Can you decode this? (3.0) (New system in place)

co0lcr34t10ns

these updates will be over the course of multiple days. 50_scratch tabs can you help me do a full leaderboard update? Worst comes to worse we miss out on a few decoins, no one really cares if the solved ciphers are voided. will make an archive post

50_scratch_tabs

co0lcr34t10ns wrote:
50_scratch_tabs wrote:
MonkeyBean2 wrote:
(#258)
50_scratch_tabs wrote:
co0lcr34t10ns wrote:
(#255)
50_scratch_tabs wrote:
co0lcr34t10ns wrote:
(#252)
I'm actually going to make a project at this point to save FP space cause I'm actually going to run the character limit into the ground
Maybe a project for solved ciphers and this forum post for current ciphers.

Also if you want I could write a Python program to automatically write the current cipher list.
YES PLEASE GOD
Okay I will soon. I'll probably forget so feel free to remind me in, let's say, 3 days.
This feels like a good thing to have chatgpt write
I will spend more time debugging ChatGPT's code than writing my own.
Co0lcr34t10ns, do you have Python on your computer? What OS are you running?

I can probably reuse most of the code I wrote for updating my BaG sticky.
I have python 3.0 on Windows 11
My browser / operating system: Windows NT 10.0, Chrome 130.0.0.0, Flash 32.0 (release 0)
Yes, I have flash. well a remake of it

That is almost exactly my setup, including the Flash emulator. Only difference is I have Firefox. Shouldn't matter.

Yay! I don't like making my code cross-platform.
Last question: Do you have the requests library? If not, please download it.

Last edited by 50_scratch_tabs (Nov. 14, 2024 15:05:29)

50_scratch_tabs

Drafting code here because I'm at school, don't mind me.

def format_ciphers(cipher_list):
  result="[quote=Cipher authors]"
  for row,i in enumerate(cipher_list):
    result+="[quote=Cipher "
    result+=str(row)
    result+=": "
    result+=i.author
    result+="][code]"
    result+=i.ciphertext
    result+="[/code][quote][b]Short description/hint:[/b]\n"
    result+=i.desc
    result+="[/quote][/quote]"

(The interface/scraping and stuff will be code borrowed from a program I previously wrote)
Also, I'm gonna make a CSV template for the cipher updating program.
The records are examples.

Cipher creator,cipher creation date,cipher,difficulty,description/hint,link to original post,solver,solved date,link to solver's post
50_scratch_tabs,11/08/2024,Uryyb!,1,It's super easy,https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/post/8233392,griffpatch,11/14/2024,https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/post/8233392

I'll help with the leaderboard update, can you point me to the last post you updated for?

Last edited by 50_scratch_tabs (Nov. 14, 2024 19:10:02)

co0lcr34t10ns

50_scratch_tabs wrote:
I'm gonna make a CSV template for the cipher updating program.
The records are examples.
Cipher creator,cipher creation date,cipher,difficulty,description/hint,link to original post,solver,solved date,link to solver's post
50_scratch_tabs,11/08/2024,Uryyb!,1,It's super easy,https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/post/8233392,griffpatch,11/14/2024,https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/post/8233392
I'll help with the leaderboard update, can you point me to the last post you updated for?

the one by 8to16 that I trolled you guys with that was the a replaced by newlines

50_scratch_tabs

co0lcr34t10ns wrote:
50_scratch_tabs wrote:
I'm gonna make a CSV template for the cipher updating program.
The records are examples.
Cipher creator,cipher creation date,cipher,difficulty,description/hint,link to original post,solver,solved date,link to solver's post
50_scratch_tabs,11/08/2024,Uryyb!,1,It's super easy,https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/post/8233392,griffpatch,11/14/2024,https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/post/8233392
I'll help with the leaderboard update, can you point me to the last post you updated for?
the one by 8to16 that I trolled you guys with that was the a replaced by newlines

And you updated that you solved that?
Edit: I just looked and you did.

Last edited by 50_scratch_tabs (Nov. 14, 2024 18:53:02)

MonkeyBean2

blubby4 wrote:
Enjoy!

