how do we know that there even is a key in the picture ? (now i haven't looked more then 10 seconds at it) but a great marketing tactic ?
yeah sure there's a Adress with coins, maybe her/him will just claim it her/him(Self) ?
Topic: The Legend of Satoshi Nakamato, FINAL STEP PUBLISHED.... 4.87 BTC GRAND PRIZE! - page 57. (Read 108519 times)
April 17, 2015, 03:35:35 PM
April 17, 2015, 12:13:26 PM
I dont get it, someone won or time expired to solve?
Time cant be expired because the private key is hidden on the masterpiece, which will not disappear. I like the art! But I am not a detective though 
Good luck guys!
April 17, 2015, 11:10:32 AM
I think I have either gone down the wrong path, or the path drastically changes from here, and I'm not sure how to continue.
here is what I did with the flames:
http://riddlehelper.blogspot.fi/2011/04/baconian-cipher.html
second version, that uses a unique combination for each letter
here is what I did with the flames:
http://riddlehelper.blogspot.fi/2011/04/baconian-cipher.html
second version, that uses a unique combination for each letter
Code:
top top topbottom right right right left
yryyr rryrr ryyyr ryr|gg gbgbg bggbg bbgbb g|bggg bbgbg gxxbg bgbbb bgggg bbbgb b|yyyr yryry yxxry rryrr ryyry rryyy y|yrrr yryyy yrr|bg gbgbb bbbbg| gbbbb bgbbg gbggg gbgbb gbgg|y yyyry rrryrrryyyrrrryyyy
babba aabaa abbba aba|bb babab abbab aabaa b|abbb aabab baaab abaaa abbbb aaaba a|bbba babab baaab aabaa abbab aabbb b|baaa babbb baa|ab babaa aaaab| baaaa abaab babbb babaa babb
w e o l v n e | x f r i p c |o v r e n h | y x r| u b | q j x u
example: we love coinhub xfr very xpr
yryyr rryrr ryyyr ryr|gg gbgbg bggbg bbgbb g|bggg bbgbg gxxbg bgbbb bgggg bbbgb b|yyyr yryry yxxry rryrr ryyry rryyy y|yrrr yryyy yrr|bg gbgbb bbbbg| gbbbb bgbbg gbggg gbgbb gbgg|y yyyry rrryrrryyyrrrryyyy
babba aabaa abbba aba|bb babab abbab aabaa b|abbb aabab baaab abaaa abbbb aaaba a|bbba babab baaab aabaa abbab aabbb b|baaa babbb baa|ab babaa aaaab| baaaa abaab babbb babaa babb
w e o l v n e | x f r i p c |o v r e n h | y x r| u b | q j x u
example: we love coinhub xfr very xpr
April 17, 2015, 08:02:29 AM
damn i have been looking into that for a while now. all i can understand is 
i believe the word PUZZLE was not put for nothing.
i believe the word PUZZLE was not put for nothing.
same here.
well there are a couple of hints out. just have a look at the tweets to @coin_artist and her retweets. i have some ideas, but am still figuring out how to link all the infos i ve gained together. April 17, 2015, 05:05:25 AM
damn i have been looking into that for a while now. all i can understand is
i believe the word PUZZLE was not put for nothing.
i believe the word PUZZLE was not put for nothing.
April 17, 2015, 04:39:50 AM
That's what makes this much harder, we are not looking for a string, we are looking for a (random) number.
Given the length and complexity of the previous puzzle, do you think this one would be so simple?
You're probably not looking for a private key. You're probably looking for the IP of a minecraft server - or ANYTHING else...
I agree. i think this one is harder or at least as hard as the last puzzle. I am still trying to get the connections as i think all elements of the picture have their meaning and are parts of the final-solution. We 'll see how long it takes to get solved..
April 17, 2015, 03:40:08 AM
I didn't really have time to do much with this but from a quick count, there are 24 flames on each side, 2 layers each...that's 192
There are 9 rows of 7 squares inside. That's 63.
192+63 is 255 (256 bits in a private key).
