Phy Challenge

[detechs]

KtimesG I had a blast going up one side and down the other proving 5b890b292ba1abd9b1 then finding j846t2 multiple different ways through your clues, it is odd how things line up to like the no cat and the header 41 or 42 is not suppost to line up but 39 and 40 does. you can really find allot with imagination or you had designed a monster of a setup. i worked threw each clue but i guess no one knows which emojis are true to use. I know that your clues lead me back to the same spot but after that it is blank. there is one comment and then on the same post another comment right after that i kinda wonder if they are saying something. but then thats just making up things if emojis are the truth.                     pac-man ate a pellet LMAO   most kids on here will be like whats pacman

Why is everyone talking in riddles? You know we understand them right? Is this a turing test on us or you? Or are we helping ktimesg solve something else? The prize amount is low enough to discourage using power to solve it so ive been busy hashing anyway. listening to the earths frequencies and learning more and more each sun rise. the key that opened this puzzle for me was quoting the original post and using that instead of reading it straight from the first page...

[PHA_.07]

not riddles from me dear sir if you do not get the header which i know you do, 39–42 Native SegWit P2WPKH.

[KarTonP]

not riddles from me dear sir if you do not get the header which i know you do, 39–42 Native SegWit P2WPKH.
Wouldn't that be funny he messed it up so bad he locked him self out so he is like huhh  i will see if these guy can find a way back in. lmao

This challenge started out as an after-the-fact challenge with no prize pool; the prize was added later to motivate people to solve it. To say that the author doesn't have access to that address is complete nonsense. Besides, there are too many clues pointing in the right direction—everyone understands from the data they already have where the clues lead and what they need to find.

[clark2346547]

meta-clue to either wake up or confuse even more your LLMs, as they seem to have crossed off-road...

Code:

gvonys fhelucrM kbZ

im damm sure that I got ur hint and ur right; this throws off LLMs cross the road.

[clark2346547]

Code:

A purely P2P version of modular values would allow online
payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through the fractional reserve banking system. Digital signatures provide part of the solution, but the main benefits are lost if a trusted third party is still required to prevent private key recovery. We propose a solution to the problem using a peer-to-peer network. The network spacestamps information by carefully measuring it into an ongoing chain of phylo-based proof-of-equivalence, forming a record that cannot be changed without redoing the proof-of-equivalence. The chain not only serves as proof of the sequence of events witnessed, but proof that it serves the chain. The network itself requires minimal structure.

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The kTimesG 2026/06/05 Bitcoin has worst weekly fall since 2022

looks bad this bearish cycle around and no end is in sight, so here's a puzzle for everyone, no loose ends, no hashing.

Code:

J0d1vHyLWQXkQWZBhfQmZWu8jgXA54DgLx+bPJQNBrL4AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABbiQspK6Gr2bE

https://www.talkimg.com/images/2026/06/05/UrS0Mq.png2026-07-30 edit: fixed BACKSPACE cat incident (missing "J" character)

Quick clarification: if I redrew the image with every skin-tone variant changed to the default yellow, would the answer stay the same?

[PHA_.07]

Code:

A purely P2P version of modular values would allow online
payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through the fractional reserve banking system. Digital signatures provide part of the solution, but the main benefits are lost if a trusted third party is still required to prevent private key recovery. We propose a solution to the problem using a peer-to-peer network. The network spacestamps information by carefully measuring it into an ongoing chain of phylo-based proof-of-equivalence, forming a record that cannot be changed without redoing the proof-of-equivalence. The chain not only serves as proof of the sequence of events witnessed, but proof that it serves the chain. The network itself requires minimal structure.

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The kTimesG 2026/06/05 Bitcoin has worst weekly fall since 2022

looks bad this bearish cycle around and no end is in sight, so here's a puzzle for everyone, no loose ends, no hashing.

Code:

J0d1vHyLWQXkQWZBhfQmZWu8jgXA54DgLx+bPJQNBrL4AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABbiQspK6Gr2bE

https://www.talkimg.com/images/2026/06/05/UrS0Mq.png2026-07-30 edit: fixed BACKSPACE cat incident (missing "J" character)

Quick clarification: if I redrew the image with every skin-tone variant changed to the default yellow, would the answer stay the same?

Theirs a better way check the op's post.

[whanau]

Well I have been staring at dots on a piece of paper during the ads this evening and I see no pattern or image in the black & white image.
There is nothing in the clues for me that say 'turn it into color'. But that is striking - thanks to the person who did it, but is color relevant?. I guess I lack imagination.
Thanks for the Meta clue, kTimesG.   

[kTimesG]

Quick clarification: if I redrew the image with every skin-tone variant changed to the default yellow, would the answer stay the same?

Only if you already know that the image was redrawn and requires to test the skin-tone to fix the image.

There's no "useless" information added into the puzzle.

[detechs]

meta-clue to either wake up or confuse even more your LLMs, as they seem to have crossed off-road...

Code:

gvonys fhelucrM kbZ

im damm sure that I got ur hint and ur right; this throws off LLMs cross the road.

My llm solved that instantly, latin is an easy language

[clark2346547]

meta-clue to either wake up or confuse even more your LLMs, as they seem to have crossed off-road...

Code:

gvonys fhelucrM kbZ

im damm sure that I got ur hint and ur right; this throws off LLMs cross the road.

My llm solved that instantly, latin is an easy language

It is not what it is.

[unaimous]

Quick clarification: if I redrew the image with every skin-tone variant changed to the default yellow, would the answer stay the same?

Only if you already know that the image was redrawn and requires to test the skin-tone to fix the image.

https://www.talkimg.com/images/2026/09/08/Uegx3b.png

My attempt at restoring the tones. There might be some incorrect ones but even if it were 100% accurate, I don't see anything that needs to be fixed?

[clark2346547]

Quick clarification: if I redrew the image with every skin-tone variant changed to the default yellow, would the answer stay the same?

Only if you already know that the image was redrawn and requires to test the skin-tone to fix the image.

There's no "useless" information added into the puzzle.

Hey author, I think I may have reached an interesting stage. I found eight symbols that seem structurally different from the rest: ❓ 🔑 ⚠️ . . . . .

Am I looking in the right direction, or could this just be a coincidence? If these eight are significant, should I focus on their positions/order, their relationship to their opposite pairs, or some other property? I’m not asking for the solution, just a small nudge on whether this is the intended path.