Not sure if mentioned, but maybe there's a QR Code that is formed when you take the small square characters and green/red dots?
I'm just trying to suggest ideas, it's anyone's choice if they want to look for it.
Topic: ARG Puzzle with 3.5 BTC Private Key Prize, Game Over - page 98. (Read 99514 times)
So, we have no clues again.....
sure we do. current unknowns:
- what is up with that wily blue dot?
- what does "THEY CAN NOT ATTACK WHAT THEY CAN NOT SEE" mean?
- do the morse words do anything other than make the above phrase?
- is there anything in the junk redgreen?
- what do any of the alphanumerics in the puzzle mean that aren't part of the public bitcoin address?
- can someone who's better than me at GIMP find something hidden in the image?
threshold noise folding: http://imgur.com/d5YK3nO
I just looked at a lot pictures like this:
here [1] are links to all the pictures I bothered to safe (I didnt after a while)
What if the clues mean that there is a break now until the next picture.
They (we) can not attack what they do not see (yet).
404 HTTP -> communication between server (OP) and client(s) (us) has been established, but the required service (priv. key) is currently not available. But might be in the future.
#CHCKUSER tells us to look for more of her art in the future to get more clues.
Who is the troll that made the new TX?
Maybe just a donation. OP did change the title tot 3.53 BTC though. Not sure.
[1]
http://i.imgur.com/FlX8hiq.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/XEno8G9.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/r96P6F4.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/OsX5jOf.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/TcJdwjT.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/UOyfC4f.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/WWoWHIg.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/THBoikm.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/2M1A0Et.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/0iQwDG7.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/J1mdrcx.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/OZlGGGT.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Ehxakr6.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ACjcorQ.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/vaRAY1v.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/DFhPgQv.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/M14JYNZ.jpg
If you've got PS, see if you can reverse-engineer a process like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AQLpxzJF8A
Why?
Our aim is to get the key to outguess the private key out of the image......
EDIT: I have said that before and I truly believe that, that is what we are looking for.
If you've got PS, see if you can reverse-engineer a process like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AQLpxzJF8A
Hmm. The thing is: I recently reread Snow Crash because it was mentioned by Patrick Byrne (of Overstock) in his Amsterdam bitcoin conference speech.
Near the end ...
Oh, possible spoiler alert in case you're planning to read the book for pleasure.
.......................................
Near the end, Hiro Protagonist uses a program he wrote so that his "avatar" in the "Metaverse" is (effectively) invisible. He does this to avoid being attacked.
This lines up very well with "You can not attack what you do not see."
I'm a bit skeptical still of a real connection to Snow Crash, but looking again at the image I'm finding ways to spell the words "snow" and "crash". Enough letters are there to spell it on the first three lines (sort of).
Near the end ...
Oh, possible spoiler alert in case you're planning to read the book for pleasure.
.......................................
Near the end, Hiro Protagonist uses a program he wrote so that his "avatar" in the "Metaverse" is (effectively) invisible. He does this to avoid being attacked.
This lines up very well with "You can not attack what you do not see."
I'm a bit skeptical still of a real connection to Snow Crash, but looking again at the image I'm finding ways to spell the words "snow" and "crash". Enough letters are there to spell it on the first three lines (sort of).
Nevermind, the OP updated the bounty therefor it's real - for now.....
Reasons I use Gimp....
#1 Its Free
#2 Its Free
#3 Its Free
#1 Its Free
#2 Its Free
#3 Its Free
Yes...
So?
EDIT: The OP is an artist therefor has PS definitely.....
Reasons I use Gimp....
#1 Its Free
#2 Its Free
#3 Its Free
#1 Its Free
#2 Its Free
#3 Its Free
So, we have no clues again.....
sure we do. current unknowns:
- what is up with that wily blue dot?
- what does "THEY CAN NOT ATTACK WHAT THEY CAN NOT SEE" mean?
- do the morse words do anything other than make the above phrase?
- is there anything in the junk redgreen?
- what do any of the alphanumerics in the puzzle mean that aren't part of the public bitcoin address?
- can someone who's better than me at GIMP find something hidden in the image?
threshold noise folding: http://imgur.com/d5YK3nO
Hi, sorry, don't get me wrong but I hear the word GIMP show up a lot and as a designer I can tell you we prefer PS.
So, do you know something we don't?
Probably a stupid question and I apologize because it's completely logical to use GIMP since it's free.
So, do you know something we don't?
I did a recheck on the Morse code.
...
The character that could not be translated : "---." stands for "!" according to this table.
ISTOPW
ORDS T
LWG ! NY
AEFDMH
THMETNY
TWTEWTPOE
KEUEAL
ENEDLAW
...
The character that could not be translated : "---." stands for "!" according to this table.
ISTOPW
ORDS T
LWG ! NY
AEFDMH
THMETNY
TWTEWTPOE
KEUEAL
ENEDLAW
huh interesting! I hadn't bothered looking to see if it was in the extended set of morse characters or not...
Who keeps adding all this money to the prize? Someone has some deep pockets I'm guessing 
Pretty cool puzzle though.
Pretty cool puzzle though.
I was wondering the same thing.
This is a huge prize. Who us funding it?
And why? Just for fun?
(not complaining hehe just curious)
Why? I'll bet a lot more people are familiar with this artist and her work than were a week ago.
If that was the goal, it's clearly been successful.
In the original picture http://www.wired.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/20140430-065-Dark-Wallet.jpg, Amir Taaki is wearing a colored bracelet that has a strong resemblance to the colored squares.
While we're on that, the logo on his shirt bears a resemblance to the rays behind them in the artwork.