Cipher Creators: blubby4
Cipher:
8190729/8202176,8189830,8203699,8203703/8189534,8191370,8198083,8202176,8189806,8198334,8198400/8198400,8203703,8198083,8186699/8203703,8189995,8187559,8198083,8203703,8189995
Difficulty Level: 2
Short Description: I think this is a unique concept

Cipher Solvers: Me (@MonkeyBean2)
Solution:

IHOPENOTHiNGGETSEDITED

Method: Treat all of the numbers as discuss post IDs, and the text is the first letter of each post (ignoring tags, so it's the first letter you would see when reading the post)

import requests
c = "8190729/8202176,8189830,8203699,8203703/8189534,8191370,8198083,8202176,8189806,8198334,8198400/8198400,8203703,8198083,8186699/8203703,8189995,8187559,8198083,8203703,8189995"
ids = c.replace('/', ',').split(',')
res = ''
for idd in ids:
    txt = requests.get(f'https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/post/{idd}/source').text
    z = txt.replace('[big]', '') # the only tag at the beginning in the posts here is [big], and I'm lazy so I have only supported that
    print(z[:7])
    res += z[0]
    
print('Solution:', res)

Output:

I know 
Holy...
Okay, h
Peculia
Enjoy!
Nevermi
Okay, h
This is
Holy...
i can't
New cip
GUYS, R
GUYS, R
Enjoy!
This is
Should 
Enjoy!
Don't q
I just 
This is
Enjoy!
Don't q
Solution: IHOPENOTHiNGGETSEDITED

Last edited by MonkeyBean2 (Nov. 30, 2024 00:38:14)

50_scratch_tabs

MonkeyBean2 wrote:
(#266)
-snip-

Holy cow.

nembence

#9: by gilbert_given_189 (New DeCoin next Tuesday)
Steganography
From the previous topic. The text is the least significant bit of the image.

The image looks exactly like the forum emoji

, but the least significant bits of the RGB values form an Aztec code. The hardest part was getting the color values on the transparent area, but I've found a code on the internet that helped.
The solution is:

:)

8to16

Cipher Creator: 8to16
Cipher:

Difficulty Level: 4
Short Description: quite similar to blubby4's cipher.

MonkeyBean2

nembence wrote:
#9: by gilbert_given_189 (New DeCoin next Tuesday)
Steganography
From the previous topic. The text is the least significant bit of the image.
The image looks exactly like the forum emoji , but the least significant bits of the RGB values form an Aztec code. The hardest part was getting the color values on the transparent area, but I've found a code on the internet that helped.
The solution is:
:)

noo I didn't recognize the code

Voxalice

8to16 wrote:
(#269)
Cipher Creator: 8to16
Cipher:
1000000000
791461086
466762340
215332718
98506770
277226480
322739970
383250583
788476941
809533204
819680854
237481145
10135908
422236612
31876
585335825
99594136
18756724
128829048
148769358
95335017
Difficulty Level: 4
Short Description: quite similar to blubby4's cipher.

Solution:

QUeSTIoNSABOUTSCRATCH

Method: For each project ID, add the first letter of its corresponding project title to the solution.

50_scratch_tabs

Voxalice wrote:
(#271)
8to16 wrote:
(#269)
Cipher Creator: 8to16
Cipher:
1000000000
791461086
466762340
215332718
98506770
277226480
322739970
383250583
788476941
809533204
819680854
237481145
10135908
422236612
31876
585335825
99594136
18756724
128829048
148769358
95335017
Difficulty Level: 4
Short Description: quite similar to blubby4's cipher.
Solution:
QUeSTIoNSABOUTSCRATCH
Method: For each project ID, add the first letter of its corresponding project title to the solution.

It hasn't been added to the second post yet, so you don't get any DeCoins. It gets zapped out of existence.

