quizchain2/37

Solved on 2019-06-13 after 5h 9m, key derived from the published recipe. 0.01 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.

Minmin

June 13, 2019. Block 37 pays 10 mBTC, the cross sum of 37. The question: "I created a new word. Minmin. What does it mean?" The answer is two words. The TOMI field is four words of four letters each. Digits 394, d and 49.

Then the fastest hints so far. Players voted for a hint every five minutes. A homonym about Bitcoin. "How do you mine the quizchain?" The first word is Mine. Then You all.

Mine with your mind

Minmin is short for Mindminer, someone who mines the quizchain by thinking. The answer is Quizchain player. The TOMI field is Mine with your mind, and mind and mine share three letters.

u/Randomiser had it before the fifth hint. The claim confirmed at 04:57:56 UTC, 57 minutes after the post. The author called the format stressful. Several players didn't like it either. You had to be awake.

IDquizchain2/3737 / 772019-06-12 → 2019-06-13

Puzzle / quizchain2

37

bitcoinp2pkh solved

Record

puzzle({
  chain: "bitcoin",
  address: "131KikgawApZ…BoMvMFei",
  status: Status.Solved,
  key: wif("Kx5xWpgz2G6g…o5LdkmyM").entropy("394596b95fd8…138c665e", source("https://www.…lock_37/")).derived(),
})

Prize: 0.01 BTC
Key material: wif, derived from the recipe
Verification: verified
Solved: 2019-06-13 · 5h 9m

tx 2

Trail: Explorerblockstream.info; Sourcereddit.com/r/Grycoin/comments/c012gd/10_mbtc_quizchain2_block_37; Tryquizchain2/37 in the playground

Address: 131KikgawApZakrm5e8RPobDjKBoMvMFei

hash160 15ffe0cda64f3929940f1fe4a33f87f8a41a684e

Balance

asking the explorer

Key

public key · compressed: 038bdc1d347f7bcb1ba23ebe488b5874274c8ca2f783504dd5dfa40a5683d4ea22
WIF: Kx5xWpgz2G6gVjuwLJrqxajRRkj6TqfMyCPDEn9FoRa7o5LdkmyM
entropy hash: 394596b95fd8e24ea742969f138c665e
entropy source: MD5 of the two words, TOMI and four words

Transactions

funding2019-06-120.01 BTC4e63d91232…b82702
claim2019-06-130.00974867 BTCa0f67c8e7c…f710b8

Files

Techniques

md5-to-bip39-entropypuzzlereddit.com/r/Grycoin/comments/c012gd/10_mbtc_quizchain2_block_37

Hints

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officialQuestion: I created a new word. Minmin. What does it mean?
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Published answer
Solution was "Quizchain player" and TOMI field was "Mine with your mind".
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officialFormat: [solution] TOMI [TOMI]
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Published answer
Quizchain player TOMI Mine with your mind
Sourcereddit.com/r/Grycoin/comments/c012gd/comment/eqzljo9
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officialSolution format is two words, with the first one starting with a capital letter, like this: "Word1 word2".
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officialTOMI format is four words. Each has four letters. The first and last word differ by only one letter. Only the first word starts with a capital letter, like this: "Word1 word2 word3 word4". No words of dubious moral standing in this TOMI field.
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officialFirst three digits of MD5 hash are 394.
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officialFirst digit of solution only MD5 hash is d.
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officialFirst two digits of TOMI field only MD5 hash are 49.
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officialFirst word in TOMI field is a homonym related to Bitcoin.
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officialHint 2: How do you mine the quizchain?
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officialHint 3: The first word of the TOMI field is "Mine". It is a homonym, since it has the meaning to mine a chain or gold as well as "this is mine".
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officialHint 4: You all
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officialHint 5: Tomi field may be used as a slogan for the quizchain, just as "Satoshi without the consonants" is a catchphrase for my handle name.
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officialHint 6 (last one, after that you are on your own until further notice): First word of solution is "Quizchain"
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