ARG Puzzle with 3.5 BTC Private Key Prize, Game Over - page 100.

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Quote from: shorena on June 28, 2014, 10:17:57 AM

Im not at home atm, can some please post the "crap" from the morse code that lead to "they can not attack..."

I also wonder if that crap results in words if cesarshifted or if its an oinion address.

It's here: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.7565258

EDIT: Also, after the famous they cannot attack what they do not see, the words: stop words, appear. so I don't know if you going to get anything there.

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No I dont escrow anymore.

Im not at home atm, can some please post the "crap" from the morse code that lead to "they can not attack..."

I also wonder if that crap results in words if cesarshifted or if its an oinion address.

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Quote from: Yeap on June 28, 2014, 09:30:24 AM

Fold it

Excellent idea. I've gotten some promising results, but I think my initial image transformation isn't quite right.

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image2wav.py - nothing

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Relevant: http://www.szmz.hu/variations_on_steganography/stego_description.html

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Quote from: rwilliams on June 28, 2014, 09:57:16 AM

Thanks for the info S4VV4S. I didn't notice that. Guess I've spent too much time in one sitting and am starting to get far too tired to continue for now.

Yeah, I know what you mean.

And Alice is having the time of her life now....
Aren't you Alice? Tongue

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Thanks for the info S4VV4S. I didn't notice that. Guess I've spent too much time in one sitting and am starting to get far too tired to continue for now.

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Quote from: moinen on June 28, 2014, 09:41:43 AM

Quote from: S4VV4S on June 28, 2014, 07:24:28 AM

Quote from: moinen on June 27, 2014, 10:07:56 AM

If you ignore the guys in the picture and loop the morse around, from top to bottom, left to right, you get

Code:

- .- .-.. . .... .- -.-.		TALE HAC
-.- . ...- .. .-.. -.--		K EVIL Y
--- -.- . .-. --- -..			OKE ROD
. .- -.-. - -. . ...			E ACT NES
- -. --- --- -. - .. --		T NOON TIM
. .- .--. . -..- - ..			E APEX TI
 .-.. - - .-. .. -.-			LT TRIK/TRIC
 . -.- .- -.-. . -.-.			K ACE C
  .- - -.-. ....			ATCH
-.- . -.-- .--				KEY W
.. ... .... ....			ISHH
.- ... .... .-				ASHA
 .. -- -				IMT
 . -.-. ....				ECH
- ---					TO
.... ..					HI
- . -.-.				TEC
.... ---				HO
-.-- ---				YO
..- - ....				UTH
-.. .-					DA
... ....				SH
--- -.					ON
. -. . 					ENE
- --- .-				TOA
- .... - ..				THTI
.--. ... . - . -			PSETET
.... . .-. . -. -			HERENT
.. ... - --- .--. .--			ISTOPW
--- .-. -.. ... -			ORDST
.-.. .-- --. ---. -. -.—- 		LWG Ö NY
.- . ..-. -.. -- ....			AEFDMH
- .... -- . - -. -.--			THMETNY
- .-- - . .-- - .--. ---.		TWTEWTPOE
-.- . ..- . .- .-..			KEUEAL
. -. . -.. .-.. .- .--			ENEDLAW

"tale hack evil yoke rode act nest noon time apex tilt trick ace catch key wish hash aim tech to hi techo youth dash one net oath tip set ether ent is top words"
and nonsense after that.

Bro/sister, can you explain how you went about this?

I had a few slight mistakes in there, but what I did was to start from top left corner, green dot is a dash, red is a dot in morse. Every letter or yellow dot is a pause. When you reach the bottom or the end of the line at the bottom of the image, or because the two figures are in the way, just loop around to the top on the next column to the right. Convert that from morse to plaintext. If you seperate the english words out of that string, and take the first letters of each word, you get THEY CAN NOT ATTACT WHAT THEY CAN NOT SEE.

Great!

Apparently you guys are much better than me on this.

Any idea on where do we go from here?

