Topic: Bitcoin puzzle worth $50,000 solved after nearly three years (Read 303 times)
now i m interested to see the connection between private key and painting
In the New Year, Bitcoin was 6000 dollars. And at the moment it has grown quite enough to 10,000 dollars so you do not have to worry.
I believe in God's favor that within 3 months bitcoin will reach $50000.Because l beleive in bitcoin before bitcoin will be face out it will give us a good remembrance. That from the beginning bitcoin has a good history so l know it will end this to a good story also. Let's just wait and see for the surprise of bitcoin because God will give me a breakthrough through this bitcoin. That l will become rich before this year ends.
You want god to show some miracle with the price of bitcoin,that is really funny,just ask for something else from god ,rather than waiting for the riches from just bitcoin alone,god will tell you to wait for a couple of years to see the valuations you are seeking,how about that. 
Damn i did not know there was a big puzzle ,i could have tried at least. Congrats to the winner.
there was a topic here with loads of reply, a lot of discussion going on, calculation and many theory.
It was amazing to read all the answers and i was amazed this was such an hard puzzle who really took 3 years to be solved.
Prop to them!
It was amazing to read all the answers and i was amazed this was such an hard puzzle who really took 3 years to be solved.
Prop to them!
Can you, please, point to the thread?
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.30093630
reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/31bho4/new_arg_puzzle_48btc_prize/
BTC address: https://blockchain.info/address/1FLAMEN6rq2BqMnkUmsJBqCGWdwgVKcegd
Motherboard article, which BBC is citing: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/kzpqzz/heres-the-solution-to-the-3-year-old-dollar50000-bitcoin-puzzle
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According to Isaac*, the 30-year old programmer who actually solved the puzzle, he hadn’t even heard of the puzzle until a little over a month ago. (Isaac’s name has been changed to protect his anonymity. As he told me on Telegram, “it’s not safe to have Bitcoin in my country.”) He told me he originally found the puzzle because he and his wife enjoy solving riddles and he was deliberately looking for puzzles related to cryptocurrencies.
Hope he's not going to get in trouble and manages to enjoy his prize somehow.
Painting is really nice, So is the prize..
It would be interesting to know how he found out the key
Yeah, I Would like to know too how did he managed to solve it, Is there any explanation? 
It would be interesting to know how he found out the key
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42944290
Here is the painting:
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A secret code hidden in a painting that gave access to an online wallet containing Bitcoin worth $50,000 (£35,500) has been cracked after nearly three years.
The artwork, by Rob Myers and @coin_artist, who uses a pseudonym, was first published online in early 2015.
A code contained within it revealed a private key that granted its discoverer access to the wallet full of bitcoins.
And the bitcoins were finally removed from the wallet last week.
Technology website Motherboard reported that a 30-year-old programmer had claimed the funds after searching online for puzzles to do with crypto-currencies.
Motherboard added that the programmer said they lived in a country where it was "not safe" to own Bitcoin and therefore wanted to keep their name secret.
The artwork, by Rob Myers and @coin_artist, who uses a pseudonym, was first published online in early 2015.
A code contained within it revealed a private key that granted its discoverer access to the wallet full of bitcoins.
And the bitcoins were finally removed from the wallet last week.
Technology website Motherboard reported that a 30-year-old programmer had claimed the funds after searching online for puzzles to do with crypto-currencies.
Motherboard added that the programmer said they lived in a country where it was "not safe" to own Bitcoin and therefore wanted to keep their name secret.
Here is the painting:
I believe in God's favor that within 3 months bitcoin will reach $50000.Because l beleive in bitcoin before bitcoin will be face out it will give us a good remembrance. That from the beginning bitcoin has a good history so l know it will end this to a good story also. Let's just wait and see for the surprise of bitcoin because God will give me a breakthrough through this bitcoin. That l will become rich before this year ends.
I hope that the same result will be achieved by the laws of mathematics and economics, instead of the will of God. My religious belief is that the laws of mathematics, when encountering the laws of economics, can be more effective in determining the rise of the price of Bitcoin than any divinity, which supposedly don't care too much about human (or subhuman) money, so busy as they are with cosmic poetry.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42944290
Here is the painting:
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A secret code hidden in a painting that gave access to an online wallet containing Bitcoin worth $50,000 (£35,500) has been cracked after nearly three years.
The artwork, by Rob Myers and @coin_artist, who uses a pseudonym, was first published online in early 2015.
A code contained within it revealed a private key that granted its discoverer access to the wallet full of bitcoins.
And the bitcoins were finally removed from the wallet last week.
Technology website Motherboard reported that a 30-year-old programmer had claimed the funds after searching online for puzzles to do with crypto-currencies.
