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@curta_ctf
Curta
1 year
We are excited to announce @curta_ctf 's Hacker in Residence program, where select Curta members will receive 0.5 ETH a month for their involvement in the ETH ecosystem -- details in thread below --
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@curta_ctf
Curta
2 years
Introducing Curta, a CTF protocol where writing and solving EVM puzzles can enable cash prizes or securing a place on the leaderboard.
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@curta_ctf
Curta
2 years
We are excited to announce that Curta is LIVE! Players can now create and solve EVM puzzles to earn rewards. Head to to capture a Flag.
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@curta_ctf
Curta
10 months
Introducing Curta Golf — a King of the Hill gas optimization competition ⛳ Submit an optimization to rank on the leaderboard More details below:
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@curta_ctf
Curta
8 months
Introducing EVM Day by @curta_ctf , @chainlight_io , and @gasliteGG A day-long event of CTF puzzles, gas optimization challenges, and fun on the EVM. 📍 Denver 📅 Feb 29 RSVP below 👇
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@curta_ctf
Curta
11 months
We're thrilled to announce the first Curta Cup, a hybrid CTF competition on November 18. The CTF will be open to all, but apply here if you plan to attend in person in Istanbul: 📌
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@curta_ctf
Curta
1 year
A group of friends from the Curta community got together Friday night and proudly placed in the top 10 for the @paradigm_ctf . Congrats to the Curta team and GGWP to everyone else. 🎉🎉🎉
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@curta_ctf
Curta
1 year
If you've ever solved a Curta puzzle, you can now skip the waitlist and sign up for @farcaster_xyz
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@curta_ctf
Curta
11 months
Curta Cup has now concluded. 🏆 Congratulations to @hackthedefi ( @tonyke_bot ) for winning the overall Curta Cup leaderboard and taking home $1000 USDC from @ChainLight_io ! 🧵 (1/7)
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@curta_ctf
Curta
2 years
Tomorrow.
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Curta
1 year
Puzzle 17 🧩 Coming Friday, Sept. 8 By @_hrkrshnn , the co-founder of @SpearbitDAO , previously worked on solc ( @solidity_lang ).
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@curta_ctf
Curta
8 months
Over the past year, Curta has grown in popularity as a platform for showing off onchain CTF skills. 2 CTFs by @ChainLight_io will go live on Curta on Feb 29. Top performer wins a physical Curta CTF trophy. Turn on notifications for when the competition goes live. 🔔
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@curta_ctf
Curta
11 months
Get your ETH on BASE ready. Curta Cup will be live on @BuildOnBase . T-1 hour to start. ⌛
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@curta_ctf
Curta
1 year
Puzzle 9 ⛳️ This Thursday at 11AM ET By @vex_0x , smart contract dev @OPLabsPBC & contributor to the @huff_language compiler
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@curta_ctf
Curta
1 year
Curta Cup 🏆 November 18th. Application link dropping soon.
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@curta_ctf
Curta
10 months
Get ready optimizoors ⛽
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@curta_ctf
Curta
11 months
Write-ups, now LIVE 📝 Browse through puzzle write-ups natively on Curta. Example: If you want to publish a write-up for a puzzle on , please DM us.
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@curta_ctf
Curta
7 months
Friday, March 22 Curta CTF Puzzle by @0xOwenThurm , founder & lead auditor at @GuardianAudits on @base 🔵
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@curta_ctf
Curta
1 year
We're thrilled to announce our first Hacker in Residence, @0xcacti ! 0xcacti has built projects like open-source MEV bots and on-chain Tic-tac-toe, with goals of contributing to Foundry and Reth.
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@curta_ctf
Curta
1 year
FIRSTBLOOD! 🏆 @sina_eth_ (13:43:24) Congrats to Sina for being the first solver to Puzzle 13 by @exp_table . Phase 1 begins now.
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@curta_ctf
Curta
11 months
A room filled with the best minds in blockchain 📍Curta Cup
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@curta_ctf
Curta
2 years
This Saturday March 18th. From the one and only @rileyholterhus
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@curta_ctf
Curta
11 months
We are excited to announce @0xKaden as our second ever Hacker in Residence! Kaden will receive 0.5 ETH every month for continuing to make open-source contributions to the Ethereum ecosystem.
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@curta_ctf
Curta
9 months
We are so back. New CTF Puzzle going live next week. DM us if you want to be an author this year or tag someone you want to see write a puzzle below.
