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iQCash: Solve an iQ puzzle => earn 1 iQCash. (Mining with POHW - Proof of HUMAN work)

With 4 weeks left till iQCash puzzles go live, we're running a contest to see who can solve the puzzle on the back of the iQCash token.

The challenge is to identify the missing value in the center square.
http://iqcash.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/iQCash-Side2LowAngle.png

The first to successfully provide the answer and an explanation why will receive the prize.
The prize:
0.01 BTC if solved in the first week (i.e. Nov. 2nd - Nov. 8th)
0.02 BTC if solved in the second week (i.e. Nov. 9th - Nov. 16th)
0.04 BTC if solved in the third week (i.e. Nov. 17th - Nov. 23rd)
0.08 BTC if solved in the fourth week (i.e. Nov. 24th - Nov. 30th)
If not solved during November, the competition will be cancelled, and there will be no prize awarded.

The puzzle is now solved and the contest is closed.

(To buy iQCash - Waves asset id: 2fiCMUZgBZHs7DtwjyTET8gyToNNX1X5r8zUaouqoztQ, look for the Waves/iQCash trading pair on Waves DEX. Support our hard-working miners!)

February 2018 Update
A new contest is coming in March!

Watch out here, or follow on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/iQCashCoin) or twitter (https://twitter.com/iQCash) for announcement.

Currency spelling is read in the lined squares. For the other letters, i take english equivalents for greek letters, alpha squared taken as two a's, y-2 as w and altogether the image gives the following sentence:

"Chip work as a currency." This must be a credit card, shortened as cc, so my answer is

c squared

(implying cc just like alpha squared in the image)

or, :), if the answer is easier, it is simply s, making the sentence grammatically correct and implying all cryptos by making that statement..

 ??? ??? ??? ??? ???

The sun?

You did something right, but the answer is incorrect.

Tomorrow, the prize doubles.

Is the value q?

do you only get one guess?

or maybe its iQ haha, that would be funny and well played

No. You get as many attempts as you want. The first to solve it gets the prize.

And when you figure it out, it won't be a guess.

that is fair haha, i love these types of things, great work so far, I look forward to the mining launch

"S"


I think.

No.

Is the answer

M

?

Nope.

I've sent you a PM iQCash

My answer is: T

It has now passed 12:00 AM UTC time.

So, the prize for the solution to the iQCash.net token puzzle has now doubled to 0.02 BTC.

Next week it will double again to 0.04 BTC.

I think is:

n

n

Reason being:
-Looking just at the letters of currency and how they are spreaded.
-from left to right there are 3 lines going upwards.
-Every line has 3 letters, 2 repeated and 1 extra.
-The top line repeats c and the Cs are splitted.
-The bottom line repeats r and they are at the top of the line.
-The middle line should have 2 repeated letters at the bottom of the line. As the first bottom letter is an 'n' the second must be an 'n' aswell.

I don't suppose it's something as simple as the iQ logo (the stylized i inside a Q)?

May as well throw that out there.

Nope. Not n nor iQ symbol.

A couple more guesses because I'd be pretty upset if someone did propose them after me dismissing them and it being right!

The diamond figure that surrounds the word iQCash on the edges.
The Waves token symbol
A question mark! (You asked us to identify the symbol, haha)

No luck, I'm afraid.

is it g?

I cant find out what the chinese(?) symbols are haha

It's not q, but even if it was, you'd need to give a reason/solution why!

I am sure and I am the winner.
Answer is: An Alphabet from A-Z ;D

I said g not q haha, and it was a numerical solution I came up with using the diagonals by attributing numbers to letters haha, but obviously that wasnt how to do it

The missing value is E for ecurrency.
Or the value is 1 for the first iqcash puzzle.

No luck so far.

It's not going to be an easy one, but it'll be clear when it is explained.

if a is 1 for the first letter squared is 1 and if y is the 25th letter -2 is 23, both under the sum of symbol, the answer is 24

Nope.

it can't be an alphabet, otherwise it'll be solved after 28 attempts. I can't decipher Chinese caracters...
since the reward increases every week, it 'll be wise to not attempt anything until the fourth week  :D

Another attempt: :)

On periodic table there is a continous route from potassium to silver:

K-Ca-Y-Hf-Ta-W(Y-2)-Re-Os-Ir-Pt-Au-Ag (au-ag is alpha squared)

We dont have a T in the image, so the answer is T.

