IDcollectionsQuizchain2

quizchain2/54

Solved on 2019-06-30 after 7h 17m, 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.

What's the S stand for?

June 30, 2019. Rapid fire hints, one every 30 minutes. The answer is three capital letters with an S. The TOMI field starts with two more sets of three, then a word. Digits 2d7 and ee.

The hints go to Hal Finney's posts on Bitcointalk, number 4 on that list. Then IBM and BITcoin. Then Imperfect anagram HAL.

HAL to IBM

The answer is HAS and the TOMI field is HAL BIT Caesar. Shift HAL one letter to the right and you get IBM, like the computer in 2001. HAS is almost HAL, and Hal once asked what that S stands for. Nobody knows. Maybe $, the author guesses.

u/silver_anth got it with a script, three capital letters at a time. And then asked how anyone was meant to get this. Fair question, no? "There is not much logic in this block", the author admitted.

The claim confirmed at 06:48:05 UTC, under three hours after the post. The block was also a hint for block 53. And for block 76, later. Everything is Hal here.

IDquizchain2/5454 / 772019-06-29 → 2019-06-30
Puzzle / quizchain2

54

bitcoinp2pkh solved

Record

puzzle({
  chain: "bitcoin",
  address: "1HK86jWSJoWY…joiSbaQ1",
  status: Status.Solved,
  key: wif("KzbLxqZdBuNJ…ckqfg9tt").entropy("2d73ff7b955a…cef8af0b", source("https://www.…lock_54/")).derived(),
})
Prize
0.007 BTC
Key material
wif, derived from the recipe
Verification
verified
Solved
2019-06-30 · 7h 17m
tx 2
Trail
Explorerblockstream.info
Sourcereddit.com/r/Grycoin/comments/c78se0/7_mbtc_quizchain2_block_54
Tryquizchain2/54 in the playground
Address
1HK86jWSJoWYwDaMSw5PL5oVfqjoiSbaQ1

hash160 b2ef6cf898b3f424e54489926a7091870124b069

Balance
asking the explorer

Key

public key · compressed
02037f873b81bbe8886d8ec9d3d3565de1df9631df6f7cf58406f37ae446b5853b
WIF
KzbLxqZdBuNJWkCouW1v47Vwbp9oBAN2WNb3nyM64mFhckqfg9tt
entropy hash
2d73ff7b955ab880925c0eddcef8af0b

Transactions

  1. funding2019-06-290.007 BTC5fcff3e4e2…81e48b
  2. claim2019-06-300.00661024 BTC63cf498f2b…0ec6c5

Files

Hints

  1. undated

    officialQuestion: What's the S stand for?

    Published answer

    As winner posted in comments, solution was "HAS" and TOMI field was HAL BIT Caesar.

    Sourcereddit.com/r/Grycoin/comments/c78se0/7_mbtc_quizchain2_block_54

  2. undated

    officialFormat: [solution] TOMI [TOMI].

    Published answer

    HAS TOMI HAL BIT Caesar

    Sourcereddit.com/r/Grycoin/comments/c78se0/comment/ese1sru

  3. undated

    officialFormat of solution is three capital letters, including S.

  4. undated

    officialFirst three digits of MD5 hash are 2d7.

  5. undated

    officialFirst two digits of TOMI field only are ee.

  6. undated

    officialHint 1: TOMI format [XXX XXX Word] with XXX three capital letters and word first letter only in capital.

  7. undated

    officialHint 2: Hal's posts on bitcointalk https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2436;sa=showPosts

  8. undated

    officialHint 3: Number 4 on that list.

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    officialHint 5: Imperfect anagram HAL