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Quote from: S4VV4S on June 28, 2014, 07:24:28 AM

Quote from: moinen on June 27, 2014, 10:07:56 AM

If you ignore the guys in the picture and loop the morse around, from top to bottom, left to right, you get

Code:

- .- .-.. . .... .- -.-.		TALE HAC
-.- . ...- .. .-.. -.--		K EVIL Y
--- -.- . .-. --- -..			OKE ROD
. .- -.-. - -. . ...			E ACT NES
- -. --- --- -. - .. --		T NOON TIM
. .- .--. . -..- - ..			E APEX TI
 .-.. - - .-. .. -.-			LT TRIK/TRIC
 . -.- .- -.-. . -.-.			K ACE C
  .- - -.-. ....			ATCH
-.- . -.-- .--				KEY W
.. ... .... ....			ISHH
.- ... .... .-				ASHA
 .. -- -				IMT
 . -.-. ....				ECH
- ---					TO
.... ..					HI
- . -.-.				TEC
.... ---				HO
-.-- ---				YO
..- - ....				UTH
-.. .-					DA
... ....				SH
--- -.					ON
. -. . 					ENE
- --- .-				TOA
- .... - ..				THTI
.--. ... . - . -			PSETET
.... . .-. . -. -			HERENT
.. ... - --- .--. .--			ISTOPW
--- .-. -.. ... -			ORDST
.-.. .-- --. ---. -. -.—- 		LWG Ö NY
.- . ..-. -.. -- ....			AEFDMH
- .... -- . - -. -.--			THMETNY
- .-- - . .-- - .--. ---.		TWTEWTPOE
-.- . ..- . .- .-..			KEUEAL
. -. . -.. .-.. .- .--			ENEDLAW

"tale hack evil yoke rode act nest noon time apex tilt trick ace catch key wish hash aim tech to hi techo youth dash one net oath tip set ether ent is top words"
and nonsense after that.

Bro/sister, can you explain how you went about this?

I had a few slight mistakes in there, but what I did was to start from top left corner, green dot is a dash, red is a dot in morse. Every letter or yellow dot is a pause. When you reach the bottom or the end of the line at the bottom of the image, or because the two figures are in the way, just loop around to the top on the next column to the right. Convert that from morse to plaintext. If you seperate the english words out of that string, and take the first letters of each word, you get THEY CAN NOT ATTACT WHAT THEY CAN NOT SEE.

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Quote from: mirth23 on June 28, 2014, 09:24:37 AM

http://imgur.com/PYGgZAJ

Here's the image run through some filters to bring out the noise in the darker parts of the image. You can see where there's been some digital editing, especially in the backgrounds of some squares, but it's hard to tell if that was for artistic reasons/clarity or if it's a message. Also note the noise in the black border areas - it looks black in the original image but there's some data in there. It's hard to tell if what's in the borders is an artifact of photography/scanning or if there's something hidden in it.

There is definitely something hidden there and that is what we are looking for....
The key to extract the private key from the image Wink

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Fold it

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http://imgur.com/PYGgZAJ

Here's the image run through some filters to bring out the noise in the darker parts of the image. You can see where there's been some digital editing, especially in the backgrounds of some squares, but it's hard to tell if that was for artistic reasons/clarity or if it's a message. Also note the noise in the black border areas - it looks black in the original image but there's some data in there. It's hard to tell if what's in the borders is an artifact of photography/scanning or if there's something hidden in it.

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Quote from: mirth23 on June 28, 2014, 09:15:40 AM

Quote from: S4VV4S on June 28, 2014, 09:08:57 AM

It wasn't Shorena that posted that result (as far as I can remember) it was moinen.

What led to you to start from top to bottom instead of bottom to top?

I started bottom to top due to the transactions 23-1.
Obviously i was wrong Tongue

Actually, looking back on it, we should credit Prospero as the first person with a partly accurate translation seeing that plus the "SOS + rEDGrN" hint got me back on morse code. Then moinen had the first fully accurate translation.

I wish I could tag messages in here or something, it's hard to sort the good ideas that were ultimately fruitless from the actual progress.

I also started bottom to top, but when that didn't work, I tried top to bottom. I'm using python manipulate the csv and I built a dict to handle the morse code translation so it was fairly trivial for me to check against the complete data set in various directions.

Indeed, and we shall, should I ever find the solution Wink

Shorena included of course Wink

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Quote from: S4VV4S on June 28, 2014, 09:08:57 AM

It wasn't Shorena that posted that result (as far as I can remember) it was moinen.

What led to you to start from top to bottom instead of bottom to top?

I started bottom to top due to the transactions 23-1.
Obviously i was wrong Tongue

Actually, looking back on it, we should credit Prospero as the first person with a partly accurate translation; seeing that plus the "SOS + rEDGrN" hint got me back on morse code. Then moinen had the first fully accurate translation.

I wish I could tag messages in here or something, it's hard to sort the good ideas that were ultimately fruitless from the actual progress.

I also started bottom to top, but when that didn't work, I tried top to bottom. I'm using python manipulate the csv and I built a dict to handle the morse code translation so it was fairly trivial for me to check against the complete data set in various directions.

