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Mersenne Tree

h(x) = 849c9218c371ce1d193d4b7dd6f2b99d79c4c3fc140226417f5a5874ebd2858e

Solution

author: unknown

h(x) looks like a cryptographic hash, and refreshing the page shows it changes every 5s. We find that the SHA256 hash of the unix time (floored by 5 seconds) gives us the same hash. Thus the answer is the current unix time (and values within ± a minute are accepted).