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Mersenne Tree

h(x) = c3e7db7e477c035cc9c4a8c14053d6ef3053885c8b3ecda6e2bde6f9cb159df2

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).