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Quote from: mirth23 on June 28, 2014, 08:59:50 AM

Quote from: S4VV4S on June 28, 2014, 07:24:28 AM

Bro/sister, can you explain how you went about this?

I arrived at this independently from shorena, this is what I did:

1) take the entire string of characters, reading from top to bottom, then left to right (starting with green yellow red green yellow ....). I think that OP's transactions counting down from 23-1 may have been a clue to read the morse from top to bottom. OTOH we still haven't accounted for the weird lapses in the countdown.

Code:

!#@!#@!@@n@i@@@@F@!o!@!@3!@!u@#@@@!w@@A@!@@B!@!!1!!!J!@!d@b!@!@e!!!#!@@#@D@!I!@!@5!j!@#@6@@@s!H!@h!!!#!!!3!@z!#@@F!!C@c@!U@!!@$@#!@@!2!D@@7@!@@4!x!m@!@T@@R!@!@m!@!2@!#!@!@#@U!@!@B@!E!L!@!@#@@@@i!@!H@b!@!!y@!!#@@X@@@r@@@@r@@@@o@!#@@@M@@@@#@!v@@#!!a!i@u!@!@#@@@@1!D!!!N@@@@O@@Y!U@r!@!@#@@@@d!!!8!@!!J!!!t@@!g!P@@@@#!@@#@!2@@@d@@@@o!!!4!@r@9!@#@c!#!!!i@!h!c@@@@#!#@@#@!!@J@@@t@#!#@r!a@@@@v@y@!@L@C!@e!@@b@@@D!3!!!u@!!@J@!!#!!!#@!@E!@@w@@@#!i@!@@h@!!#!!@f!!!@6!@#!@!!w@!r@2@@!@e!@@7!!A@@@@5!G@@@@#!!b@S!k!@Y!@!!k!#@!!c!1@h@!!o!a@!!@t!!!@#!@!n@H@@!v@9@!T@!@@z@#!@#@#!@@#@!@@#@!#@!!

2) treat green as dash (0), red as dot (1), and all other dots/characters as spaces between letters. (note: the set of valid morse letters has some weird limitations, so it was pretty easy to quickly determine that green should be dash, going in that direction. red as dash broke pretty quickly.)

Code:

0 10 1011 1 1111 10 0101 010 1 1110 11 1011 0100 000 010 1 0101 000 011 1 10 0101 0 01 1 111 0 01 000 000 01 0 11 00 1 10 1001 1 0110 0 11 1011 0 0 101 11 0101 010 10 0101 1 0101 10 0 0101 1111 010 1 0100 100 11 111 1111 1111 10 111 1111 10 11 00 0 1 0101 1111 0 000 1111 11 0 1 0101 1111 000 0100 000 110 0 1111 011 10 111 1111 000 01 1 01 1 0 000 10 0 1111 0 11 1001 111 1 0 1 0 1111 1 101 1 01 011 111 0 000 1001 100 000 101 011 111 0 1011 100 001 0001 01 0100 10 1 1101 011 00 1111 0 1111 00 1 0 01 0100 0 100 0 1 100 0 1001 0001 010 1 110 1 10 1011 1 01 1 011 1011 10 100

3) apply morse code translation, which gives you:

Code:

TALEHACKEVILYOKECODEACTNESTNOONTIMEAPEXTILTTRICKACECATCHKEYWISHHASHAIMTECHTOHITECHOYOUTHDASHONENETOATHTIPSETETHERENDSTOPWORDSTLWG?NYAEFDMHTHMETNYTWTEWTP?KEUEALENEDLAW

So, one interesting thing to note is there's some "junk" at the end after "STOP WORDS"... in puzzles like this junk often isn't.

The two '?' characters are invalid letters in morse code.

Then from the above we got the word list, along with the embedded "THEY CAN NOT ATTACK WHAT THEY CAN NOT SEE" message.

It wasn't Shorena that posted that result (as far as I can remember) it was moinen.

What led to you to start from top to bottom instead of bottom to top?

I started bottom to top due to the transactions 23-1.
Obviously i was wrong Tongue

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Hum...

3. Dry

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Quote from: S4VV4S on June 28, 2014, 07:24:28 AM

Bro/sister, can you explain how you went about this?

I arrived at this independently from shorena, this is what I did:

1) take the entire string of characters, reading from top to bottom, then left to right (starting with green yellow red green yellow ....). I think that OP's transactions counting down from 23-1 may have been a clue to read the morse from top to bottom. OTOH we still haven't accounted for the weird lapses in the countdown.

