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Bases

What does this bDNhcm5fdGgzX3IwcDM1 mean? I think it has something to do with bases.

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Decode the text from Base64.

Base64 represents bytes using printable characters. It is an encoding rather than encryption, so decoding it restores the text without a secret key.

The answer was picoCTF{l3arn_th3_r0p35}.


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