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Topic: ARG Puzzle with 3.5 BTC Private Key Prize, Game Over - page 99. (Read 99514 times)

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I did a recheck on the Morse code.
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. Smiley

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... :-)




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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.

Oooh, sorry but that reminds me of the Hiroshima incident......
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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.
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Hi all, noob here. Just read through the thread, and it seems like the puzzle has been direct? Anyone research the phrase "they cannot attack what they cannot see," yet?

About a thousand times by now.

Also researched and used the words: stealth, hidden, safe, out of reach, untouchable, etc etc....

EDIT: Sorry, forgot my manners Smiley

Welcome aboard bro/sis and stick around.
We need all the help we can get Wink
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EDIT3: Ignore the last line and you get the alphabet, I think.....
If you rotate/shift using the alphabet, with a single step interval.... I guess you always get the alphabet in each column  Grin

Erm, nope, i went from 13 to -13 and it almost (sorry I am Greek and our alphabet is different) the english alphabet......

26 characters, isn't it?

EDIT: Can someone please confirm, this could be important.....



Yes its normal that you get the alphabet at each place if you do a complete shift (-13 to 13 or 1 to 26 doesnt matter). While I see some words in there, I dont think thats the way to go. thanks anyway, was worth a try Smiley

Still not able to do something substantial (have family from out of town visiting today). Maybe its possible that the other picture of her contains a clue? There was some sort of binary in there. IIRC the reddit post about the 1st picture was just some OP bashing and noone did even care the code. I will look into this later.

Crap!

So, we have no clues again.....
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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.

Erm, and what are we supposed to find from an image we can barely see?

And yes there are similar colors, but I don't think it matters, though I could be wrong.

Sorry, forgot my manners Smiley
Welcome aboard bro/sis Wink
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No I dont escrow anymore.
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EDIT3: Ignore the last line and you get the alphabet, I think.....
If you rotate/shift using the alphabet, with a single step interval.... I guess you always get the alphabet in each column  Grin

Erm, nope, i went from 13 to -13 and it almost (sorry I am Greek and our alphabet is different) the english alphabet......

26 characters, isn't it?

EDIT: Can someone please confirm, this could be important.....



Yes its normal that you get the alphabet at each place if you do a complete shift (-13 to 13 or 1 to 26 doesnt matter). While I see some words in there, I dont think thats the way to go. thanks anyway, was worth a try Smiley

Still not able to do something substantial (have family from out of town visiting today). Maybe its possible that the other picture of her contains a clue? There was some sort of binary in there. IIRC the reddit post about the 1st picture was just some OP bashing and noone did even care the code. I will look into this later.


Edit: found to pic https://i.imgur.com/7zg1g9E.jpg
and the way the 1's and 0's are aligned I dont think its a code. Its just to hard to tell which number is in which line.
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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.
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Quote
EDIT3: Ignore the last line and you get the alphabet, I think.....
If you rotate/shift using the alphabet, with a single step interval.... I guess you always get the alphabet in each column  Grin

Erm, nope, i went from 13 to -13 and it almost (sorry I am Greek and our alphabet is different) the english alphabet......

26 characters, isn't it?

EDIT: Can someone please confirm, this could be important.....



My wife is Greek.  Oh boy, you guys are stubborn!  Lol

Yes, we are, as you can see we are stuck on this.....    Roll Eyes Roll Eyes Roll Eyes Roll Eyes Roll Eyes Roll Eyes Roll Eyes
BTW: I am Cypriot, Greek-Cypriot Wink


EDIT: You wouldn't happen to be an Aussie btw?
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Nope..
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EDIT3: Ignore the last line and you get the alphabet, I think.....
If you rotate/shift using the alphabet, with a single step interval.... I guess you always get the alphabet in each column  Grin

Erm, nope, i went from 13 to -13 and it almost (sorry I am Greek and our alphabet is different) the english alphabet......

26 characters, isn't it?

EDIT: Can someone please confirm, this could be important.....



My wife is Greek.  Oh boy, you guys are stubborn!  Lol
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amarha
Who keeps adding all this money to the prize? Someone has some deep pockets I'm guessing Cheesy

Pretty cool puzzle though.
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Quote
EDIT3: Ignore the last line and you get the alphabet, I think.....
If you rotate/shift using the alphabet, with a single step interval.... I guess you always get the alphabet in each column  Grin

Erm, nope, i went from 13 to -13 and it almost (sorry I am Greek and our alphabet is different) the english alphabet......

26 characters, isn't it?

EDIT: Can someone please confirm, this could be important.....

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Quote
EDIT3: Ignore the last line and you get the alphabet, I think.....
If you rotate/shift using the alphabet, with a single step interval.... I guess you always get the alphabet in each column  Grin
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Im not at home atm, can some please post the "crap" from the morse code that lead to "they can not attack..."

I also wonder if that crap results in words if cesarshifted or if its an oinion address.



It's here: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.7565258

EDIT: Also, after the famous they cannot attack what they do not see, the words: stop words, appear. so I don't know if you going to get anything there.


thx.

