Topic: ARG Puzzle with 3.5 BTC Private Key Prize, Game Over - page 71. (Read 99503 times)

OP update: "7/1 New hint will be released within 24 hrs"

Can anyone do a summary again of the all the found stuff and are we still looking for stuff on the minecraft server?

mirth23's helpful summary #57

current data set:
- original image with undeciphered characters
- 7z file titled "Onion"
- image file titled Hint.jpg, dimensions 799x1039
- slightly hidden plaintext clues: "7:51" "Bit Sha"
- ghost images in the background of the image

probable next step:
- find the password to open 1.7z

solution thoughts:
- there are a number of bible verses that apply to 7:51 (John, Acts, 1 Kings, Numbers); none of them seem particularly useful
- googling "BitSha" didn't give us much useful. presumably "Sha" refers to the hash algorithm
- x=7 z=51 on the minecraft server didn't have much to see (server appears down now)
- 7:51 might mean the range between 7 and 51 of some other puzzle element
- we've got a few interesting primes with 7, 51, and the image height
- 51 is the length of a private bitcoin key
- what does "Onion" mean? a TOR address? many layers of an onion? something else?
- image analysis of this particular image appears to be best done with LAB and CYMK
- there are a LOT of unexplained artifacts remaining in the image. a darker wide vertical band in the middle, several places with possible text, figures, etc. perhaps the text is a hint to further decoding the image?
- I am pretty certain that the central image is not the Cheshire Cat, it looks more like burial mounds or standing stones
- all other puzzles have involved a video game - does the ghost image look familiar to anyone in that context?

The Minecraft part has been solved which rewarded us with a QR code. This QR code leads us to the Onion.7z file (download here) which is password protected. The first password was a Bitcoin address (don't remember which one), now we are trying to find the password for the second file using the a picture called hint.

Can anyone do a summary again of the all the found stuff and are we still looking for stuff on the minecraft server?

Can anyone do a summary again of the all the found stuff and are we still looking for stuff on the minecraft server?

the two images certainly have strong outline around the "eyes" which make it look more like it's supposed to have a 3d feel, like domes with a pyramid or something, certainly i have a gut feeling it's not really a face and just a clever trick to throw you off

It's a forum that Goat, I think, has been promoting in his signature. Currently off limits, nothing special.

Reddit?

What other forum?

What other forum?

Well, it's the best thing we have right now. Everything else is a hit and miss or just not close enough to be an answers. Goddammit OP, I hate you for creating this horrible puzzle.

It still surprises me that it isn't on the other forum.

Okie Dokie, I apologize then
Just frustrated coz I am stuck and somehow I know the matrix clue is it ( I hope I am not wrong).

I have been following this for a while.   

Hey uvwvj, leave us alone! Go back to where you came from. We are just trying to figure out what that bloody password is.

He is joking, don't take it seriously

follow the white rabbit
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"Aw, the rarest of trackers, would give anything to get an invite!"
"Don't mention follow the white rabbit or their URL, it's forbideen! Use F*** instead or you'll be banned."
"Closet gays found a safe haven in the 'rabbit' tracker."


So now you guys are headed to gay porn sites?  This thread is great!

And you are homophobic, and I wanna solve this riddle, gay or not.
What's your point?