Is anyone still actively working on this puzzle? I see the prize is still unclaimed... but it seems like the discussion here has slowed down. I have a couple of ideas that may or may not help for a couple of the clues...
Is there a list of the most recent "guesses" for each tile somewhere? I see a couple of lists in this thread, and the nicely annotated picture with the green/red dots etc... but they seem a little old and there has been discussion since then... I was hoping that I might be able to work on a code based solution that might be able to brute force the solution if we can narrow down some of the "unknown" ones.
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This puzzle is totally legit.
I have to ask who is providing the .5 prize if someone figures this puzzle out? If you are the one offering the prize, may I suggest you put the prize into an escrow so you will have no one blasting you for trust issues or such. I personally wish I knew enough about this to do this, so good luck to all of you who do.
The prize is a private key ! Read the thread before you post
In fairness, dude said he wished to know "enough about this to do this."
I have to ask who is providing the .5 prize if someone figures this puzzle out? If you are the one offering the prize, may I suggest you put the prize into an escrow so you will have no one blasting you for trust issues or such. I personally wish I knew enough about this to do this, so good luck to all of you who do.
The prize is a private key ! Read the thread before you post
I have to ask who is providing the .5 prize if someone figures this puzzle out? If you are the one offering the prize, may I suggest you put the prize into an escrow so you will have no one blasting you for trust issues or such. I personally wish I knew enough about this to do this, so good luck to all of you who do.
to bad. this was fun, but to hard i guess. to bad there are no extra clues.
still nothing. this is harden then we thought. i gave up, are there any other similar puzzles?
I gave up after checking 1.2 trillion keys.coin_artist has a few open puzzles, but they're poorly designed and are rarely solveable.
still nothing. this is harden then we thought. i gave up, are there any other similar puzzles?
There aren't a lot of puzzles right now (which have bitcoins as a prize) but I'm sure you can find one if you find long enough.
Another puzzle I've found was this: http://imgur.com/gallery/jKtDhrK, but it seems to be already solved.
still nothing. this is harden then we thought. i gave up, are there any other similar puzzles?
since this was not yet redeemed i worked on some new theories that i share here 
the following are the hex codes of the colors and addition of the background color with the image color:
it may be totally random but it also may give someone some cool idea!
i will update the Gist soon after this post.
the following are the hex codes of the colors and addition of the background color with the image color:
| index | | | backgroud color | | | image color | | | blend |
| 0 | | | b5dec9 | | | ee437d | | | d291a3 |
| 1 | | | d2e9d5 | | | 463562 | | | 8c8F9c |
| 2 | | | 0d2630 | | | 9ad6dc | | | 547e86 |
| 5 | | | 9ad6dc | | | 0d242e | | | 547D85 |
| 8 | | | eb407c | | | f38b94 | | | EF6688 |
it may be totally random but it also may give someone some cool idea!
i will update the Gist soon after this post.
Yeah, I think this is going a bit too far. I don't think there is any meaning behind the colors used in the images.
since this was not yet redeemed i worked on some new theories that i share here
the following are the hex codes of the colors and addition of the background color with the image color:
it may be totally random but it also may give someone some cool idea!
i will update the Gist soon after this post.
finally found that game for index 42:
http://www.miniclip.com/games/bubble-trouble/en/
30 can also be picture of a long whistle
https://www.google.com/search?q=long+whistle
https://www.google.com/search?q=rape+whistle+necklace
the following are the hex codes of the colors and addition of the background color with the image color:
| index | | | backgroud color | | | image color | | | blend |
| 0 | | | b5dec9 | | | ee437d | | | d291a3 |
| 1 | | | d2e9d5 | | | 463562 | | | 8c8F9c |
| 2 | | | 0d2630 | | | 9ad6dc | | | 547e86 |
| 5 | | | 9ad6dc | | | 0d242e | | | 547D85 |
| 8 | | | eb407c | | | f38b94 | | | EF6688 |
it may be totally random but it also may give someone some cool idea!
i will update the Gist soon after this post.
finally found that game for index 42:
http://www.miniclip.com/games/bubble-trouble/en/
30 can also be picture of a long whistle
https://www.google.com/search?q=long+whistle
https://www.google.com/search?q=rape+whistle+necklace
what about the names? everybody seems to agree the it is the last name. why not the first letter of the first name?
For the Steve Jobs case, it was the last name, since the letter S can't be after the 5 in a private key. So we assumed that we need the last name of the other names.
sorry if this is a bit OT, but with S and 5 (also I and l i guess and maybe some other combinations) it is only possible to have one of those?
so if i have a 5 no S is possible afterwards and if i have an S no 5 is possible? do i get it right? maybe this can also help us to narrow it down.
thxOkay I'll tell you what I know. A private key in WIF (Wallet Import Format) is 51 characters in base58. For Bitcoin mainnet, the WIF private key will always begin with a 5. Why?
Because
1. Take the ECDSA private key which can be any unsigned integer from 0x1 to 0xFFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFE BAAE DCE6 AF48 A03B BFD2 5E8C D036 4140
2. and you place the network identifier (0x80 for bitcoin mainnet) in front. (by the way, 0x simply means hexadecimal format).
3. You take this result and perform a SHA256 hash on it.
4. Take the result of that and perform another SHA256 hash on it.
5. Take the last 4 bytes of the previous result (used as a checksum) and add it to the end of the number in step 2
6. and finally convert that hexadecimal number to base58 and you have the WIF private key.
