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Mersenne Tree

h(x) = ec1a039b49ddd27bd9aa6c222cd1927685a9814ef55f771a9700561d4ed3f82b

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).