Edit:

If s in Os does not count i can add scandium (Sc) in the route such as;

K-Ca-Sc-Y-....

The answer is: Question mark (?)  ;D

My answer is 'Any'. Like 'Any value'
Or 'X', because 'X' also means 'any value' in mathematics.

If you take the letters (other than the chinese characters), using a^2 as two letter a and y-2 as w, then they rearrange to:

"crack our cypher wins a" the end to that sentence is the answer. So my guess is: "1 iQCash" or "BTC" or "0.02 BTC" depending on if you mean this puzzle or any iQCash puzzle.

Or if I've misinterpreted the sentence and it actually reads "crack our cypher, a wins" then my guess is: "a" -- because that wins.

I imagine some will want to wait until the first minute of the fourth week (starting at 12:00 am UTC), but then will worry that someone else will go early to be sure to snatch the prize. An extra dilemma to consider...

Interesting analysis! But heading down the wrong path I'm afraid.

Sorry, that's incorrect.

What are the symbols at the top left and bottom right?

All I can say is that they are Chinese.

I made some progress, I have the second part but didn't find the first one for now. I know what are the chinese letters.
If anyone can help me to find what is this h with underscore (why an underscore?), what's your propositions for y-2 (my guess: "w"), alpha square (my guess: "aa"). I will share some part of the prize (let's say 20 to 50% depending on the help) if I win ;-) PM me.

Prize has now doubled to 0.04 BTC.

Two weeks to go!

Next week it doubles again for one final week to 0.08 BTC!

That's > US$500 and may still grow...

Okay, so here's my answer.

The squares with lines is an anagram for currency
Now for all the other symbols. From left to right, top to bottom:

Chinese symbol upper left is for Nitrogen --> N
h (macron below) --> H
Greek i is for Iota --> I
greek Sigma --> S
Greek Phi --> P
Greek alpha x 2 --> AA
y - 2 is 2 characters before y --> W
C --> C
Greek p is for Rho --> R
Greek Omega --> O
Greek Kappa --> K
Chinese symbol lower right is for Category --> C

So all first letters from those words are:

NHISPAAWCROKC
This is a anagram for CHIP CAN WORK AS

Now put both anagrams together you will have:CHIP CAN WORK AS CURRENCY

The answer is NFC

*fingers crossed*  :)

Sorry, no, that is not the answer.

result:

https://t3.ftcdn.net/jpg/00/89/77/56/240_F_89775692_eJJvey8wFTyQtLEMySAmzsU848gMNx8r.jpg

Ha! Nope.

Not?? hmmm, no hint? Where did I go wrong?

Not providing clues...yet.

second attempt:
-portrait engraving
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/MR_1932_small.jpg

First hint: You can type the value with a standard English keyboard.

OK second guess...

RFID

thrid attempt:
result : iQ

iQ POHW currency cracking enigma

Is the symbol

£

Is a currency (as the letters in the coin) and can be written with an English keyboard.

Is the symbol

$

Is a currency (as the letters in the coin) and can be written with an English keyboard.

Nope. There is a way to derive the value from the values currently in the squares.

The Answer Is BTC because BTC is the cryptocurrency of any cryptocurrency.
lol  ;D ;D

By changing the letters for the equivalent number in the abecedary.

Symbol: g

g= 7th letter in the abecedary.

In the diagonals crossing the missing symbol.

the letter n (14) + g (7)=  u (21).
the letter r (18) + g (7)= y (25).

Clever, but unfortunately not the answer.

I don't suppose the answer is "Yes"?

