🧩 Newbie puzzles ! 🧩 Solve one and get the MERIT you deserve 🏆 - page 3.

NeuroticFish

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Quote from: Rizzrack on March 14, 2022, 05:57:51 AM

Any takers to find the answer to this "weird looking" question ?

Imho the answer can be "any Ripemd-160 hash", and from there I'm a bit lost Grin

Also I hoped newer users will have better answers.

Edit: nice answer, BitcoinIsABubble, you've just got 2 more merits from me!

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Quote from: Rizzrack on March 12, 2022, 04:32:58 PM

Question 2:

Code:

5wUP8bK2gm91cAcRa5wCXm89Rx91nrx8sCBYsGGghYcaDeWyJtUnejg8mEwYjUnRegSEJ7qPpmDh5fVyMmdL4KUtKxxNV7ycgb1FcGH9SCvpNGmWmiAYexUqdC8gzuH69cauBVcnFVsps2EWKw8QnVkP1Vv5Do1nGYujGPbyHo3nqVcf56USwaQud7ezCiZS8mt6pMnkkoqrpWQCqvc78p3KQKXeBnAj8h7YadRh2rqvBi96hM1sfjk5jaQqbHKwLnhETi7ZpGMCcrZpTw3rdMfSdUnkXGQMs2SkCuEURoutBGYentNN6UBPTwitJEuk95VDADjBizVjfxkqaCtFh1R

Any takers to find the answer to this "weird looking" question ?

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Question 2:

Code:

5wUP8bK2gm91cAcRa5wCXm89Rx91nrx8sCBYsGGghYcaDeWyJtUnejg8mEwYjUnRegSEJ7qPpmDh5fVyMmdL4KUtKxxNV7ycgb1FcGH9SCvpNGmWmiAYexUqdC8gzuH69cauBVcnFVsps2EWKw8QnVkP1Vv5Do1nGYujGPbyHo3nqVcf56USwaQud7ezCiZS8mt6pMnkkoqrpWQCqvc78p3KQKXeBnAj8h7YadRh2rqvBi96hM1sfjk5jaQqbHKwLnhETi7ZpGMCcrZpTw3rdMfSdUnkXGQMs2SkCuEURoutBGYentNN6UBPTwitJEuk95VDADjBizVjfxkqaCtFh1R

Fivestar4everMVP

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This is really a nice puzzle, and it's fun, I Initially was confused with the question cus just like the first reply, I didn't see the question, I was like what am I to do with the code?

If you don't have any computer knowledge and asked yourself the same question above, then what you would have done is simply copy the code and paste it on Google search, you will get results like the screenshot below, atleast, that would have given you a head start, have this in mind incase another question comes up 😉😉.

BernyJB

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Quote from: JeromeTash on March 11, 2022, 04:59:28 PM

You will end up with this text

Code:

who mined BTC block 272326 and what was that block's weight

Use block explorers like blockchair.com, and you will end up with the answer by searching for Bitcoin block 272326

https://blockchair.com/bitcoin/block/272326

That's what I wanted to know! Thank you!

I had already gotten the question (who mined BTC block...). I use https://paulschou.com/tools/xlate/, but didn't know about the block explorers...

aysg76

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Quote from: NeuroticFish on March 12, 2022, 04:21:30 AM

It was indeed a very nice puzzle for anybody having a bit of knowledge about the "internals".
I mean that although indeed it's a Bitcoin forum, far too many don't know what base64 is and also far too many don't know what to do with a list of binary digits.

So my advice is to make also puzzles for those with no IT background, or at least tell that those without a bit of IT background may "have difficulties" Cheesy

Still, it was a nice one

Yeah people who are not aware about say base64 encoding or decoding might face difficulty in solving this puzzle as you said who are not from IT background could have trouble solving these puzzles.Although i would say binary is more known to people as they have learnt that 0-1 is computer understandable low level language basically termed as binary but after steps might be confusing.

But still members could feel it interesting to solve while making efforts to learn about new things through this also so nice efforts by the @OP to start something which is helpful in learning new things to newbies.So make such puzzles for them to engage them more.

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Quote from: Rizzrack on March 11, 2022, 04:56:02 PM

IMO it was pretty easy. This is a bitcoin forum after all... not World of Warcraft so I assumed the correct answer will be give sooner rather than later

It was indeed a very nice puzzle for anybody having a bit of knowledge about the "internals".
I mean that although indeed it's a Bitcoin forum, far too many don't know what base64 is and also far too many don't know what to do with a list of binary digits.

So my advice is to make also puzzles for those with no IT background, or at least tell that those without a bit of IT background may "have difficulties" Cheesy

Still, it was a nice one

acroman08

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Quote from: JeromeTash on March 11, 2022, 04:59:28 PM

-snip

thanks for explaining it in a layman's term. although I knew that what Rizzrack posted was a binary code I never knew that you can simply decode it by using a simple tool. I always thought decoding a binary code you'd have to do it manually which I think would be hard or would take a lot of time. again, thanks for explaining it.

