The Steemit Crypto Challenge #17+1 - CC2k17.7 - 100 Steem Power Prize!

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Prepare - Uncover - Outwit - Find - WIN!

Welcome to the Steemit Crypto Challenge. You may know this series of puzzles, or not. Let me give you a quick introduction. You are looking to find a solution. Anything can be a hint. You will start with two hints given and need to seek the right path. You think you are good with riddles? Are you a big master of puzzles? Find the answer. Sometimes the hints are hidden, not visible to the eye. But they are here.

Can you follow your intuition and stay on the right track? The first to reveal a hint will win a prize. The first to attain understanding with the right answer will receive their bigger reward.


Here is your first hint

And here is the second hint

You can see me on the top
https://defuse.ca/b/rn1J11so6P9DJpGhNCd54n

Rules, Terms and Conditions

You will need to employ all of your skills to solve this crypto-puzzle. This isn't for the weak-hearted.
Don't limit your creativity, look forward and look closer!
Take advantage of:

  • Image (and reverse) searches
  • Steemit
  • Wikis, Maps or Encyclopedias
  • Filesharing Sites
  • Sound, video, and image recording manipulation
  • You will receive hints from time to time.



    Stay frosty and don't get lost in time


    Don't be limited to the list above, get creative! Think you got in the bag? How hard could it be? Surely, your Code Solvers and Image Manipulation Translators are up to date, piece of cake! All submissions are due by July, 14th@ 6pm (UTC -4) The First Prize reward is 100 Steem. Additional: 10 Steem per new hint uncovered. (This challenge is not impossible, I even made it quite simple this time). Special thanks goes to @blocktrades who sponsors this challenge. Share this challenge on other platforms to get support. P.s.: Check out @theprophet0 and vote him as the youngest witness!



    Happy hunting, Tim Said


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    I believe the answer is
    "I found you. Now, I will never leave you. ", which is the top comment of the youtube video .

    Hint 2 : You can see me on the top ;)

    Nice work. It was in front of us the whole time. :-)

      ·  8 years ago Reveal Comment

    I mentioned the name of the commenter earlier believing we are looking for a person.. So this quote is the right answer?

    I don't think so. check my answer. I believe I have it right!

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    Well done post You deserve for getting Upvote from me. I appreciate on it and like it so much . Waiting for your latest post. Keep your good work and steeming on. Let's walk to my blog. I have a latest post. Your upvote is high motivation for me. Almost all Steemians do their best on this site. Keep steeming and earning.

    This comment has received a 0.13 % upvote from @booster thanks to: @hamzaoui.

    Are you by any chance acquainted with a gentleman called Edward Nigma?

    They call us the Riddle

    They call "US" the Riddle

    "Us"? So you are more like a two-faced person? Split personalities are very common in Gotham.

      ·  8 years ago (edited)

    The first hint was a morse code that contained these coordinates:
    92.811631, 3.097632
    If we decode them with Rot5 which also accepts numbers

    It gives you: 47.366186,8.542187
    Google maps: https://www.google.com/maps/@47.366186,8.542187,18z

    You said that you are looking for only small letters

    So limmatschiff was the password and unlocked the second hint:
    AHukwv_VX9A

    Which is the link in youtube of the song:

    And if it goes anyfurther your +1 in the subject is very intriguing this could mean the first minute
    Which says: Once upon a time in a land far away

    If you google it the first story that pops up is the lost girl that became a princess
    http://www.prayerandspirituality.com/uploads/documents/mstories/once_upon_a_time.pdf
    Is this the solution ?

    Unless we have to look further into our quest for enlightenment to find a pea to put under
    our mattress. :-)

    Tim, did Elton find the intended solution?

    Will give it a try! Thanks for this great game to make us think hard :D

    Is www.miko-shop.de a hint?

    Thanks @timsaid !!!

    You know my brain hurts every time I attempt these... yet I keep coming back for more :-)

    I see, a true Steemian. Good luck

    Thanks lol - I'm trying. Grasping really. coords end up in the ocean (or the moon), numbers pull back navy military code gibberish, image pulls back German backpacking - seems I'm on my own world tour today. :-)

    Is it a GPS location?

