Basement Cat
Challenge:
Hi, me iz Basement Cat!
Here iz flag: 5jsnZDgv9EfFeoGXZrFurdz7MWAnK2WaPfszFadr
Solution:
The bolded word "Base" in the challenge description was a clear hint that the flag has been encoded with a binary-to-text encoding scheme (i.e. Base-X).
Pasting the string into CyberChef auto-detects it as Base58:

The accepted flag was, he2021{meow_nice_to_meet_you}.

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