Upper left in chinese symbol for Nitrogen
H underlined
Iota
Sigma
Pi
Alpha squared
y - 2
c
rho
omega
kappa
Chinese Symbol for Category

NHISPAAWCPOKC

Other squares spelled out "currency" when read clockwise

CURRENCY CHIP CAN WORK AS
or
CAN CHIP WORK AS CURRENCY(?)
to which the answer is "yes" or "y"

(P.S. It took me way too long to do this)

Sorry, that is not correct. The Chinese symbols have different meanings than the ones you have used.

Hello iQCash,

I think I have found a possible solution/explanation for the puzzle. My answer is the symbol =

All of the symbols in squares symbolize a letter.

By reading the plain diagonals from left to right we have :

First diagonal
i -> i
chinese symbol which derives from "qi" in chinese -> Q
=> iQ

Second diagonal
c -> c
alpha² (greek letter) -> a
sigma (greek letter) -> s
h underscored -> h
=> cash

Third diagonal
kappa (greek letter), can sound as a 'c' -> c
rho (greek letter), sounds as an 'r' -> r
y-2 -> y
pi (greek letter), sounds as a 'p' -> p
=> cryp

Fourth diagonal
chinese symbol which means "tea" -> t
omega (greek letter) -> o
=> to

And finally the word "currency" can be easily read clockwise in the other squares.
=> currency

Assembling these words gives the sentence : iQCash cryptocurrency

Considering the '?' symbol is missing in the middle of the sentence, the most logical value would be '=' as it also represents a solution of a problem :
iQCash = cryptocurrency

To sum up in a picture :
https://i.imgur.com/de5Gvg6.png

I hope this is correct ^^

Well I guess now that someone has publicly brought how far I had gotten I'll share my guesses that I made via twitter that were all deemed wrong to save time.

iQCash "a" Cryptocurrency
iQCash ⊂ Cryptocurrency
iQCash Cryptocurrency ∞
iQCash ϵ Cryptocurrency
iQCash Cryptocurrency
iQCash: Cryptocurrency
iQCash.net Cryptocurrency

Great answer, congrats! I'm not sure it is the good one, maybe something is missing but I had almost the same clues.
I'm not sure the square and the minus 2 are completely useless. Let's see iQCash answer...

So my answer is "+".
If you want to remove the alpha square and the minus 2, you should add them: 2 + - 2 = 0.
So you have "iQCash CryptoCurrency" in the end/

Another guess is " " (space). Do not bother with numbers and it is the character missing to write "iQCash CryptoCurrency" too.

It's not an equals sign nor a space, forgot to mention I guessed that one too. https://twitter.com/iQCash/status/931887500636831745

I think you're right, I think there's more complexity to it. I also guessed a-2 and 2-a for what it's worth, and those weren't correct.
I also guessed 0 for 2-2.

+ is a good one, thus cancelling out the twos, we'll see. Never guessed that one.

Then my answer will be the dash sign -

Because when you look at the Facebook page of iqcash, the info tab read the following.

Info
Promoting broader adoption, awareness and market knowledge of crypto-currencies

So the dash sign is what we are missing here.

new approach:
the error would come from assuming that the solution is a single character.
while it may be an abbreviation like iQcash POHW cryptocurrency and the solution 'll be POHW

Lots of good work above. i.e. getting warmer.

But no correct answer yet.

The answer is not a space nor mathematical operator.

The answer is "4". It's like using iQ cash "for" cryptocurrency. And it's also the number of "points" before and after iQCash name in the 4 borders of the coin image

Hope it's solved now  ;D :D

Sorry, that is not correct.

=, r, $,bitcoin sign, eth sign, iq cash,

Is the answer 21? It's the 21st square, there are 21 rounds for iQcash, there are 21,021,021 coins.

Nope.

That would have been good, but it's incorrect.

Not exactly a hint, but to reduce guesses: The answer is alphanumeric.

Can I ask another hint? Do the grid lines in the background have anything to do with the puzzle, I've been squinting and counting but hoping they're just the artful design.

How about simply "is"?

No. Only the symbols (letters, characters, numbers, etc) in the squares and the arrangement of the symbols matters.

There is one minor clue on the other side of the coin, but no solution offered yet is at the stage where that would be relevant.

Q, 230 or is

its an  alpha i think the symbol α

Nope.

