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Topic: ARG Puzzle with 3.5 BTC Private Key Prize, Game Over - page 25. (Read 99512 times)

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Someone care to update me on changes or progress that have been made? Have been out all day.
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I md5ed an idea last night so that I could look at it after sleep. I've been pondering it more now but haven't gotten anywhere, and I'm pretty sure it's OBE with the revelation of the XMP data overlay. But I'll share in case anyone can make more headway with this approach.

The idea is this: the 51 characters is a 3733T description of a method to derive a private key from OP's original image.

Consider: z69JZqlJn862D1ndx7oLVEMmVOlP1zewEeUCrsI7Roahzpeny7P

z69JZ: ??
ql: a 'Y' is at 1Q, also an 'F' is at 17A
J: nothing at 1J, but there's a 'n' at its inverse, A10
n: ?
86: slang for 'get rid of'
2D: 2-dimensional? second?
1ndx - index
7oLVE - solve
MmV - move
Ol: ?? (binary 0 and 1?)
P1ze - prize
ewEe - ??  (when?)
U - you
Crs - cross
I7 - 17? I7 has an 'E'
Roahz - rows. rose? [7R and R7 have nothing]
peny - penny?
7P - O or nothing. IP?

OP has already used 3733T in a prior solution, and this approach is more direct than some of the mathematical approaches that we have discussed, which is more in line with prior puzzle solutions.That said, I can't quite make enough sense out of the code (if it is one) to come up with a clear course of action. Note: when I talk about coordinates above, I'm referring to spreadsheet row/column coordinates or their inverse.

maybe incorporate the morse code in your line of thought??? I don't speak 3733T.....



In the beginning I considered this image to be some kind of art, that could be displayed in a gallery.
With an UV lamp the enderman stuff could have been displayed. Always give a curator a nice story to tell....

I dropped this line of thought for obvious reasons.... kept the spreadsheet though   Grin Grin Grin
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Damn, this puzzle is going crazy!

Shorena, your PDF file is nice, however you should try to make it more "one thing". There were a lot of stand alone sentences, which was pretty annoying for me. If you packed them together in one little story it would have been much better. Other then that, it was definitely a good read. I got mentioned ones and one of my posts is included, yeah Grin

Thanks, I am actually working on that. Had not much time today and have to work early. There will be a new version tomorrow. Also with all the new clues I had no time to read yet.
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the original post have been edited 2 times today.
Did anyone catch the second hint-clue? OP tends to delete the hints sortly after pyblishing!
During that time I was afk.

Anybody got some of dem clues?

http://i.imgur.com/xBrrCG5.gif
The last two edits I believe were adding this:


and then deleting it.

Nonetheless.... anybody got some clues? Huh
arg
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the original post have been edited 2 times today.
Did anyone catch the second hint-clue? OP tends to delete the hints sortly after pyblishing!
During that time I was afk.

Anybody got some of dem clues?

http://i.imgur.com/xBrrCG5.gif
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In math we trust.
the original post have been edited 2 times today.
Did anyone catch the second hint-clue? OP tends to delete the hints sortly after pyblishing!
During that time I was afk.
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Looks like I found a clue, but can not understand how to place it (not very urgen, not too many variations) and how many new lines I must place after it (very urgent)? Cheesy Yet another night without a sleep is here...

If you need a hand, we're all here to hivemind the solution.
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Looks like I found a clue, but can not understand how to place it (not very urgen, not too many variations) and how many new lines I must place after it (very urgent)? Cheesy Yet another night without a sleep is here...

Nice of you to share the clue with us...
I wrote a hint in message above. Wink Can not say if it is a right way, think must try myself before placing it.
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Looks like I found a clue, but can not understand how to place it (not very urgen, not too many variations) and how many new lines I must place after it (very urgent)? Cheesy Yet another night without a sleep is here...

Nice of you to share the clue with us...
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Looks like I found a clue, but can not understand how to place it (not very urgen, not too many variations) and how many new lines I must place after it (very urgent)? Cheesy Yet another night without a sleep is here...
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I md5ed an idea last night so that I could look at it after sleep. I've been pondering it more now but haven't gotten anywhere, and I'm pretty sure it's OBE with the revelation of the XMP data overlay. But I'll share in case anyone can make more headway with this approach.

