That is pretty honorable, I totally agree. However, I find it odd that he hasn't posted anything on here yet. So many people helped him out, but he hasn't thanked anyone yet.
He faced quite a lot of backlash in this thread. I couldn't say I would post after all that. Would everyone have flipped out if it was just some empty wallet? Everyone here could be BTC millionaires or dirt broke, is it possible that GK earned that money through hard work? We all played the same game. It could have easily been someone who's never posted on the forum and just swooped in at the last second with a solve.
Basically, all I'm saying is someone won. We all knew that was going to happen. We all wanted it to be ourselves, who wouldn't? Instead of grumbling, lets go do something productive (finally!).
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So, I was clearing up after this project and found I had 40 docs open with snippets of info, pieces decoded, 237 browser tabs, two collab conversations and way too many pieces of paper with notes and possible solves. I even dedicated one of my whiteboards to shifting XOR references. And that's after clearing up.
Aren't you glad I didn't just flood this thread with my brain dump?
http://i.imgur.com/uEKrkp7.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/ggjkjIa.jpgTime to archive all that (yep, I'm that type of person) and see what else I can do to avoid working for actual money.