"...not see"
followed by
I stop words
I as in eye?

need to check this:

 TLWG Ö NYAEFDMHTHMETNYTWTEWTPOEKEUEALENEDLAW

later with cesarshift. Have an algo ready for that. Just not sure what to do with the Ö

ROT13 - GYJT B ALNRSQZUGUZRGALGJGRJGCBRXRHRNYRARQYNJ
ROT12 - HZKU C BMOSTRAVHVASHBMHKHSKHDCSYSISOZSBSRZOK
ROT11 - IALV D CNPTUSBWIWBTICNILITLIEDTZTJTPATCTSAPL
ROT10 - JBMW E DOQUVTCXJXCUJDOJMJUMJFEUAUKUQBUDUTBQM
ROT9 - KCNX F EPRVWUDYKYDVKEPKNKVNKGFVBVLVRCVEVUCRN
ROT8 - LDOY G FQSWXVEZLZEWLFQLOLWOLHGWCWMWSDWFWVDSO
ROT7 - MEPZ H GRTXYWFAMAFXMGRMPMXPMIHXDXNXTEXGXWETP
ROT6 - NFQA I HSUYZXGBNBGYNHSNQNYQNJIYEYOYUFYHYXFUQ
ROT5 - OGRB J ITVZAYHCOCHZOITOROZROKJZFZPZVGZIZYGVR
ROT4 - PHSC K JUWABZIDPDIAPJUPSPASPLKAGAQAWHAJAZHWS
ROT3 - QITD L KVXBCAJEQEJBQKVQTQBTQMLBHBRBXIBKBAIXT
ROT2 - RJUE M LWYCDBKFRFKCRLWRURCURNMCICSCYJCLCBJYU
ROT1 - SKVF N MXZDECLGSGLDSMXSVSDVSONDJDTDZKDMDCKZV
ROT0 - TLWG O NYAEFDMHTHMETNYTWTEWTPOEKEUEALENEDLAW
ROT-1 - UMXH P OZBFGENIUINFUOZUXUFXUQPFLFVFBMFOFEMBX
ROT-2 - VNYI Q PACGHFOJVJOGVPAVYVGYVRQGMGWGCNGPGFNCY
ROT-3 - WOZJ R QBDHIGPKWKPHWQBWZWHZWSRHNHXHDOHQHGODZ
ROT-4 - XPAK S RCEIJHQLXLQIXRCXAXIAXTSIOIYIEPIRIHPEA
ROT-5 - YQBL T SDFJKIRMYMRJYSDYBYJBYUTJPJZJFQJSJIQFB
ROT-6 - ZRCM U TEGKLJSNZNSKZTEZCZKCZVUKQKAKGRKTKJRGC
ROT-7 - ASDN V UFHLMKTOAOTLAUFADALDAWVLRLBLHSLULKSHD
ROT-8 - BTEO W VGIMNLUPBPUMBVGBEBMEBXWMSMCMITMVMLTIE
ROT-9 - CUFP X WHJNOMVQCQVNCWHCFCNFCYXNTNDNJUNWNMUJF
ROT-10 - DVGQ Y XIKOPNWRDRWODXIDGDOGDZYOUOEOKVOXONVKG
ROT-11 - EWHR Z YJLPQOXSESXPEYJEHEPHEAZPVPFPLWPYPOWLH
ROT-12 - FXIS A ZKMQRPYTFTYQFZKFIFQIFBAQWQGQMXQZQPXMI
ROT-13 - GYJT B ALNRSQZUGUZRGALGJGRJGCBRXRHRNYRARQYNJ    <--- this should probably be omitted, it's the same as line one.
 
Starting from 13 to -13 Wink

EDIT: Just checked the first two lines and stopped there, couldn't find anything.
Maybe you can do better Wink

HOLY FUCK!!!!!!

Ignore the first 4 letters and the 1 and start from the other, you almost get the alphabet.
WTF?HuhHuh??

Top to bottom btw.

EDIT 2: start from this: ALNRSQZUGUZRGALGJGRJGCBRXRHRNYRARQYNJ

EDIT3: Ignore the last line and you get the alphabet, I think.....

EDIT 4: Can someone confirm?
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I don't have much time to participate today, but I think we're on the wrong track with the Morse code. I keep seeing people point out "stop words" at the end of the "cannot attack..." message. I think the message just ends at "stop," and "words" is a coincidence. The fact that the rest of the message doesn't actually conform to morse code (the question mark showing it's not valid) means that's a totally separate message. Maybe a different permutation (right to left, flip red/green dots/dashes) on the dots after "stop" may provide a more meaningful message?
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No I dont escrow anymore.
Im not at home atm, can some please post the "crap" from the morse code that lead to "they can not attack..."

I also wonder if that crap results in words if cesarshifted or if its an oinion address.



It's here: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.7565258

EDIT: Also, after the famous they cannot attack what they do not see, the words: stop words, appear. so I don't know if you going to get anything there.


thx.

"...not see"
followed by
I stop words
I as in eye?

need to check this:

 TLWG Ö NYAEFDMHTHMETNYTWTEWTPOEKEUEALENEDLAW

later with cesarshift. Have an algo ready for that. Just not sure what to do with the Ö
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Im not at home atm, can some please post the "crap" from the morse code that lead to "they can not attack..."

I also wonder if that crap results in words if cesarshifted or if its an oinion address.

in raw form with spaces for delimiters:

Code:
0 1011 100 001 0001 01 0100 10 1 1101 011 00 1111 0 1111 00 1 0 01 0100 0 100 0 1 100 0 1001 0001 010 1 110 1 10 1011 1 01 1 011 1011 10 100

100 bits.

Sorry just noticed that.
I think the http and 404 transaction makes it clear that we will not find anything there that leads to an address (URL)
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Im not at home atm, can some please post the "crap" from the morse code that lead to "they can not attack..."

I also wonder if that crap results in words if cesarshifted or if its an oinion address.

in raw form with spaces for delimiters:

Code:
0 1011 100 001 0001 01 0100 10 1 1101 011 00 1111 0 1111 00 1 0 01 0100 0 100 0 1 100 0 1001 0001 010 1 110 1 10 1011 1 01 1 011 1011 10 100

100 bits.
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Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich, wouldn't mind one right now Wink

I doubt that has anything to do with it, but I could be wrong.
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