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Ya, um... That 's what I was going to say 

Sadly I've been lurking on this thread for quite a while and I have to say I'm impressed with the answers you're all finding. This is WAY over my head haha so good luck!

 Okay 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!



 

and it would be nice to hear something about this. or at least where i can read up on the matter thx

there are to many different but kind of the same ones for my liking to deduct a rule. so i am kind of skeptical. also you could make a point of the color the pics and symbols are drawn with.

 Interesting idea.  I hadn't considered the colours to mean anything.

Sorry friends, I missed your posts on that part. Since I yesterday just read in part, there is someone who asks signed message from the address. More thank you for answering my questions. And still looking for ways to solve this puzzle. hehe

let me explain about the Upper/Lower cases of my choice.
i say these colors of each picture should mean something too, and they don't look random to me (otherwise what is the point of similar colors ). so this is my key:
i choose a color and find a box that i am sure about the upper/lower state so i say the rest should be the same too for example since the box #1 is J all the same color should be Upper too.

color index : U=Upper L=Lower : reason index
0 : L : every other color has some reason to be U so i go with L on this color.
1 : U : 1
2 : U : 34
5 : U : 29&41&44
8 : U : 31

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i think i will stick to this theory for now, but i may try your suggestions later too.
also the gist was updated. will run the code in the morning

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.

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.

what about the names? everybody seems to agree the it is the last name. why not the first letter of the first name?

thank you for the update.
and this proved my suspicious, i am sure this puzzle can have many other errors and not so good clues because we all have been stuck at so many things with so many possible clues.
i hope the creator gives more clues or it will take a year and this has not yet been solved.

Did you not even read my updated post??

I went to the trouble of getting wallet signed by Jan as was requested in this thread before:

^^^

"OK GUISE  Grin

Update from Jan.

Wallet message has been signed:

Bitcointalk

G3ZTaz0Vehwhur68icyeN34wpDfFKcqIucY4zrvG2/T7QJFsdD6IS4QQTCPoJnHZ0u/F9vZIr1E76bO37wgJVSI="

Here's a hint for you guys. I won't bother with this as I'm using an iPad and I'm lazy but...

MMIX (pronounced em-mix) is a 64-bit RISC architecture designed by ... set architecture. For the year, see 2009.
Bits‎: ‎64-bit‎
General purpose‎: ‎256‎
Endianness‎: ‎Big‎
Designer‎: ‎Donald Knuth‎

Yeah its very cool man, but as I know this puzzle is very difficult because there are pictures that have two meanings and the hardest thing is the use of capital letters. Moreover, we also do not know if this address is also owned by the owner of the puzzle or not, and it must be proven hehe. Thanks anyway

not a very 1337 haxxor then, are you? 
seriously, there's too many wankers posting drivel just to pimp their signature affiliate links.

uhmm, i have to say if its true, then getting 0.5 bitcoin from solving puzzle would be really cool.
Too bad im not a type of puzzle man

At least we now know that it's 100% Kevlar.


Are you serious? Why do you always post shit? The private key isn't 10 letters. Please, post somewhere else if you don't understand.

OK GUISE 

Update from Jan.

Wallet message has been signed:

Bitcointalk

G3ZTaz0Vehwhur68icyeN34wpDfFKcqIucY4zrvG2/T7QJFsdD6IS4QQTCPoJnHZ0u/F9vZIr1E76bO37wgJVSI=

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There is a little error in a formula as per https://twitter.com/automatonical/status/764657081676812288

"@guessmybitcoin the chemical formula clue is wrong if it's meant to represent Kevlar. It should be N-H, not N=H."

The tiles have been updated accordingly

It took me an hour by just starring at the images hahaha and the suggestion of our co-members here XD ill just stay tune and see if theres someone can solve this puzzle ! Goodluck everyon !

I can solve the problem of the video being too fast. This website has all of the images in the Youtube video in an ordered format. http://www.jangodfrey.com/illustration/guess-my-bitcoin/guess-my-bitcoin.php.

So far what I think the code is this: (Don't completely rely on me, I am not sure of it)

5JKP_PA____E____R___