Hi everyone, nice to meet you.

I'm working on this puzzle, obviously I'm far away from the solution. I read a lot about this art piece in this discussion and I like some of your ideas. I have so many questions now, I would like to know more.

What are we searching for?
I have read many times that 1FLAMEN6 is a "vanity" address, so the flames "couldn't" be the private key because when they were drawn (more than 2 years ago) the bitcoin address with the prize was different. Is it right? So, what do we expect to find?

Now, let's pretend we are able to find a pattern, knowing how the heights and colors work together, the same for inner and outer flames meaning, the path to follow reading data (where to start, CW o CCW, ecc) and so on... we would probably have a bunch of zeros and ones. What to do with them?

How we could translate binary data in something useful? It depends on how many bits?
Is possibile to make a WIF or Base58 with it in some way? An HEX key or raw private key maybe? A readable text?

Please, explain to me.

I would really like to know more, because if I can't solve this puzzle, at least I would like to deepen my knowledge.

Thanks to everyone!