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Mersenne Tree

h(x) = 134a7a29765986784ab02c75ac38eb4bf43ffd116b39ab0da8bc774561f91ba5

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).