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Topic: ARG Puzzle with 3.5 BTC Private Key Prize, Game Over - page 18. (Read 99512 times)

newbie
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I'm still not quite sure what to use it on, but I'm pretty sure the 0=0A=10BABYA=36 is a character mapping.
0=0
A=10
BabyA=36. Morse code has no lowercase, so she called the lowercase 'a' BabyA.

This also jives with the background story for Wow!.jpg. The numbers/letters are intensities:

Quote from: from Wikipedia
The circled alphanumeric code 6EQUJ5 describes the intensity variation of the signal. A space denotes an intensity between 0 and 1, the numbers 1 to 9 denote the correspondingly numbered intensities (from 1.0 to 10.0), and intensities of 10.0 and above are denoted by a letter ('A' corresponds to intensities between 10.0 and 11.0, 'B' to 11.0 to 12.0, etc.). The value 'U' (an intensity between 30.0 and 31.0) was the highest detected by the radio telescope; on a linear scale it was over 30 times louder than normal deep space.

I'm getting obsessed with this above. We haven't used this clue anywhere, and it may be saying to us:
"Use some string and replace
0 with 0
A with 10
a with 36
and then use it as a passphrase to get the key."
Problem is I don't get what "replace 0 with 0" can mean? What's the point of replacing something with itself?
0=0 is just saying that numbers are equal to themselves and wouldn't be converted to anything.
legendary
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^ Will code for Bitcoins
I'm still not quite sure what to use it on, but I'm pretty sure the 0=0A=10BABYA=36 is a character mapping.
0=0
A=10
BabyA=36. Morse code has no lowercase, so she called the lowercase 'a' BabyA.

This also jives with the background story for Wow!.jpg. The numbers/letters are intensities:

Quote from: from Wikipedia
The circled alphanumeric code 6EQUJ5 describes the intensity variation of the signal. A space denotes an intensity between 0 and 1, the numbers 1 to 9 denote the correspondingly numbered intensities (from 1.0 to 10.0), and intensities of 10.0 and above are denoted by a letter ('A' corresponds to intensities between 10.0 and 11.0, 'B' to 11.0 to 12.0, etc.). The value 'U' (an intensity between 30.0 and 31.0) was the highest detected by the radio telescope; on a linear scale it was over 30 times louder than normal deep space.

I'm getting obsessed with this above. We haven't used this clue anywhere, and it may be saying to us:
"Use some string and replace
0 with 0
A with 10
a with 36
and then use it as a passphrase to get the key."
Problem is I don't get what "replace 0 with 0" can mean? What's the point of replacing something with itself?
member
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AFAIK, the blockchain transaction hints were all pretty clearly linked to the very first image puzzle. They hinted to read from bottom to top, and there was also SOS to hint for morse code.
copper member
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No I dont escrow anymore.
Anyone tried to add all binary data (Most transactions are in binary for ex: 0.010101) ?
https://blockchain.info/address/1PBsAHYQoczQh6mufENsR4tCkKToQKjMzz

http://paulschou.com/tools/xlate/

They where clues. I made a summary of them here: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.7552956

the only part I missed IIRC was the "SOCLOSE" hint. I believe they all hinted at binary. "SOCLOSE" was meant to make us backtrack, same as the reverse counting. Not sure why OP left some oft the numbers out. Maybe there is a reference with the post numbers where binary was mentioned.

I missed all of the blockchain.info transaction comment hints. So many people seem to think that the "notes" on their website are part of Bitcoin due to the way blockchain.info labels them, but they're totally not. Nobody but users of that website can see them. Until I looked back at comments here I don't even know the OP thought the same.

correction:
they where hints in binary, hinting at morsecode

I need sleep

ok im back now.got a few new ideas beeing at work Smiley

did anyone try to "enroll" the crops.jpg and overlay it with the wow?

