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Gatekeeper

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5KZnsvrXDcP7JFD7GCuZvifrbcBtK4kAe8nHx6ibktgvPJxs4Lp should be a valid private key. It doesn't include a zero, capital o, capital i or lowercase L.
it is the key for 1nchRAYGJofxyrkuhbL1CGYtD5x8Lowi5 according to blockchain

mtgox555

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I did the exact same thing and was very disappointed that it didn't work.
5KZnsvrXDcP7JFD7GCuZvifrbcBtK4kAe8nHx6ibktgvPJxs4Lp is wrong though. This is the correct one albeit still not the answer:
5KZnsvrXDcP7JFD7GCuZvifrbEBtK4kAe8nHx6ibktgvPJxs4Lp

You are wrong Gatekeeper. For reference the reason why it does get imported is here:
http://gobittest.appspot.com/PrivateKey
play around with it a bit.

moinen

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Quote from: arg on July 06, 2014, 12:27:04 PM

Quote from: moinen on July 06, 2014, 12:25:41 PM

I was just going to post the exact same findings, except that at my end, I got the same key and it does convert to a public key.

It doesn't, it's not valid base58.

Oh, it imports fine on blockchain.com though. Maybe it is one of those other wallet import formats that it is defaulting to.

arg

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Code:

echo -n "5KZns" | openssl dgst -sha256
b2a950ff612a89d7fd2effa6d75acced098d9d141a559029629080c092aedf14

Yep. That's what I came up with. You can't get a sane private key out of it.

I think this is right, I don't know why it doesn't give the correct key though.

Quote from: moinen on July 06, 2014, 12:25:41 PM

I was just going to post the exact same findings, except that at my end, I got the same key and it does convert to a public key.

It doesn't, it's not valid base58.

moinen

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Quote from: alphabetacanary on July 06, 2014, 12:16:48 PM

This program, for example transforms the "z69JZ..." string into

5KZnsvrXDcP7JFD7GCuZvifrbcBtK4kAe8nHx6ibktgvPJxs4Lp

Notice how the first two characters changed to 5K ? That's what private keys start with. However, the answer I get doesn't transform into a valid private key since the checksum doesn't match. I'm posting my program in the hopes someone else has a better variation. I just want this thing over...

I was just going to post the exact same findings, except that at my end, I got the same key and it does convert to a public key. Namely, 1nchRAYGJofxyrkuhbL1CGYtD5x8Lowi5. It made my heart jump when I found it, but it is, alas, empty.

alphabetacanary

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Guys, I believe it's a shift of the original text.
Each character is shifted within the 62 character alphabet described by Crops clue.
The amount to shift is given by the WOW signal characters.

This program, for example transforms the "z69JZ..." string into

5KZnsvrXDcP7JFD7GCuZvifrbcBtK4kAe8nHx6ibktgvPJxs4Lp

Notice how the first two characters changed to 5K ? That's what private keys start with. However, the answer I get doesn't transform into a valid private key since the checksum doesn't match. I'm posting my program in the hopes someone else has a better variation. I just want this thing over...

Code:

#include 
#include 

char* alph = "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";

int idxof(char c, char* alphabet) {
    int i;
    for (i=0;i        if (alphabet[i] == c) { return i; }
    }
    return -1;
}

main()
{
    char* s = "z69JZqlJn862D1ndx7oLVEMmVOlP1zewEeUCrsI7Roahzpeny7P";
    char* p = "6EQUJ5";

    int i =0;
    int n;
    while (i < strlen(s)) {
        int n = idxof(s[i],alph);
        int v = idxof(p[i%strlen(p)],alph);
        v=(v+n) % 62;
        printf ("%c",alph[v]);
        i++;
    }
    printf ("\n");
}

EDIT: I believe there is either more after the 6EQUJ5 or the algorithm is slightly off. Remember, if you are trying variations of the 'p' string, you must only use characters from the alphabet. So no punctuation or spaces.

micaman

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Tried to shift uppercase by 10, lowercase by 36, and no shift on numbers. Nothing.

mtgox555

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Yea. that hint doesn't help me at all. That is where i have been all along.
6142630195 and
6106091935524719490806021301493959075021311422483100472501614058144030125354180 72750364361514049600725
or
6169193552471949862131493959750213114224831047251614058144030125354187275036436 151404960725

depending on if you use 6=06 or 6=6

Gatekeeper

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OP again , but nothing we don't already know

