Bitcoin Alpha Challenge 815.85631744 BTC

[Bitcoin Alpha]

The real death is that no one in the world remembers you.
Have fun, guys.
Goodbye World.

https://mega.nz/file/Y09DGSLD#MLq8zWWOnL6t4FCYdMkULOhp0ijpnVUiFZS2Q23-JWk

[1714913430]

1714913430

[1714913430]

1714913430

[seoincorporation]

The real death is that no one in the world remembers you.
Have fun, guys.
Goodbye World.

https://mega.nz/file/Y09DGSLD#MLq8zWWOnL6t4FCYdMkULOhp0ijpnVUiFZS2Q23-JWk

Challenge Accepted...

Let me upload the image here:



Source:https://imgur.com/a/uXB2Xbd

Now, that looks like a private key in hexadecimal with 30 unknown chars, and I don't think that's possible to brute force because if we calculate all the possible combinations we get:

16^30 = 1329227995784915872903807060280344576

To solve this puzzle we will have to focus on the hints.

I just take a look at the address, it gets the coins in 2011 which makes me doubt how legit is this challenge.

UPDATE

This is a SCAM, don't waste your time

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

To solve this puzzle we will have to focus on the hints.

I just take a look at the address, it gets the coins in 2011 which makes me doubt how legit is this challenge.

I would be interested to see if OP is the owner of the address. A signed message with latest date using the address would be a nice progress from OP if anyone is expecting any hint.

[dkbit98]

Before starting to work on this puzzle OP would need to confirm that someone is actually holding private key for this address (signed message would be great).
I did reverse image search and I didn't find any positive finding, so it appears to be first posted in bitcointalk forum.

I just take a look at the address, it gets the coins in 2011 which makes me doubt how legit is this challenge.

Address had 22 transactions and last one was made in 2021, that makes it still active and receiving coins.
Oh and check out all those weird vanity addresses receiving coins from same source address as 1PAC.

[seoincorporation]

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Address had 22 transactions and last one was made in 2021, that makes it still active and receiving coins.
Oh and check out all those weird vanity addresses receiving coins from same source address as 1PAC.

From the 22 transactions, it has all of them are inputs. which means this address has never been used. Any address can receive BTC, but if the address has never spent those coins then the address isn't active at all.

I don't think OP can sign a transaction with that address, and if he can't then it's game over and this will be considered a troll giveaway.

[Annabelle B]

The green content is 97-3-5? Is it that simple?
http://www.hsanh.org/vewebsite/exhibit1/e10176a.htm

[pooya87]

I don't think OP can sign a transaction with that address, and if he can't then it's game over and this will be considered a troll giveaway.

Possibly not trolling, but an advertisement for a shitty exchange service with the same name as OP's username. Considering that it is a weak service with a lot of complaints against them, I consider it a shady service too which people should stay away from. Specially with this "scam" topic here.

[Dylan41]

Everyone,  The op is my uncle. He suffered from cancer and chose euthanasia after posting. I hope you don't treat him so harshly.
About the private key, I don't know either, I only help him with listings on opensea.
According to his will, I will do the following things next
1:Maintain the opensea project until someone cracks it
2:Half of opensea's income will be donated and the other half will be sent to the above address
3:There are 7 reminders left, one will be released every week

[Dylan41]

Tip 1: Albert Atwood Rotch's Birth Year.

[LoyceV]

The op is my uncle. He suffered from cancer and chose euthanasia after posting.

And all this happened within a day?

[Dylan41]

Tip 2: The first "?" = NO.50 = 5AB7

[stanner.austin]

@Dylan41
Can you add some more info what about NO.1,NO.159 they will be public here even if any one buy or not buy on opensea ?

[seoincorporation]

Tip 2: The first "?" = NO.50 = 5AB7

Even with the current information still impossible for brute force. We will need to wait for new hints.

The original string is:

9F73E7XXXX10XXXXXXB6E10CFXXXXXXXXC2XXXX7XXX2B39B027XXXXB7XDF237A

And with the data we have the current string is:

9F73E7XXXX10XXXXXXB6E10CFXXXXXX97C25AB77XX32B39B027XXXXB75DF237A

If we could find the relation between NO.50 and 5AB7 then the other 6 chars should be easy to find.

[PrivatePerson]

Any ideas about VISION-313?

[Danydee]

Tip 2: The first "?" = NO.50 = 5AB7

Even with the current information still impossible for brute force. We will need to wait for new hints.

The original string is:

9F73E7XXXX10XXXXXXB6E10CFXXXXXXXXC2XXXX7XXX2B39B027XXXB7XDF237A

And with the data we have the current string is:

9F73E7XXXX10XXXXXXB6E10CFXXXXXX97C25AB77XX32B39B027XXXB75DF237A

If we could find the relation between NO.50 and 5AB7 then the other 6 chars should be easy to find.

 Can I ask? I am just curious to know what did you rely on, on what have you based your thoughts to place the ( "5AB7" ) on the string ?  Why this position not another? And what make you think that is for substituting of the (XXX..) characters, not something else ?!

[seoincorporation]

I am just curious to know what did you rely on, on what have you based your thoughts to place the ( "5AB7" ) on the string ?

the second hint was: The first "?" = NO.50 = 5AB7
If you take a look to the image there are 4 variables on the blue line, and two '?', if the first one is NO.50 = 5AB7 and the chars we are looking for are 4, then 5AB7 should be the chars and they match because we are looking for Hex chars.

Why this position not another?

Because the first '?' is the 3rd position in the blue line.

And what make you think that is for substituting of the (XXX..) characters, not something else ?!

I'm just following the colors pattern from the Image.

A good question is:
What's the relation of NO.50 with 5AB7. If someone can answer that then the key could be find with brute force.

[PrivatePerson]

If someone can answer that then the key could be find with brute force.

Too many symbols for brute force.
I tried text to hex, but didn't find any connection.

[OgNasty]

Everyone,  The op is my uncle. He suffered from cancer and chose euthanasia after posting. I hope you don't treat him so harshly.
About the private key, I don't know either, I only help him with listings on opensea.
According to his will, I will do the following things next
1:Maintain the opensea project until someone cracks it
2:Half of opensea's income will be donated and the other half will be sent to the above address
3:There are 7 reminders left, one will be released every week

I’m not getting the connection to opensea here. Is this some attempt at promoting an NFT collection? I must admit, using some address holding list funds as a lure to get people to interact with an NFT project is a new idea for me, but I can see how someone could have concocted this scheme with that intent. It seems weird no signed message would be presented, as obviously people would want to know it is legit. That’s a lot of coins to just claim are up for grabs. I remain skeptical.

[bigvito19]

Tip 2: The first "?" = NO.50 = 5AB7

Even with the current information still impossible for brute force. We will need to wait for new hints.

The original string is:

9F73E7XXXX10XXXXXXB6E10CFXXXXXXXXC2XXXX7XXX2B39B027XXXB7XDF237A

And with the data we have the current string is:

9F73E7XXXX10XXXXXXB6E10CFXXXXXX97C25AB77XX32B39B027XXXB75DF237A

If we could find the relation between NO.50 and 5AB7 then the other 6 chars should be easy to find.

You have 63 characters in both strings

[Dylan41]

Tip 3: "V" = "verify" = 7