Nope.

That would look good, but no, that's not the solution to the puzzle.

No, sorry. The solution is comprised of only letters and/or numbers

I.ve been puzzling before with the hint from the other side of the coin. But I still cannot place the prime number anywhere at this moment.

Since the prime numbers on the other side maybe involved and the set of all primes is often denoted by P

answer: P

or if that aint it, then the 1st or 21st prime number because the square is the 1st or 21st square. Or a combination of prime and number square.

Answer: 2
Answer: 73
Answer:12
Answer:2173

or if the involution and subtraction next to the square have something to do with it. Involution always goes before subtraction so maybe:

Answer: 2  =(2x2)-2
Answer: 5327 = (73x73)-2
Answer:142  =(12x12)-2
Answer: 4721927  =(2173x2173)-2

Answer 1+1=2

Sorry, incorrect.

That would be funny, but no.

The other side of the coin? Sorry but I missed it, I see only one side on your ANN post.
Where can I find it?

It's on the website.
http://www.iqcash.net/
https://iqcash.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/iQCash-AngleLow3.jpg

I saw it last week and it went thru my mind to use the prime numbers from the front in the puzzle, but I still have no clue how to include them in the puzzle.

Thanks! Doesn't help me either for now ;)

It's not necessary to figure out the puzzle, but it can be used to confirm the solution.

Aha!

now we are getting somewhere.... ???

My best guess is it is the value of this coin itself that is behind the questionmark.

Reading the whitepaper from the site gives the following information.
I guess the valeu will be 11 or 101

Explenation:
So if this is a puzzle from say round 15, the value will be 11,
if this is a puzzle from round 16, the value will be 101

Both these answers are a prime number.

Sorry, that is incorrect.

https://www.highiqforum.com/threads/contest-solve-the-puzzle-to-win-bitcoin.3311/page-3 (https://www.highiqforum.com/threads/contest-solve-the-puzzle-to-win-bitcoin.3311/page-3)

Converting all letters to numbers alphabetical wise. Middle 3 rows all add up the same to 90+45+68 = 203. But 203 isnt prime number. To make it a prime the next prime number is 211. So we are 8 off.

The center square should read 8
or in greek notation H´

No, but getting warmer.

Adding them all up together wil get 267. This aint a prime. The next prime is 269. So off by 2.

answer 2
or greek notation di-

Nope.

Adding all together is 265, 267 - 2 (because y - 2).
Next prime is 269, so the answer is 4 or 2^2 or b^2 (beta B)

The answer is 22

No correct answer yet.

Will be off-line for 6 hours.

I forgot 1 x 1= 1
and 25 - 2 = 23

adding all is 267

off by 2 for next prime

The answer is PRIME2
or 2
or Greek notation B'

The answer is L. The sum of 3rd column minus 2nd column and 3rd column minus 4th column are equal (without third row). The answer should be the average of 1(2nd column 3rd row) and 23(4th column 3rd row) which is 12. Latin 12th letter is l(L). The answer is in lowercase since all other lined squares have lowercase letters. Used same valuations with BudBudderly from highiqforum.

As second guess because currency spelling is read in lined squares. The letter L symbolizes Litecoin, which is Ł.

5 or E or ה

Another try. If you take the picture from the https://www.highiqforum.com/threads/contest-solve-the-puzzle-to-win-bitcoin.3311/page-3 post.
90 is the sum of 2 consecutive primes: 43 + 47.
68 is the sum of 2 consecutive primes: 31 + 37.
45 is the sum of all letters without the missing value.
On the other side of the coin the only missing prime is 41. So 41 must be in the equation.
So a guess could be -4 (45 - 4 = 41) or -2^2 or -b^2 or -D (delta)

Else we have:
* 37+41 = 78
* 41+43 = 84

So other guesses are:
* 78 - 45 = 33
* 84 - 45 = 39

41 is not the only prime that is misscing on the front. So I think that aint it.

cc

Maybe it's 34

90 , 45 + X , 68

45=90/2
X=68/2

X=34

My answer is 7, though I think it's a shot in the dark.

