The Secret History of Bitcoin (64): The Maddening Bitcoin Puzzles of Those Years

This article is from:Hashpie (ID: hashpie), Author: LucyCheng, forwarded with authorization.

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Continuing the tradition of cypherpunks who like to play performance art when they have nothing to do, since the birth of Bitcoin, there have been an endless stream of guessing games involving cryptocurrency assets. For example, in the upper left corner of the picture below, the oil painting "Legend of Satoshi Nakamoto", which was released for three years before being taken away with 5 BTC rewards, the upper right corner is full of random words and numbers and contains 1 Bitcoin, and the answer to the puzzle in the lower left corner is worth about Street murals worth $1,000, and the puzzle game Gem Rose Accent, which rewards you with 1 BTC if you successfully pass the level...

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A Reddit user calling himself Pip launched a bitcoin challenge at bitcoinchallenge.codes/

According to the website bitcoinchallenge.coded/, which publishes puzzles, there are four puzzles in this game, and the rewards are 0.1 BTC, 0.2 BTC, 0.31 BTC and the final prize of 310 BTC. With everyone's enthusiasm, within two days after the puzzle was released, the challenger named Lustre cracked the first level and transferred 0.1 BTC.

Judging from the decrypted video released by Luster, to crack the first level, you must first find out the QR code hidden in the picture, obtain the web page address contained in it, and get in touch with the publisher before entering the second stage of puzzle solving. Then, with the help of the 3*6 form and the hidden date information given in the picture, through checking and reasoning, Luster finally restored the 12 mnemonic words of the bonus address and successfully opened the wallet.

The specific problem-solving process of the first level of the puzzle (Source: Youtube)

Past review:After Luster, the ultimate prize was also taken away in less than a week. And miraculously, this lucky man skipped the third level, went directly to crack the fourth level, and successfully obtained 310 bitcoins. Except for Lustre, the other puzzle solvers did not disclose their relevant information, so it is unknown whether the same puzzle solver won all the rewards in the end. As for the complete decryption process and why the third level can be skipped, the publisher Pip is unwilling to say more; he just tells everyone that "310 BTC" is his first experiment, and he will create more in the future. Many similar challenges.

Not only that, Pip also boasted: "My bitcoin quickly became a treasure chest. I don't want to provide specific numbers here, but I can tell you that bitcoin has changed my life. Most importantly, The bitcoin airdrop model was created. I thought it would be good to give these things to the rest of the world because I don’t need them. It’s just for fun.”

While we have yet to wait for Pip's next game, r/bitcoinpuzzles pops up puzzles big and small every month or two. It's just that in front of these puzzles that gather a lot of cryptography and advanced mathematics, ordinary onlookers can only eat melons.