
Solution to Enigma no.2
THEIR DIFFERENCE WILL REMAIN, LONG AFTER THEY ARE DEAD
(will make sense after the text is understood)
Only one of them will take you to the finish line and unlock the treasure.
(you’ll find two things : the first one will give you the PK)
Add to the other one and he will show something important.
(the second one will give you another PK [with a tiny treasure] )
Remember him, he holds the key.
(You will discover Him).
erugbzqanet lz sb lebzrz av (message to be decoded)
By solving this enigma, you’ll get access to the treasure wallet TJo4NuNPE2zR32Xg69DJFUywTpXXkahtJS
METHOD :
1) Most of the players started with the last part of the enigma :
erugbzqanet lz sb lebzrz av
This part can be understood by using a cyphering method called ROT13 (a specific kind of Caesar cypher).
By using rot13, you’ll get :
erugbzqanet lz sb lebzrz av rehtomdnarg ym fo yromem ni
By reading this part starting from the end, you’ll get :
in memory of my grandmother
There is nothing special about the meaning of the message.
What was important was the method to find it.
ROT13 + Reverse reading.
• Was a 12 year old able to read it ? The answer is NO !
• Were you able to do it with pen and paper ?
Most probably the answer is NO.
• Some players may have eventually thought of CAESAR cypher by seeing Roman number in the text.
Those players, if they exist, are already quite familiar with CAESAR cyphering method. For the average player, roman numbers are just roman numbers. It doesn’t automatically means Caesar cypher.
• For the average (and normal) player, this sentence shouldn’t be easily decoded.
If you find it… It’s good. But somehow you used a shortcut.
This shortcut may damage you a lot, because :
- by following the guidelines, you’ll try to find any possible explanations for the rot13.
- you’ll suppose rot13 is everywhere in the enigma.
Once again, it was a reverse reading rot 13 code…
I don’t know any children that can decode it with so little information.
Remember the rule number 6 : you don’t need any deciphering program to brute force anything.
So what should you have done?
2) Start with what you know from the previous enigma. If there is a key to use, you already know it:
In the last enigma, you used the following method:
- Convert letters to numbers
- Those numbers you should count in hexadecimal
If you follow the same method, backward, you will try to convert hexadecimal numbers to decimal numbers, and decimal numbers to position in the alphabet :
As a result, the first line will give you :
IV IV 12 8 14 - 19 14 18 9 13 IV I C C 9 17 IV 17 12 IV 8 14 IV 7 F 14
Which, once you convert every NUMBER in DECIMAL will give :
IV IV 18 8 20 - 25 20 24 9 19 IV I 12 12 9 23 IV 23 18 IV 8 20 IV 7 15 20
Now convert back DECIMAL NUMBERS to ALPHABET LETTERS, and you’ll get
:
IV IV R H T - Y T X I S IV I L L I W IV W R IV H T IV G O T
By reading carefully the first line, and by looking at the first part : IV IV R H T - Y T X I S You can see IV IV R H T - Y T X I S = S I X T Y – T H R IV IV
This will give you a good indication :
Step1) Read everything backward
Step2) Somehow the roman numbers will you letters as well.
Eventually you’ll find the complete text and will figure out the following table :
A 0 (0 doesn’t exist in roman numeral, that’s why there is a space)
B I
C III
D III
E IV
F V
By reading it backward, you’ll find :
I AM TWICE THE AGE YOU WERE
WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE
WHEN YOU ARE MY AGE
TOGETHER WE WILL BE SIXTY-THREE
3) Now that you have the text, the title makes more sense. The other two lines as well :
THEIR DIFFERENCE WILL REMAIN, LONG AFTER THEY ARE DEAD
Only one of them will take you to the finish line and unlock the treasure. Add to the other one and he will show something important.
Somehow the enigma is talking about those two protagonists from the deciphered text.
The problem you need to solve is the following one :
I AM TWICE THE AGE YOU WERE
WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE
WHEN YOU ARE MY AGE
TOGETHER WE WILL BE SIXTY-THREE
The only solution is :
In the past In the present In the future
I (1st protagonist) 21 28 35
You (2nd protagonist) 14 21 28
Now you should understand why their difference will remain. Their difference is always 7.
But the title also says, their difference will remain long after they are both dead.
This should invite you to continue the timeline.
4) The timeline :
Looking at the picture, you’ll see that there are 32 spaces until the finish line.
More or less like a ruler.
There are two horizontal lines.
One for each of the protagonist.
Continue the timeline for the first protagonist :
But don’t forget :
1) you learnt how to count in hexa in the previous enigma 2) you just learnt how to read in the current enigma.
As a result, the age will be incremented of 7 , 32 times. Then converted in Hexa. And finally read backward. This will unlock the treasure.
And what about the other one ?
If you follow the same method for the second protagonist, you’ll immediately realize one char is missing (63 instead of 64).
Then you’ll understand why you need to :
Add to the other one and he will show something important.
Add = Add A
(The first part of the enigma explains you that “ “ = A)
The solution once decoded.
Opening the first wallet will give you the treasure .
Opening the second wallet will you a mini-treasure as well :
By checking the second wallet balance, you’ll find 0.12345 TRX. Which relates to how you decoded the roman numbers.
But more importantly, if you check the only transaction, you’ll find a special note. This note will tell you who is Him, which will help you to decode the last part.
At this moment only, you’ll have all the elements and can consider the enigma completely understood.
