Today I am holding my very first competition. I know it’s tiny with a prize of only 0.1 SBD. If this competition is successful, I am planning to hold bigger and bigger competitions in the future.

It's not the winning but the taking part that matters!

^{Photo by Jeremy Paige}

Today’s Question

This is my first competition so there is no question today. Just leave any comment. But it has to be encrypted!

Please follow the instructions below.

How is this competition different?

In this competition, you need to give your answer in encrypted form. Hence the name Crypto Competition. All the answers are given in the comments but will remain secret until the end of the competition. When the competition is over the secret key is revealed and a winner is chosen based on a random number generator. The method is explained in detail in my recent posts on Using Cryptography to Run Quiz Contests on Steem Part 1 and Part 2

But you don’t have to read all that. Just follow the instructions.

The public key

The public key for this competition is

-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----
MIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4GNADCBiQKBgQCv5NLrW2i8dZC0BVKZwHXFKXa4
LXgyIRNRLY2uLUU35cCojwmLzfTX/kt1QaaWhn8zh5jcc4oNtx9o/v32dNVigQyJ
w6oXoKeQSz1QYNdfoUO/Qt4Zz9sv9d8rIRDvqAPPsuovNqDKly0vQMia0jDzWS0W
8tVdtTOF4GAH57b3ywIDAQAB
-----END PUBLIC KEY-----

Instructions

1. Go to this page to Encrypt a message using an RSA public key!
2. Paste the public key from above into the Public Key field.
3. Type your comment in the Message field.
4. Copy the encrypted output and paste it as a comment to this post.
5. You may write additional text for everybody to see.
6. Upvote this post. For now, only members who upvote this post can win.

You have 24 hours to submit a comment.

Choosing the winner

The winner will be fairly chosen from all entries according to the method described here. If you trust me, ignore the following. If you don’t, please read on.

I have chosen a number and encrypted it. The result is

jcm11KmrVa7Om4bgwRKuhMFkBsu/X8p7GWWxW5+B8rBb5gsjmhS+QxhWYUsRFdFA0K6IgM8qd6pz/RXphY05Gj2WL93kFmHmmOSv4r1abwrMRmq9WMHQfk0jkTVxguO4SGOS9XFPqfhrQoXgHWehyzrznox/lpF1k7rNtjXmcaQ=

When the competition is over, all answers will be decrypted. The number of characters will be added up and added to the number I have chosen. The result will be used as a seed for the random number generator here. The random number generator will choose the winner from all entries.

Why do you need to upvote to enter?

I am a minnow, so I can’t afford a large prize money. If many people upvote this post I will be able to increase the prize money in future. “But my vote is worth more than your prize money” I hear you say. If that is the case, please support me with a partial vote.

Good Luck