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Do we have any further proof of the authenticity of the puzzle, other than the image being designed elaborately and the outputs still being unspent after years? For we know:
Transaction was made on May 2020.
First appearance of the image is on Reddit by /u/stsh_n on October 2020.
The transaction also had another output of 0.05 BTC, which is still unspent today, but not mentioned as part of the puzzle in the Reddit post.
Regarding trying the combinations, it's pretty much infeasible. If the puzzle is authentic, there has to be an absolute pattern in which you can gather the words and their order. You can come up with so many different words even if you look at clues appearing in the image. I believe the first reasonable step would be to come up with where words come from or how to get them, and then their order, and evidence of the system working.
It's been way too long since the puzzle was shared. The puzzle creator should sign a message and verify the address is in their control. There's all sorts of symbolism and hints and clues pointing to decentralization, injustice, modern world problems, but the lack of a signed message proving the ownership of the given address makes it less believable.
Transaction was made on May 2020.
First appearance of the image is on Reddit by /u/stsh_n on October 2020.
The transaction also had another output of 0.05 BTC, which is still unspent today, but not mentioned as part of the puzzle in the Reddit post.
Regarding trying the combinations, it's pretty much infeasible. If the puzzle is authentic, there has to be an absolute pattern in which you can gather the words and their order. You can come up with so many different words even if you look at clues appearing in the image. I believe the first reasonable step would be to come up with where words come from or how to get them, and then their order, and evidence of the system working.
It's been way too long since the puzzle was shared. The puzzle creator should sign a message and verify the address is in their control. There's all sorts of symbolism and hints and clues pointing to decentralization, injustice, modern world problems, but the lack of a signed message proving the ownership of the given address makes it less believable.
I was thinking the clock hands could be a hint to the order, 1 pointing to some word, 2 pointing to another word, etc. making 12 words, but that doesn't seem to be the case.
Maybe the chronological order of the events in the puzzle could be a hint. Covid 19, US Election, BLM, even the transaction dates.
As for signing a message to verify the authenticity, oh well. 🤷♀️
Anyone still working on this? Willing to exchange info privately.
I am still working on it.
And by that I mean still trying to brute force the words I posted above, ofc.
But yes, would be glad to have some more info on this.
Do you have any hope of cracking it?I think you do as since you are still working on this thread which is an old one yet let me ask you a question,why do you think you can brute force this,the probability to crack it as said here is near 0% unless you have a huge amount of hash ready to use it for cracking and even so I doubt you can have any success.
I once told the Dave guy from the wallet recovery services just 5-6 characters from a lost wallet of a friend of mine where he thought he had like 0.20 Bitcoin and he Dave really cracked a 36 password characters code but it was a different thing. If you don't have that high amount of hash why do you even bother?
Both money and a hope for a better future can make people do stuff they otherwise wouldn't even if the chance to succeed in it is ~0%.
And we are talking about 13k USD. For someone as broke as me, that is a goldmine.
If you are still not convinced as to why I would continue to try and solve this puzzle, convert it to INR (my country's currency) and see for yourself.
Besides, this is also the first time I am actively trying to contribute to an online forum.
So, if there's a better to go about it, I am all ears to learn that.
Anyone still working on this? Willing to exchange info privately.
I am still working on it.
And by that I mean still trying to brute force the words I posted above, ofc.
all the clues together create quite a lot of confusion.
Besides, it is probably unsolvable. There are already many unsolvable puzzles. Even if they are solvable, who would bother brute-forcing all possible passwords for 0.01 BTC, like in the case of the Corey Phillips puzzle?
I also want to try this but I really wish someone could create a list of all the hint words that we have till now and if the mnemonic should be a 12 word or 24 word phrase. 😀😪🙃
all the clues together create quite a lot of confusion.
Besides, it is probably unsolvable. There are already many unsolvable puzzles. Even if they are solvable, who would bother brute-forcing all possible passwords for 0.01 BTC, like in the case of the Corey Phillips puzzle?
For Corey's puzzle, I tried multiple non-common passwords or keywords from the puzzle in both Ian Coleman's BIP39 tool and his BitImage tool. I even hashed them with sha256, double hashed, RIPEMD hashed them, created new BTC addresses from the hashes, tried usual password combinations like (lowercase, uppercase, number and special characters) but still couldn't find it.
He literally made it a password guessing game. Now, this in itself is a great demonstration of much security an additional passphrase can add to the wallet, but if he wants us to crack it as a challenge, I believe there should at least be some hints.
Some people have even created issues in his Github repo (https://github.com/coreyphillips/bitimage/issues) asking for hints, but obviously received no response.
I personally reached out to him on X as well, which I have never done to anyone, asking for a hint but received no reply there either.
Do we have any clue on the sequence of the words in the seed phase?
