The investment firm Primitive Ventures has launched a giant treasure hunt, with $ 1 million in Bitcoin (BTC). Participants in this augmented reality game will need to find key fragments scattered around the world, and collaborate in improvising strategies. It will be necessary to find not less than 400 fragments to unlock the reward contained in a hidden wallet. This type of augmented reality game is becoming more common in the crypto-community.
A mysterious treasure hunt
It all began on April 13, 2019. A message broadcast on the Blockstream Satellite challenged anyone to find Satoshi's treasure: $ 1 million in BTC, a colossal amount never reached by a treasure hunt. The message said that the big hunt was now launched, with clues coming on the site satoshistreasure.xyz, as well as a ranking of the teams. The first key has been revealed on April 16, 2019, and two more should follow on April 17 and 18.
Eric Meltzer, the co-creator of the game with Primitive Venture, reported to Coindesk the details of this quest. The keys giving access to the wallet containing the Bitcoins were divided into 1,000 fragments. There is no rule in the game and participants can buy and sell clues if they feel the need. For the moment, more than 6,000 people have answered the call by subscribing to the site's mailing-list. There is no doubt that this figure climbs sharply in the days to come.
Augmented reality games, favorites of the crypto-community
This type of puzzles appears more and more in the sphere of cryptos, with passionate players who strive to find the solution. We remember the great index hunt held in Paris in January 2019. The participants had to find the solution of a puzzle hidden in a reproduction of Liberty guiding the people. It took less than a week for players to solve the puzzle and win $ 1,000 in BTC. But the best known perhaps remains "The Legend of Satoshi Nakamoto". It was a puzzle contained in a painting by @Coin_Artist, which offered $ 50,000 in BTC to anyone who could understand it. It had then taken more than 3 years to discover the solution of this mystery. Let's bet that the incredible price offered by this new game could reduce the delay ...