@shorena  sieht aus als ob du deutsch kannst,ich kann nicht immer genau das was ich meine in english ausdrücken,wär cool wenn man sich mal austauschen könnt und dann das ganze hier in english posted

yo schick mir einfach ne PM, aber erwarte Heute keine Antwort mehr Wink

sr. member
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ok im back now.got a few new ideas beeing at work Smiley

did anyone try to "enroll" the crops.jpg and overlay it with the wow?

@shorena  sieht aus als ob du deutsch kannst,ich kann nicht immer genau das was ich meine in english ausdrücken,wär cool wenn man sich mal austauschen könnt und dann das ganze hier in english posted
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newbie
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Anyone tried to add all binary data (Most transactions are in binary for ex: 0.010101) ?
https://blockchain.info/address/1PBsAHYQoczQh6mufENsR4tCkKToQKjMzz

http://paulschou.com/tools/xlate/

They where clues. I made a summary of them here: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.7552956

the only part I missed IIRC was the "SOCLOSE" hint. I believe they all hinted at binary. "SOCLOSE" was meant to make us backtrack, same as the reverse counting. Not sure why OP left some oft the numbers out. Maybe there is a reference with the post numbers where binary was mentioned.

I missed all of the blockchain.info transaction comment hints. So many people seem to think that the "notes" on their website are part of Bitcoin due to the way blockchain.info labels them, but they're totally not. Nobody but users of that website can see them. Until I looked back at comments here I don't even know the OP thought the same.
copper member
Activity: 1498
Merit: 1528
No I dont escrow anymore.
Anyone tried to add all binary data (Most transactions are in binary for ex: 0.010101) ?
https://blockchain.info/address/1PBsAHYQoczQh6mufENsR4tCkKToQKjMzz

http://paulschou.com/tools/xlate/

They where clues. I made a summary of them here: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.7552956

the only part I missed IIRC was the "SOCLOSE" hint. I believe they all hinted at binary. "SOCLOSE" was meant to make us backtrack, same as the reverse counting. Not sure why OP left some oft the numbers out. Maybe there is a reference with the post numbers where binary was mentioned.
legendary
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sr. member
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Merit: 500
legendary
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member
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What is up with the "Long" "Lat" "Deg" in that picture?
You will need to know astronomy for this.

No. Astronomy deals with Right ascension/declination, not with latitude/longitude. Those would be earthly coordinates.

http://www.bigear.org/Wow30th/wow30th.htm

It definitely mentioned galactic lat and long. all columns are explained here....
Thou shall check the source on all pages, and the source of clue's as well....  Grin Cheesy
(like I'm still trying to figure out the origins that leads to the ceasar shift of 100......)
legendary
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What is up with the "Long" "Lat" "Deg" in that picture?
You will need to know astronomy for this.

No. Astronomy deals with Right ascension/declination, not with latitude/longitude. Those would be earthly coordinates.
member
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What is up with the "Long" "Lat" "Deg" in that picture? {Gps coordinates possibly?} Have anyone looked into that? {Google earth?}

I will try some combinations, maybe it reveals a location.  ?
You will need to know astronomy for this.
basically we are looking at 50 antenna's showing a integrated signal strength over 12 seconds. (last column, 12 sec interval)
the other columns are needed to know a direction in space you are looking at, etc, etc..
there is nothing random at the right hand side......

legendary
Activity: 1904
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What is up with the "Long" "Lat" "Deg" in that picture? {Gps coordinates possibly?} Have anyone looked into that? {Google earth?}

I will try some combinations, maybe it reveals a location.  ?
sr. member
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There is no spoon.
My excitment is now turned into agony...
legendary
Activity: 1904
Merit: 1074
Only reason for not getting more hints, may be, because we are at the end of the road. Revealing more hints, would spoil the ending.  Cry

I printed all those images and using them as templates, on top of each other, thinking that if they layers together, they might reveal a new picture or a pattern.

