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Mersenne Tree

h(x) = c0dc0d2c53abfa4160e44594ade1b643d4edc4def0301a8ec58dfd7a9cfd2b32

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).