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Quote from: sheenshane on March 11, 2022, 06:26:58 PM

Quote from: BernyJB on March 11, 2022, 11:58:12 AM

Alright, I got the question. How did you get the answer?

Since it's already answered I will disclose to you how they got it.
It's a Binary code and here's how to translate the Binary code to text.
( https://www.morsecodeninja.com/binary.html )

Now, translate this to Binary text,

Quote

01001110 01101111 01110111 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 00100111 01110110 01100101 00100000 01100111 01101111 01110100 00100000 01101001 01110100

Now you've got it

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I enjoyed solving it too. Expecting more puzzles like this one on this board @Rizzrack

Quote

Since it's already answered I will disclose to you how they got it.
It's a Binary code and here's how to translate the Binary code to text.
( https://www.morsecodeninja.com/binary.html )

Just do a general google search using the keyword Binary to Text and you will get multiple websites offering this service for free.

sheenshane

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Quote from: BernyJB on March 11, 2022, 11:58:12 AM

Alright, I got the question. How did you get the answer?

Since it's already answered I will disclose to you how they got it.
It's a Binary code and here's how to translate the Binary code to text.
( https://www.morsecodeninja.com/binary.html )

Now, translate this to Binary text,

Quote

01001110 01101111 01110111 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 00100111 01110110 01100101 00100000 01100111 01101111 01110100 00100000 01101001 01110100

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Quote from: JeromeTash on March 11, 2022, 04:59:28 PM

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This was a great puzzle, I like this kind of thing.
Unfortunately, since it was mentioned in the title that it is only for newbies, I didn't even try to solve it. Maybe next time.

JeromeTash

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Quote from: BernyJB on March 11, 2022, 11:58:12 AM

Alright, I got the question. How did you get the answer?

@Rizzrack already answered it, though you might not understand what he said

So let me try simplifying it for you.

If you see the code OP posted. The first thing on your mind is a binary code. (If you have some little computer science Knowledge like me, you will instantly sense this)

So you have to decode the code to text using a tool like this: https://www.convertbinary.com/to-text/

The text output you get is on base64 format.

Code:

d2hvIG1pbmVkIEJUQyBibG9jayAyNzIzMjYgYW5kIHdoYXQgd2FzIHRoYXQgYmxvY2sncyB3ZWlnaHQ=

So you have to decode the base64 format to readable text using a tool like this: https://www.base64decode.org/

You will end up with this text

Code:

who mined BTC block 272326 and what was that block's weight

Use block explorers like blockchair.com, and you will end up with the answer by searching for Bitcoin block 272326

https://blockchair.com/bitcoin/block/272326

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Quote from: Lafu on March 11, 2022, 12:01:10 PM

Thats a nice thing and i am more surprised that somebody already managed to get the right answer !

I was more surprised a user named dataispower said it was too hard Cheesy

IMO it was pretty easy. This is a bitcoin forum after all... not World of Warcraft so I assumed the correct answer will be give sooner rather than later

Quote from: Lafu on March 11, 2022, 12:01:10 PM

Well done Rizzrack , and i guess that some kind of questions like this one will be good to get new Users into researching about it.
Hopefully we will see more in the future like this one here.

Thanks! Have a few ideas... Will post the next one sometime this weekend

Lafu

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Quote from: Rizzrack on March 11, 2022, 08:22:33 AM

Not sure if this will be a thing or not but just thought it would be fun...

Thats a nice thing and i am more surprised that somebody already managed to get the right answer !
Well done Rizzrack , and i guess that some kind of questions like this one will be good to get new Users into researching about it.
Hopefully we will see more in the future like this one here.

BernyJB

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Alright, I got the question. How did you get the answer?

Diplester6666

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THANK YOU for the merit sir! I enjoyed solving the puzzle as much as I enjoyed receiving the merit. Have a good day, sir!

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Quote from: Diplester6666 on March 11, 2022, 11:12:20 AM

Answer:
BTC block 272326 was mined by F2Pool and the weight was 65884

That is correct ! Well done sir Grin

The question was: "who mined BTC block 272326 and what was that block's weight" and it was encoded in base64 and the result was encoded in binary (that's what you saw 10101001101101101).
You just had to reverse the process !

Stay tuned for new questions ! ... didn't think of a next one yet Cheesy

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Answer:
BTC block 272326 was mined by F2Pool and the weight was 65884

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Quote from: Diplester6666 on March 11, 2022, 11:05:06 AM

OK, I got -
d2hvIG1pbmVkIEJUQyBibG9jayAyNzIzMjYgYW5kIHdoYXQgd2FzIHRoYXQgYmxvY2sncyB3ZWlnaHQ=

Now thinking what to do with this information next.

You're on the right track !
It is nice of you to post the current findings. Will give 1 merit only to the newbie that gives the final answer though Tongue

Keep going, you're almost there !

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