Last edited by 50_scratch_tabs (Nov. 30, 2024 17:55:45)

MonkeyBean2

50_scratch_tabs wrote:
Voxalice wrote:
(#271)
8to16 wrote:
(#269)
Cipher Creator: 8to16
Cipher:
1000000000
791461086
466762340
215332718
98506770
277226480
322739970
383250583
788476941
809533204
819680854
237481145
10135908
422236612
31876
585335825
99594136
18756724
128829048
148769358
95335017
Difficulty Level: 4
Short Description: quite similar to blubby4's cipher.
Solution:
QUeSTIoNSABOUTSCRATCH
Method: For each project ID, add the first letter of its corresponding project title to the solution.
It hasn't been added to the second post yet, so you don't get any DeCoins. It gets zapped out of existence.

I knew I should have reminded everyone

I had solved it too and I was waiting for the list to be updated.

50_scratch_tabs

I think, to make updating easier, all cipher creators get their DeCoin on the same day of the week. Maybe when a cipher is created close to that day (I'll use Sunday as an example) when a cipher is created between Friday and Sunday that doesn't count the first time.

Also working on the update…

Last edited by 50_scratch_tabs (Nov. 30, 2024 20:35:32)

50_scratch_tabs

Current Ciphers ( for the update )

#5: By BigNate469 (New DeCoin next Tuesday)
138 206 211 186 208
Difficulty Level: 2
The key is in my username
Has been solved: no
#8: by blubby4 (New DeCoin next Tuesday)
(13²) 14 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 16 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 3 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 14
Difficulty Level: 3
I'm worried I'll give it away if I say too much, but what can 13² be written as?
Has been solved: no
#9: by gilbert_given_189 (New DeCoin next Tuesday)
Steganography
From the previous topic. The text is the least significant bit of the image.
Has been solved: yes
Solve date: I'm on the wrong page of the forum for this XD
Solved by: will add
#10: by gilbert_given_189 (New DeCoin next Wednesday)
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
Difficulty Level: 4
Encoded here is the ASK demodulation result of a news broadcast Clicky picked up. It's a binary stream, so it has been encoded in base64 for this post. Clicky have already decoded the message for me, but you guys don't have that pleasure lol. Try decoding it yourself!
Has been solved: no
#12: by davidtheplatform (New DeCoin next Thursday)
(cipher is too beefy, link)
Difficulty Level: 5
hint:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              The answer isn't in the corpus, but you do need information about it to decode the cipher. They also don't interact directly, ie. you shouldn't xor the cipher and corpus (or anything similar)[/code]
Has been solved: no
#14: by -YourLocalPhantom- (New DeCoin next Friday)
K65p8de29cyG1m7g
Uses a custom alphabet
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
Difficulty Level: 2
The Golden Ten
Has been solved: yes
#15: by TheCreatorOfUnTV (New DeCoin next Friday)
iimpqxrwrf
Difficulty Level: 2
Your hint is that this isn't SHA-512 you think you're clever huh
Has been solved: no
#21: by 50_scratch_tabs (New DeCoin next Tuesday
3544423316233375423333333162733333374544442316233374445423333162474444744473333333333735423331627474544423162474445423333162744444444444474447445444231624735423331627333333333333744444444444737445444231627
Difficulty Level: 4
I only like symbols.
Has been solved: no
#22: by ilovestories (New DeCoin next Tuesday)
ADHHS-IE–HCRSYA–IARPTIY
Difficulty Level: 4
I doubt anyone will be able to solve this any time soon (well, I guess @MonkeyBean2 might be able to).
Has been solved: no
#24: by co0lcr34t10ns (New DeCoin next Thursday)
VkZaU1FrNUZOWEZVV0dST1pXdHJlbFJ0YkVOalIxSkVXa2h3U2xKNlZqSmFSVTVEWkcxU2RGWnViRXBUUjNoeldrVkZPVkJSUFQwPQ==
Difficulty Level: 5
Wild goose chase.
Has been solved: Yes, woohoo
Solved by: me (@50_scratch_tabs)
Solve date: ??
#25: by ThisIsTemp1 (New DeCoin next Thursday)
Tuestions Dbout Vcratch
Difficulty Level: 5
Five layers. You shouldn't get a string of words.
Has been solved: no
#27: by blubby4 (New DeCoin next Thursday)
8190729/8202176,8189830,8203699,8203703/8189534,8191370,8198083,8202176,8189806,8198334,8198400/8198400,8203703,8198083,8186699/8203703,8189995,8187559,8198083,8203703,8189995
Difficulty Level: 2
I think this is a unique concept
Has been solved: yes
#29: by gilbert_given_189 New DeCoin next Friday)
NUMBERS GALORE
Difficulty Level: 5
I always wonder if we'll ever have a plain text, voice file format. I think this might be close. Shame it doesn't encode the pitch as well.
Has been solved: no
#30: by 50_scratch_tabs (New DeCoin next Friday)
t8;_>_ujU|<v;Ogzor3o%0UWL#tTA(Uz:CW<N\>9/U5b#<0#7Ok6Q{=E&/;!Gn8eJ(NO/<72V?Mo\PDAFz[|6Xte/hx<Ugrm?Qm0/'%g_Zv8pVo_<|TZx;hAU9B{7J[;P-_O[T7iI205(@]{xjk'BlU!X6Cb\2(<'C<R?#4>Gf'*P^_/[OHDJ{QWC1M!U!'wer|%h},hmXcOtZ8t$wu.|5q262lw&.K5z\[y;P&QP'lPznX8)uYelP6-Q)W{+j*@Vh]IBtLtE{+{Bt*4M8.9%0P>KotT(KU|GH2{1-MB8oTbV%Z.@g=o=/C^S08sogwZ'/emy#4N-k'&{7Kw$5!|2lzz$PxAUg{?e@@I[n!R
Difficulty Level: 5
Use CyberChef. I made it with 10 steps. Your hint is: HTTP Websockets are as magic as cups on a string. Figure out the (easy) hint, and the first four results on Google will all provide the same information, which you need. KBE goes with that hint.
Has been solved: No, hooray.
#32: by 8to16 (New DeCoin next Monday)
ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ
Difficulty Level: 2
Don't bruteforce, or I will take all your decoins
Has been solved: yes
Do you know the date you last updated the DeCoins?