Motherboard added that the programmer said they lived in a country where it was "not safe" to own Bitcoin and therefore wanted to keep their name secret.
The artwork, by Rob Myers and @coin_artist, who uses a pseudonym, was first published online in early 2015.
A code contained within it revealed a private key that granted its discoverer access to the wallet full of bitcoins.
And the bitcoins were finally removed from the wallet last week.
Technology website Motherboard reported that a 30-year-old programmer had claimed the funds after searching online for puzzles to do with crypto-currencies.
Motherboard added that the programmer said they lived in a country where it was "not safe" to own Bitcoin and therefore wanted to keep their name secret.
Here is the painting:
I believe in God's favor that within 3 months bitcoin will reach $50000.Because l beleive in bitcoin before bitcoin will be face out it will give us a good remembrance. That from the beginning bitcoin has a good history so l know it will end this to a good story also. Let's just wait and see for the surprise of bitcoin because God will give me a breakthrough through this bitcoin. That l will become rich before this year ends.
the picture itself has a nice artistic value and hiding a code there makes it even more beautiful but is there any link that we can see how he has solved the puzzle ?
there was a topic here with loads of reply, a lot of discussion going on, calculation and many theory.
It was amazing to read all the answers and i was amazed this was such an hard puzzle who really took 3 years to be solved.
Prop to them!
It was amazing to read all the answers and i was amazed this was such an hard puzzle who really took 3 years to be solved.
Prop to them!
Can you, please, point to the thread?
That's a nice story. Of course by watching at the picture I cannot see anything which I would be able to read as binary code - it would be nice if there would also be a step by step precise information of which bits of the picture mean exactly what.
Well done to him. I'm often sceptical that these puzzles are real, but it seems this one really was.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42944290
Here is the painting:
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A secret code hidden in a painting that gave access to an online wallet containing Bitcoin worth $50,000 (£35,500) has been cracked after nearly three years.
The artwork, by Rob Myers and @coin_artist, who uses a pseudonym, was first published online in early 2015.
A code contained within it revealed a private key that granted its discoverer access to the wallet full of bitcoins.
And the bitcoins were finally removed from the wallet last week.
Technology website Motherboard reported that a 30-year-old programmer had claimed the funds after searching online for puzzles to do with crypto-currencies.
Motherboard added that the programmer said they lived in a country where it was "not safe" to own Bitcoin and therefore wanted to keep their name secret.
The artwork, by Rob Myers and @coin_artist, who uses a pseudonym, was first published online in early 2015.
A code contained within it revealed a private key that granted its discoverer access to the wallet full of bitcoins.
And the bitcoins were finally removed from the wallet last week.
Technology website Motherboard reported that a 30-year-old programmer had claimed the funds after searching online for puzzles to do with crypto-currencies.
Motherboard added that the programmer said they lived in a country where it was "not safe" to own Bitcoin and therefore wanted to keep their name secret.
Here is the painting:
I am interested in puzzles. I solved 2000 pieces puzzle in last time but it would be very hard for solving with bitcoin code. I prefer to continue with my easy hobby.
Congratulations for the programmer. That is such a cool project. Is there a link to the private key somewhere? It would be interesting to see the relationship betwwen the key and the image.
Really it is! It is very interesting case of bitcoin reward which I have ever heard. Now as many of others I would like to see the answer to imagine all the work he done more fullfilly.
I was following this puzzle for a while, but I got frustrated and gave up. It would be great if the solution could be published so I could at least know where I have gone wrong. Congratulations to the lucky guy.
I don't think that the guy who purchased those Bitcoins 3 years before and gave this puzzle to the world ..is Happy with this 😂since the value of Bitcoins have increased a lotttt !
He could have just solved it himself by creating a fake name or something, who knows if he did !
Anyways I do think whoever this guy is.. his intelligence paid off.. SO WELL!
He could have just solved it himself by creating a fake name or something, who knows if he did !
Anyways I do think whoever this guy is.. his intelligence paid off.. SO WELL!
No worth anymore bitcoin and forks free falling.
It took long solve because creators of puzzle dishonest about requirements.
It took long solve because creators of puzzle dishonest about requirements.
Wow, i did not know that there was a big puzzle which is worth such a huge amount and where was it published,i do not remember any thread regarding this here in this forum,i would have tried to crack the code even though it is tough,it is a really cool news that the puzzle is solved after three years,is there any more puzzles like these,if so please provide some information regarding that.
This is why Bitcoin can't be stopped people, it isn't just digital money. Bitcoin is data and you can recreate it any which way all you need is something you can code into including paintings and emojis!
Wow! he's very motivated for a thing that can be done after 3 years. Well he's rewarded for it. Lesson learned " Just don't give up "
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