The solution probably needs to involve a dual sha256 too. That hint is still on the front post.
Hint is gone now.
Well that nukes that theory then.

Not really. OP has been placing and removing hints for a while. The hints themselves are valid.
Right, she removes them once they've been mentioned. So it must involve a double sha256 hash somehow, and the 51 character string is a red herring. arg-sidekick thinks that's related to the bit in Crops.jpg about deception.