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Bitcoin Crossword (1 million sats bounty)

360 sats \ 41 comments \ @handsome_latino 22 May 2022 bitcoin

Hi everyone 👋

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! 🍕🍕

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13 sats \ 2 replies \ @faithandcredit 22 May 2022

didnt work but was fun

https://ibb.co/p4XShL7

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @handsome_latino OP 23 May 2022

NICE! Quite creative to use BIP39 words. I've added a few hints, hope it helps!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @ideasourcing 23 May 2022

attempt 1 failed: All Postbox Also Affix Fee

30 sats \ 0 replies \ @ideasourcing 23 May 2022

I'm making a thread of my attempts here: https://twitter.com/fixol4all/status/1528672585172807681

20 sats \ 1 reply \ @ideasourcing 23 May 2022

This site is an invaluable tool to help in solving the puzzle https://www.bestwordlist.com/p/o/1/words4lettersfourthlettero.htm

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @ideasourcing 23 May 2022

and this is also a good tool https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/word-finder-unscrambler.html

10 sats \ 2 replies \ @itsrealfake 24 May 2022

HEY YOU GUYS I SOLVED IT!!!!

but i didn't solve it first.

but i did learn some things from the wallet recovery process

Mycelium only lets you have one btc wallet (adios mycelium)
There's a delay when loading the words into Sparrow... not a big one but that threw me off as i rushed to restore thinking i maybe won.

1 sat \ 1 reply \ @handsome_latino OP 25 May 2022

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 :)

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @itsrealfake 25 May 2022

Sure, write a message in places..

or maybe update the functionality when somebody has completed the puzzle.

2 things though...

The crossword could be a good pneumonic tool for a wallet interface... consider that, in terms of what you get up to next.
I hope the existing puzzle stays online for a bit. It could be cool to send to pre-coiners.

12 sats \ 6 replies \ @itsrealfake 22 May 2022

this is really clever. implementation is cool too... v clean :)

1 sat \ 5 replies \ @handsome_latino OP 23 May 2022

thanks! I've added some clues on the crossword page :)

50 sats \ 3 replies \ @itsrealfake 23 May 2022

hey, awesome.

can i assume that the order of the elements in the array of words matches their order in the sentence?

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @handsome_latino OP 23 May 2022

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!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @ideasourcing 23 May 2022

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. :

DOWN 3 letters
DOWN 7 letters
ACROSS 4 letters
ACROSS 5 letters
DOWN 3 letters

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @ideasourcing 23 May 2022

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

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @ideasourcing 23 May 2022

so if the correct 5 words are entered in the correct places, the puzzle will automatically end right? And show some sort of invoice?

11 sats \ 6 replies \ @pony 22 May 2022

I am way to stupid to solve this amyway

0 sats \ 5 replies \ @handsome_latino OP 23 May 2022

The less you think about complicated or smart words, the better you will fare int this crossword. Few hints added on the page :)

0 sats \ 4 replies \ @pony 23 May 2022

how do i know if i am right?

1 sat \ 3 replies \ @handsome_latino OP 23 May 2022

confetti. Like, lots of confetti.

300 sats \ 2 replies \ @pony 23 May 2022

May Genesis stays the same

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @handsome_latino OP 23 May 2022

this one is great wow. I think it's better than my message. Word clues have been added now to the crossword.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @pony 23 May 2022

thanks :)

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @ideasourcing 23 May 2022

coooool, i like puzzles

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @tomlaies 22 May 2022

Neat. I'm probably to dumb for it tho

1 sat \ 0 replies \ @handsome_latino OP 23 May 2022

Same as the other reply, no need to go too deep into intelligence.

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @falsefaucet 22 May 2022

neat, so the words are not bip39 words?

25 sats \ 0 replies \ @handsome_latino OP 23 May 2022

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.

1 sat \ 7 replies \ @handsome_latino OP 23 May 2022

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 :)

1113 sats \ 5 replies \ @ideasourcing 23 May 2022

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?

1 sat \ 4 replies \ @handsome_latino OP 23 May 2022

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

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @ideasourcing 23 May 2022

ty ty

11 sats \ 2 replies \ @ideasourcing 23 May 2022

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".

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FTcLsXWaAAAg_dK?format=png&name=900x900

1 sat \ 1 reply \ @tomlaies 23 May 2022

Dang, I thought

Chancellor on Brink of Second Bailout for Banks

Would have something to do with it. And the other hint was that it would be a sentence.

2 sats \ 0 replies \ @ideasourcing 23 May 2022

i found out about this puzzle too late just 2 hours ago, others have been working on it since 20 hours, damnit

1 sat \ 0 replies \ @pony 23 May 2022

fuck

5 sats \ 1 reply \ @handsome_latino OP 23 May 2022

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! :)

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @ideasourcing 23 May 2022

Cmon guys, let's make this thread here more valuable than the same posted by OP on Reddit. Reddit is dying? Prove it!