soliton's Bitcoin Crosswords.

[soliton]

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[o_e_l_e_o]

Good job. That was a fun puzzle, with a couple of tricky clues in there. 1 down in particular was left until last and then almost brute forced from the known letters. I was thinking along the lines of "proofofwork" or "distributed" initially. Looking forward to the next one!

I'll include my solution in a link rather than embed the image so as not to force spoilers on anyone still trying to solve it themselves.

Solution - https://i.imgur.com/x5jbU2o.jpg

[nakamura12]

This is what I was looking for. I am fond of answering crosswords but sometimes I got annoyed if I really can't get the right answer and I need to do some research for me to increase my knowledge more about crypto or other information. Since this is bitcointalk then this is important for newbies to learn and have fun at the same time.

[Insanerman]

nakamura12, I can   understand you and at the same time  assure you'll be not annoyed solving my puzzles. If you fill the blank space in crossword on its landing page and you answer is correct you will  get the green check sign next to clue relevant to filled word after you click on the cell from other field,   like this

Let me guess the 8 across - its hilariousandco!!! It is the easiest among the others as we already know the S lol.

This game is fun tho. Soon if I could have enough time I might create a simple web app that could be a crossword game. It's a great idea tho! Sounds a lot of fun to play. Will try finishing this on my spare time  Also, if you have already tons of crossword puzzles, I'll send you a PM so I will integrate it to an app.

[SFR10]

All its words   have a lot to do with bitcoin as shown in the following picture,

I know I'm probably not supposed to ask questions but is #7 also directly related to BTCitcoin?

It’s been two days and no winner yet? Don’t keep my  next crossword puzzle waiting too long. It's ready but it will only be published once the second  one is resolved.

I've been trying since last night to solve the last one ^[#7] but had no luck ^{[SS of my results without revealing the answers]}...
^{- I'll update this post if somehow I manage to make it right but I highly doubt I'll be able to; At this point, I'm just guessing words that have nothing to do with BTCitcoin [my head is exploding].}

Update:

It sounds good.  By all means you question is  within the extremely narrow bounds. And sure, thing  #7  is  directly related to bitcoin. Will give you a little bit more clue to #7.  This library may be  used in algos to build the bandwidth-optimized  gossip protocols.

Thank you for the added clue, I appreciate it
^{- I've been searching for the past two hours with no luck [I'm going to stop for now and resume at night].}

Update 2:

Update: one of bitcointalk moderators has contributed to it.


Update 2 : I have added a companion  to this puzzle which could help https://crosswordlabs.com/view/solitons_bitcoin2_companion

2.across in this companion is the the same as 7.down in soliton's_Bitcoin#2

From soliton's_Bitcoin#2 you have already got one characters for #7 . From companion's 1.down and 3.down which are easy to solve you will add  two letters more. With three letters known and all the clues you should guess  the correct library.

Thank you for the added clues but unfortunately, I think I've been either cursed or my brain just automatically shuts whenever it sees the word library ^[SMH].
^{- Link}

Update 3:

Don't lose heart, the task was  quite difficult and I made allowance for this.

From Update and 1.down of companion you have already learned that Gregory Maxwell is that man who has contributed into development of this library. Knowing the previous clue you could feed the search engine with following string "bitcoin bandwidth-optimized  gossip protocol Gregory Maxwell" .  This would you lead to this article https://www.cs.ubc.ca/~bestchai/papers/ccs19-erlay.pdf   By reading this article or using Ctr+F and "library" you could find its name i.e minisketch.

Read more on minisketch library.


You solved 90% of original puzzle + 2/3 of companion. Hope 2 merits will  cheer you up a little.

