It's been solved! https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/umlve1/oc_retrendo_bitcointainment_system_a_%C6%B6ed%C6%B6eroth/

Thanks, I did edit my post to include an explanation a few minutes after posting the image but perhaps it had already been removed at that point. They've reinstated it now though so all good. Just to note, I've received messages that it's now been reinstated but I never received a message about the original removal. Thanks

Yesterday I posted a sequel to my 2017 bitcoin privkey puzzle ( https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2145129 ) but the new one ( https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5398051 ) seems to have been removed. I haven't been messaged about the removal though. What are my next steps to get it back up? I spent a good while making it and a number of users enjoyed my old one. Thanks

It's been solved! https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/92x333/solve_this_puzzle_for_1_mbtc_and_more_importantly/?st=jk84l0cl&sh=8f638c70

Please donate to the next puzzle if you'd like more of these

Anyone working on this yet?

https://image.ibb.co/mwPBB8/Puzzle_2_Zed_Zeroth_s_Crypto_Puzzles.png

This is the sequel to: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2145129.msg21459102

Just saw your new paper, looks very interesting

Hi BitMaxz, thanks for your reply. I sorted it out in the end, I think there was an option regarding spending unconfirmed BTC which solved it

Let's say I have a stuck low-fee TX. If the receiver signs a high-fee TX sending the as yet unconfirmed incoming BTC, would this make the initial low-fee TX more likely to be confirmed by miners because they have to confirm the first TX in order to get the high fee from the second TX?

Hi,

I have some BTC in my Electrum wallet. All incoming TX have confirmed. I've sent one outgoing TX which is stuck due to a low (700+ sat/B) fee. I still have plenty of BTC left even once you subtract this outgoing TX. So why won't Electrum let me send any more BTC? It keeps saying "Not enough funds" or "Insufficient funds" even though I'm trying to send much less than is left in the wallet. I'm sure before I could send multiple TX at once, but it's almost as if I have to wait for the current outgoing one to confirm before I send more...?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Hi,

I have some BTC in my Electrum wallet. All incoming TX have confirmed. I've sent one outgoing TX which is stuck due to a low (700+ sat/B) fee. I still have plenty of BTC left even once you subtract this outgoing TX. So why won't Electrum let me send any more BTC? It keeps saying "Not enough funds" or "Insufficient funds" even though I'm trying to send much less than is left in the wallet. I'm sure before I could send multiple TX at once, but it's almost as if I have to wait for the current outgoing one to confirm before I send more...?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

I'm still hoping that someone's going to make a donation so that I can make another puzzle... 

Google "200 10281" then investigate more closely on Google Maps Satellite version is clearer.

Here's the solution: 5JVAAm4A1rxDB5boKURLyfbVxNj9cVZSGdYx6AEg1VB7aP9ALSX
I can explain any specific clues/characters if you like.


Hmmm... This is what I was hoping wouldn't happen. Whoever solved it needs to comment here so that everyone else can trust that I didn't take the money for myself. Without this trust nobody will donate to the next puzzle and the winner won't have a chance to win any more BTC... So it makes sense for the winner to announce it!

PS When I get back from work I think I'll release the solution so that everyone else can figure out where they were going wrong.

Hi everyone,

The puzzle has been solved and the funds withdrawn!

I assume it was solved by aleksej996 but whoever it was could they let everyone know here and possibly make a contribution to the next puzzle's address to get the ball rolling.

For everyone else, once the winner has been confirmed, could you please consider making a donation to the next puzzle so that we can continue with these? I'll try to make each puzzle fairly different from the previous one. I'll get started on it later today but won't release it until the address holds at least 0.005 BTC, preferably a little more.

Once again thanks to everyone who got involved ☺

Zeroth

I'll be gone for approximately 24 hours for sleep/work. If nobody's solved it by the time I'm back I may post some more hints based on any attempts or queries that people have posted.

Have fun puzzling 

Ah, I see what you mean. I guess that stops someone from quietly solving the puzzle and taking the funds while someone else claims to have been the winner on this forum? I had assumed they'd just sweep the address and then post the privkey on here but your way means that they don't have to give away the privkey straight away. I think it makes sense for the privkey to be available once the funds have been moved because otherwise the winner is at an advantage for the next puzzle by being the only person to know how every clue worked.

I certainly need the winner to state/prove they have won on here to convince people that I'm not the one taking the funds so that people will be more likely to donate to new puzzles. I assume it's in the winner's best interests as that way the puzzling can continue and they may well win again.

Okay, well I think for now I will not give any hints on specific characters, although I may amend anything I think is genuinely ambiguous. If people do post their attempts I may give general hints about something that is causing multiple problems.


What do you mean by this last sentence sorry?