My articles from 2021

cicada 3301 the puzzle that plagued millions

note(almost as long as how does target know wat you want before you do it artcle this is 822

words and the target one is 1023 words so suit up! update: its over the target article its 1041 words)

On the 4th of January somebody posted a message on 4chan

saying it was looking for highly intelligent individuals.

The following said there was a message hidden in the image. It started one of the most elaborate scavenger hunts of all time moments after it was posted. Somebody found out if you opened it in a text editor. There was a part of readable text which if deciphered

led to a link.(the link is https://i.imgur.com/m9sYK.jpg) In the beginning, it seems like a dead-end since the image was a duck and said" Woops just decoys the way looks like you can't guess how to get the message out". But using a thing called outguess that was hidden in the words of the image and extracted data. They found another link that referred to a book and there you could make out a message that said "Call us at the telephone number (214) 390 - 9608". It was pre-recording that said you need to find 3 prime numbers in the original image. It said 3301 is one of them, multiply them and add a .com and you have the key to the next step; the other two are yours to find.

Many people started working on it but there were still questions aside, what was it for? Who is behind it? Some said it was just a troll, others said that it was so complex that why would they go so far?

The other two were the dimensions.

When multiplied by the dimensions, it gave the number which led to a website with a countdown.

When the countdown ended, it was updated with coordinates to find there were posters with qr codes and a cicada 3301 symbol where everybody needed to find.

For people who thought this as a secret organization instead of a troll. They thought they were proved right. This wasn't the work of your average troll. It was something much bigger and complex.

It is linked to an image then linked to a book then a website. But it took an unexpected turn as only first arrivals were picked.

The website was taken down and it was eventually replaced with we want the best not the followers.

The hunt was over a month later. As it turned out this was just the beginning.

The second puzzle:

The person behind it actually put a code in the bottom to make sure it was from cicada 3301. As the first arrivals were told to make sure the code is correct and from cicada 3301 and not from false paths.

A year later, they posted another puzzle and the hunt was reignited.

It wasn't different from the first. A few days later, a song called the instar emergence was uncovered. It was guitar music by cicada 3301 but nobody knows why they have this kind of music.

An image called gematria primus was posted on twitter saying it was vital to the cicada 3301 puzzle but it would be a mysterious tool for quite some time. The coordinates were revealed again for solvers to venture outside and find the codes.

And then again only a few got to the final stage.

and then it ended, unfortunately this is not the end.

The third puzzle:

It was almost like the first. It leads to the book and produces a link. However it was

wrapped around a strange book called the Liber Primus. It was written by cicada 3301

Finally the gematria primus came into use. It had clues and was encrypted for example on one page. It said to seek out a page on the dark web.

Another page led to another recording called interconnectedness which was guitar music that got weirder and weirder. the Liber Primus which was written by cicada3301; it was only 58 pages; only two pages have been deciphered so far.

After two years, individuals suspected the Liber Primus had to be deciphered to continue.

It was confirmed by cicada 3301 message in 2016 saying The ;Liber Primus leads the way the key is right in front of your eyes. Now 4 years have passed, with tiny amounts of progress and complete silence from cicada 3301.

Many people are trying to solve the Liber Primus. It is almost impossible but some people believe it's possible. But they need to look at things in a completely different way. One of the winners of the second puzzle was accepted but cicada 3301 asked for patience. And now years later he got nothing from cicada 3301. He grouped others who accepted the second puzzle. They got the same experience (results), asked for patience, then nothing. Some people think it's the lead of the cypherpunks. Because in the first puzzle they asked questions about privacy and security related things. They expected them to answer honestly which means they could possibly be remnants of the cypherpunk movement.

Many people thought it was an alternate reality game to boost a product or marketing campaign. It was used to make Halo 2 more popular and increase profits and more.

But the release of subsequent puzzles and complete lack of commercialisation eliminated the possibility.

Some people say it's a recruitment program since intelligence companies did this before and many more did the same.

There's much more to the cypherpunk movement since there is more to it.

One old member of the cypher punks said the cypherpunks are good at protecting themselves and staying anonymous. Which could be why a single clue has not been let out in the open where people possibly can find the person behind cicada 3301.

Many people out there need a clue, even shadow walker(<--- nickname). A person trying to solve cicada 3301 with other people said "it's not like you need to solve it over-night.

It can be spreaded across years and even a millennia but at least give us a clue instead of complete silence to help". We have to be patient and see.

songs made by cicada 3301 link to instar emergence song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jmnAA_foUI 

link to interconnectedness

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jmnAA_foUI