Thank you for the detailed explanation ^{[I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be able to find it without you giving me the answer]}...
^{- Honestly, I don't think I deserve those merits but I do appreciate them [thank you so much]}

• Btw, here are the solutions for those that are wondering:
  
  • Puzzle #2
  • Companion

[SFR10]

Welcome everyone into my  my third puzzle https://crosswordlabs.com/view/solitons_bitcoin3

https://i.postimg.cc/hj60kqX3/nn624.png

Finally, I solved everything this time
<sup>- This one was relatively easier than the previous one but I almost gave up on finding the answer to number 8.
- I'll stop doing puzzles now so other members would have more opportunities.</sup>

• Solution

For those that are wondering about missing answers on the previous puzzle, I've added those to my previous post here.

Update:

I wish to thank you but not to say goodbye,

Likewise
^{- I'll be following this thread silently.}

you spent your free time solving puzzles, did you have a fun?

I did ^{[more than I expected, quite addictive]}

[o_e_l_e_o]

These are fun, keep it up!

The last one was pretty easy, got most of the answers straight off without having to think. I won't share the solution so other people have a chance to earn merit, but I'll share my zero-knowledge proof of completion: https://i.imgur.com/sWPra0P.jpg

[webtricks]

You are doing nice job, soliton! I tried to solve the second one the other day but was only able to guess 3-4 after devoting around 10 minutes and then dropped it. The fourth one is relatively easier and I was able to get all but 2 in five minutes. Here are my solutions: https://i.imgur.com/lCzsNe4.png

I know the 'payment type' one is easy, I already got five correct letters in the word. But my mind is playing with me, can't hit on the word. Give me the solution now, can't bear it anymore.

[nakamura12]

I spend some time finding the correct answer of number 3 and 5. i have a feeling that the answer of number 5 starts in "TRA" but I just can't think that it is the trampoline payments. Meanwhile, I also tried to find the dusting attack but it seems thta I can't find it in time before the answer is revealed. Better luck next time. I have fun answering and learning at the same time, also it brings me to other bitcoin related topica during my journey of finding the answer.

1. genesis
2. wasabi
3. dust
4. stratum
5. trampoline
6. salt
7. glacier
8. taproot
9. liquid
10. verify

[nakamura12]

I surrender. It seems I can't fully answer all the puzzle, I am having fun looking for answers but sadly I can't find some of the answers. I think the clues are a bit deep. I was getting close as I only have 3 left clues to look for answers. I have spent 4 hours answering puzzle #5. You are right it is a bit harder in your POV but mine is much more harder  .

[webtricks]

I know the 'payment type' one is easy, I already got five correct letters in the word. But my mind is playing with me, can't hit on the word. Give me the solution now, can't bear it anymore.

Wow,  the fun trampoline is working. The fourth puzzle was ground to the  dust.  webtricks, you left me no choice but to create a new puzzle. From now on the #4 is closed. The next will come tomorrow.

That was smooth!

I surrender. It seems I can't fully answer all the puzzle, I am having fun looking for answers but sadly I can't find some of the answers. I think the clues are a bit deep. I was getting close as I only have 3 left clues to look for answers. I have spent 4 hours answering puzzle #5. You are right it is a bit harder in your POV but mine is much more harder  .

Not really. #5 is not as hard as the initial ones. I gave a try to it and got most of them right. But I won't destroy the fun like last time so won't be posting the answers. Here are the ones I was able to solve though: https://i.ibb.co/3fZLLSm/Screenshot-20210416-113454-01-01.jpg

[nakamura12]

Not really. #5 is not as hard as the initial ones. I gave a try to it and got most of them right. But I won't destroy the fun like last time so won't be posting the answers. Here are the ones I was able to solve though: https://i.ibb.co/3fZLLSm/Screenshot-20210416-113454-01-01.jpg

Okay, It seems you got the right answer of other puzzle. I only need three more answers to find which is the number 9, 5 and 3. I am having a hard time finding the answer of boolean script operator. It didn't take me too long to answer the rest  which I asnwered it smoothly. That three clues is what I didn't get the answer and spend 4 hours finding it as I mentioned in my previous post.
https://i.ibb.co/j4vNwX9/Screenshot-20210416-213711.jpg

[nakamura12]

Why didn't I think of checking the full list of op codes. I could have found the answer sooner LOL than late. Anyway, this crossword puzzle did help me to learn and also this will also test my knowledge about crypto. Some clues made me do some research and sadly did not find it as I have been passing the answer. I have been checking the codes but did not fully check the codes. Here it is, all answered correctly https://i.ibb.co/XWtkSv5/Screenshot-20210419-105949.jpg.

