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Hey, my lam, what’s up? You don’t know me, but I saw you in action during the playtest... nice moves!
Anyway, to introduce myself, I’m Cyberlam #49, of the Cryptography Flock, and I was wondering if you could lend me a hand with a little hac-... err, investigation.
There’s this juicy wallet I ran across, and the private key for it seems weak somehow, like it’s got a lot of small prime factors. If you help me crack it, I’ll deal you in for a slice of whatever’s inside...
Step one is figuring out who it belongs to, though. The big clues I’ve found are that they go by “The Alchemist”, are super-rich and like to throw their money around in auctions, and are kind of eccentric-slash-crazy, like chewing on the scenery while laughing maniacally, that kind of thing...
Argh, this is so close to a score for us, but I think I need just one more piece of info to nail this sucker down. Does anything ring a bell for you?
Can you think of a prime number that matches these clues?
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