Even with a finite list of 12 words, given the computational limits and the astronomical number of permutations, shuffling and processing all combinations of 12 words from a BIP-39 word list is infeasible.
Even with extremely fast processing, the time required is on the order of 10^33 years, which is far beyond any practical time frame.
Consider a mnemonic phrase like this one from the picture:
"subject camera tower mask police liberty eye black pyramid vote moon rifle"
But what is the password?
Or what is the BTC address index from m/44'/0'/0'/0/0 to m/44'/0'/0'/0/100 ?
This can be easily checked from https://iancoleman.io/bip39/ or even with coding.
The problem is indeed here:
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Even with a finite list of 12 words, given the computational limits and the astronomical number of permutations, shuffling and processing all combinations of 12 words from a BIP-39 word list is infeasible.
which is 8,916,100,448,256 combinations just for 12 word combination of phrases. Even then, it is not yet clear if the phrase is actually only 12 words or more and if it has any Bip39 optional passphrase.
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Or what is the BTC address index from m/44'/0'/0'/0/0 to m/44'/0'/0'/0/100
From what I have noticed in all my time generating millions (and possibly even billions because I wasn't really counting every time) of mnemonic phrases in Python and Java, usually the legacy (compressed) address in question is the first one, no matter if it is BIP44 (Blockchain.com) or BIP84 (TrustWallet). (I confirm it using https://iancoleman.io/bip39/)
Though even if we have so many clues here and a literal Github repo () just for this puzzle, all the clues together create quite a lot of confusion.
I think the clock is showing the directions for the positions or locations of each mnemonic words as described beneath the clock, also take note of the NUMBER 12 of the clock, where the 12 is directly pointing at is where there is a STOP SIGN which the Letter O is circling the hand of the statue of liberty so we definitely have proof that this is a 12 seed phrase mnemonic but what we don't know is if it's an electrum wallet or a bip39 wallet because some words appearing in this picture is complying with the electrum seed phrases for example we have the "BREATHE" which is only an electrum wallet seed phrase and also we have the STOP which is an electrum wallet seed phrase. the only possibility is to find and see if the STOP sign is nothing but a caution and we can treat the "BREATHE" as an entropy. more clues are welcome though this is just an assumption based on my findings
All about the clock
“rerum cognoscere causas” a quote from Virgil, which means, “to learn the meaning of reality.” "Knowing the causes of things"
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus is a Latin phrase, meaning "Let justice be done, though the world perish".
Ubi bene ibi patria ("Homeland is where it (life) is good"; lit. where good, there fatherland).
"Cyммa двyx чиceл" and translates to "Sum of two numbers"
the cipher in the middle of 10 and 11 where the hour needle points to "is in Russian: "Cyммa двyx чиceл" and translates to "Sum of two numbers""
in the middle of 12 and 1 on the seconds needle is written "moon"
in the middle of 1 and 2 on the minute needle is written "tower"
Number 1 is pointing towards the "Covid 19 is a hoax 5G is the killer" direction
Number 2 is pointing towards the "masked 4 images and also where "Rune 1 (Top Left) is in Russian: "Я нaдeюcь чтo cюдa бyдyт пpиcылaть мнoгo биткoинoв" and translates to "I hope that many bitcoins will be sent here"" direction
Number 3 is pointing towards the "order and stability " Find The Seed Phrase in the this picture "welcome to the brave new world""" direction
Number 4 is pointing towards the "I can't breathe "black lives matter no justice no peace end police brutality stop killing us not one more "2 Cameras " the link between those cameras have the same eye sign on the clock close to the number 4 written on the clock""" direction
Number 5 is pointing towards the "Seattle space needle direction, "notice the pyramid covering the number 5 also notice the word "food" hidden in the region where there used to be a food court in the space needle""" direction
Number 6 is pointing towards the " small statue where there is Breathe on the neck " beneath the same statue is section 1 with 1 underlined and if you read further you would find that the word "subject" was underlined too "if you look close you would notice that the number 6 on the clock is also hidden behind the pyramid but close to the base of the pyramid and the word "subject is also hidden close to the base of the statue""" direction
Number 7 is pointing towards the "pictures of Trump and Joe where we also have a question mark written in the form of 7 above their heads, if you also add the numbers on the date 1+1+0+3+2+0=7 "The Latin to the bottom right "esse quam niger es sie dixit caccabus allae" refers to "The Pot Calling The Kettle Black" or "How black are you?" "11.03.20 was the election day for both candidates and they needed your votes "russian flag on trumps chest and switch on the colors of ties for each candidate's party's flag color " (Above Trump) is in Bill's Cipher "char(84)char(85)char(69)char(83)char(68)char(65)char(89)" and it translates to TUESDAY which was the exact day corresponding to "11.03.20"""" direction
Number 8 is pointing towards the "clock itself and also we have the "above stated facts written on the clock above"" direction
Number 9 is pointing towards the "in wich they were received the payee needs proof that at the time of each transaction majority of the nodes agree it was the first received" direction
Number 10 is pointing towards the base of the statue of liberty where we have ""ONLY REAL BITCOIN" also using steganography for the base of the statue you will detect "ONLY BITCOIN" hidden with steganography" direction
Number 11 is pointing towards the "PAY FOR THE FUTURE THIS IS THE FIRST PREDICTION" direction
Number 12 is pointing towards the "STOP" and the flags has suggested earlier by Minase quoting "I think the mnemonic count is 13 (12 words + passphrase)
I came to this conclusion because the flag has 13 stripes and also 44 stars (BIP 44)." suggests that we have a pattern to follow and a passphrase for successful decryption as stated in the picture
"(The Long Rune on the Right) is in Russian: "Здecь зaшифpoвaны биткoины нa чёpный дeнь нoмep X" and translates to "Here are encrypted bitcoins for a rainy day number."
