New Bitcoin Quest Contest Gives People a Chance to Locate Crypto Seeds Hidden...
There’s an online-sleuthing contest starting on January 21st called “Bitcoin Quest,” where individuals can leverage their crypto-analytical skills to hunt for mnemonic bitcoin seed phrases hidden in artwork. Winners who drain the artwork’s crypto holdings will be able to 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....
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Mobile wallet AirBitz, which provides a location-based directory to make it easier for users to spend bitcoin, is launching a giveaway promotion at the North American Bitcoin Conference in Miami, Florida. Airbitz is calling the contest 'Hidden Bits', which is a scavenger hunt that will see bitcoin-loaded cards secreted in locations around the Miami Beach area during the conference. Clues will be released on Twitter to hint at the location of the cards, which will contain QR codes giving finders access to varied amounts of cryptocurrency. Paul Puey, CEO of Airbitz, said the purpose of the....
TappaBit is different from most games in Bitcoin that is not one of the gambling variety. For people that want to play using Bitcoin but not leave it all entirely up to chance, TappaBit is an engaging Bitcoin game alternative. The game is provably fair, through the use of mixing 3 client seeds, 3 server seeds, and 3 nonces, with the verify button easily accessible above the chat. Described as a “PVP Social MINI Game”, the point of the game (and way to earn Bitcoin) is to stop the timer as close to zero as possible. The winner is decided after 5 rounds, and the player who has accumulated....
Crowdsourced IT security startup CrowdCurity has created a new bug bounty programme with a unique twist. Titled Capture the Coin, the programme is inspired by the well-known capture the flag game, and aims to reward security researchers for locating private bitcoin keys hidden within the front-end of web platforms. CrowdCurity is testing the idea on its own website to start with, and is kicking it off as a competition with bitcoin for prizes. Jacob Hanson, CEO of CrowdCurity, told CoinDesk: "We find it an interesting approach to basically test the security of our own platform." How it....
Financial technology startups in India are welcoming a contest to find financial technology solutions announced by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), according to Business Standard, an Indian newspaper. The purpose of the competition is to develop technologies that reduce transaction costs, prevent financial fraud and develop India’s e-commerce infrastructure. The bank’s Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology (DRBT), which is organizing the contest, invites groups, individuals and startups to participate. The contest will reward participants with a small cash prize and....