Code:

!#@!#@!@@n@i@@@@F@!o!@!@3!@!u@#@@@!w@@A@!@@B!@!!1!!!J!@!d@b!@!@e!!!#!@@#@D@!I!@!@5!j!@#@6@@@s!H!@h!!!#!!!3!@z!#@@F!!C@c@!U@!!@$@#!@@!2!D@@7@!@@4!x!m@!@T@@R!@!@m!@!2@!#!@!@#@U!@!@B@!E!L!@!@#@@@@i!@!H@b!@!!y@!!#@@X@@@r@@@@r@@@@o@!#@@@M@@@@#@!v@@#!!a!i@u!@!@#@@@@1!D!!!N@@@@O@@Y!U@r!@!@#@@@@d!!!8!@!!J!!!t@@!g!P@@@@#!@@#@!2@@@d@@@@o!!!4!@r@9!@#@c!#!!!i@!h!c@@@@#!#@@#@!!@J@@@t@#!#@r!a@@@@v@y@!@L@C!@e!@@b@@@D!3!!!u@!!@J@!!#!!!#@!@E!@@w@@@#!i@!@@h@!!#!!@f!!!@6!@#!@!!w@!r@2@@!@e!@@7!!A@@@@5!G@@@@#!!b@S!k!@Y!@!!k!#@!!c!1@h@!!o!a@!!@t!!!@#!@!n@H@@!v@9@!T@!@@z@#!@#@#!@@#@!@@#@!#@!!

2) treat green as dash (0), red as dot (1), and all other dots/characters as spaces between letters. (note: the set of valid morse letters has some weird limitations, so it was pretty easy to quickly determine that green should be dash, going in that direction. red as dash broke pretty quickly.)

Code:

0 10 1011 1 1111 10 0101 010 1 1110 11 1011 0100 000 010 1 0101 000 011 1 10 0101 0 01 1 111 0 01 000 000 01 0 11 00 1 10 1001 1 0110 0 11 1011 0 0 101 11 0101 010 10 0101 1 0101 10 0 0101 1111 010 1 0100 100 11 111 1111 1111 10 111 1111 10 11 00 0 1 0101 1111 0 000 1111 11 0 1 0101 1111 000 0100 000 110 0 1111 011 10 111 1111 000 01 1 01 1 0 000 10 0 1111 0 11 1001 111 1 0 1 0 1111 1 101 1 01 011 111 0 000 1001 100 000 101 011 111 0 1011 100 001 0001 01 0100 10 1 1101 011 00 1111 0 1111 00 1 0 01 0100 0 100 0 1 100 0 1001 0001 010 1 110 1 10 1011 1 01 1 011 1011 10 100

3) apply morse code translation, which gives you:

Code:

TALEHACKEVILYOKECODEACTNESTNOONTIMEAPEXTILTTRICKACECATCHKEYWISHHASHAIMTECHTOHITECHOYOUTHDASHONENETOATHTIPSETETHERENDSTOPWORDSTLWG?NYAEFDMHTHMETNYTWTEWTP?KEUEALENEDLAW

So, one interesting thing to note is there's some "junk" at the end after "STOP WORDS"... in puzzles like this junk often isn't.

The two '?' characters are invalid letters in morse code.

Then from the above we got the word list, along with the embedded "THEY CAN NOT ATTACK WHAT THEY CAN NOT SEE" message.

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Alice, why does the number 42 pop up everywhere I look?

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Quote from: DobZombie on June 28, 2014, 08:45:22 AM

My brain hurts.

Whoever thought this up is an EVIL GENIUS

Yes she is.....

And she is watching us right now and having the time of her life....

ALICE, anymore clues?

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Quote from: rwilliams on June 28, 2014, 08:46:14 AM

Hi all. I visit this site often, and today came across this puzzle and the amazing work everyone has accomplished. I have an idea that came to mind that I decided to share, in case it somehow can help. If this has already been discussed, I missed it. And I did try to read the entire thread.

When I first studied the image I noticed the 'illegal' O and I. As I followed through the discussion I saw where the public address ends at the O. At that point I began to believe that the I is somehow related to the private key, possibly where it ends.

Then I got the the Morse Code solution. I believe that the OP has confirmed the message is:

THEY CAN NOT ATTACK WHAT THEY DO NOT SEE

and not

THEY CAN NOT ATTACK WHAT THEY CAN NOT SEE

However, I wonder if even though the OP corrected an obvious mistake (because the letters spell out the DO NOT and not the CAN NOT), they did not confirm that is the end of the Morse Code message.

Say you change the words:

IS
TOP

to

I
STOP

Could that be telling us that somehow the private key ends (STOP) at the I?

Just a thought.

Actually after the "they cannot attack what they do not see" the words: "stop words" show up.....

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