The three rows and columns currently sum up to 203.
The sum of the two solved rows = 90 and 68, both numbers that are the sum of 2 successive primes.
If we place 7 in the center, we get the sum of both three rows and columns each equalling 210 (again the sum of 2 successive primes, 103+107).
Also the middle row and column then sums to 52, another sum of two successive primes (23+29).



The thing that makes me think we're not exactly on the right track though is why he'd bother putting a² if it was just going to represent 1 either way, why not just put a?

Could just be a red herring.

If someone comes in now and gets the correct answer, it will be off the back of other's work. So, it's really been a team effort.

It's only fair that contributors who were first to make breakthrough steps will receive a consolation prize TBD.

The first was obviously the conversion of the symbols to characters of the English alphabet.

Of the last 9 guesses above, there was one of these breakthroughs.

There is one to go.

Can it be the letter Mu (μ).

Can't see what I'm missing here. conversion, substract, involution, adding up, prime numbers from the front........

New approach.

after conversion from letters to numbers, not all numbers are prime. So when I only add up the primes (17,3,19,3,23(25-2),3,11,5) you'll get 84.

Now 84 isn't prime. Next prime value is 89. Off by 5.

So the answer will be 5 because this is also a prime number.

You need to give an explanation in order to win....

I konw i have to give explanation  :D

Occam's razor

(9+3+3) + (16+18+15) =64

(17+3+8) + (11+5+20) =64

45 + 64 = 109 (prime number)

(H == 8 )
 H²=64

H = Human
 H² = Human Power

Looks very plausible  :D
In that case it could also be Hn or H' for Greek notation

Nope.

Is it 55?

Sum of numbers for "currency" = 107

Sum of remaining numbers = 162
 
Difference between the two = 55.

No, sorry.

I think we're getting too deep into the importance of primes but I'll try this guess: (26 or z)

If we place 26 in the centre square:
sum of all squares = 293 (prime)
sum of middle 3 rows = 229 (prime)
sum of middle 3 columns = 229 (prime)

Again the a² still has me bugged though, haha.

Are we sure the numerical representation of each letter is the right breakthrough? I think so but...

Also I'm curious, what are you going to do if someone guesses the proper answer but doesn't provide an explanation? Will it just be ignored or will you publicly ask them "why?" or ... ?

You probably won't answer this but is the answer only one character or can it be many such as a word or phrase

 ;)

If the correct answer appears without an explanation I will definitely respond and ask for further detail.

But it's an unlikely guess, so I'm sure it'll be clear how it was derived.

Guys a while back he said that the primes had some importance but that we weren't at that point yet.  I think we should drop the primes for right now
 

The answer is alphanumeric.

Since just about every possible single letter has been guessed at already, it's safe to say it isn't a single character.

what did you mean by occam's razor

I had mentioned that a recent guess/solution was a breakthrough, but I didn't mention which one.

Is it POHW (Proof of human work)? The last two columns have P (Pi) O (omega) H (h) W (y-2)...

I don't quite see if anyone actually guessed 41, so I suppose I will. It was spoken about and I wonder if that's the simple link back to the flip side.

It does give a nice round number of 180 for the middle 9 squares but other than that, I'm not sure what else is special about it.

Nope. Any solution that doesn't require every square will definitely not work.

I like that - but it is not correct.

There's a few key posts that you'll need to scan through in the thread if you don't wish to redo all the decoding analysis done so far. But...if you're up for the challenge and want to test yourself on the puzzle without hints, go for it.

Okay time for bed but maybe one more shot.

If we place 57 in the centre square then both the middle 9 squares and all 21 squares sum up to squared numbers, 196 (14) and 324 (18).

I just wonder if squares might be something we need to look at.

Another thing I'm looking at is if the fact the words iQCash Cryptocurrency shows up 5 times on the other side of the [Suspicious link removed]d luck with that friends!

No luck I'm afraid.

He said that we could use the front to verify. So probably its a prime number.

Hmmm....

New day, new oppertunities.

If I substract 107 (currency) from 160 (IQCASHCRYPTO) it leaves us 53.
Use front of coin to check if its prime. It is.

