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Title: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 UPDATE: Cache found!!!!!! Post by: RodeoX on January 08, 2018, 04:41:56 PM GEOCACHEAFRICA Last year’s GEOCACHE ICELAND game was to draw attention to our beloved coin in a place shy about adoption. This year the contest continues in a new country on a new continent. I will update this post and this thread as events dictate. You have until the year 2019 to find this geocache and claim your prize of .1BTC . It’s just sitting there right now for anyone to pick up and in the coming days (weeks?) I will provide clues in this thread that will disclose the location of this paper wallet.There are no rules, nothing to join, it’s not some kind of scheme. I am GIVING this money away as a stunt to draw attention to bitcoin’s potential in Africa. Anyone can play, you can even just take it anonymously if you want. Although I do offer an additional .001BTC for a picture and a tale of your adventure finding it. So stay tuned! After trekking by 4-wheel drive for weeks, I’m a too strung out to post today and I still have to fund the wallet. But this week I will be posting more info and pictures. Cheers, RodeoX Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: RodeoX on January 11, 2018, 04:33:19 PM http://i68.tinypic.com/ixcw8y.jpg
I have sent .1 BTC to the paper-wallet pictured above. You can watch the address via this link : https://blockchain.info/address/1Q1fDcqMBFYFi6Qd6JDnRnNsRLwHBKtqwq This paper wallet will stay funded until 2019 or until redeemed. If it is discovered the discoverer has instructions on how to move the bitcoin to an address he/she/they control. And they can receive an additional reward for sending back a photo and brief story. I'll certainly post it if they do. I may also randomly be giving away more bitcoin or clues as part of the game. Not everyone who wants to participate can go to Africa, so I hope to make it interesting for a wider group. And don't forget to be creative. Jou eerste wenk oor die ligging van hierdie Geocache. Voor 1966 is hierdie nasie beheer deur sy buurman in die suide. Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: RodeoX on January 12, 2018, 06:33:22 PM First winner. $20USD worth of bitcoin
User "bitart" has correctly identified the country that the geocache is located in and receives two prizes. He has received some bitcoin and he has been told what region of the country the cache is in. You can ask him to give away that info or maybe he'll sell it to you, or he'll post it here? Nice job bitart! Second winner. $30USD worth of bitcoin User "codewench" has won the second challenge by correctly identifying the tracker in the picture. He is a member of the Ju'/Hoansi San. Their knowledge of the Kalahari is unmatched. As with the first winner codewench also has been given a clue about the location of the cache. Way to go codewench! Third winner. $25USD worth of bitcoin User "CerealKing" has correctly identified the Leopard as the second largest cat in Africa. He has been paid, and he has received some other information about the location of the cache. Maybe he'll share it, sell it, keep it a secret? Your the king CeralKing! Fourth winner. $25USD worth of bitcoin User slaman29 has won the prize! But, as posted later in this thread, user Franky1 was the first to find the location of the sign and the location of the cache at it's base. Give him a big hug because he decided to post a few more clues and let the next correct answer win. Wow, is that being an altruist or what. Nice work... uh team? Franky1 and slaman29! Fifth winner. $375USD worth of bitcoin Since the money has moved from the private key I left in Africa I assume it has been found! If you are the person who found it I will pay another 0.01BTC if you send me a picture and a brief story of how you did it. In any case congratulations are in order for someone. Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: bitart on January 14, 2018, 11:34:26 PM First winner. First, I'd like to thank you for the prizes! I'd like to share the second prize, the location information:User "bitart" has correctly identified the country that the geocache is located in and receives two prizes. He has received some bitcoin and he has been told what region of the country the cache is in. You can ask him to give away that info or maybe he'll sell it to you, or he'll post it here? Nice job bitart! According to the location of the cache, the information I've received is the following: "the cache is located in the Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia" I hope that someone will find the hidden treasure and share the story with us :) Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: RodeoX on January 22, 2018, 07:27:42 PM I was fortunate to have time to go hunting with the best trackers in the world. The picture below shows us stopping to look at some tracks. But who are these people? The first person to post the name of these people wins a prize. There are several names that will work.
