Before he provided further clues, the comment section already had many players who realized this was an 8-hour puzzle game, which was also the last sentence of the tweet. And the prize, is the first sentence of the tweet "cactusseeds".
Let's first introduce the prize. "cactusseeds" is a sub-collection of the 0th Ordinal (the first Ordinal since the birth of the Ordinals protocol) minted by Casey, called "Dia De Pixales". "Dia De Pixales" is an art series created by Casey, which can be seen displayed on his personal website.
We can also say that "cactusseeds" is a sub-sub-Ordinal, or a grandchild Ordinal. From the image below, we can see how the "parent-child Ordinal" mechanism is completely established on-chain in a decentralized way on Bitcoin without smart contracts.
The top-level Ordinal here is the 0th Ordinal, which for other projects can also be a TXT text Ordinal to represent the name of the collection. The second-level Ordinal can be the collection's Logo, and the second-season Ordinal here is actually an animated GIF that rotates through the 9 "skulls" of the "Dia De Pixales" collection, while the last-level Ordinal is the specific NFT content image. Through this hierarchical connection, even if the collection is not listed on a trading market, it can be organized and presented to users very intuitively on-chain.
As for why this grandchild Ordinal is called "cactusseeds", you'll have to ask Casey. However, we can also see here how the specific individual NFTs in the collection are named, which is by intentionally finding corresponding satoshis.
Back to the main topic. The question is, what is the meaning of the second sentence of the puzzle, "25138 / 29746"? 6 hours later, at 10 a.m., Casey provided the answer:
Here the answer has been revealed - "25138 / 29746" is a set of Minecraft coordinates, go to the 2b2t server and find Casey! Casey himself also confirmed this:
This is not a simple task. 2b2t, known as the "oldest anarchy Minecraft server", was established in December 2010 and is known for its lawlessness and highly destructive subculture, with complete freedom leading to extreme destruction, making 2b2t a "beautiful hell".
For new players entering 2b2t for the first time, it is already very difficult to just leave the "spawn area", let alone travel to the coordinates specified by Casey. These difficulties include but are not limited to:
- The "spawn area" is severely damaged and full of traps left by veteran players.
- To reach the coordinates specified by Casey, you need to collect enough resources, otherwise you will "starve to death" long before reaching the destination.
- The "spawn area" may be constantly ravaged by veteran players.
Take a look at the rendering of the "spawn area" below. This image is from 4 years ago, and the "spawn area" is full of lava, with extremely scarce resources, truly a "hell"...
About 1 hour later, a winner emerged, @Rhynohowl1 became the first person to find Casey on the 2b2t server, and Casey immediately transferred the "cactusseeds" to him.
In fact, this player may have found Casey in even less time, because it can be determined that he did not know what Ordinals were before, and may not even have been a Crypto player, as can be concluded and inferred from the content of his tweets, as he referred to the "cactusseeds" as an "NFT" after receiving it, and Ordinals players in the comments corrected him, saying it was not an NFT but an Ordinal. In addition, his past tweets were very few and had nothing to do with Crypto.
How did this person know that Casey was giving away such an important Ordinal? Was it the "old mouse cage"? No, no, because the information was passed on to a streamer who plays 2b2t, riths.
Why did this information reach a 2b2t streamer who only broadcasts on Saturdays and doesn't have a large following? Because the co-founder of the Bitcoin Non-Fungible Token project INK, @Brunno_UTXO, went to this live stream to pass on the information, and even offered to buy the "cactusseeds" for 1 BTC on the spot.
This is also the direct source of the widespread belief after the event that @Rhynohowl1 directly earned 1 BTC. In fact, @Rhynohowl1 listed the Ordinal on Magic Eden for 10 BTC, and the highest offer received so far is 0.33 BTC. The reason he listed it for 10 BTC is likely because Casey said this in his reply:
Another Ordinals KOL, @cbspears, also stated in his video that he is willing to pay 5 BTC to purchase the "cactusseeds".
Life is always full of surprises and unexpected events, and for @Rhynohowl1, before this happened, it was probably just an ordinary Saturday (our time zone is Sunday). He opened his computer, opened Minecraft, entered the 2b2t server to play, and at the same time watched and chatted in the Twitch live stream of riths. Suddenly, a message came, and he began to search for the founder of the Ordinals & Runes Protocol in the virtual world of Minecraft. When this prominent figure in another virtual world appeared before him in what may have seemed to him an unremarkable Minecraft form, he gained 1 BTC.
Since the release of the rune "MEMENTO•MORI", Casey has become more active, making some attempts to promote the rune ecosystem. After this puzzle game ended, in the early hours of yesterday, Casey posted a long Twitter thread, stating that he did not want to frantically shill one specific coin after another like other ecosystems' "chief marketing officers", and hoped to hear everyone's opinions on some good ways to help promote the rune and even the Ordinals ecosystem.
After Casey's statement, the "MEMENTO•MORI" reached a peak of 45% increase. BlockBeats had previously introduced this rune (related reading: Has the Ordinals protocol founder released a new rune, and does it meet expectations?), as a rune personally released by Casey, the market capitalization once fell below 10 million US dollars after the minting was completed, which even made players joke in dismay - Casey is too bad, "it would be better" than Vitalik's dog. After Casey's statement, players' views on "MEMENTO•MORI" have also warmed up a lot with the price regaining its upward momentum.
Will the rune get better? Time will tell. And this story of "playing Minecraft for 1 hour and earning 1 BTC" has not yet come to an end. Similarly, time will show us how much "cactusseeds" will sell for as the ecosystem and even Bitcoin evolve.
But now, this story is already fascinating enough.
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