Arweave Puzzle Series: Puzzle 08 — Solved

Hi! This is a write-up on the Arweave Puzzle 08. The puzzle has already been solved and all credit goes to the solver!

SUMMARY

Announcement Date: January 9, 2020
Link: https://www.twitter.com/arweavep
Prize: 401 AR

Solution: Rasputin Wilhelm Alekhine
                                       ~Solved by lia(March 7, 2020)

START

To solve the puzzle, the only thing to do is to input the correct answers on specified place to put in the solution.

There are 3 riddles to solve in Puzzle 08 and there are no clues.

Here is the link to the puzzle: https://mwgauw2twixdxh3fm6mywx7tvuxo442xtckttdbhpbctxz3em5fq.arweave.net/ZYwKW1OyLjufZWeZi1_zrS7uc1eYlTmMJ3hFO-dkZ0s

Inside The Puzzle

Here are the 3 riddles to solve from the link above.

These statements may seem odd at first look, but definitely the words were names of people from history. Reading the statements again, they had something in common — death. Thus, the statements of how the person died were hints to know their names.

They gave me drinks. I was not feeling well, but still I was strong.
Then I felt some gun shots and later I was in the cold water and it finally ended.

Grigori Rasputin died from drowning after being unsuccessfully poisoned, shot three times and beaten.

Answer: Rasputin

I don’t know AR but I know Winston. Before 83, my lungs collapsed.

Kaiser Wilhelm II died of pulmonary embolus at age 82.

Answer: Wilhelm

It was March, I was in Portugal. I was not enjoying life anymore, except for the sounds of a violin. The end.

Alexander Alekhine was found dead in a hotel in Portugal on March 24.

Answer: Alekhine

SOLUTION

Rasputin Wilhelm Alekhine

To solve the puzzle, answers were put on the blanks

into this…

Pressing unlock gave a JSON file which was used to sweep the prize to the winner’s Arweave address!

Acknowledgements

Thank you to Arweave Puzzle for this fun puzzle and riddle! Also, congrats to Lia in solving this puzzle!

Links to Solution of other Arweave Puzzles
Arweave P1: https://medium.com/@zorenskye/arweave-puzzle-series-puzzle-01-solved-59aa19a0ea2f
Arweave P2: https://medium.com/@zorenskye/arweave-puzzle-series-puzzle-04-solved-69ca109f3614
Arweave P4:https://medium.com/@zorenskye/arweave-puzzle-series-puzzle-04-solved-69ca109f3614
Arweave P13: https://medium.com/@zorenskye/arweave-puzzle-series-puzzle-13-solved-d770655f705b

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