Good luck! http://i64.tinypic.com/hrd4q1.jpg Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: codewench on January 23, 2018, 10:47:02 AM But who are these people? San or Khoisan people as seen in The Gods Must Be Crazy? Perhaps also called "Ju'/Hoansi bushmen", or maybe that's their language. From Wikipedia: "The San or Saan people are members of various Khoisan-speaking indigenous hunter-gatherer people representing the first nation of Southern Africa, whose territories span Botswana, Namibia, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho[1] and South Africa." Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: codewench on January 24, 2018, 11:50:13 AM Thank you for the prize!
The clue I received has two parts. I'll reveal one part - it may be useful in solving the next puzzle(s): The treasure is located far west and south of the current homeland of the Ju'/Hoansi San. I'll keep the other part secret for now. It may be useful once someone gets boots on the ground to find the cache. Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: RodeoX on February 05, 2018, 04:21:27 PM Next challenge. What is the second largest cat in Africa? First response in this thread gets a prize and a clue.
Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: CerealKing on February 05, 2018, 05:14:05 PM Next challenge. What is the second largest cat in Africa? First response in this thread gets a prize and a clue. Is it a Leopard? Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: CerealKing on February 05, 2018, 06:16:19 PM Thank you Rodeo! I appreciate it! Really great forum, good luck to everyone else! :)
Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: franky1 on February 14, 2018, 04:01:04 PM Rodeox
its been a while since i was involved with any african promoting. back then i was not aiming at altcoins. nor was i aiming at the rich guys. i was aiming at the unbanked/average population. the summary of my experience was that bitcoin was not for them. (fee's were 95% of the problem) where the majority were more interested in making their own crypto with low fee's and able to control volatility by having their own local swap shops(exchanges) i am just wondering what are your 2018 findings specifically regarding bitcoin desire/utility (i already know the altcoin community is busy) Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: RodeoX on February 14, 2018, 09:15:22 PM Rodeox its been a while since i was involved with any african promoting. back then i was not aiming at altcoins. nor was i aiming at the rich guys. i was aiming at the unbanked/average population. the summary of my experience was that bitcoin was not for them. (fee's were 95% of the problem) where the majority were more interested in making their own crypto with low fee's and able to control volatility by having their own local swap shops(exchanges) i am just wondering what are your 2018 findings specifically regarding bitcoin desire/utility (i already know the altcoin community is busy) I think your observations then are still largely true. But things are changing rapidly where I was. Most people I met outside of the wilderness areas owned a smartphone and service was cheap. Basic plans start at about $2 and my full data plan was like $8. They have the hardware but not an exchange to buy at. Most exchanges are not likely to allow an account from an unbanked African person. So people were interested, but had no coin. However, I still think the unbanked in the third world have a lot to gain from bitcoin. My hope is that it will spread by word of mouth or that stunts like I'm trying here will draw attention to this market. Perhaps it will be an African who finds this cache? We are winning the fight in the west, lets bring the rest of the world up with us. There is plenty of room on the moon. Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: franky1 on February 15, 2018, 01:53:50 AM Rodeox its been a while since i was involved with any african promoting. back then i was not aiming at altcoins. nor was i aiming at the rich guys. i was aiming at the unbanked/average population. the summary of my experience was that bitcoin was not for them. (fee's were 95% of the problem) where the majority were more interested in making their own crypto with low fee's and able to control volatility by having their own local swap shops(exchanges) i am just wondering what are your 2018 findings specifically regarding bitcoin desire/utility (i already know the altcoin community is busy) I think your observations then are still largely true. But things are changing rapidly where I was. Most people I met outside of the wilderness areas owned a smartphone and service was cheap. Basic plans start at about $2 and my full data plan was like $8. They have the hardware but not an exchange to buy at. Most exchanges are not likely to allow an account from an unbanked African person. So people were interested, but had no coin. However, I still think the unbanked in the third world have a lot to gain from bitcoin. My hope is that it will spread by word of mouth or that stunts like I'm trying here will draw attention to this market. Perhaps it will be an African who finds this cache? We are winning the fight in the west, lets bring the rest of the world up with us. There is plenty of room on the moon. i understand and accept everything you say. smart phones and 4G/5G signals have bypassed