    Who knows!

    You're in the band Dot Dash and you have a number one at the top of the charts! Whoo hoo what'd I win?

    Alright so I'm just putting in a place holder so I can keep tabs on this post. ;p

    This is great way to earn money, when you are popular then you can do it by doing anything on the steemit, but this is fun, i tried to find out but i am word less because got no clue at all, hope there will be some one geneious who will figure this out and answer it.

    So far we always had a winner. Last challenge Steemian @jfollas won 100 Steem.

    He owned the last one like a BOSS! lol

    Yes he did

      ·  8 years ago Reveal Comment

    UPDATE:

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    • "limmatschiff" is the password for hint 2. Unlocks this string: "AHukwv_VX9A"

    THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE but what is "AHukwv_VX9A" is it the answer already or should we go to the youtube video, MISSIO - Everybody Gets High lol help me I'm fool!

    hmmmm 🤔

      ·  8 years ago (edited)

    I am in between

    Sudan, Niger, Egypt and Cameroon idk so many combinations

    There is only ONE position

    Is it missionary position lol

    No its reverse cowgirl with no boots on

    This is cool, first thing come to mind dandee outback.
    I will keep searching.
    Good stuff @timsaid
    Keep on steemit

    good post

      ·  8 years ago (edited)

    I' m ready to go. With patience, I will get it this time. Thanks for sharing

    It looks very hard.😨

    And let the best win...Hiyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

    Let's go!

    It took me a long time to even start to understand it, but after reading the answer and also the other comments it seems like it was really easy to understand. Having brain teasers like this to stimulate us mentally really pays off in the long run. I'm glad that this sort of things is available to average everyday people like me. Thanks for you post, I feel a little bit smarter already timsaid!!

    This is just the raddest idea ever!!!

    Thanks bro!

    why payments for post stopped??? whales please upvote minor posts or you will loose people,

    Thanks for sharing about this. Always interesting to learn more about what's going on on Steemit

    Oh boy, I registered yesterday and while waiting for my account verification I was browsing on steemit to find my way and to learn what's this all about. I stumbled upon this crypto Challenge and found the answer pretty fast. However my account was not yet validated so I couldn't post my answer. I went through some stressy moments because I really like to win these 100 steemit coins. I do not own crypto so I felt like this is the perfect opportunity to get involved. I'm 99% sure that my answer is correct because all the pieces fall together. Let me explain the answer.
    The answer is "Charlie C". It's written on the LP shown in the second profile picture of this facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Time-to-eat-Music-339062052967023/ (you need to zoom in - look closer - to read it). This facebook page pops up (as the first entry - You can see me on the top) when you google for the youtube share id "AHukwv_VX9A". At first I thought the answer could be the name of the page "Time to eat Music" but the hint "stay frosty and don't get lost in time" helped me to get not lost in time and go for frosty & charlie (cartoon). So my answer is "Charlie C".

    Ok so the answer is the name "Eszter Vida" as we can see her on the top

    Answer to first hint was morse code 92.811631, 3.097632, which decoded furthur with rOT5 gave us these co-ordinates.
    https://www.google.com/maps/@47.366186,8.542187,18z

    So, password was limmatschiff and unlocked the second hint:
    AHukwv_VX9A which leads to youtube video

    you can see me on top was second hint which leads us to the top comment of a girl named

    "Eszter Vida"

    South Sudan, Mount Kinyeti

      ·  8 years ago (edited)

    Interesting. I am learning a couple of things a long the way. This is my first challenge on steemit. It is giving me quite a headache..hehe

    Got the password to the paste bin [limmatschiff] and arrived at this video by googling AHukwv_VX9A.

    Nice - The coordinates had me stumped all day.
    @timsaid is this it? Are we done with #17 + 1 (hiding in plain sight)?

    a hook wv (golf) vx9a some serial shit :D:D:D @timsaid any closer?

    You were not on your own. I spoted the 17+1 but I did not know exactly how to apply it. @steem.engine was the shining light on this one. He deserves the credit.

    If you translate the code in the picture (morse code) you come up with the result:
    "92.811631, 3.097632"

    Right

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    I just don't have a clue where to start with but seriously had my brain pressure a while....