The flames can easily be 1s and 0s based on height. Some are obscured so you will need to brute force those. The pattern of counting would start in the top right going counter clockwise according to the drawing in the corner. The inner square would start in the bottom right going clockwise according to the drawing in the top right corner.
Not sure of what the binary pattern for the checkerboard would be. Maybe they are 1 or 0 based on the colors unless the square contains a leaf.
There are 9 rows of 7 squares inside. That's 63.
192+63 is 255 (256 bits in a private key).
The flames can easily be 1s and 0s based on height. Some are obscured so you will need to brute force those. The pattern of counting would start in the top right going counter clockwise according to the drawing in the corner. The inner square would start in the bottom right going clockwise according to the drawing in the top right corner.
Not sure of what the binary pattern for the checkerboard would be. Maybe they are 1 or 0 based on the colors unless the square contains a leaf.
April 16, 2015, 07:17:53 PM
the more complex you think it is, the deeper you drown.
April 16, 2015, 06:51:58 PM
I think I have around half of the flames decoded now, at least its giving me a bitcoin related phrase.
If I am on the correct trail, it is using bacon encoding for the flames
ps, does anyone love coinhub?
If I am on the correct trail, it is using bacon encoding for the flames
ps, does anyone love coinhub?
April 16, 2015, 05:58:35 PM
That's what makes this much harder, we are not looking for a string, we are looking for a (random) number.
Given the length and complexity of the previous puzzle, do you think this one would be so simple?
You're probably not looking for a private key. You're probably looking for the IP of a minecraft server - or ANYTHING else...
April 16, 2015, 05:55:38 PM
So if a vanity address holds the prize, the private key could be full 64-bit hex, not a mini-key. However it could still have been imported into a wallet and then saved into WIF format. A string may not be a wallet passphrase because that would not generate a vanity address, however it could still be a steganographic key to an embedded message within the image, or just another clue such as an IP address or whatever. Thanks for helping clarify that!
April 16, 2015, 05:12:54 PM
That's what makes this much harder, we are not looking for a string, we are looking for a (random) number.
Given the length and complexity of the previous puzzle, do you think this one would be so simple?
You're probably not looking for a private key. You're probably looking for the IP of a minecraft server - or ANYTHING else...
April 16, 2015, 04:34:57 PM
I'm thinking the encoding scheme should maybe include big/small as the fifth bit in each flame, maybe inside/outside for the 6th bit. This would give you 2^6 or 64 possible bit-strings for each flame, usable as a base64 alphabet for a Bacon cypher. There needs to be a number of flames related to the number of chars in a private key format, or a decoded string that would represent a clue in readable text, and the latter may be very tough to detect with any sort of cracking algo.
Several people mentioned it, but it often gets forgotten here: The money is in the 1FLAMEN6rq2BqMnkUmsJBqCGWdwgVKcegd address. That "FLAME" at the beginning certainly is not random, which means that it is generated using some vanity address generator, which again means that the private key which corresponds to this address is totally random, completely uncontrollable by the creator of the puzzle. There's 0 chance some meaningfully, readable text or something like that is brainwallet which is needed to solve the puzzle, there is no brainwallet and the solution we are looking for is either:
- private key in WIF format, or some other encoding like QR code
- some specific number that obviously pops out and is used as secret exponent
That's what makes this much harder, we are not looking for a string, we are looking for a (random) number.
April 16, 2015, 03:38:35 PM
I'm thinking the encoding scheme should maybe include big/small as the fifth bit in each flame, maybe inside/outside for the 6th bit. This would give you 2^6 or 64 possible bit-strings for each flame, usable as a base64 alphabet for a Bacon cypher. There needs to be a number of flames related to the number of chars in a private key format, or a decoded string that would represent a clue in readable text, and the latter may be very tough to detect with any sort of cracking algo.
April 16, 2015, 04:03:21 AM
I dont get it, someone won or time expired to solve?
nup
https://blockchain.info/address/1FLAMEN6rq2BqMnkUmsJBqCGWdwgVKcegd
April 16, 2015, 03:51:49 AM
I dont get it, someone won or time expired to solve?