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@curta_ctf
Curta
1 year
Puzzle Labyrinth by @0xKaden has officially concluded. Here are its top three solvers: 🥇 @PogoB (4hr 48min) 🥈 @plotchy (9hr 11min) 🥉 @lj1nu (11hr 55min) Congrats to everyone who was able to place on the leaderboard!🎉🎉🎉
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@curta_ctf
Curta
11 months
Firstblood! 🩸 Congrats to @orenyomtov for being the first to solve Usurper's Throne
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Oren Yomtov
11 months
Got FIRSTBLOOD on @ChainLight_io 's challenge in Curta Cup It's also the first @curta_ctf challenge ever deployed to @BuildOnBase
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@curta_ctf
Curta
7 months
🩸First blood! Congrats to @cairoeth for being first to solve puzzle RollApp Sequencer with a solve time of 02:57:49.
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@curta_ctf
Curta
8 months
🩸Firstblood! Congrats to @lj1nu for being Firstblood to puzzle Fraud.
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@curta_ctf
Curta
9 months
We will be at ETH Denver. 🏔️ Who else is going?
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@curta_ctf
Curta
9 months
First blood!🩸 Congrats to @lj1nu @push0ebp for being the first to solve ZSafe!
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@curta_ctf
Curta
7 months
Puzzle Fraud by @ChainLight_io has officially concluded with 18 solvers with an average of 11.5 hours per solve! Here are the top 3: 🥇 @lj1nu (00:23:22) 🥈 @hibillh (00:51:24) 🥉 @pranav__garg_ (00:54:58) Congrats to everyone else who was able to make the leaderboard! 🎉🎉🎉
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@curta_ctf
Curta
8 months
We're giving away $15k in prizes to attendees of EVM Day! Overview on distribution 🧵👇
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@curta_ctf
Curta
11 months
Curta Cup is LIVE! 🏆 You can now solve the first few puzzles on @ChainLight_io , @osec_io , @zellic_io
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@curta_ctf
Curta
1 year
November 18. 🇹🇷 10 puzzles. 1 winner.
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@curta_ctf
Curta
1 year
Puzzle 9 by @vex_0x has officially ended. Only 17 ctfers were able to solve this puzzle! 🥇 @chainlight_io 🥈 @lj1nu 🥉 @plotchy Congrats to everyone who was able to solve the puzzle 🎉🎉🎉
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@curta_ctf
Curta
10 months
Curta 2023 recap 🧵
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@curta_ctf
Curta
8 months
Huge shout out to @farcaster_xyz for being the first sponsor for EVM Day. Farcaster is always at the forefront of crypto social experimentation. We're huge fans of Frames!
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@curta_ctf
Curta
1 year
Puzzle 16 ⛳️ Coming next Tuesday, August 22nd By @devtooligan , Security Engineer 🧐 at @trailofbits and Chief Pharmacist 💊 at @huff_language .
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@curta_ctf
Curta
2 years
Curta's first CTF puzzle by @fiveoutofnine has been deployed! Solve at to receive an invite to our exclusive party this Friday
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@curta_ctf
Curta
1 year
Puzzle 14 ⛳️ Coming next Friday, July 21st By @jtriley_eth , smart contract engineer and @huff_language enjoyer
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@curta_ctf
Curta
1 year
We are back! It's been a minute. Introducing Puzzle 13 ⛳️ Friday July 7th By @exp_table , WhiteNoise operative and huff-rs contributor
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@curta_ctf
Curta
9 months
Monday, January 15th Curta CTF Puzzle by @ret2jazzy on @base 🔵
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@curta_ctf
Curta
1 year
Puzzle 15 ⛳️ Coming next Friday, August 4th By @zachobront , security researcher and bug huntoor
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@curta_ctf
Curta
1 year
Puzzle 18 🧩 This Friday, Sept. 22nd, at Noon ET By @eth_call , EVM enthusiast and counter mechanisms researcher
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@curta_ctf
Curta
2 years
Puzzle 6 has concluded. Only 18 ctfers were able to solve @wei3erHase ’s puzzle! Congrats to @chainlight_io , @sampriti0 , @0x796 , sanban.eth, @lj1nu , @MasterPatate , @ngndev , minimooger.eth, 0x4790c16, and p0pular.eth for making top 10 🎉🎉🎉
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@curta_ctf
Curta
2 years
First Blood! Congrats 🎉🎉🎉 0x4a69B81A2cBEb3581C61d5087484fBda2Ed39605
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@curta_ctf
Curta
7 months
Factorial was released on Feb 29 at our event EVM Day by @PopPunkOnChain from Gaslite. The most influential optimizoors for this challenge are @real_philogy , @divergencearran , and @shunduquar . Read more to see the progression.
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@curta_ctf
Curta
2 years
Curta is pioneering a new whitelist minting mechanism: It requires participants to use their creativity and critical-thinking to solve puzzles and earn the right to mint NFTs.
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@curta_ctf
Curta
7 months
We are excited to announce the distribution of the $15K prize pool for EVM Day. Winners in the thread 👇
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@curta_ctf
Curta
10 months
Coming soon.
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@curta_ctf
Curta
1 year
🏁 FIRSTBLOOD 🏁 Congrats @PogoB (minimooger.eth) for finding the first solution to Puzzle 12!
