Hi everyone š
I've created a crossword with a 0.01 (one million sats) bounty:
In honor of Bitcoin Pizza Day and the legendary Laszlo Hanyecz, who added tangible value to bitcoin.
The words are the key to decrypting the message -- you won't need anything but a connection and some savviness to sweep the reward. No shenanigans.
If in doubt, the code is open-source and the encrypted message is freely accesible.
If the crossword remains unsolved, I will be dropping a few hints in a few days time.
Enjoy! šš
this is really clever. implementation is cool too... v clean :)
thanks! I've added some clues on the crossword page :)
hey, awesome.
can i assume that the order of the elements in the array of words matches their order in the sentence?
It's not a certain assumption.
I ordered the words from left to right, top to bottom (ie: x coordinate first, y coordinate second) based on how they fit in the crossword. To avoid said assumption to be done ;) thought no one would think about it, happy to see someone did!
But you gotta tell us for sure, the order of the words in the sentence is the same as the one we get by tapping tab right? i.e. :
I guess we need to start with this list and choose a word, like whether to go with age or ace or fee.... https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/ending-with/3-letter-words-e.html
so if the correct 5 words are entered in the correct places, the puzzle will automatically end right? And show some sort of invoice?
didnt work but was fun
https://ibb.co/p4XShL7
NICE! Quite creative to use BIP39 words. I've added a few hints, hope it helps!
attempt 1 failed: All Postbox Also Affix Fee
I am way to stupid to solve this amyway
The less you think about complicated or smart words, the better you will fare int this crossword. Few hints added on the page :)
how do i know if i am right?
confetti. Like, lots of confetti.
May Genesis stays the same
this one is great wow. I think it's better than my message. Word clues have been added now to the crossword.
thanks :)
HEY YOU GUYS I SOLVED IT!!!!
but i didn't solve it first.
but i did learn some things from the wallet recovery process
Sorry about it! I think it's time I write a message that it's been solved. Although I enjoy reading the messages from people who liked the hidden message :)
Sure, write a message in places..
or maybe update the functionality when somebody has completed the puzzle.
2 things though...
FINAL UPDATE:
Someone from bitcointalk.org solved it, took less than 20 hours since published, that's quite impressive. I was afraid someone managed to brute-force it (someone on reddit tried 33 million combinations in one day).
Still, if it itches you to know the solution, I've added some word hints that should make it trivial to solve.
Stay tuned for my fourth project :)
omg someone solved it? your new clues made it very easy "BANKS ARE NOT YOUR FRIENDS" right? So you put the clues just now because someone already solved it?
yes correct. I don't know how he solved it so fast. When I saw the funds were swept I was afraid it was brute forced. Happy it wasn't, humans won, machines lost. Sending you some sats for all the creative entries :)
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5399718.msg60202687#msg60202687
ty ty
this hint threw me off, as Genesis was in bold, i assumed that for sure the long word would either be Genesis, Satoshi or Bitcoin. But it turned out to be "Friends".
Dang, I thought
Would have something to do with it. And the other hint was that it would be a sentence.
i found out about this puzzle too late just 2 hours ago, others have been working on it since 20 hours, damnit
fuck
I'm making a thread of my attempts here: https://twitter.com/fixol4all/status/1528672585172807681
This site is an invaluable tool to help in solving the puzzle https://www.bestwordlist.com/p/o/1/words4lettersfourthlettero.htm
and this is also a good tool https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/word-finder-unscrambler.html
coooool, i like puzzles
Neat. I'm probably to dumb for it tho
Same as the other reply, no need to go too deep into intelligence.
neat, so the words are not bip39 words?
I've added some clues to the page. Answering your question:
No knowledge about the BIP-39 wordlist is needed or was used as a reference for this crossword.
UPDATE #1
Clues have been added to the crossword page on the bottom, based on the comments here. More will come! Ideas for clues are welcome. Someone has made a small anonymous tip for the reward, yay! :)
Cmon guys, let's make this thread here more valuable than the same posted by OP on Reddit. Reddit is dying? Prove it!
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I solved it "BANKS ARE NOT YOUR FRIENDS" please gib
:( someone solved it before me, i got excited by the clues