The BG123 Riddle Wiki
Every BearableGuy123 riddle, decoded by the $589 community — from The Castle to today. Each page breaks down the symbols, the 589 connection, and links to the original source.
Browse the symbol glossaryThe Castle
BG123's first major scene: a castle on a hill, a knight in armor, a broken-crowned king, the jester bear watching from the wall, and chess pieces scattered across the board.
Loadstar I
The first of the Loadstar trilogy — a poetic, text-heavy riddle that urged the community toward patience while hinting at Ripple's quiet strategic build-out.
Loadstar II
The second Loadstar questioned SWIFT's absence and pointed to Ripple's growing seat at the regulatory table.
Loadstar III
The trilogy's finale, posted days before the famous Christmas riddle — dense with clues the community is still decoding (“Where is it hidden — a place 1, 2, 3?”).
The 589 Xmas Riddle
The bear as a teacher in front of a whiteboard reading 589, surrounded by a knight, an arm pulling a lever, Christmas stockings, a wall calendar, and a Latin-inscribed fireplace.
The Ship
A ship cutting through stormy seas: a bear in the crow's nest, a king frozen in ice, a sky split between storm and clear, and an owl flying overhead.
Castle 2.0
A return to the castle, updated for a legal siege — widely tied to the SEC's lawsuit against Ripple filed at the end of 2020.
The Return
After years of near-silence, BG123 resurfaces with a new riddle — and the community goes to work, even decoding a fractal pattern hidden in the bear's teeth when the image brightness is adjusted.
The 2024 Christmas Riddle
A holiday riddle in the classic style, dropped as the $589 community takeover was underway — pored over line by line by the XRP community for price and timing clues.
The Castle Returns
The legendary castle scene comes back for a 2025 chapter — bookending the saga that began in 2018 and inviting the community to read the whole arc together.
10 riddles · 12 recurring symbols. Every reading is community-sourced — BG123 never explained any of them.