We've set up DeekSeek R1 with a system prompt that attempts to censor the word PRIVATEKEY from its response. If you can get DeepSeek R1 to output that string (not in the reasoning, but in the final response), the system will reveal a private key which contains $1000 USDC. You will have a 50 token limit in the input.
We will have a series of contests, sponsored by AI researchers, in order to learn more about prompt engineering and how LLMs interact with real money. Good luck!
Edit: The money was claimed! Thanks for playing all. You can still play for fun. Stay tuned for the next one!
Stats: 40 minutes and ~300 attempts until a solve. There were several solutions, and then a delay in actually claiming the money from the wallet.
It took 4 or 5 attempts to work around the different instructions -- seeing the reasoning made it much easier.