Topic: [CLAIMED!] Bounty: 0.25 BTC. Find the Bitcoins hidden in plain sight. - page 4. (Read 10177 times)
July 14, 2011, 03:40:08 PM
How does one import a private key anyway? Do I need a new version of the client? I have an old one, I believe.
July 14, 2011, 03:34:06 PM
I need the programs and intelligence from this thread http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=23081.0
Someone read that and got splitsies with me when you get it.
Someone read that and got splitsies with me when you get it.
July 14, 2011, 03:16:19 PM
I think I'm gonna have to give up. I can't find a website that imports private keys - and bitcoind crashes on my one working linux box.
Someone try importing TssgcsBChginpnst
Just a guess!
Someone try importing TssgcsBChginpnst
Just a guess!
July 14, 2011, 03:08:02 PM
Your scripts expects the key to be encapsulated in an X.509 DER object, including the particular type of key it is and so on. It was not designed to import the raw private key data.
Code:
$ ./pywallet.py
A mandatory option is missing
Usage: pywallet.py [options]
[..]
--importprivkey=KEY import private key from vanitygen
A mandatory option is missing
Usage: pywallet.py [options]
[..]
--importprivkey=KEY import private key from vanitygen
(vanitygen seems to output base58-encoded privkeys)
Code:
$ ./pywallet.py --importprivkey=9MYaow1fLJHwaYgZVs6fLeALpTWuZY4zTA2NfFz8eMNQAiGQmzqeaHAYstXQ81vgVc
Bad private key
Bad private key
So I probably got the hash wrong. I used an online sha256 tool, copied that sentence into the form field, got the hash in base64, then converted base64 to hex using another online tool, then used a copy-pasted python script to create this base58 key. It was worth a try.
July 14, 2011, 03:04:03 PM
protip: It's a deterministic wallet, we have our seed here, now figure out the PRNG
or it may be an encoded private key, sha256, so single-seed no nonce.
or it may be an encoded private key, sha256, so single-seed no nonce.
July 14, 2011, 02:54:00 PM
I bet the SHA-256 of that message is the private key needed to claim the bounty.
Doesn't look like a private key to me...47510706d76bc74a5d57bdcffc68c9bbbc2d496bef87c91de7f616129ac62b5f
Lots of 5's in there though... maybe it starts at a midpoint and goes to whatever characters are necessary for a private key?
July 14, 2011, 02:51:48 PM
I'll bet you anything the e-wallet is a spruce code somewhere.
Well, I'll bet you .25 BTC that it is.
No, wait, I won't.
Well, I'll bet you .25 BTC that it is.
No, wait, I won't.
July 14, 2011, 02:51:12 PM
I know what it is but i don't know the specifics of what I have o do
July 14, 2011, 02:47:57 PM
I bet the SHA-256 of that message is the private key needed to claim the bounty.
Doesn't look like a private key to me...47510706d76bc74a5d57bdcffc68c9bbbc2d496bef87c91de7f616129ac62b5f
Lots of 5's in there though... maybe it starts at a midpoint and goes to whatever characters are necessary for a private key?
July 14, 2011, 02:44:41 PM
Plain site is an e-wallet
July 14, 2011, 02:43:57 PM
If you find it you will be able to send it to yourself.
Implies that unless you can get at that address, you haven't found 'em yet.
When they are "found" in the proper sense of the word, you should see them spent on the block explorer into the winner's wallet. This spend will have been done by the winner, not by me.
It's not a riddle in the sense that he wants you to answer-- it's a race to grab the coins.
BUT HOW
July 14, 2011, 02:42:54 PM
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July 14, 2011, 02:42:02 PM
When they are "found" in the proper sense of the word, you should see them spent on the block explorer into the winner's wallet. This spend will have been done by the winner, not by me.
July 14, 2011, 02:40:52 PM
They're in plain sight.
He told us where they were.
Yet they're hidden behind the address.
and he pointed out that he already sent them so he wouldn't be able to say they weren't there yet.
He told us where they were.
Yet they're hidden behind the address.
and he pointed out that he already sent them so he wouldn't be able to say they weren't there yet.
July 14, 2011, 02:39:46 PM
"This string contains 0.25 BTC hiding in plain sight."
Which string?
That's implied but not stated.
That's my MO. I start with the liar's paradox as an axiom and go from there.
It makes politics more interesting, I'll tell you that.
July 14, 2011, 02:39:28 PM
Quote
1AJ3vE2NNYW2Jzv3fLwyjKF1LYbZ65Ez64
Found them!
July 14, 2011, 02:38:00 PM
Quote
1AJ3vE2NNYW2Jzv3fLwyjKF1LYbZ65Ez64
Found them!
July 14, 2011, 02:36:24 PM
"This string contains 0.25 BTC hiding in plain sight."
Which string?
That's implied but not stated.
July 14, 2011, 02:34:58 PM
"This string contains 0.25 BTC hiding in plain sight."
Which string?
That's implied but not stated.
July 14, 2011, 02:32:39 PM
Quote
1AJ3vE2NNYW2Jzv3fLwyjKF1LYbZ65Ez64
Found them!
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