      ·  8 years ago (edited)

    war bonnet.
    You see top [You see head] in video on youtube.

    Enrique Iglesias - SUBEME LA RADIO

    Looks like a morse code (the first image).

    The second hint says "you see top" ?

    Decoding gives me 92.811631, 3.097632

    and the image relates to a German post on backpacking through Europe

    looks like longitude and latitude?

    Okay this is probably half of my answer which i don't think im right. Here you go.
    92.811631,/3097632 or
    92.8
    1163
    1,/3.
    097632

    Scratch my previous comment, i analyzed Hint 2 further. If it says "You can see me on the top", it means that the "me" is most probably a person. And the person, who is located at the top of the comment section of the video is "Eszter Vida".

    I'm certain that the answer is Eszter Vida.

    "you can see me on the top" refers to the first search result if you google the youtube share code. It's a facebook page. check my answer above, I think I solved it too ;-)

    I would say @timsaid probably isn't relying on the position in the search results since it can be different depending on people's location, interests, ads... Marketing & all...

    The answer could be "X", X always marks the spot, and it's on top of the head band which is on top of the skull in the Youtube video...

    But then again, I could be way off (probably less than the following, though)!

    Just because that was fun, my "going down the rabbit hole" answer would be Laphroaig Lore after the following quest:

    • In the song "Everybody gets high" they keep repeating the word Whiskey (first word of the chorus).
    • Whiskey lead to top shelf (you can see me on the top) and is also strengthened by stay frosty with on the rocks.
    • Top shelf lead to a bunch of different Whiskeys here: http://www.mensjournal.com/food-drink/collections/the-50-best-whiskeys-in-the-world-w211382/
    • With the post saying This bottle is further proof not all world-class whiskeys require an age statement. as in don't get lost in time, I came up with Laphroaig Lore.

    Then I realized, I might have gone a bit too far... just a little...

    yeah these riddles can make you go a bit too far lol. I remember spending hours to crack the riddles of notpron http://notpron.org/notpron/.

    Nice work.I will definitely join the chat room so that I can increase my knowledge.

    Good luck!

    100 km in 24 hours?

    megamarsch ???

    Hope this is related :D

    Thanks again @timsaid !! This is so much fun

    Hiking, Cryptic Clues, Uncharted .... may be a treasure hunt

    nice post ,,, you have good blog , Good luck. Comrade

    Thank you Sergeant Tili

    Thanks for this creative game. I will surely give it a try.

    Penguin's Chief of Staff and love

    Couple of lovers having the best time of their life hiking! Guy - wearing boots and hat, and lady - wearing watch and a map! So it's a Morse code of their conversation.

    I don't want to know what they say lol

    Hahaha. I know why lool
    But people already started searching for the coordinates of that place, so they will be able to look closer! And show us few pictures of their conversation.

    The compass, you mean?

    Exactly!

    I believe the answer is
    "I found you. Now, I will never leave you. ", which is the top comment of the youtube video .

    Hint 2 : You can see me on the top ;)

      ·  8 years ago (edited)

    First hint: rucksack wanderschuhe
    concerned website: http://www.rucksack.de/schuhe
    It's logo is as you shown in the picture: The bag
    And it's a German based website. So the answer is Germany. Am i correct?

    Thought it was as easy as a "hat"! =))
    I did search the original photo and got myself into pixabay.com.
    A photo by maxmann:
    -hiking on top of the mountain
    -top of the world
    -Travel/Vacation
    hehe, just random thoughts.

    Good luck!

    The Hiker?

    I'll try, I like challenges :)

    Congratulations!

    Clouds?

    Are we travelling?

    We can look for travel time

    Galapagos Islands??

    Is it The Hiker? @timsaid

    it's Arctic Ocean close to North Pole.
    Picture from google map.
    Google_sattelite.png

    if you need I can provide coordinates

    this is cool. nice job @timsaid

    is the answer 4?

    El Golea Algeria

    #17+1 - CC2k17.7 this and mo-code

    18 -10102017.7 hahahahaha wtf there is something here i think

    @timsaid should i get calcualtor out o no plz :P

    great job! keep it up, good luck

    Thanks!