Last edited by 50_scratch_tabs (Nov. 30, 2024 20:45:08)

8to16

#271 i have a question about how you solved this. did you use scratchattach or some other way of programmatically getting project titles, or did you go through the pain of having to manually go to each project id?

MonkeyBean2

8to16 wrote:
#271 i have a question about how you solved this. did you use scratchattach or some other way of programmatically getting project titles, or did you go through the pain of having to manually go to each project id?

The way I did it was with this python script, but before I wrote this I did look at the API response for the first few projects to see where to grab the characters

import requests
c = """1000000000
791461086
466762340
215332718
98506770
277226480
322739970
383250583
788476941
809533204
819680854
237481145
10135908
422236612
31876
585335825
99594136
18756724
128829048
148769358
95335017"""
ids = c.split('\n')
res = ''
for idd in ids:
    d = requests.get(f'https://api.scratch.mit.edu/projects/{idd}/').json()
    z = d['title']
    print(z)
    res += z[0]
    
print('Solution:', res)

Last edited by MonkeyBean2 (Nov. 30, 2024 21:00:52)

co0lcr34t10ns

guys read this
https://scratch.mit.edu/users/co0lcr34t10ns/#comments-360095361
i really have no motivation to work on this
thinking of killing the forum post system entirely and autowriting it to a project
but I don't have the python knowledge

50_scratch_tabs

co0lcr34t10ns wrote:
(#278)
guys read this
https://scratch.mit.edu/users/co0lcr34t10ns/#comments-360095361
i really have no motivation to work on this
thinking of killing the forum post system entirely and autowriting it to a project
but I don't have the python knowledge

I think it's best as a forum topic, but if you want I'll take over.

Voxalice

8to16 wrote:
(#276)
#271 i have a question about how you solved this. did you use scratchattach or some other way of programmatically getting project titles, or did you go through the pain of having to manually go to each project id?

I solved it manually using the Scratch API. Wasn't that bad.

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