There’s an online sleuthing contest starting on January 21st, called “Bitcoin Quest,” where individuals can harness their crypto-analytic skills to search for secret bitcoin phrases hidden in artwork. Winners who tap the crypto-possession of the artwork can win a Bitcoin Quest Analyst Certificate, 13 prizes worth $ 150 each, and three Satochip hardware wallets.
The teams behind the crypto industry organizations Hotmine, Its Business Baby, School Bitcoin, Satochip and the Ed Khan Crypto Gallery have started a contest called Bitcoin Quest. The interesting opportunity enables people to find bitcoin seeds hidden in unique works of art. People who want to participate in the online treasure hunt can read the rules and guidelines here.
So far, there are two Telegram groups in which people can participate in the Bitcoin Quest hunt for secret bitcoin seeds in both Russian and English languages. One of the organizers behind the Bitcoin Quest art contest told news.Bitcoin.com, the event will officially launch on January 21, 2021, and Telegram users should use the @helpmyquestbot to get a lot of information about the search.
“The crypto-analytics contest where bitcoin is hidden in the art is an adventurous journey,” the Bitcoin Quest announcement gave details. ‘Participants demonstrate their analytical skills by burning through the details of a big picture. The goal for participants is to find the words and put together a bitcoin seed. It is 14 words long and provides access to bitcoins held at the winning addresses (13 of them + 3 Satochip-one) within Electrum Bitcoin Wallet (PC version), ‘the organizers add.
Contest winners can win 13 bitcoin prizes worth $ 150 each and three Satochip hardware wallets. The Satochip wallets also feature a unique print of the 2021 Bitcoin Quest game. Participants will also receive a “Bitcoin Quest Analyst Certificate”, and with such a document, “no one will dare to doubt your skills”, the creators of the contest stressed.
In addition, winners will be recorded in an unchanging manner and etched in a blockchain. “We’ll be writing a list of all the winners in the Ethereum blockchain,” says the Bitcoin Quest announcement. “It will be available via the Eternal Note service msgeth.com, or via Etherscan.io. A transaction ID will be added to the individual certificate. ”
The contest was created to get people refining their knowledge of bitcoin and mnemonic seed phrases. Crypto skills are important and it will be necessary, along with hardware and software to participate in the latest search. Users need a Telegram account, knowledge of Electrum wallets, a computer, a large monitor and more. To begin the search process, the user must obtain the picture from the Bitcoin Quest Telegram channels on January 21st and thereafter.
Simply search for the seeds according to the official rules and tips and drain one or two of the winning seeds in the artwork. “You need to do all of the above faster than all the other crypto analysts,” the Bitcoin Quest creators told news.Bitcoin.com. Bitcoin Quest is a pet project by Jeff Fawkes, or ‘Bitpainter’, an artist who has been creating art with bitcoin mnemonic seeds in large drawings since 2017.
“I want to unite two of my great passions: art and crypto,” Fawkes said. ‘This is where the idea of’ Bitcoin Quest ‘appears. ‘This is a competition in which I draw photos with hidden bitcoin wallet seeds, and you keep the BTC you find,’ the artist concluded.
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Image Credits: Shutterstock, Pixabay, Wiki Commons, Bitcoin Quest, Jeff Fawkes aka ‘Bitpainter’
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