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Topic: ARG Puzzle with 3.5 BTC Private Key Prize, Game Over - page 48. (Read 99512 times)

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mirth's roundup #83:

clues:
- "Never underestimate the determination of a kid who is time-rich and cash-poor."
- 2147129 (from Number.txt)
- 8081-VA015 ODYSSEY (characters in the video from Space.mp4, also the album title this video is from)
- Jul  2, 1980  00:02:18, unix timestamp: 331369338 (timestamp of again files - thanks Prospero)
- Space.mp4 itself

possible next steps:
- construct an IP/onion/web address
- find a password to open 2.7z
- extract something magical out of Space.mp4

as a side note, I am impressed with how many steps this puzzle has included. I feel like I could come back next week and catch up on the next dozen steps everyone has solved, and be on some new thing.

this as a summary
copper member
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Verified awesomeness ✔
We need to get what's behind the "Again.7z" file. Has anyone made progress with that?
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There's no where else to put a password in, so we're back to the needle in the giant haystack of the internet lol

What password are we looking for?
Sorry I didn't play the game.

we have a space.mp4
and a weird number
and a weird timestamp

thats all we have Cheesy
sr. member
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i just use an online text to sha256 converter, then you convert the result to get the pw.
Now we don't know what we're looking for though, no more pw protected files, so next move is anyones guess
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You guys are getting sloppy...

SHA(SHA(Tetractys)) = cac911c02d8a37ffd20fb99aa21166160bc8f8c3c23ed119cabf36330bb35671

Opens 3.7z...

Yeah, because the OP got the encoding wrong and everybody else followed the route I did originally.

Code:
echo "Tetractys" -n |openssl dgst -sha256 | tr -d '\n'  |openssl dgst -sha256

Can somebody please explain how do you do sha256(sha256("passphrase")) the OP way? It's true that the way it's done to hash the Merkle tree like it's described in the Bitcoin protocol leads to incorrect results. Can someone please post the correct linux shell line which leads to results you are getting? Or do you not use openssl but some other tool? Thanks.

simply use:

http://www.hashgenerator.de
arg
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Good, keep trying then.....

If you need help just post here Wink

Go for it. I'm further on in that I know what I'm looking at. Still stuck getting meaning from it. Throw me a bone.


You guys are getting sloppy...

SHA(SHA(Tetractys)) = cac911c02d8a37ffd20fb99aa21166160bc8f8c3c23ed119cabf36330bb35671

Opens 3.7z...

Yeah, because the OP got the encoding wrong and everybody else followed the route I did originally.

Code:
echo "Tetractys" -n |openssl dgst -sha256 | tr -d '\n'  |openssl dgst -sha256

Can somebody please explain how do you do sha256(sha256("passphrase")) the OP way? It's true that the way it's done to hash the Merkle tree like it's described in the Bitcoin protocol leads to incorrect results. Can someone please post the correct linux shell line which leads to results you are getting? Or do you not use openssl but some other tool? Thanks.


Code:
$ echo -n "Tetractys"|openssl dgst -sha256 | tr -d '\n'  |openssl dgst -sha256
Code:
 cac911c02d8a37ffd20fb99aa21166160bc8f8c3c23ed119cabf36330bb35671

This does it the OPs way, not the way Bitcoin does it. This is the method used for passwords in this ARG.
legendary
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^ Will code for Bitcoins
You guys are getting sloppy...

SHA(SHA(Tetractys)) = cac911c02d8a37ffd20fb99aa21166160bc8f8c3c23ed119cabf36330bb35671

Opens 3.7z...

Yeah, because the OP got the encoding wrong and everybody else followed the route I did originally.

Code:
echo "Tetractys" -n |openssl dgst -sha256 | tr -d '\n'  |openssl dgst -sha256

Can somebody please explain how do you do sha256(sha256("passphrase")) the OP way? It's true that the way it's done to hash the Merkle tree like it's described in the Bitcoin protocol leads to incorrect results. Can someone please post the correct linux shell line which leads to results you are getting? Or do you not use openssl but some other tool? Thanks.
hero member
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There's no where else to put a password in, so we're back to the needle in the giant haystack of the internet lol

What password are we looking for?
Sorry I didn't play the game.
sr. member
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There's no where else to put a password in, so we're back to the needle in the giant haystack of the internet lol
hero member
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Merit: 502
Nope blockchain says ----> 3,5 BTC still there.  Grin

Good, keep trying then.....

If you need help just post here Wink
legendary
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Nope blockchain says ----> 3,5 BTC still there.  Grin
hero member
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The released version of the song is titled: 02 Laffe the Fox - Left Alone in Outer Space.mp3
The original version on their site is only available as an mp3, but the video probably originated from youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rysbn9bZ54

this make no sense -.-

OP give us a hint =D

No more hints, the BTC will disappear in a bit

u guess someone is close?

Someone is already there - Not me btw.

and how do you know?

I am psychic Wink
member
Activity: 98
Merit: 10

The released version of the song is titled: 02 Laffe the Fox - Left Alone in Outer Space.mp3
The original version on their site is only available as an mp3, but the video probably originated from youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rysbn9bZ54

this make no sense -.-

OP give us a hint =D

No more hints, the BTC will disappear in a bit

u guess someone is close?

Someone is already there - Not me btw.

and how do you know?
hero member
Activity: 1582
Merit: 502

The released version of the song is titled: 02 Laffe the Fox - Left Alone in Outer Space.mp3
The original version on their site is only available as an mp3, but the video probably originated from youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rysbn9bZ54

this make no sense -.-

OP give us a hint =D

No more hints, the BTC will disappear in a bit

u guess someone is close?

Someone is already there - Not me btw.
full member
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Out of curriosity, what software did you use to extract the spectrogram?

There's lots of programs to display a spectrogram (sox, audacity, ocenaudio, etc), then just take a screenshot.
member
Activity: 98
Merit: 10

The released version of the song is titled: 02 Laffe the Fox - Left Alone in Outer Space.mp3
The original version on their site is only available as an mp3, but the video probably originated from youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rysbn9bZ54

this make no sense -.-

OP give us a hint =D

No more hints, the BTC will disappear in a bit

u guess someone is close?
hero member
Activity: 1582
Merit: 502
hero member
Activity: 1582
Merit: 502

The released version of the song is titled: 02 Laffe the Fox - Left Alone in Outer Space.mp3
The original version on their site is only available as an mp3, but the video probably originated from youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rysbn9bZ54

this make no sense -.-

OP give us a hint =D

No more hints, the BTC will disappear in a bit
legendary
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Out of curriosity, what software did you use to extract the spectrogram?

So?

http://www.sonicvisualiser.org/ Probably.. (I used this one)
member
Activity: 98
Merit: 10

The released version of the song is titled: 02 Laffe the Fox - Left Alone in Outer Space.mp3
The original version on their site is only available as an mp3, but the video probably originated from youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rysbn9bZ54

this make no sense -.-

OP give us a hint =D
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