April 16, 2015, 03:22:23 AM
I might be grasping at straws here, but if i use RGBY as the bit encoding scheme on the outer flames, starting from top and going clock wize (ignoring flames that don't have blue or green inside them)
i get the following when converted from bin to hex:
this in ANSI coding is:
http://imgur.com/0Zl1Blv
And when your brain is looking for patterns at 3am you could convince yourself that it reads something along the lines of, "see its easy, use"
i get the following when converted from bin to hex:
Code:
5C 53 CA C3 CC A5 33 CA 3C 3C CA 5A 33 33 AC 55 5A AA 33 3A A3 3A C3 CC 53 C5 A0
this in ANSI coding is:
http://imgur.com/0Zl1Blv
And when your brain is looking for patterns at 3am you could convince yourself that it reads something along the lines of, "see its easy, use
April 16, 2015, 12:13:56 AM
Well that looks like it contains some patterns at least. I don't really understand your nomenclature scheme, though. What is the [v] or [v/u] thing? Also I was going to suggest trying a bacon cypher with either a base58, base64, or hexadecimal key alphabet. We are generally looking for strings of length 64 in hex or length 51 in base58 starting with 5, or a base58 string of at least length 30 that has an SHA256 hash starting with 00, for a private key format. It could just be a string of words though, I do still suspect there is a steganagraphic key to a message embedded into the image.
April 15, 2015, 05:17:06 AM
from -> Outer flame track with right side reversed: http://pastebin.com/E1Jx04XK
I replaced the optional v/u with v (may have not been a good idea???)
using http://www.xarg.org/tools/caesar-cipher/ with guess (it picks key 15)
added line breaks where I felt there was some sort of pattern.
drunk weekend
...
infused with alcohol
I replaced the optional v/u with v (may have not been a good idea???)
using http://www.xarg.org/tools/caesar-cipher/ with guess (it picks key 15)
added line breaks where I felt there was some sort of pattern.
Code:
vfnhwenckkdsnhdw
vwgdridlqunteslbdfnhwenkkdsnhdlw
vwgdrfdlqunkeslbdvnhwenckdsnhdl
vwgdrfidlqunkteslbdvfnhwenckdsnhdlw
wgdrfilqunkthwenckksnhdlw
vwgdrfidqunktslbdvfnwenckkdnhdlw
vgdrfidlqunkteslbdvfnhwenckkdsnhdlw
vwdrfidlunktelbdvfnhenckkdsnhdlw
vwgdrfidlqunkteslbdvfnhwhdlw
vwgrfidlqbdvfnhwnckkdsndlw
vwgdfidlqnktesldvfnhweckkdsnhlw
vwgdrfidlqukteslbfhoqsnkosrwhkcw
vusvdbgvdigoqcuhoqsnaosrwhkcm
vusvadbgvdilgoqcufhoqsnaksrwhkc
mwoqsnakorwhkc
mwusvabgvdilgoqcufhqsnakosrwhkc
mwvusvadoqcufhosnakoswhkc
mwvsvadgvdilgqcufhoqsnakosrwhkc
mwvusvadbvdilgocufhoqnakosrhkc
mwvusvadbgvdilgoqcufhoqsnakosrwkc
mwvuvadbgdilgoqufhoqsnakosrwhc
mwvusadbgvilgoqcakosrwhk
mwvusvadbgvdlgoqc
rlnfseufdkivhaiwtdrmunetabclholf
lnfseifdkivhtiwtdreunethbclholf
rnfseiudkivhtawtdremnethaclholf
rlfseiufkivhtaiwtdremuethablholf
rlnfseiufdivhtaitdremunethabc
fseiufdkivhtaiwholf
rlnseiufdkvhtaiwdremunthabclolf
rlnfeiufdkihtaiwtremunethabclhlf
rlnfseiufdkivhtaiwtdthabclhof
rlnfsiufdkivtaiwtdemunehabclhol
drunk weekend
...
infused with
alcohol 
April 14, 2015, 03:00:45 PM
Sorry for being Stupid. but do we only got the picture as a key ? just found this thread.
Yes, there are no other hints. From what I read, if you follow the thread from the start there are clues along the way. They lead to a different AFAIK board and I did not follow this ARG closely so I dont have any details.
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