Quote from: hodld0r on January 18, 2018, 09:42:38 AM

sure, i was thinking back to previous posts which contemplated all the various possibilities, such as an even shorter word or other fragment being hashed a bazillion times to create the key, which would require conveying the word, how many times to hash it, etc. even in the case of a standard minikey, you still kind of have to figure out you are dealing with a minikey, which then needs to be hashed to get the actual key. all of this is kind of moot anyway until you actually figure out some next steps and make some progress on the painting, as it also seems unlikely that the only part of the painting containing relevant information is the ribbons on the key and the flames. in other words there is still probably plenty to figure out before you need to worry about actually finding the key Embarrassed

i agree with mostly all you are saying and definitely with the part that a lot of work needs to be done yet. My point was only that if you read a key in any of those formats having 32, 37, 38 bytes or a minikey too, especially the ones with built in sanity control (37, 38 byte, minikey), they are all universally recognized and ready AS IS to sweep the FLAMEN bitcoins. No NEXT steps are needed here.