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isitthough42··on My mom left behind some number code
This is simply answered by https://www.google.com/search?q=925+8642+37654+627418

The first page results would have answered it already - better than the stackexchange answers quoting random slides:

    925
    8642
    37654
    627418
    0401473
    19223530
    486854332
    2531971768
    85129619450
    918546942937
    Figure 1: Digit Memory Test by Howard (1983, in Bernstein et al., 2008:215).
isitthough42··on Show HN: Portable Secret – How I store my secrets and communicate privately
If someone tells you:

    This secret image contains a Bitcoin wallet recovery key
    If you can crack the secret, the funds are yours!

    You can check the status of the wallet here: 
    https://www.blockchain.com/explorer/addresses/btc/1A1zP1eP5QGefi2DMPTfTL5SLmv7DivfNa

Now here's the secret:

    0002146273a3774b3828effff3382000someGarbageSecretThatsActuallyIs{https://youtu.be/eBGIQ7ZuuiU}EnctyptedUsingARandom4096BitStringAsPassword


Which "verifiable and public" part helped?

- Anyone can point to a random link on blockchain.com

- the encrypted secret can contain anything