    Im looking into this now, looks like its going to take some silence and creativity for this one! Thanks for the puzzle Tim :)

    Thanks for taking part

    Greaaat :D .. I appriciate it
    Thank you for sharing @timsaid
    Have a nice day :)

    I m scratching my head and thinking what is the question, I m new in this challenge, I like to solve difficult puzzles, but I m not getting what I have find, and also what's the link u have provided for,?

    The "92.811631, 3.097632" cannot be coordinates, because latitude exceeds 90... Maybe it overflows?

    Don't ask me :)

    I tried to reverse them, you end up in Indian Ocean off of Singapore

    Yea, Indonesia. Still in the middle of nowhere

    lol. This time it's tricky. The key is in front of you but yet hard to find

    OK, I need to revisit this a little bit later tonight, if @jfollas hasn't come by and cracked it already :-)

    :-) This one's tricky.

    Hey :-) sure is. It's taken me all over the place but I still can't figure out the significance of the numbers/photo.

    Especially one number is very important here

    I'm trying to figure out why you broke them down into the four lines like you did. 92.8

    Nice work @timsaid but tnen are we to submit our answers here at the said time?

    first one who submits the right answer wins

    7.7.2017

    this has led me to this video:

    wtf am i doing here hahhaha

    5109A Chemin du Platane
    74330 La Balme-de-Sillingy
    France

    hahaha

    great piece

    I like this and will try. Thanks for info

    Wow! I a young steemian see only big league players here with tons of steem power. This is not for me 😢

    Very appealing but waste of time . Uncle follow me .

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      ·  8 years ago Reveal Comment

    Man, if I was on computer, this would be alot easeir... Oh well, lol

    MUCH easier

    got me some coordinates :-)

    Oh nice

    These challenges are so great for the brain. I love working out but feel like my brain gets a better workout than my body lol. Thinking outside the box is the way all great inventors got their start. Maybe some great idea will come out of these! Thanks for sharing :)

      ·  8 years ago (edited)

    @timsaid where are you from ?

    Eszter Vida

    @timsaid I have'nt got my reward of 10 steem for solving the hint first of previous challenge till now. When will I get it?

    You got 20, sorry for the delay

    Thanks for the extra :D

    The Riddle, there is showing just hanger for hat or cloths in the screen, lol and only man playing video game on the computer with two speakers and one chair, noting else!

    I like your post ,, hopefully I can learn from you

    Very confused

    92 AAA 8
    1 1 6 3
    1 (MIM)? 3 aaa (etetet)?
    0 9 7 6 3 2

    so so confused haha

    lmao. Now you confused me

    Sable_Island

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    Hey I need as a thorough explanation ,,, but well for you and thanks and I follow you ,,, it would be very important for me to follow me

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    CONFUSING :(

    Hy @timsaid.
    I like the puzzle you give. I have followed you please follow me back @muchtarudin

    great post , thanks for this challenge

    I thank you!

    Okay first hint is morse code and are coordinates

    Right

    You must be a John Denver fan... Rocky Mountain High

    A Chinese monkey dancing

    @timsaid
    Ist hint; hiking
    2nd hint; on top of mountain..thanks @steemit
    If am correct kindly follow me @naseerbhat

    Good start

    I get the what looks like coordinates, but isn't: 92.811631, 3.097632
    Reverse the two your're in the indian ocean, do them backwards your're in Niger near Niamey.
    I get this wensite on backbacking flexibility: http://www.wissen.de/backpacking-durch-europa-sinnvoll-packen-und-organisieren
    and I see a hat on top of the back pack but they also often have sleeping bags. I can't get into the page though.

    Wrong

    This is cool, the first thing that comes to mind dandee inland.

    I will keep going.
    to success,
    spirit of @stimeet

    Dots and dashes, seems to be some kind of code there

    Very dufficult

    ;[

    Is the answer the top comment on the Youtube video /AHukwv_VX9A? I think its because of the hint "You can see me on the top", which could imply that you can see the answer on the top of the comment section of the YouTube video.

    Upvoted this work done by you! , loved it @tmisid

    this challenge is very interesting thanks a lot for sharing and keep on posting ;)