If we imagine the radiation symbol as the eye, then it can see a part of the bracelet that we can not see.
So, we have no clues again.....
sure we do. current unknowns:
- what is up with that wily blue dot?
- what does "THEY CAN NOT ATTACK WHAT THEY DO NOT SEE" mean?
- do the morse words do anything other than make the above phrase?
- is there anything in the junk redgreen?
- what do any of the alphanumerics in the puzzle mean that aren't part of the public bitcoin address?
- can someone who's better than me at GIMP find something hidden in the image?
threshold noise folding: http://imgur.com/d5YK3nO
Who keeps adding all this money to the prize? Someone has some deep pockets I'm guessing
Pretty cool puzzle though.
Pretty cool puzzle though.
I was wondering the same thing.
This is a huge prize. Who us funding it?
And why? Just for fun?
(not complaining hehe just curious)
Do you have any idea how many of us go to sleep (when we manage to) and keep thinking about this riddle?
Who keeps adding all this money to the prize? Someone has some deep pockets I'm guessing
Pretty cool puzzle though.
Pretty cool puzzle though.
I was wondering the same thing.
This is a huge prize. Who us funding it?
And why? Just for fun?
(not complaining hehe just curious)
Alice, FFS girl, can't you see we are dieing for another clue?
Pleeeeeezzzzzz
Thank You
We Love you
Pleeeeeezzzzzz
Thank You
We Love you
I'm fairly certain that we are "Alice." The artist is YT. To be more precise, the artist's username here started with YT and I think YT was her twitter handle. YT is also in the image in a way that can be interpreted as a signature.
The "CHCKUSER" message made me wonder: perhaps the name YT is relevant. My guess is that it's taken from a major character in Snow Crash. (That's why I mentioned Hiro Protagonist in my first post in this thread.) In Snow Crash, YT stands for "Yours Truly".
I hope this helps.
Yours Truly....
Will look into it but so far I came up with nothing
this is really difficult, trying to figure it out though. 
Alice, FFS girl, can't you see we are dieing for another clue?
Pleeeeeezzzzzz
Thank You
We Love you
Pleeeeeezzzzzz
Thank You
We Love you
I'm fairly certain that we are "Alice." The artist is YT. To be more precise, the artist's username here started with YT and I think YT was her twitter handle. YT is also in the image in a way that can be interpreted as a signature.
The "CHCKUSER" message made me wonder: perhaps the name YT is relevant. My guess is that it's taken from a major character in Snow Crash. (That's why I mentioned Hiro Protagonist in my first post in this thread.) In Snow Crash, YT stands for "Yours Truly".
I hope this helps.
Alice, FFS girl, can't you see we are dieing for another clue?
Pleeeeeezzzzzz
Thank You
We Love you
EDIT: Is it rdgrn?
Is it sos?
What is it girl?
Pleeeeeezzzzzz
Thank You
We Love you
EDIT: Is it rdgrn?
Is it sos?
What is it girl?
I did a recheck on the Morse code.
Using the following suggested site for translation
The character that could not be translated : "---." stands for "!" according to this table.
this translates the last series of columns after "THEY CANNOT ATTACK WHAT THEY DO NOT SEE"
ISTOPW
ORDS T
LWG ! NY
AEFDMH
THMETNY
TWTEWTPOE
KEUEAL
ENEDLAW
Still brewing on the BTC transactions sequence...
[0.00404][0.005]@O[0.0009]#CHCKUSER[0.00404]!DO!!!"DONOT"HTTP
I translate the 404 to --> Not found, possibly indicating we did not find the (complete) clue.
The 0.0009 is strange, its is not binary due to transaction fees and the "9" seems to be right shifted one digit too far to indicate a number.
coinartist seems to have vanished from all kinds of social sites. --> checkuser?--> not found.... cannot attack? Do not see?
Using Google cache a transcript of her last twitter post can be found, referring to this puzzle.
dimensions are mentioned (23" * 36") (first columns then rows... it could have been a hint....)
Link to the source is mentioned. "i.imgur.com/Uc6VAnV.jpg"
Could do with a new hint thought, riddles are not my thing...... and a couple of restful nights and productive days... :-)
Using the following suggested site for translation
Just a reminder this is out there for translating and manipulating Morse... http://rumkin.com/tools/cipher/morse.php rumkin has many many other useful tools for these types of puzzles as well.
The character that could not be translated : "---." stands for "!" according to this table.
this translates the last series of columns after "THEY CANNOT ATTACK WHAT THEY DO NOT SEE"
ISTOPW
ORDS T
LWG ! NY
AEFDMH
THMETNY
TWTEWTPOE
KEUEAL
ENEDLAW
Still brewing on the BTC transactions sequence...
[0.00404][0.005]@O[0.0009]#CHCKUSER[0.00404]!DO!!!"DONOT"HTTP
I translate the 404 to --> Not found, possibly indicating we did not find the (complete) clue.
The 0.0009 is strange, its is not binary due to transaction fees and the "9" seems to be right shifted one digit too far to indicate a number.
coinartist seems to have vanished from all kinds of social sites. --> checkuser?--> not found.... cannot attack? Do not see?
Using Google cache a transcript of her last twitter post can be found, referring to this puzzle.
dimensions are mentioned (23" * 36") (first columns then rows... it could have been a hint....)
Link to the source is mentioned. "i.imgur.com/Uc6VAnV.jpg"
Could do with a new hint thought, riddles are not my thing...... and a couple of restful nights and productive days... :-)
23 going down 36 going left
I also thought that we are looking for a clue that will lead us to a URL but the http 404 transaction suggests otherwise.
More like you will get nothing there....
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