Without further anticipation to cause any confusion, i would quote " THIS IS JUST BASED ON SUGGESTIONS AS THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO BACK THE CLAIMS UP WHATSOEVER"
And if there is any additions or further suggestions, feel free to add or remove.
I also saw no one talking about the number near the statue (1865-202...?)
This could also be a hint but I have no idea what to link it with
here are the runes translated (source reddit):
- 'Moon' and 'Tower' can be found on the clock's hands
- 'Food' can be found on the Seattle Space Needle
- 'Breathe' can be found on George Floyd's chest as well as the Statue's Neck
- Rune 1 (Top Left) is in Russian: "Я нaдeюcь чтo cюдa бyдyт пpиcылaть мнoгo биткoинoв" and translates to "I hope that many bitcoins will be sent here"
- Rune 2 (Bottom Left) is in Russian: "Cyммa двyx чиceл" and translates to "Sum of two numbers"
- Rune 3 (Above Trump) is in Bill's Cipher and translates to "Tuesday"
- Rune 4 (Long on Right) is in Russian: "Здecь зaшифpoвaны биткoины нa чёpный дeнь нoмep X" and translates to "Here are encrypted bitcoins for a rainy day number X."
- 'This' is likely a seed word, as it's repeated in "This is the first prediction," "Fuck this shit," and "Find the seed phrase in the this picture"
- 'Subject' is underline on the statue to the right
- Using Forensically, or Photoshop, the base of the Statue of Liberty reveals "Only Bitcoin" under "Only real Bitcoin" which likely means 'Real' is a seed word
- The Latin to the bottom left refers to "The Pot Calling The Kettle Black" with 'Black' also being repeated in references to the Black Lives Matter movement, so it's likely another word
the one that says only bitcoin i couldn't find, no matter what adjustment i did to image
- 'Moon' and 'Tower' can be found on the clock's hands
- 'Food' can be found on the Seattle Space Needle
- 'Breathe' can be found on George Floyd's chest as well as the Statue's Neck
- Rune 1 (Top Left) is in Russian: "Я нaдeюcь чтo cюдa бyдyт пpиcылaть мнoгo биткoинoв" and translates to "I hope that many bitcoins will be sent here"
- Rune 2 (Bottom Left) is in Russian: "Cyммa двyx чиceл" and translates to "Sum of two numbers"
- Rune 3 (Above Trump) is in Bill's Cipher and translates to "Tuesday"
- Rune 4 (Long on Right) is in Russian: "Здecь зaшифpoвaны биткoины нa чёpный дeнь нoмep X" and translates to "Here are encrypted bitcoins for a rainy day number X."
- 'This' is likely a seed word, as it's repeated in "This is the first prediction," "Fuck this shit," and "Find the seed phrase in the this picture"
- 'Subject' is underline on the statue to the right
- Using Forensically, or Photoshop, the base of the Statue of Liberty reveals "Only Bitcoin" under "Only real Bitcoin" which likely means 'Real' is a seed word
- The Latin to the bottom left refers to "The Pot Calling The Kettle Black" with 'Black' also being repeated in references to the Black Lives Matter movement, so it's likely another word
the one that says only bitcoin i couldn't find, no matter what adjustment i did to image
Here's what I could find from all the 2048 bip39 words for the runes:
Rune 1: address (I don't think 'vault' would be the correct word in this context, but I couldn't find any other word anyways)
Rune 2: add/math/total (pretty sure of the first based on the rune translation)
Rune 3: second/day/february/holiday/march/month/october/today (probably the first one as per the order of days in a week but there were some other hints related to dates in this discussion that I forgot)
Rune 4: eight/one/seven/six/ten/three/twelve/twenty/two/zero (who knows, maybe some other hint will help here)
If anyone else has more concrete answers to these runes or if I missed any hint word, you are welcome to add them