So my answer is 53

probably to easy....

That's not the answer, but the answer is just as easy.

There's no reason it must be a prime either.

I've got tunnelvision.

Because you said 'It's not necessary to figure out the puzzle, but it can be used to confirm the solution.'
Thats why I'm trying probably to hard on primes....

Ok so maybe we need to use the prime numbers in a different way.

Extract the total of the prime numbers (84) from the total of the non prime numbers (183). This leaves us with the easy answer of 99

Which is also the atomic number of Einsteinium  ;D

Ha! Tunnelvision alright.

If it helps, I never said it was the primes that would help confirm the final step, just 'something' on the other side. That may or may not be the primes. Better to solve the puzzle first, then turn it over to check.

That's right. To prime or not to prime.... So back to the drawing board!  :D

Is the answer a "Troll face" ?  ;D


Or maybe simple the iQ symbol in the middle

New approach.

On the coin next to the text 'IQ Cash cryptocurrency' there is a symbol made from 4 little blocks.
If I use these blocks in the puzzle around the questionmark, I find the numbers: 19 + 23+ 18 + 1. This makes a total of 61.

The answer is 61
When I flip the coin, you can see the number 61 right beneath the four little blocks to confirm the solution.

Getting colder.

Nope.

Too bad. Without a proper hint I'm out of ideas ???

You just missed one.

really?!?!?!?

is the answer i for imaginary number (the square root of -1)?

So I see a couple new hints that have me ask questions but still no answer.

If it's not primes there's not much else to the other side to confirm:

There's 120 letters around the circle or 125 characters if you consider the symbols as well.



If the solution is as easy as cryptoneal's "If I substract 107 (currency) from 160 (IQCASHCRYPTO) it leaves us 53." then I do have to wonder if we should consider the Kappa (k) as 11 for K or 3 for C in the word Crypto...

If it's 3 then we should be looking at 152 as the sum for IQCASHCRYPTO not 160. But why would we break up the words?

Shouldn't it be iQCash (57) and

Cryptocurrency
(204 if we forget about the -2 and use 3 for Kappa)
(202 if we consider the -2 and use 3 for Kappa)
(212 if we forget about the -2 and use 11 for Kappa)
(210 if we consider the -2 and use 11 for Kappa)

That leaves us with possible differences of 147, 145, 155 and 153 -- still nothing that I see helps me by turning over the coin to confirm...

Anyway, that's where I'm at.

My guess is:

R

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Latex_real_numbers.svg/120px-Latex_real_numbers.svg.png

Because cryto-currency is REAL currency.

So what do we see at flip side of the coin?

IQ logo
Primes from 2 to 101
5 x IQCash Currency instead of 4 x IQCash on the puzzle side
5 x 4 blocks instead of 8 x 4 blocks on the puzzle side

hints:
If it helps, I never said it was the primes that would help confirm the final step, just 'something' on the other side. That may or may not be the primes. Better to solve the puzzle first, then turn it over to check.

160 - 107 = 53 --> That's not the answer, but the answer is just as easy.
There's no reason it must be a prime either.

Hurdles taken:
1. squares to letters (IQ CASH CRYPTO currency)
2. letters to numbers (alphabetical wise --> a=1, b=2)
3. final step ?

Now what are we missing here ???

There is another big hint here:


We still have to find which answer was this breakthrough ;)

Agreed, I tried to narrow that down, many of them had to do with primes so I tossed those out so it came down to either a) the sum of the rows and columns being equal and there's something to that or b) My short note about a² being 1 either way and why the need for the square and there's something to that.

If you take sums of the 1st 3 diagonals (88) and the last 3 (142), the difference is 54, and if the middle diagonal is supposed to add up to that then the missing square would equal 19...?

I think the A2 is a red herring.

And About the breakthrouh, I thought he meant the second breaktrhough. Alphabet to Numbers.

perhaps it's not mathematical puzzle, perhaps it's just visual one.. (and all this maths is here to annoy us...)

iQash cryptocurrency 4SP (for smart people)  :D
4SP = 4+19+16 =39
45 +39 =84 = 41 + 43 (two successives prime numbers )  ;D

Why would I tell a particular user that they're getting colder?

