[Chinjut]

What do you mean? It works the exact same way for 128 bottles. 64, 32, 16, 8, 4, 2, 1.

[baruz]

If I understand the GP comment correctly, the puzzle when they first heard it was for 128 bottles, which was a big clue that the solution involved binary, spoiling the puzzle for them. The article’s use of 100 bottles obscured the intent and made the puzzle harder.

[kgwgk]

“the original one which was not solvable this way” doesn’t seem to fit in that interpretation.