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Mersenne Tree

h(x) = a8dc1b0d3e1308f33a1e43689aadbbdc6a663ccb5369a795dff2f2783996c3e3

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).