Well now that you asked it I assumed it was just to tell them they're on the wrong track but now I'm wondering if like temperature is a factor in the solution?!?

I cannot even load the image completely for some some reason, it seems quite interesting what you are up to with this project.

Is the answer 'cd' ?

Or maybe 'Σiy' or 'πr' refering to the circle

No and no.

One more try  ;D

Maybe it's 'f² - 2'

No. But why?

I guess that the hidden number is 34, once it's half of 68

There was no application yet for the '²' and '-2'

So I tried to write 34 as 36 - 2, what also means 6² - 2 and finally f² - 2

But it wasn't my lucky day  ;D

Maybe it can be 'Z² - 2'

Where Z means zeta greek letter

I'm also thinking about Σ being not only the letter but also part of the answer representing a sum

is it '0K'  (zero K)

Getting warmer.

No.

f=ma

m²a² - 2

 :o

6.
6² - 2 = 34?

i've also problem to load picture on thread, but u can load it directly on this link http://iqcash.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/iQCash-Side2LowAngle.png

 good luck to you guys!

Nope.

Nope. It's a sprint to the finish now.

It's '2q'


As you not used 2 as multiplier yet

Why q?

q represents 17

2q = 34

well the image just wont load completely for me.. can some one re-post it?

http://iqcash.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/iQCash-Side2LowAngle.png

thankyou sir. :D

2q (or 2Q) is the correct answer.

There are other reasons to confirm that, but I won't press on those.

Bonus points for a full detailing of the solution if someone wants to spot the missing pieces.

But otherwise, congratulations!

I'll have to get your BTC address, and I'll chase up a few people who made helpful breakthroughs to award consolation prizes.

You used elevated to the square and minus two to represente letters into numbers

I can't represent 34 with letters, because there are only 26. Even if I use +2 or -2 it won't be possible

6² - 2 was not the answer, so it only remains '2q', using the 2 and also a letter

congratulations  :D

 :) :) :) :) :)

As you just said, not possible without the community ideas
The best light came from the first topic of this page https://www.highiqforum.com/threads/contest-solve-the-puzzle-to-win-bitcoin.3311/page-3 (https://www.highiqforum.com/threads/contest-solve-the-puzzle-to-win-bitcoin.3311/page-3)

Very happy now! And also excited about your project. Even more because it's on waves blockchain, which will be the fastest in a few days

Ty very much for this quest  ;D

Congrats @lhvleao!

congratulations  .

On the other side of the coin, you have 1 big Q not 2, or I miss the second one? ;)

Ty guys

@iQCash @gerdab @JeremyB @apimembership

I'm sure we all want to see more challenges like this one


Now it's time to reverse thinking to see how creative @iQCash was to crate a logo like this

@cryptoneal will know what the check is.

Congrats! but darn I feel wholly unsatisfied that the simple average of the two surrounding rows/columns was the key. I’ll check for more updates to see if there is a eureka though.

You're right, I forgot to congrats and thanks iQCash for such a great puzzle!
I want more ;)


OK thanks, waiting for his inputs.

Yes, it's amazing how the application of some very simple rules can result in something so complex.

I wouldn't be surprised if there's some super simple formula that describes the nature of the universe that still hasn't been discovered. And there's a bunch of aliens who slap their foreheads every time we get close but don't quite spot it.

Maybe climate change is their way of telling us we're getting warmer ;)

Total aside let me know if you need any future game masters or any help with your project! I think I'm one of the very first investors with my 1001 iQCash haha!

It was his obsession for a while there.

Thanks! I will.

Congratulations to lhvleao. Had to work this evening So no time to puzzel. Will check Tomorrowfor my solutions. Off to bed now. Thanks iqcash for the great puzzle. Had a blast. Check you guys in couple of hours.

Just send the BTC address in PM  ;D


And ty @cryptoneal!

