain2_block_26
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officialNot the Pony
Sourcereddit.com/r/Grycoin/comments/bvqrlr/7_mbtc_quizchain2_block_26
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officialNot the Chikun either.
Sourcereddit.com/r/Grycoin/comments/bvqrlr/7_mbtc_quizchain2_block_26
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officialLooking for an extremely unfair riddle.
Sourcereddit.com/r/Grycoin/comments/bvqrlr/7_mbtc_quizchain2_block_26