1) 0=0 A=10 a=36
2) 6EQUJ5
3) z69JZqlJn862D1ndx7oLVEMmVOlP1zewEeUCrsI7Roahzpeny7P

we know it's base64 code
OP said "No sha or hash needed"

would also indicate that the squigly lines we added in don't really have anything to do with it.

micaman

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http://www.prometheusforum.net/discussion/178/prometheus-viral-mystery-1-solved/p1

S4VV4S

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Quote from: Timmmaahh on July 06, 2014, 10:52:43 AM

Quote from: S4VV4S on July 06, 2014, 10:44:59 AM

0 = 0A = 10BABYA = 36WOW?

On the original image....
0 is the starting point, 0 = A, capital a, 10 characters is a baby a (cute

)
Above that there is also the letters 3 6 w o w.......
Wonder what that means.... Huh

im braining on this but no way Cheesy

Yeah I found it weird too....

I can't figure out what it means though....

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Quote from: S4VV4S on July 06, 2014, 10:44:59 AM

0 = 0A = 10BABYA = 36WOW?

On the original image....
0 is the starting point, 0 = A, capital a, 10 characters is a baby a (cute

)
Above that there is also the letters 3 6 w o w.......
Wonder what that means.... Huh

im braining on this but no way Cheesy

S4VV4S

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0 = 0A = 10BABYA = 36WOW?

On the original image....
0 is the starting point, 0 = A, capital a, 10 characters is a baby a (cute

)
Above that there is also the letters 3 6 w o w.......
Wonder what that means.... Huh

Remember remember the 5th of November

legendary

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Reverse engineer from time to time

Quote from: Mitchell on July 06, 2014, 10:24:51 AM

6EQUJ5 is a reference to the Wow! code: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wow!_signal
Maybe we need to do something with 6EQUJ5 and the code we extracted. Just don't know how.

Quote from: Gatekeeper on July 06, 2014, 10:23:50 AM

OP posted

- 6EQUJ5
- No sha or hash needed

Confirmed. I saw it too Wink

Mitchell

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Verified awesomeness ✔

6EQUJ5 is a reference to the Wow! code: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wow!_signal
Maybe we need to do something with 6EQUJ5 and the code we extracted. Shifting it using those numbers or something. No idea, brain is dead.

Quote from: Gatekeeper on July 06, 2014, 10:23:50 AM

OP posted

- 6EQUJ5
- No sha or hash needed

Confirmed. I saw it too Wink

Gatekeeper

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OP posted

- 6EQUJ5

- No sha or hash needed

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Quote from: jc01480 on July 06, 2014, 09:44:16 AM

How about a character shift of only 30? Didn't the SETI article indicate that the Wow signal was only a 30 (unknow unit of measure) deviation from the standard background noise at its highest point? May not have anything to do with it, who knows.

U=30 and that was only the highest measured signal (30 time of normal deep space noise).

that dont mean it isnt more after 30...

another idea is: CHANEL NUMBER (2 digit VERTICALY)

here it means the first colum (verticaly), but since we only have 1 digit veticaly, maybe we need to find the 2nd colum?
and in original there are two, which build up the channel number!

arg

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Quote from: jc01480 on July 06, 2014, 09:44:16 AM

How about a character shift of only 30? Didn't the SETI article indicate that the Wow signal was only a 30 (unknow unit of measure) deviation from the standard background noise at its highest point? May not have anything to do with it, who knows.

Nope.

Code:

Tadn3KFnHcaWhVH7RbIpziqGzsFtVT8Qi8ygLMmbvI4BTJ8HSbt
Vcfp5MHpJecYjXJ9TdKr1ksI1uHvXVASkA0iNOodxK6DVLAJUdv

jc01480

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Nope..

How about a character shift of only 30? Didn't the SETI article indicate that the Wow signal was only a 30 (unknow unit of measure) deviation from the standard background noise at its highest point? May not have anything to do with it, who knows.

protokol

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Sorry didn't explain very well, there are 51 total characters, 10 of which are numbers 0-9, the remaining 41 are letters.

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