quizchain2/29

Solved on 2019-06-05 after 5h 12m, 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.

Great deeds

June 5, 2019. The question is Great deeds. The solution is one word with a capital first letter, plus a TOMI field. Digits 72f, 8 and c. Hints come fast this time, 20 and 40 minutes after the post.

The author asked what hint people wanted, got a split vote and tossed a coin. Hint one: "with little". Hint two: the TOMI format is [name] [number].

Riddle number 4

Search "Great deeds with little" and you find it. Riddle 4 of the hundred riddles of Symphosius.

Great deeds with little strength I do,
I close the open, ope the closed for you.

The answer is Key. What else would a Bitcoin quiz pick? The TOMI field is the author's name and the riddle's number.

The claim confirmed at 04:50:56 UTC, 50 minutes after the post. Fast hints, fast solve.

Symphonius or Symphosius?

The author's update says Symphonius. u/puzzleponky spotted it. The poet is Symphosius, "good thing you did not make that mistake in the actual puzzle". The author fixed the update.

The chain agrees. Key TOMI Symphosius 4 hashes to 72f, the digits the post gave, and derives the address the claim spent. Key TOMI Symphonius 4 hashes to d39. Typo in the post, not in the puzzle. Phew.

IDquizchain2/2929 / 772019-06-04 → 2019-06-05

Puzzle / quizchain2

29

bitcoinp2pkh solved

Record

puzzle({
  chain: "bitcoin",
  address: "19UP4Fb7zcZ5…sZEJfbRa",
  status: Status.Solved,
  key: wif("L3HmHhyYCaxU…bkQe2dAV").entropy("72f81ac9956b…6a4dc9ff", source("https://www.…lock_29/")).derived(),
})

Prize: 0.007 BTC
Key material: wif, derived from the recipe
Verification: verified
Solved: 2019-06-05 · 5h 12m

tx 2

Trail: Explorerblockstream.info; Sourcereddit.com/r/Grycoin/comments/bwya8s/7_mbtc_quizchain2_block_29; Tryquizchain2/29 in the playground

Address: 19UP4Fb7zcZ5JXnrGwPkuTGr6msZEJfbRa

hash160 5ceea611e9bb59114b6d0f0df2d01b7e6f3f7913

Balance

asking the explorer

Key

public key · compressed: 03a30a845216745ca831d8381a71b9f71214d2aeb3813d2ced593a93dd93d2c47c
WIF: L3HmHhyYCaxULQipVqy631Mw1h1xCUzJJ6CKhGYAeZhzbkQe2dAV
entropy hash: 72f81ac9956b8d2a8874f0b06a4dc9ff
entropy source: MD5 of the word, TOMI, a name and a number

Transactions

funding2019-06-040.007 BTC2fe442ae6d…3a6f21
claim2019-06-050.00699427 BTCeb82d524ba…f88b4f

Files

Techniques

md5-to-bip39-entropypuzzlereddit.com/r/Grycoin/comments/bwya8s/7_mbtc_quizchain2_block_29

Hints

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officialQuestion: Great deeds
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Published answer
Solution for this classic riddle and for this block is "Key".
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undated
officialFormat: [solution] TOMI [TOMI]. Solution is one word, with first letter only capital, like "Solution".
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Published answer
Update: As noted in comments, correct name is Symphosius.
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undated
officialFirst three digits of MD5 hash are 72f
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undated
officialFirst digit of solution only MD5 hash is 8.
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undated
officialFirst digit of TOMI only MD5 hash is c.
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undated
officialHint: with little
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Published answer
This was a classic, number 4 in a collection of 100 riddles by Symphonius.
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undated
officialTOMI field format is [name] [number]
Sourcereddit.com/r/Grycoin/comments/bwya8s/7_mbtc_quizchain2_block_29
Published answer
The TOMI field was the name of the author (Symphonius) and the number 4 since this is the number of this riddle in his collection.
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