Solution to enigma no.1
CAT
Replace Rabbit with cat.
Dear Friend,
Like Kong-Sang (Jackie Chan), it is said Justin Sun is a stallion (horse).
All the other animals came as well. The 12 Animals of Chinese Zodiac.
Except the rodent, always first in line. Start with “rat” but remove it.
If you start with rat, you already have the order because Chinese zodiac is cyclic.
It had to get away.
If you keep the rodent, you’ll have a PK which is too long. But it will still be too long if you keep the rabbit.
C
CZ C=12
The reason for Jackie Chan to be present is double.
1) He’s a horse (1954) like Justin, and helps you focus on the zodiac.
2) He played in CZ12. CZ12 = Jackie Chan (Kong-San Chan) movie, very strong focus on the 12 zodiac signs. You don’t need to watch the movie to get the title. A look at Wikipedia is enough.
3) By now CZ12 should be highly visible, and CZ is showing it as well.
Most players focused on the picture… but almost no one focused on the “C” next to CZ.
4) By realizing C=12, the most familiar with hexa will get it immediately.
The others can very well try to rotate around the alphabet by taking C=12 or C=3=1+2 This won’t change the number of char if you have the correct animal list. You’ll still have a PK that is 78 char long.
5) You must :
- replace rabbit with cat (need to use the title)
- remove rat but maintain the order (follow the text)
- convert letters to numbers (this decoding method is in your mind ! It’s an enigma)
- Those numbers you should count in hexadecimal (picture : CZ+C = CZC= CZ12)
PK :F181497512311441217FE13E1B58F121357F114DFEB51912FF13145124F71097
Opens the wallet TAPdvot8bHUTGN4iKyJ9qM8Ju4Nhe2oxzy
Finally, I hope you had a nice time buzzing your brain on this enigma. The goal was more to learn and discuss about your theories than finding the actual treasure. I’m sure now a lot of players will look at Chinese New Year differently.
GENERAL REMARKS ABOUT THE HINTS:
Hints are here to confirm you are on the right path, or confirm a wrong path is wrong and should be avoided.
In several ways, for the player a hint can definitely confirm something.
Hints are not here to solve the enigma instead of the players.
Hints will never look like : “Count in hexa”.
This would kill the game… it needs to remain an enigma.
Enigma 1 / Hint 1:
Operation Condor is my favorite, but another deserves a closer look.
Take a look at Jackie Chan movies (Operation Condor is a JC movie)…
CZ12 is a 2012 follow-up of Operation Condor that talks about Chinese zodiac statue.
Enigma 1 / Hint 2:
To decode it you used A=1, Z=26… wasn’t it a bit too easy ?
It confirms at some point letters will become numbers.
But if it’s too easy, ask yourself why…
Once clear :
“They were twelve, but only eleven remain
Those two just couldn’t get along
Every rule is important but skipping the fourth is always a bad idea”
12 zodiac sign will become 11 after rat is removed.
Cat and Rat can’t get along very well.
Don’t skip the fourth rule – nor the fourth sign (Rabbit/Cat) – the fourth rule tells you every element has a role to play… what do you do with “cat” ?
Enigma 1 / Hint 3:
Research will take your mind around the world, but the answer is in the enigma.
Chinese Zodiac yes, but around the world you’ll find Vietnamese Zodiac as well.
If you really doubted about replacing Rabbit with Cat, this clue should wipe away any doubts.
Enigma 1 / Hint 4:
The first sentence is completely optional… isn’t it?
Ask yourself why.
I didn’t need to teach you the alphabet, did I? Any twelve year old know it.
Alphabet is too easy {I’m mentioning alphabet to confirm the player letters are important). Any 12 year old know it. {A 13 year old could as well, but a 12 year old will confirm to you that 12, is once again important.}
But counting on this blockchain is another story. Luckily someone in the enigma is here to help you see.
You will count differently, like in another story (maybe another movie[CZ12]).
Someone (CZ) is here to help you see (C) CZ12.
Can’t you see ?
Can’t you C?
A brief map of where the player could have gone.
(I can’t imagine all options happening in the player mind. But I need to imagine the most common to either help you, or trick you…)
The above doesn’t show every possibilities that were thought of. I’ll keep my version to myself.