THEIR DIFFERENCE WILL REMAIN, LONG AFTER THEY ARE DEAD
(will make sense after the text is understood)
Only one of them will take you to the finish line and unlock the treasure.
(you’ll find two things : the first one will give you the PK)
Add to the other one and he will show something important.
(the second one will give you another PK [with a tiny treasure] )
Remember him, he holds the key.
(You will discover Him).
erugbzqanet lz sb lebzrz av (message to be decoded)
By solving this enigma, you’ll get access to the treasure wallet TJo4NuNPE2zR32Xg69DJFUywTpXXkahtJS
METHOD :
1) Most of the players started with the last part of the enigma :
erugbzqanet lz sb lebzrz av
This part can be understood by using a cyphering method called ROT13 (a specific kind of Caesar cypher).
By using rot13, you’ll get :
erugbzqanet lz sb lebzrz av rehtomdnarg ym fo yromem ni
By reading this part starting from the end, you’ll get :
in memory of my grandmother
There is nothing special about the meaning of the message.
What was important was the method to find it.
ROT13 + Reverse reading.
• Was a 12 year old able to read it ? The answer is NO !
• Were you able to do it with pen and paper ?
Most probably the answer is NO.
• Some players may have eventually thought of CAESAR cypher by seeing Roman number in the text.
Those players, if they exist, are already quite familiar with CAESAR cyphering method. For the average player, roman numbers are just roman numbers. It doesn’t automatically means Caesar cypher.
• For the average (and normal) player, this sentence shouldn’t be easily decoded.
If you find it… It’s good. But somehow you used a shortcut.
This shortcut may damage you a lot, because :
- by following the guidelines, you’ll try to find any possible explanations for the rot13.
- you’ll suppose rot13 is everywhere in the enigma.
Once again, it was a reverse reading rot 13 code…
I don’t know any children that can decode it with so little information.
Remember the rule number 6 : you don’t need any deciphering program to brute force anything.
So what should you have done?
2) Start with what you know from the previous enigma. If there is a key to use, you already know it:
In the last enigma, you used the following method:
- Convert letters to numbers
- Those numbers you should count in hexadecimal
If you follow the same method, backward, you will try to convert hexadecimal numbers to decimal numbers, and decimal numbers to position in the alphabet :
As a result, the first line will give you :
IV IV 12 8 14 - 19 14 18 9 13 IV I C C 9 17 IV 17 12 IV 8 14 IV 7 F 14
Which, once you convert every NUMBER in DECIMAL will give :
IV IV 18 8 20 - 25 20 24 9 19 IV I 12 12 9 23 IV 23 18 IV 8 20 IV 7 15 20
Now convert back DECIMAL NUMBERS to ALPHABET LETTERS, and you’ll get
:
IV IV R H T - Y T X I S IV I L L I W IV W R IV H T IV G O T
By reading carefully the first line, and by looking at the first part : IV IV R H T - Y T X I S You can see IV IV R H T - Y T X I S = S I X T Y – T H R IV IV
This will give you a good indication :
Step1) Read everything backward
Step2) Somehow the roman numbers will you letters as well.
Eventually you’ll find the complete text and will figure out the following table :
A 0 (0 doesn’t exist in roman numeral, that’s why there is a space)
B I
C III
D III
E IV
F V
By reading it backward, you’ll find :
I AM TWICE THE AGE YOU WERE
WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE
WHEN YOU ARE MY AGE
TOGETHER WE WILL BE SIXTY-THREE
3) Now that you have the text, the title makes more sense. The other two lines as well :
THEIR DIFFERENCE WILL REMAIN, LONG AFTER THEY ARE DEAD
Only one of them will take you to the finish line and unlock the treasure. Add to the other one and he will show something important.
Somehow the enigma is talking about those two protagonists from the deciphered text.
The problem you need to solve is the following one :
I AM TWICE THE AGE YOU WERE
WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE
WHEN YOU ARE MY AGE
TOGETHER WE WILL BE SIXTY-THREE
The only solution is :
In the past In the present In the future
I (1st protagonist) 21 28 35
You (2nd protagonist) 14 21 28
Now you should understand why their difference will remain. Their difference is always 7.
But the title also says, their difference will remain long after they are both dead.
This should invite you to continue the timeline.
4) The timeline :
Looking at the picture, you’ll see that there are 32 spaces until the finish line.
More or less like a ruler.
There are two horizontal lines.
One for each of the protagonist.
Continue the timeline for the first protagonist :
But don’t forget :
1) you learnt how to count in hexa in the previous enigma 2) you just learnt how to read in the current enigma.
As a result, the age will be incremented of 7 , 32 times. Then converted in Hexa. And finally read backward. This will unlock the treasure.
And what about the other one ?
If you follow the same method for the second protagonist, you’ll immediately realize one char is missing (63 instead of 64).
Then you’ll understand why you need to :
Add to the other one and he will show something important.
Add = Add A
(The first part of the enigma explains you that “ “ = A)
The solution once decoded.
Opening the first wallet will give you the treasure .
Opening the second wallet will you a mini-treasure as well :
By checking the second wallet balance, you’ll find 0.12345 TRX. Which relates to how you decoded the roman numbers.
But more importantly, if you check the only transaction, you’ll find a special note. This note will tell you who is Him, which will help you to decode the last part.
At this moment only, you’ll have all the elements and can consider the enigma completely understood.