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@curta_ctf
Curta
11 months
Curta Teams is now LIVE 🫂 Solve puzzles and get ranked. Together. ◆ Create/manage teams ◆ Invite people to your team ◆ Ranked by the best solve in each team
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@curta_ctf
Curta
2 years
Puzzle 7 is now LIVE! This puzzle is written by @brockjelmore , chief architect at @nascentxyz Play at to capture a Flag Token ⛳️
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@curta_ctf
Curta
1 year
Puzzle 8 Tomorrow at 5PM ET By @gf_256 , cofounder of Zellic and Perfect Blue
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Curta
1 year
Puzzle 11 ⛳️ This Wednesday, May 24th at 10AM ET By @leonardoalt , formal verification lead @ethereum and @solidity_lang contributor
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@curta_ctf
Curta
1 year
🏆 First Blood by @lj1nu on @_hrkrshnn 's Puzzle 17! 48 hours left in Phase 1 and 72 in Phase 2. The on-chain aspect may be helpful for this puzzle:
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@curta_ctf
Curta
1 year
Puzzle 8 is now LIVE! This puzzle is written by @gf_256 , cofounder at @zellic_io and Perfect Blue Play at to capture a Flag Token ⛳️
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@curta_ctf
Curta
1 year
We are excited to announce our partnership with @MatchBox_DAO . Together with MatchBox, we will be retroactively rewarding top players with USDC on the Curta leaderboard. 🏆 MatchBox runs the 0xTitans CTFs, info is later in the thread. 🧵👇 (1/8)
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@curta_ctf
Curta
11 months
All Curta Cup puzzles have now entered Phase 2: solutions can now be revealed. You have 2 days to solve these puzzles (to claim your Flag NFT) and post your solution writeups. @osec_io will reward the best writeup with $500. 💰 We're reposting the best writeups. Tag us. 🫡
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@curta_ctf
Curta
8 months
Golf is the newest game mode on Curta. Made for gas optimization enthusiasts. On February 29, a Golf challenge by @gasliteGG will go live on Curta. The top optimizer will win the Golf trophy. Turn on notifications for a reminder when the competition goes live. 🔔
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@curta_ctf
Curta
2 years
Puzzle 5 Tomorrow April 4th at 12PM CET (6AM EST) By @wei3erHase
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@curta_ctf
Curta
10 months
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@curta_ctf
Curta
11 months
We just shipped out a Curta Cup T-shirt to everyone who qualifies for one. Check your emails.
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@curta_ctf
Curta
8 months
1 more week till EVM Day 🏔️ RSVP below 👇
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@curta_ctf
Curta
1 year
Puzzle 9 is now LIVE! This puzzle is written by @vex_0x from Optimism. Vex is a contributor to the @huff_language compiler Play at to capture a Flag Token ⛳️
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@curta_ctf
Curta
1 year
🆕 Curta docs overhaul ◆ Rewritten for flow, clarity, and organization ◆ More functional components ◆ Cleaner, more intuitive UI
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@curta_ctf
Curta
11 months
For Curta Cup on Nov 18, some of the puzzles will be written by @ChainLight_io , the current #1 player on Curta’s all-time leaderboard. Here’s an overview of this award-winning smart contract auditing firm 👇
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@curta_ctf
Curta
8 months
EVM Day exclusive stickers. 😳 RSVP:
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@curta_ctf
Curta
2 years
Puzzle 7 This Saturday: April 15th at 11AM ET By @brockjelmore
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@curta_ctf
Curta
7 months
Congratulations to the rest of our winners in the CTF segment! 🥈 2nd place: @cairoeth ($2k) 🥉 3rd place: @windowhan ($1k) 🏅 4th place: @hibillh ($1k) 🏅 5th place: @push0ebp ($1k)
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@curta_ctf
Curta
11 months
Curta Cup begins tomorrow at 11:00 AM in Istanbul (3:00 AM EST). Good luck to everyone!
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@curta_ctf
Curta
11 months
First blood!🩸 Congrats to @vinami for being the first to solve Lana
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minaminao
11 months
yaaaaaaaaaay!!! i spent 33 hours lol @curta_ctf
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@curta_ctf
Curta
2 years
Puzzle #3 TinySig by @rileyholterhus is now LIVE! Play at to capture a Flag.
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@curta_ctf
Curta
2 years
Firstblood! Congrats to @chainlight_io for Capturing the first Flag Token to Puzzle 6 🎉🎉🎉
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@curta_ctf
Curta
8 months
Two awards up for grabs on EVM Day: The Golf Trophy and the CTF Trophy. RSVP below 👇
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@curta_ctf
Curta
10 months
Challenge 1 Log by @sabnock66 from @waterfall_mkt / @curta_ctf is NOW LIVE! Instruction: implement a gas-optimized version of the log function. See restraints and submit optimization here:
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@curta_ctf
Curta
7 months
Congrats to @shunduquar , the winner of Wassie 9172 courtesy of @bywassies ! Shung has been an active member of the Curta community since its early days almost a year ago. He is currently ranked #16 on the Puzzles leaderboard and has claimed King status 7 times in Golf.