[Alisha-k]

I am so much lost here I have tried hard to flow along yet the puzzle keeps looking strange each time i stare to get a glimpse of what's going on around the block can I get a hint please

[Newlifebtc]

Hello there... In this thread I'm intended to publish  crosswords created by me with the use of online tools.


The first Bitcoin_#1 puzzle can be found on this page.  https://crosswordlabs.com/view/bitcoin-crosswords.

And now here's how it looks on that landing page which can be used  for the ease of solving.  

Are you knowledgeable  enough to challenge  it?


P.S. Needless to say I will give merit/s to the first user who solves my crossword puzzles.

Guess I came late to the puzzle since is limited to the first two person,would have tried my hands on it

[nakamura12]

Guess I came late to the puzzle since is limited to the first two person,would have tried my hands on it

Nope, it's not late for every person unless the puzzle is closed. The #6 is still in the open state as the solution was provided by no body. Therefore you can  take on the task of that crossword. Besides of that you can look through out crosswords solved already to get extra knowledge.

True, I only manage to answer puzzle number 5 as which no one tried to answer all of it and later on someone did answer puzzle number 5 until I got a clue which I finally got the right answer. Imagine, for each puzzle posted in here I only got the chance to answer puzzle number 5  but now you got a chance to answer puzzle 6  as mentioned on quote above that you are not late. Good luck. I even created one crossword puzzle myself. If you like I can share the link and provide answers if yoi find it hard for further learning.

[aysg76]

Everyone, lock your eyes on this thread. New crosswords are coming.

Eagerly waiting for the new Crossword bitcoin puzzle by you and will surely try to crack all the answers as missed the previous one and even not will learn something from them.So eyes are dead locked on it for what you come up with this time.

[n0nce]

Everyone, lock your eyes on this thread. New crosswords are coming.

Sick! Just discovered this topic earlier and doing the crosswords, just solved a few so far. I also learned new stuff and refreshed my memory on a few concepts, really great.

Crossword 6 is not yet solved, right? I'll try that first then, before the other missing ones..

2, 1, 3,4, 9, 10 and 5 were the easiest to solve.  8 and 5 are  a bit harder and have taken some time.  7  is very tricky and was cracked in fact by applying the brute force technique.

Indeed, 7 is tricky but my only other missing one is 4, I think I'm close since you say it's an easy one! Number 5 was one of my first ones, though :p Damn, what the hell is a block guard
Edit: Got number 4, it's very easy indeed! I was looking for address formats or such. 

Intermediate progress:

[n0nce]

Crossword 6 is not yet solved, right? I'll try that first then, before the other missing ones..

It is already ^solved

Oh yes but no solutions published

Damn, what the hell is a block guard

I have brute forced it as "timestamp'. I don't know why the key to this word was chosen as " block guard" and can only guess that  because timestamp affects the hash of the previous block  in the header relevant to the current block   Anyway, the key to this word  is very tricky indeed, and I believe anyone  could hardly solve this without  brute force help.

Alright, now I have all words. But the clue is actually wrong in my opinion. The timestamp doesn't guard anything; in fact, a later block can even have an earlier timestamp than the previous block, that's not an issue as long as it's not too much deviation.

Here's a good article about it: https://blog.lopp.net/bitcoin-block-time-variance/

Spoiler, here's my solution:

[n0nce]

I just tried the URL: https://crosswordlabs.com/view/solitons_bitcoin7 and found a new crossword! Solved it already, too
Was small, but fun! Here's my proof: