Playing Minecraft can make money! He spent 1 hour completing the puzzle challenge and earned 1 BTC.

When you click on this article, you may have two reactions - the editor UC returned for further study? The editor made a mistake due to a hand tremor? However, the story I'm going to tell you this time is completely consistent with the title. This magical story happened last Sunday.

Last Sunday, November 3, at 5 am, @rodarmor, the founder of Ordinals & runeprotocol, posted a short three-sentence post like this.

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Before he gave further hints, many players in the comments section had already realized that this was a timed 8-hour puzzle game, which was also the last sentence of the post. And the prize is exactly the first sentence of the post, 'cactusseeds'.

Let's start by introducing the prize. "cactusseeds" is one of the sub-collections of "Dia De Pixales", the 0th inscription personally inscribed by Casey (the first inscription since the birth of the Ordinals protocol). "Dia De Pixales" is an original art series by Casey, which can be seen showcased on Casey's personal website.

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It can also be said that 'cactusseeds' is the sub-inscription of inscription 0, which is the grandson inscription. From the figure below, we can clearly see how the 'parent-child inscription' mechanism establishes a collection of Non-fungible Tokens completely on-chain in a decentralized manner without Smart Contracts on BTC.

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The top inscription here is the 0 inscription, and for other projects, it can also be a TXT text inscription to indicate the name of the collection. The second level of inscription can be the logo of the collection, here the second season inscription is actually a GIF with a rotation showing the 9 "skulls" of the "Dia De Pixales" collection, and the last inscription is a specific image of each non-fungible token content. Through such a hierarchical connection, even if there is no collection list of the trading market, a collection of Non-fungible Tokens can be sorted out and presented to users very intuitively on on-chain.

As for why this Sun inscription is called 'cactusseeds', you'll have to ask Casey. However, here we can also see how individual Non-fungible Tokens in the collection are named, which is to intentionally find Satoshi with corresponding names.

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To cut to the chase. Here comes the question, what is the second sentence of the riddle, '25138 / 29746'? Six hours later, at 10 a.m., Casey gave the answer:

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The answer has been solved here - "25138 / 29746" is a set of Minecraft coordinates, find Casey in the 2b2t server! Casey himself has also made this clear:

Image source: BlockBeats The first one to find me, 'cactusseeds' is yours

This is not a simple task. 2b2t, known as the 'oldest anarchy Minecraft server.' This server, established in December 2010, is famous for its lawless and highly destructive subculture, bringing total freedom to extreme destruction, making 2b2t a 'beautiful hell.'

For new players entering 2b2t for the first time, it is difficult just to leave the 'Spawn Area', let alone reach the coordinates specified by Casey. These difficulties include but are not limited to—

The 'Rebirth Area' has been severely damaged, filled with traps left by veteran players.

To reach the coordinates specified by Casey, you need to collect enough resources, otherwise you will starve to death long before you reach halfway.

"Reborn Area" may have veteran players constantly bullying new players.

Take a look at the rendering of the "rebirth zone" below. This image is from 4 years ago, the "rebirth zone" is full of magma, extremely lacking in resources, and can be described as "hell"...

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Nearly an hour later, a winner emerged, @Rhynohowl1 became the first person to find Casey on the 2b2t server, and Casey immediately transferred "cactusseeds" to him.

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In fact, this player may have spent less time finding Casey, because it can be determined that he did not know what Ordinals were before this, and he may not even be a Crypto player. These conclusions and inferences are drawn from the content of his posts. Because after he referred to the obtained 'cactusseeds' as 'Non-fungible Token', Ordinals players corrected him in the comments section - this is not a Non-fungible Token, it's an inscription! In addition, he has few past posts and no content related to Crypto at all.

Image source: BlockBeats. He also posted a post specifically in response to the comments from Ordinals players - Sorry, it's not Non-fungible Token, it's Ordinals.

How did this person know that Casey was giving such an important inscription? Is it 'rat trading'? No, no, because the information was passed on to a streamer named riths who specializes in playing the 2b2t server.

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Why did this information end up with a 2b2t streamer who only broadcasts on Saturdays and does not have many fans? It is because Brunno_UTXO, co-founder of the BTC Non-fungible Token project INK, went to this live channel to spread this information. He also expressed his willingness to buy "cactusseeds" immediately with 1 BTC in the live channel to Rhynohowl1.

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After the event, many people believed that @Rhynohowl1 had a direct source of 1 BTC. In fact, @Rhynohowl1 listed the inscription on Magic Eden for 10 BTC, and the highest offer received so far is 0.33 BTC. He listed it for 10 BTC, probably because Casey said in the reply:

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Another KOL @cbspears also expressed in his video that he is willing to spend the price of 5 BTC to purchase 'cactusseeds'.

Life is always full of surprises and unexpected events. For @Rhynohowl1, before the incident, it may have just been an ordinary Saturday (in our time zone, it's Sunday). He opened his computer, launched Minecraft, entered the 2b2t server to play, and at the same time, watched and chatted in riths's Twitch live channel. Suddenly, he began to search for the founder of Ordinals & runeprotocol in this virtual world of Minecraft. When this figure from another virtual world appeared in front of him in a Minecraft avatar that may not have seemed particularly special to him, he received 1 Bitcoin.

Image source: onion_btc This is not the screenshot when @Rhynohowl1 discovered Casey, but "subdiffusion" is Casey.

Starting from the release of the rune 'MEMENTO•MORI', Casey has become more active, making some attempts to promote the rune ecology. After the end of this puzzle game, early yesterday morning, Casey posted a long post, expressing that he does not want to crazily shout out specific coins like other 'chief marketing officers' of the ecology, hoping to listen to everyone's opinions and find some good ways to promote the rune and even the Ordinals ecology.

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After Casey's statement, 'MEMENTO•MORI' saw a maximum pump of 45%. BlockBeats previously introduced the rune (related reading: Did the founder of Ordinals protocol create a new rune as expected?), As a rune personally released by Casey, it dropped below a $10 million Market Cap after minting, which even led players to make helpless jokes - Casey pumped too much, 'inferior to' Vitalik's dog. After Casey's statement, players' views on 'MEMENTO•MORI' also warmed up significantly as the price regained momentum.

Will rune get better? Time will tell. And the story of "Playing Minecraft for 1 hour and earning 1 BTC" is far from over. Similarly, only time will show us at what price "cactusseeds" will eventually sell with the development of the ecosystem and BTC.

But now, this story is already fascinating enough.

【Disclaimer】There are risks in the market, and investment needs to be cautious. This article does not constitute investment advice, and users should consider whether any opinions, viewpoints, or conclusions in this article are suitable for their specific circumstances. Invest at your own risk.

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