The idea is this: the 51 characters is a 3733T description of a method to derive a private key from OP's original image.

Consider: z69JZqlJn862D1ndx7oLVEMmVOlP1zewEeUCrsI7Roahzpeny7P

z69JZ: ??
ql: a 'Y' is at 1Q, also an 'F' is at 17A
J: nothing at 1J, but there's a 'n' at its inverse, A10
n: ?
86: slang for 'get rid of'
2D: 2-dimensional? second?
1ndx - index
7oLVE - solve
MmV - move
Ol: ?? (binary 0 and 1?)
P1ze - prize
ewEe - ??  (when?)
U - you
Crs - cross
I7 - 17? I7 has an 'E'
Roahz - rows. rose? [7R and R7 have nothing]
peny - penny?
7P - O or nothing. IP?

OP has already used 3733T in a prior solution, and this approach is more direct than some of the mathematical approaches that we have discussed, which is more in line with prior puzzle solutions.That said, I can't quite make enough sense out of the code (if it is one) to come up with a clear course of action. Note: when I talk about coordinates above, I'm referring to spreadsheet row/column coordinates or their inverse.
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Nope..
Code:
Sorry, I'm overtired and can't read typo. Care to reword?
Yes, sure. There is a key from space. Grin

The final frontier.
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Code:
Sorry, I'm overtired and can't read typo. Care to reword?
Yes, sure. There is a key from space. Grin
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Probably (absolutely?) irrelevant: at this place we can see an unique choice of random number generator.

Sorry, I'm overtired and can't read typo. Care to reword?
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Probably (absolutely?) irrelevant: at this place we can see an unique choice of random number generator.
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There's also a long vertical line on the right side underlined with blue stroke, the number sequence is:
27913579135791357913579135791357913579024
arg
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Could be that I'm just grasping at straws here but I'm at a loss as to what to do here.

I think you are.

We have disconnected information from a few sources that seems to combine to something incomplete.

http://mylittlefacewhen.com/media/f/rsz/mlfw10507_small.jpg
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The correct overlay (xmp-points scaled [0;1]x[0;1]=>[0;3600]x[0;2974])

My impression is, that the confusingly stroked area (with the SETI signal) is irrelevant, it's also used for the password already. Attention should be payed for the channel number and the 51 bytes headlines and somehow the marked line on the right.

http://i.imgur.com/lUHNUQK.jpg
Does the random squiggly bits look deliberate to anyone else? Just the way the lines seem to pass through specific digits has me interested. For instance, if you look at the bottom how it passes through 'U' and avoids any other characters before hitting another '1' and then sharply going to another '1'. Could be that I'm just grasping at straws here but I'm at a loss as to what to do here.
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The correct overlay (xmp-points scaled [0;1]x[0;1]=>[0;3600]x[0;2974])

My impression is, that the confusingly stroked area (with the SETI signal) is irrelevant, it's also used for the password already. Attention should be payed for the channel number and the 51 bytes headlines and somehow the marked line on the right.

Huh! That's pretty interesting. I must admit I thought you were on a wild goose chase when you started out down that path, but it certainly does look like something deliberately hidden.

For the record, to whoever asked a few pages ago, the image I posted that I'd "found" with the Such Wow Doge meme was what I thought was an obvious joke.

haha you bastard Cheesy
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The correct overlay (xmp-points scaled [0;1]x[0;1]=>[0;3600]x[0;2974])

My impression is, that the confusingly stroked area (with the SETI signal) is irrelevant, it's also used for the password already. Attention should be payed for the channel number and the 51 bytes headlines and somehow the marked line on the right.

Huh! That's pretty interesting. I must admit I thought you were on a wild goose chase when you started out down that path, but it certainly does look like something deliberately hidden.

For the record, to whoever asked a few pages ago, the image I posted that I'd "found" with the Such Wow Doge meme was what I thought was an obvious joke.
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