Topic: The Legend of Satoshi Nakamato, FINAL STEP PUBLISHED.... 4.87 BTC GRAND PRIZE! - page 76. (Read 108519 times)

O hello again.


Puzzle or elaborate rickroll?

I googled "Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary wise, what is,", without the quotes, and got a couple of both:

"contrary wise, what is, it" example
"contrary-wise; what it is it" example

OP can be based on the "unofficial" version, being the difference:
"it would. Take a W@@@lk with me. "
" 1follow me"

If the ideia is to draw a blockchain:

GEN = Genesis Block
numbers = block height
MSG = message

-=[GEN]=-=[]=-=[]=-=[3]=-=[4]=-=[]=-=[]=-=[7]=-=[]=-=[9]=-=[]=-=[]=-=[12]=-=[]=-=[]=-=[]=-=[16]=-=[]=-=[]=-=[]=-=[]=-=[]=-=[]=-=[]=-=[]=-=[]=-=[]=-=[]=-=[]=-=[]=-=[30]=-=[]=-=[]=-=[]=-=[]=-=[]=-=[]=-=[37]=-=[]=-=[]=-=[]=-=[]=-=[]=-=[43]=-=[]=-=[]*
* chain seems broken right before the msg, so I "forked" and restarted count

-=[MSG]=-=[]=-=[2]=-=[]=-=[]=-=[5]=-=[]=-=[]=-=[]=-=[9]=-=[]=-=[]=-=[]=-=[13]=-=[]=-=[]=-=[]=-=[]=-=[]=-=[19]=-=[]=-=[-]=-=[3]=-=[4]=-=[7]=-=[


Also that strange block with "-" and the 347, can be a signature, or some kind of sequence of x's positions.
If so, you could even complete the blockchain, at least until you find the message, where the chain breaks, getting something like:

-=[MSG]=-=[]=-=[2]=-=[]=-=[]=-=[5]=-=[]=-=[]=-=[]=-=[9]=-=[]=-=[]=-=[]=-=[13]=-=[]=-=[]=-=[]=-=[]=-=[]=-=[19]=-=[]=-=[-]=-=[3]=-=[4]=-=[7]=-=[9]=-=[12]=-=[16]=-=[30]=-=[37]=-=[43]=- ...

Or not...

Our friend TR3N47Y--who we can assume is the MP of our puzzle since he was the one who invited us all down the rabbithole--has 3 friends on Twitter that I assume are his aliases or collaborators: @PO347, @N3v4Le7, and @Xavi3rM4x7. He sure does like the number sequence 3, 4, 7

In brackets at the end of the puzzle clue are, yes, 3, 4, 7.  The x's in the brackets (after the link to the genesis block) occur at 3, 4, 7, 9, 12, 16, 30, 37, 43, 48, 51, 55, 59, 65. 67 contains a dash. Then the "3", "4", "7". (not sure if i've numbered the brackets correctly because I don't know if the [altered] Lewis Carroll quote should be included in the count). And someone please doublecheck my counting of the brackets, please.

Are we looking for a bitcoin (or altcoin) address? The bounty? I like Shorena's idea that "1follow" may be a clue to an address. [And, Shorena, please don't bow out!!]

Could the extra characters in the Twitter aliase names lead to anything (subtracting the 347)? PO NvLe XavirMx (not necessarily in that order)

More on those Twitter aliases:  @PO347's earliest tweet was "Negative Ghost Rider the pattern is full... #347." Which was retweeted and favorited by @N3v4Le7 (whose Twitter name btw is n3v4 gon le7 u down--uh oh, is this just a rickroll?).

If this puzzle leads anywhere, here's more Twitter info FWIW:

Today, @TR3N47Y retweeted @PO347 "Away we soar, away we fly. Bringing freedom, before we die. #347"

@PO347 has this quote in his Twitter profile header: "in the silence of your bones and eyes forgotten magic sits and waits for fire" (from Robert Montgomery)

@Xavi3rM4x7 has in his Twitter description a quote from Percy Bysshe Shelley's "The Masque of Anarchy": "Rise like Lions after slumber In unvanquishable number - Shake your chains to earth like dew Which in sleep had fallen on you Ye are many - they are few."

Well, if that's all I do on this puzzle, at least I had the chance to revisit a great Shelley poem...

Yes I think its a reference to the blockchain. The X marks certain blocks, as well as the text and those "blocks" with numbers in them.

You think it's twitter? I was thinking the text was pointing at the blockchain. I mean it looks like a blockchain... o_O

Just a little bit of research:

The text (difference to quote below in bold)


is a quote from the alice in wonderland (1951) movie


source: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043274/quotes

Again after "isn't. And contrary" in code directly below eachother:


Apparently it goes under your skin (at least for some)



Take a W@@@lk with me and 1follow me stand out besides the differences in punctuation...

1follow me might hint towards a bitcoin address, searched it, ended up on twitter aaand Im out.

Apparently people post pictures of their penises on twitter... who knew.


Sorry, not this time. Enjoy the rabbit hole, dont get lost.

Well, the link to the genesis block is in the first set of parenthesis.  So I'm assuming placing "x" in a parenthesis is marking another block.

I received this tweet this morning - it appears to be related to this post. https://twitter.com/TR3N47Y/status/506830281064468481

Shorena, I wouldn't walk away so soon. I'm certainly intrigued. Seems I'm being called out. Game on.

Follow the link, its the genesis block. Do you really think this is Satoshi trying to give us a hint?

Anyway: http://letstalkbitcoin.com/forum/post/found-a-cryptic-message-on-a-bitcoin-magazine-article-what-do-you-think-it-means

I wont do this one.

Based on the alice in wonderland reference, i'm gonna guess WR is supposed to stand for White Rabbit... follow the white rabbit?

The comment on OP seems unrelated to Coin_Artist puzzle. Something entirely new. It looks like a new start point. 

Dont know, dont care, the link resolves to a raw block[1]. Looks like the genesis block [2]. Its probably just someone spam posting bs. The riddle was solved. I reference a thread by S4VV4S in the pdf under "...or is it?" IIRC, if you go there you will find a length discussion why the riddle is over and another solution makes no sense.

[1] http://blockexplorer.com/rawblock/000000000019d6689c085ae165831e934ff763ae46a2a6c172b3f1b60a8ce26f
[2] https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Genesis_block

[UPDATE 4/3/2015]

@Coin_artist has finally released the last part of the puzzle to the public via twitter.

https://twitter.com/coin_artist/status/583979278238359552

There is 4.87 BTC contained within the image shown below via private key.  Follow through this thread to help navigate yourself through the start to finish of this elaborate puzzle! There are a lot of cool crypto techniques used during this journey...





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I was just catching up on Coin_Artist's puzzle and came across a cryptic message with a link in the comments, the comment is 10 days old. Doesn't appear to be from Coin_Artist, the message is a bit puzzling.

http://bitcoinmagazine.com/14850/coin_artists-latest-dark-wallet-puzzle-32-page-solution/

Screenshot of the comment incase it gets deleted for some reason...



Who is WR?

EDIT:
It appears to be another Coin_Artist masterpiece...

https://twitter.com/bitcoinmom/status/507347521291579392

(Original) Wallet Bounty address! Currently at 4.33 BTC
https://blockchain.info/address/1TLSNYAx5P6Yjie3cF97fZh9U4B5UZ7PF

moved to ->
(New) Wallet Bounty address! Currently at 4.87 BTC
https://blockchain.info/address/1FLAMEN6rq2BqMnkUmsJBqCGWdwgVKcegd