Here is the lowest possible address with the network identifier and checksum added:
800000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001A85AA87E
and here is the largest:
80FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFEBAAEDCE6AF48A03BBFD25E8CD0364140F511BD7A
As you can see, the range of values is limited by the use of the network identifier which is why when converted to base58, the result will begin with 5 and be limited to H, J or K for the second character.
Read about it here and here.
Now I expect some puzzle solution suggestions from you very soon!
thank you
and here i a hint from me. 25 could also be Celluloid instead of film. hope this helps
Celluoid? I hadn't thought of that. Thanks! As soon as I'm home (if the puzzle hasn't been solved) I'll add that possibility.
I'm only asking since I made this mistake. Did you test your program with a valid private key in WIF?
lol, imagine if my code was wrong all this time, i have ran the code for almost 70-100 million (each time 11 mil-5mil)
but no i doubled checked it now and it was ok.
i went through This to create my code and after busting my ass to get it to work i found this written in c# with a nice NuGet package
i tested with the private key on wiki page and a couple from directory[dot]io and today i made a new Electrum wallet to double check it with compressed private keys too. all successful.
Yes I can imagine... I ran through almost 300 million without realizing my program wasn't valid.
Thanks for the information. I'm going to check out the c program.
what about the names? everybody seems to agree the it is the last name. why not the first letter of the first name?
For the Steve Jobs case, it was the last name, since the letter S can't be after the 5 in a private key. So we assumed that we need the last name of the other names.
sorry if this is a bit OT, but with S and 5 (also I and l i guess and maybe some other combinations) it is only possible to have one of those?
so if i have a 5 no S is possible afterwards and if i have an S no 5 is possible? do i get it right? maybe this can also help us to narrow it down.
thxOkay I'll tell you what I know. A private key in WIF (Wallet Import Format) is 51 characters in base58. For Bitcoin mainnet, the WIF private key will always begin with a 5. Why?
Because
1. Take the ECDSA private key which can be any unsigned integer from 0x1 to 0xFFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFE BAAE DCE6 AF48 A03B BFD2 5E8C D036 4140
2. and you place the network identifier (0x80 for bitcoin mainnet) in front. (by the way, 0x simply means hexadecimal format).
3. You take this result and perform a SHA256 hash on it.
4. Take the result of that and perform another SHA256 hash on it.
5. Take the last 4 bytes of the previous result (used as a checksum) and add it to the end of the number in step 2
6. and finally convert that hexadecimal number to base58 and you have the WIF private key.
Here is the lowest possible address with the network identifier and checksum added:
800000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001A85AA87E
and here is the largest:
80FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFEBAAEDCE6AF48A03BBFD25E8CD0364140F511BD7A
As you can see, the range of values is limited by the use of the network identifier which is why when converted to base58, the result will begin with 5 and be limited to H, J or K for the second character.
Read about it here and here.
Now I expect some puzzle solution suggestions from you very soon!
thank you
and here i a hint from me. 25 could also be Celluloid instead of film. hope this helps
I'm only asking since I made this mistake. Did you test your program with a valid private key in WIF?
lol, imagine if my code was wrong all this time, i have ran the code for almost 70-100 million (each time 11 mil-5mil)
but no i doubled checked it now and it was ok.
i went through This to create my code and after busting my ass to get it to work i found this written in c# with a nice NuGet package
i tested with the private key on wiki page and a couple from directory[dot]io and today i made a new Electrum wallet to double check it with compressed private keys too. all successful.
i think i have worked more on my code and the interface than i have ever worked on the puzzle itself 
#master of xaml
but to be fair, i learned a lot in the process about base58 and also conversion to hex, also about multiplying TimeSpan so i am happy.
but to be fair, i learned a lot in the process about base58 and also conversion to hex, also about multiplying TimeSpan so i am happy.
I'm only asking since I made this mistake. Did you test your program with a valid private key in WIF?
i think i have worked more on my code and the interface than i have ever worked on the puzzle itself
#master of xaml
but to be fair, i learned a lot in the process about base58 and also conversion to hex, also about multiplying TimeSpan so i am happy.
but to be fair, i learned a lot in the process about base58 and also conversion to hex, also about multiplying TimeSpan so i am happy.
Pretty much allot of work even for 0.5 BTC, just the last page is filled with clues, Good luck to those trying to decipher this thing.
it is not just about the prize you get, although i say $290 is a pretty good prize. but it is mostly about the game and solving it. you can call it a treasure hunt.
although what bothers me about this, is the fact that i am not so sure if this is a good puzzle with only one possible solution.
for example you can already see many people straggling about the answers like that plane picture many say "jet" others say "F16" "mig" or it can simply be "Plane" "Airplane" or "Fighter-plane-thingy"
I am certain that the plane image can only be 3 letters.
Pretty much allot of work even for 0.5 BTC, just the last page is filled with clues, Good luck to those trying to decipher this thing.
it is not just about the prize you get, although i say $290 is a pretty good prize. but it is mostly about the game and solving it. you can call it a treasure hunt.
although what bothers me about this, is the fact that i am not so sure if this is a good puzzle with only one possible solution.
for example you can already see many people straggling about the answers like that plane picture many say "jet" others say "F16" "mig"
Pretty much allot of work even for 0.5 BTC, just the last page is filled with clues, Good luck to those trying to decipher this thing.
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