So far, no pattern emerge. *sob.
member
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For posterity, here's a concise list of the puzzles we've solved to get this far.

PUZZLES

1: Dark Wallet Portrait - http://imgur.com/Uc6VAnV
2: Contra puzzle - http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/File:InvisibleEndermen.jpg
3: mindthecraft - bit ly/mindthecraft
4: Minecraft server puzzle
5: Onion.7z - bit .ly/1juqeCj
6: File 0 / Hint.jpg
7: File 1 / Elements.jpg
8: File 2 / Algo.jpg
9: Dungeons of Daggorath
10: Again.7z / Space.mp4 - bit ly/1rWkJl7
11: Crops.jpg
12: Wow.JPG

SOLUTIONS


1:
morse code of dots, bottom to top, right to left
take the first letter of each word
==> THEY CAN NOT ATTACK WHAT THEY DO NOT SEE

2:
overlay enderman image over original image
==> isolated characters in the original puzzle image
eliminate "contra" from the top
remove "ba" from the bottom (from the konami cheat code)
==> [Suspicious link removed]/mindthecraft

3:
[Suspicious link removed] address led to a QR code. a simple scan led to:
==> http://qr.w69b.com/g/mCPqjdJx6
this page has binary that can be converted to an IP address for a Minecraft server
==> minecraft 54.201.109.162

4:
find 4 quadrants of a QR code hidden in Minecraft server, convert to QR
==> bit .ly/1juqeCj
note: the server is now down, so this step can't be repeated

5:
use public bitcoin key (1HXUobwcB19cGDrghuh42HDdJdJvrJUEra) as password
==> File 0

6:
strip out repeating texture, turn to cyan
image is from Tomb of Horrors D&D module
password is sha256(sha256('Tomb of Horrors'))
==> File 1

7:
dice pictures are platonic solids, corresponding with classical greek elements
password is sha256(sha256('fireearthairetherwater'))
==> File 2
SHORTCUT: a QR code was hidden in the PhotoshopThumbnail that goes to step 12

8:
one name for this arrangement of points in a triangle is a tetractys
password is sha256(sha256('Tetractys'))
==> DoD

9:
some sound files were added with a spectrally encoded QR code
(note: there were some additional unexplained text mods to various files, as well as one additional changed sound file that included some unidentified music)
==> http://qr.w69b.com/g/t2lFujr0I
That included a Cory Doctorow quote and a link to Again.7z
==> http://[Suspicious link removed]/1rWkJl7

10:
the mp4 is padded with 2147129 of data
when this data is extracted and then bit shifted by 100, it's a 7z file.
note: this may be the only step in the game that required some code
the password is based on the characters on the rocket in the video
password is: sha256(sha256('ODY55EY 8081-VA015'))

11:
compare against the original image at http://kodczasu.pl/files/crabwood5_163.jpg
we find that the internal rings have been modified
results in morse code that resolves as: 0=0A=10BABYA=36WOWÐS
google fu of "wow alien" leads to the Wow! Signal, which had intensity 6EQUJ5
there is another 7z hidden in Crops.jpg, in this case you can just rename the file to crops.7z and open it directly with some 7z tools
password is: sha256(sha256('6EQUJ5'))

12:
?!
hero member
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Nope..



AAaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!
full member
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New update from OP.
Besides removing the double hash hint? What was the new update?

The picture with neo beeing asked "what truth?"

https://gs1.wac.edgecastcdn.net/8019B6/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxw3aeRJ4J1r34xmno4_250.gif

Thanks. OP is totally encouraging hoarding hints, which is a violation of the ARG commandments Sad
member
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the doge pic was a joke, but there was a real dogecoin symbol in the Crops.jpg morse code.
I cant find the original for "there was a real dogecoin symbol in the crops.jpg" so I quote this.
How can a dogecoin symbol be in a morsecode? What morsecode table did you use?Huh
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morse_code , search for Đ
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