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Bitcoin crossword puzzle with stolen sn branding - Week 2

2454 sats \ 31 comments \ @jasonb 9 Aug gaming

Welcome to week 2 of the unofficial, probably unwelcome, and increasingly inappropriately titled weekly stacker crossword puzzle.

https://m.stacker.news/44728

This time, I'm giving out a bounty to whoever completes the crossword first. Week 1's bounty, which remains unclaimed, involves a tricky secondary puzzle of gaining access to a bitcoin wallet and moving its lone 500 sat UTXO. At this point, simply signing a message from that wallet will do. It seems that more folks liked the crossword than the two-part puzzle, so I'm adjusting since it was still pretty fun for me too just making the crossword. My point being, this week all you have to do is solve the crossword if you want the bounty.

The theme this time is HORRIBLE PUNS. Each clue includes the real word spelled appropriately and then a play on words that should hopefully make your stomach churn. Enjoy.

https://stackernewscrosswordpuzzle2.vercel.app/

1,000 sats paid

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31 sats \ 3 replies \ @grayruby 9 Aug

This is really cool. SN turning into a proper newspaper with crossword puzzles now. @k00b

20 sats \ 2 replies \ @jasonb OP 9 Aug

Thanks!

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 9 Aug

Next week you have to make this a bit easier for old, slow guys like me. Haha

50 sats \ 0 replies \ @jasonb OP 9 Aug

Yeah, sorry. I showed it my wife first, and she was like, "this is too hard to be fun." I had just already put too much time into it. I was thinking about doing a sports theme so I could post in your territory.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 10 Aug

If only people were interested in sudoku instead !

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @OneOneSeven 9 Aug

I solved it and learned some new words, but I'll let others have a shot at it for a little bit ;)

41 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 9 Aug

real sn new guys, who probably think it's corny

I like corny.

142 sats \ 0 replies \ @jasonb OP 9 Aug

Well crap! Having your blessing screws up my whole branding! Now’s it’s false advertising to say it’s unwelcome. Maybe I can at least keep my unofficial status. Back to the drawing board. :)

21 sats \ 7 replies \ @handsome_latino 9 Aug

That's very cool! I'll give it a try

I coded this a while ago: https://bitcoin-crossword.com/

The bounty was an encoded message that only the right answer would decrypt. I thought it was pretty cool.

The bounty I gave was 1,000,000 sats which I sometimes regret lol

21 sats \ 6 replies \ @jasonb OP 9 Aug

Woah! That's awesome! Yeah, a million sat bounty is no joke. How long did it take the winner to solve it? I'm going to give it a try tonight.

0 sats \ 5 replies \ @jasonb OP 9 Aug

Got it! Yeah, I made people work WAY harder for 1000 sats on this one. You're very generous (and actually a talented programmer) and I'm kind of a jerk. We should team up on something!

https://m.stacker.news/44809

21 sats \ 4 replies \ @handsome_latino 9 Aug

Great job! Did you use the clues? Originally those didn't exist.

It took a very short time, I believe an hour or so.

Someone was trying to brute-force it first but humans won against machines.

I have more ideas but at the time I was new (SN was just like 20 of us lol) and I was afraid people would think I was a scammer.

Let's connect. Feel free to use any of the contact methods here: https://handsomelatino.com

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @handsome_latino 9 Aug

BTW just read somewhere in the description that it took 20 hours to solve it

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @jasonb OP 9 Aug

I only used the clue for number five.

Cool! Yeah, you’ve got some great resources there. I can’t wait to dig in some more.

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @handsome_latino 9 Aug

Nice. Here's another project I'm doing with a friend that I haven't added to the list:

https://bitcoinvsstocks.com/

I did the FE and design. It's my first take at Svelte (quite liked it)

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @jasonb OP 9 Aug

Wow! This will, I’m sure, churn out many very tough orange pills for people to swallow. Just gotta get this in front of the eyes of some friends and family.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satoshi__Nakamoto 9 Aug

Turning into newspaper 🗞

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @OneOneSeven 9 Aug

HORRIBLE PUNS

you weren't kidding 😂 this is fun

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @jasonb OP 9 Aug

Thanks!

21 sats \ 4 replies \ @OneOneSeven 9 Aug

Nice, been waiting for this!

Does the first puzzle have a passphrase at the end of the mnemonic or maybe I'm using the wrong derivation path? I can't believe I'm this stupid that I have the seed phrase and can't get into the wallet, but it appears so lol.

109 sats \ 3 replies \ @jasonb OP 9 Aug

::extremely embarrassed facepalm emoji::

I just checked, and it DOES have a passphrase...

OK, I just created a transaction to move the (after fees) 296 sat UTXO over. If you can just show a screenshot or sign a message (because I think those sats will probably never afford to leave) from that wallet, you got that first bounty. I'm so sorry. I am an idiot.

21 sats \ 2 replies \ @OneOneSeven 9 Aug

Ah ha, mystery solved! No worries!

107 sats \ 0 replies \ @jasonb OP 9 Aug

Actually, although it's unconfirmed, I do see it in there now.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @jasonb OP 9 Aug

I'll let you know when the transaction gets confirmed. I allocated every possible sat that Sparrow would let me to fees and this is still all I got:

1.87 sats/vB

Luckily, it should actually get picked up in this environment.

1021 sats \ 3 replies \ @OneOneSeven 13 Aug

I gave enough of a head start, I'll take it now ;)

https://m.stacker.news/45658

167 sats \ 2 replies \ @jasonb OP 13 Aug

Boom!! Ok, next one is going to be easier

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @OneOneSeven 13 Aug

SOL on sitting space was a great clue

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @jasonb OP 13 Aug

I was scolded harshly by @dagny761 on the first crossword for not using acronyms in the clue for acronym answers. :) Apparently that’s a thing in crosswords. Anyway, thanks! I was pretty proud of that one.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @iam_jerry 9 Aug

Awesome.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @OneOneSeven 9 Aug

Signed Message

https://m.stacker.news/44763

I guess I shoulda posted on the other thread lol

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @jasonb OP 9 Aug

Boom! OK, you got the bounty on the original. I gotta go to that post real quick, since this one still goes to the new crossword. Gimme a sec.