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@curta_ctf
Curta
2 years
Curta's leaderboard is now public!
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Curta
9 months
Curta puzzle by @ret2jazzy is now LIVE! Firstblood receives an Authorship Token. Solve here:
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Curta
1 year
FIRSTBLOOD! 🏆 @lj1nu (01:52:00) Congrats to Jinu for being the first solver to Puzzle 13 by @zachobront . Phase 1 begins now.
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@curta_ctf
Curta
1 year
🚨 Puzzle 17 NOW LIVE 🚨 By @_hrkrshnn , cofounder at @SpearbitDAO 📌
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Curta
8 months
EVM Day Puzzles and challenges are live on Curta! Good luck everyone 🫡 📌 📌 📌
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@curta_ctf
Curta
1 year
Puzzle 18 ♄ 🝡🝟 ☉ by @eth_call has officially concluded. Here are its top three solvers: 🥇 @lj1nu (03hr 29min 00sec) 🥈 @chainlight_io (04hr 36min 36sec) 🥉 @plotchy (04hr 152min 24 sec) Congrats to everyone else who was able to make the leaderboard! 🎉🎉
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@curta_ctf
Curta
2 years
This SUNDAY at 12PM ET, Puzzle #4 will be announced by @walden_yan , a 2020 IOI gold medalist.
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@curta_ctf
Curta
10 months
Travel back in time to solve the TinySig puzzle. 🕰️ Check out @rileyholterhus 's write-up now on Curta. 📌
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@curta_ctf
Curta
10 months
Ready to optimize?
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Curta
2 years
Puzzle 4 by @walden_yan has officially ended. Congrats to @sampriti0 , @0xkarmacoma , @RaphDeknop , @eth_call , @lj1nu , @MasterPatate , @Mauricio_0218 , @0x796 , and @ngndev for making top 10 🎉🎉🎉
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@curta_ctf
Curta
1 year
Puzzle 18 NOW LIVE By @eth_call (horsefacts) 📌
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@curta_ctf
Curta
7 months
🩸Firstblood! Congrats to @hibillh for being first to solve puzzle NumberHeist with a solve time of 03:09:16.
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@curta_ctf
Curta
7 months
NumberHeist by @0xOwenThurm has officially concluded with 11 solvers and an average of 19 hours per solve! Here are the top 3: 🥇 @hibillh (03:09:16) 🥈 @push0ebp (07:12:18) 🥉 0x9695b15 (07:12:48) Congrats to everyone else on the leaderboard! 🎉🎉🎉
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@curta_ctf
Curta
2 years
Puzzle #1 has concluded with 72 total solvers! Puzzle #2 by @fiveoutofnine will be released tomorrow (March 8) at 11AM ET on .
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@curta_ctf
Curta
7 months
RollApp Sequencer Challenge by @ChainLight_io has officially concluded with 9 solvers with an average of 29 hours per solve! Here are the top 3: 🥇 @cairoeth (02:01:06) 🥈 @lj1nu (03:22:00) 🥉 @hibillh (06:13:36) Congrats to everyone else on the leaderboard! 🎉🎉🎉
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Curta
1 year
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Curta
2 years
Puzzle 2 has now officially ended. Congratulations to everyone that was able to capture a Flag! Also congrats to @chainlight_io , @0xkarmacoma , @eth_call , @frankresearcher , @ngndev , @SilasYayoi , and more for making top 10 ⛳️
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@curta_ctf
Curta
9 months
About the author @ret2jazzy : • Cofounder of @zellic_io , a leading web3 security firm. • Cofounder of @pb_ctf , the #1 CTF team in the world for 2023, 2021, and 2020.
@curta_ctf
Curta
9 months
Monday, January 15th Curta CTF Puzzle by @ret2jazzy on @base 🔵
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Curta
2 years
Puzzle #2 : 0xF1A9 by @fiveoutofnine is NOW live! Play at to capture a Flag.
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Curta
11 months
First blood! 🩸 Congrats to @rage_pit for being the first to solve Submerged
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Curta
11 months
FIRSTBLOOD! 🩸 Congrats to y4nhu1.eth for being the first to solve The Fundamental
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Curta
2 years
Curta’s protocol mechanism serves as a CAPTCHA for NFTs, preventing bot attacks. To mint an NFT, you have to solve a CTF puzzle:
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Curta
1 year
🏆 Seasons: a way to highlight both new and old competitors Each Season spans 5 Puzzles, and the all-time leaderboard is still accessible via "All Seasons"
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