Topic: ARG Puzzle with 3.5 BTC Private Key Prize, Game Over - page 90. (Read 99503 times)
well that sucks big time, nice one OP, i wasted how much time figuring out the bit.ly only for it to go to a paid game server and we have to just sit here now doing nothing, i bet the prize is on the server as well. I would have been better off not revealing the answer and going off to buy the game instead.
I have a notion we hit a bad trail.
I don't think that we should be hacking a Amazon server, that requires a ECDSA key... something we need for the bitcoin address itself
So I tried to analyse the bit(dot)ly link.
Add a plus sign to that link to get the stats.
It shows a user that made two links @ 21 june.
My guess is that we need to fish for
"Pufferfish"
Hmm thats the default link when making an account...
I don't think that we should be hacking a Amazon server, that requires a ECDSA key... something we need for the bitcoin address itself
So I tried to analyse the bit(dot)ly link.
Add a plus sign to that link to get the stats.
It shows a user that made two links @ 21 june.
"Pufferfish"
Hmm thats the default link when making an account...
Update 6/30
- Contra code has been solved.
- IP address has been discovered.
- Server has been accessed.
EDIT: Could it be some kind of OP private server?
Its a private minecraft server with more riddles
current status: 1st riddle is most likely to spawn a wither to open a passage. We have found 1/3 skulls.
http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/File:Wither_recipe.png
legendary
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Update 6/30
- Contra code has been solved.
- IP address has been discovered.
- Server has been accessed.
EDIT: Could it be some kind of OP private server?
Update 6/30
- Contra code has been solved.
- IP address has been discovered.
- Server has been accessed.
EDIT: Could it be some kind of OP private server?
If it was something we could at least purchase with bitcoin, it wouldn't be so bad.
legendary
Activity: 1862
Merit: 1011
Reverse engineer from time to time
as soon as i found and converted the binary code my gut feeling was that it would be a minecraft server but i didn't know how to check it. It seems like you have to pay to play minecraft? So is anyone who can't play now stuck with this ?
yeah, requiring somebody to purchase a piece of software is not coolIt could be that the server allows cracked clients. Not sure though. Anyway, it does suck.
Nope. Shame really, I was enjoying this until we got dead-ended.
Can any of the few logged in players that are on this thread report back with screenshots/details of what's to be found on the server?
Well if you can win 3.5 BTC then you can pay it back from the prize. 
If I know for sure, I will have to buy it, to go ahead in the search.
But it's a pitty... should have been shareware game.
If I know for sure, I will have to buy it, to go ahead in the search.
But it's a pitty... should have been shareware game.
It could be that the server allows cracked clients. Not sure though. Anyway, it does suck.
as soon as i found and converted the binary code my gut feeling was that it would be a minecraft server but i didn't know how to check it. It seems like you have to pay to play minecraft? So is anyone who can't play now stuck with this ?
yeah, requiring somebody to purchase a piece of software is not cool
as soon as i found and converted the binary code my gut feeling was that it would be a minecraft server, but i didn't know how to check it. It seems like you have to pay to play minecraft? So is anyone who can't play now stuck with this ?
It indeed is a MC server, but I cannot join because the Mojang server for authentication are down.
Never mind, just joined.
Never mind, just joined.
I certainly hope one should not have to play Minecraft to solve this.
Congratulations to everyone contributing, the rate of progress is amazing.
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Update 6/30
- Contra code has been solved.
- IP address has been discovered.
- Contra code has been solved.
- IP address has been discovered.
I am stunned at what amazing progress everyone has made while I've been in bed sick. This is the first time I'm getting back to this since Thursday of last week.
It indeed is a MC server, but I cannot join because the Mojang server for authentication are down.
Never mind, just joined.
Never mind, just joined.
you can log in with SSH at 54.201.109.162:22 with the username "user" but no clue what the password is.
client used: putty
client used: putty
Minecraft server
54.201.109.162:25565
54.201.109.162:25565
00110110
11001001
11001001
These XORed yield 11111111.
01101101
10100010
10100010
These don't, only due to a single misplaced bit.
That website also has an interesting favicon that looks like a tiny QR code, but I couldn't scan it, even with scaling it up: http://qr.w69b.com/images/icon.png
We also get some cookies off of it, but it looks like it's all google analytics so probably not part of the game.
We also get some cookies off of it, but it looks like it's all google analytics so probably not part of the game.
This is what it looks like after the header
Code:
00 00 00 0D 49 48 44 52 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 10 01 03 00 00 00 25 3D 6D 22 00 00 00 06 50 4C 54 45 00 00 00 FF FF FF A5 D9 9F DD 00 00 00 31 49 44 41 54 08 D7 63 60 6C 60 A8 DD C7 E0 BA 08 8A 80 6C A0 C8 FF FF 0C FF 65 18 18 45 18 6A BF 30 B8 B2 30 B8 CA 30 B8 3E 61 A8 95 60 60 94 00 00 5F 1E 0D 4E 8D C9 DF F4 00 00 00 00 49 45 4E 44 AE 42 60 82
Edit: forget the QR code. If you do an imagine search for "qr icon.png" it will show up. Its just a google icon for the google barcode generator.
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