0.04 BTC is on it's way to you. Let me know if any issues.

Good summary of the final stages on the HighiQForum:

https://www.highiqforum.com/threads/contest-solve-the-puzzle-to-win-bitcoin.3311/page-3 (https://www.highiqforum.com/threads/contest-solve-the-puzzle-to-win-bitcoin.3311/page-3)

do you know where I could find other contests like this, and congratulations to all that helped to solve the puzzle.

Everything OK. Just recieved 0.04 btc  :)

Ty sir, and hope to see more great news from your project incoming (:

So, in summary, to fill in any missing pieces:
Step 1: Convert the Chinese symbols to closest sounding letters + convert the Greek characters directly.

Step 2: Convert each character to its position in the alphabet.
(The spelling of 'crypto' was a red herring. The Greek character Kappa needed to remain K for the sums to work, but it would have been tempting to use 'c' and therefore 3 in the sums rather than 11.)

Step 2b: Sum the three intersecting rows and columns to get 68, 45 + ?, 90.

Step 3: Identify the mathematical sequence 68, 79, 90. Steps of 11. (Prime number) OR As lhvleao spotted, 45 = 90/2 hints that ? = 68/2. Either way, ? = 34 mathematically.

Step 4: As lhvleao realised, the numbers used in the sums must be converted FROM some algebraic form. Of the many possibilities, the only one that involved an operation with a 2 (a prime and the only number used in the original puzzle) and another prime number (in fact, the first clearly visible prime on the other side of the coin) was 2Q.

It was a celebration of the common iQ Puzzle tricks: symbols representing numbers, sequences, primes, algebra + arithmetic.

Thanks and congrats.

We'll do this again in the future, but the focus for the next few months will be the launch of the iQCash puzzles Round 1.
The first round will present 8 million super easy puzzles.
You won't find an easier time to earn iQCash but they may be a bit boring for many, so for a short time, there's still a small percentage of iQCash up for sale on Waves DEX. Find the Waves/iQCash trading pair. You will need to use the iQCash asset id to find it: 2fiCMUZgBZHs7DtwjyTET8gyToNNX1X5r8zUaouqoztQ

iQCash is a long term project. It will take time to solve all the simple puzzles. But once the puzzles start getting harder, the limited supply and increasing difficulty will hopefully create an environment for Bitcoin-like price rises.

Some great work was done by the people at HighiQForums. They have a Forum Games section:
https://www.highiqforum.com/forums/forum-games.55/ (https://www.highiqforum.com/forums/forum-games.55/)

I also posted to two other puzzle forums. Some of their users may have come here to post:

https://www.mathisfunforum.com/viewforum.php?id=3 (https://www.mathisfunforum.com/viewforum.php?id=3)
http://www.logic-puzzles.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=5 (http://www.logic-puzzles.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=5)

I was so close at the beginning, just didnt think to double it... Congrats!

You gave me a scare with that one!

So finally I can take a look at it. Yes the first possible prime was 17. Didn't think of converting it back to a letter.  :(

Very well done and thanks for the ride. Glad I can get some sleep again :-D

Great work lhvleao solving the last bit. I had a tunnelvision with the primes.
And thanks IQCASH for the great puzzle. Keep 'em coming!

-Neal

Thanks Neal.

My first trade on Waves Dex, bought some iQCash to support your project.
Good luck!

I cant wait for mining to start, only 9 more days!

That's awesome. Thanks.

People place a lot of value on Bitcoin after years of expending large amounts of electricity mining it.

Let's hope they also will value all the brain power that will be expended mining iQCash some time from now.

Now only 6 days. Can't wait more for it  :D

one more day :D so excited for this

I started mining some by solving puzzles and immediately received my iQCash on my Waves address.
Congrats @iQCash and good mining to all! ;)

Me too. It takes not even 1 min to recieve your tokens in the wallet. Keep this great work!

For now, the puzzles are too easy. Waiting for more fun when next levels arrive bringing a high level of complexity

Now there's a full list of how many coins each account has mined. I'm in top 25  ;D

New contest coming in March!

Watch out here, or follow on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/iQCashCoin) or twitter (https://twitter.com/iQCash) for announcement.