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Puzzle 3

6th December

19:00 UTC

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For want of a nail the kingdom was lost.


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Puzzle Preparation

To give you a better chance of solving this puzzle, we suggest that you look through some relevant background materials.


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Puzzle link

Click the link for background material in Counting Vampires: From Univariate Sumcheck to Updatable ZK-SNARK, Page 9

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Block-wise P-Signatures and Non-Interactive Anonymous Credentials with Efficient Attributes

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Puzzle Hints

1. Check for punctures!
2. Check the length of the first powers vector.
3. Use the extra element in the first vector to modify the result.

Puzzle Winners


gold 01

wborgeaud

Puzzle completed

Score

1000

silver 02

Konstantce

Puzzle completed

Score

997.1

bronze 03

NicsTr

Puzzle completed

Score

995


You can see all of the scores for this puzzle in the spreadsheet here.

Puzzle Solution

The winner of the puzzle write up was submitted by georgwiese. You can view the solution and puzzle write up here. The background material required to solve the puzzle is also covered in the write up.