the arguments about PC's and landline issues.. that was the positives back in my promoting days. that getting on the internet was not the biggest concern or much of an issue.. they actually laughed at the idea of phone companies spending billions to install cable to every house, like it was some out dated concept that they were proud to have skipped. however the issue was about the transaction fee of just moving bitcoin. which is why there was alot of scepticism against bitcoin being useful.. but many then started talking about making their own local (alt)coins to compete against things like mpasa i more recently re contacted a few contacts from the region who also feel that LN is not suitable either. as again to just get into a LN channel costs a fee and also its not as unlimited as previously promoted. so they still feel if something is going to happen it would b via an altcoin or a confederation of altcoins(IMF type of thing) i seen you had pictures taken with "the natives" but have you done any investigation, promoting in the more modern-day villages/shanty town area's or even the cities have you spoke with any mpesa stall owners about doing crypto, as i found they would have been the pivitol point of entry into people getting crypto. especially when they said it cost them $350-$1k just to set up a mpesa system but found out they could start exchanging crypto without all the mpesa delays/red tape(before the discussions moved onto bitcoin tx fee's which then dampened their mood) as for the promo/stunts... back in my day i think i gave out about $1000 worth at that time ($400k at this weeks value), but left feeling that they just seen it as a one time handout eventhough i set a few of them up as if it could be a business. analogy: i taught them how to fish but they just seemed more interested in the fish id give them when teaching them, than actually wanting to fish for themselves tomorrow which is why im wondering if its worth me giving it another shot over there, or just slapping some bitcoin devs with rotton fish for disregarding the needs of the unbanked(low fee's onchain) that i feel is the root cause of not much african bitcoin adoption im just asking to see if things have moved on from a couple years ago, or if its still the same initial optimism about bitcoin as if they never heard of it before you enquired, but then reluctance when finally trying it. (like i experienced) Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: Walrus1 on February 15, 2018, 02:27:52 AM Nice you are doing this. Maybe you can do something to help raise awareness of the extinction of wild cats in Africa. Lions, tigers,leopards all of them are endangered. China plays a large part in this. I guess u are doing enough but it's a thought don't mean to put more on your plate
Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: RodeoX on February 15, 2018, 06:39:45 PM i understand and accept everything you say. smart phones and 4G/5G signals have bypassed the arguments about PC's and landline issues.. that was the positives back in my promoting days. that getting on the internet was not the biggest concern or much of an issue.. they actually laughed at the idea of phone companies spending billions to install cable to every house, like it was some out dated concept that they were proud to have skipped. however the issue was about the transaction fee of just moving bitcoin. which is why there was alot of scepticism against bitcoin being useful.. but many then started talking about making their own local (alt)coins to compete against things like mpasa i more recently re contacted a few contacts from the region who also feel that LN is not suitable either. as again to just get into a LN channel costs a fee and also its not as unlimited as previously promoted. so they still feel if something is going to happen it would b via an altcoin or a confederation of altcoins(IMF type of thing) i seen you had pictures taken with "the natives" but have you done any investigation, promoting in the more modern-day villages/shanty town area's or even the cities have you spoke with any mpesa stall owners about doing crypto, as i found they would have been the pivitol point of entry into people getting crypto. especially when they said it cost them $350-$1k just to set up a mpesa system but found out they could start exchanging crypto without all the mpesa delays/red tape(before the discussions moved onto bitcoin tx fee's which then dampened their mood) as for the promo/stunts... back in my day i think i gave out about $1000 worth at that time ($400k at this weeks value), but left feeling that they just seen it as a one time handout eventhough i set a few of them up as if it could be a business. analogy: i taught them how to fish but they just seemed more interested in the fish id give them when teaching them, than actually wanting to fish for themselves tomorrow which is why im wondering if its worth me giving it another shot over there, or just slapping some bitcoin devs with rotton fish for disregarding the needs of the unbanked(low fee's onchain) that i feel is the root cause of not much african bitcoin adoption im just asking to see if things have moved on from a couple years ago, or if its still the same initial optimism about bitcoin as if they never heard of it before you enquired, but then reluctance when finally trying it. (like i experienced) Nice you are doing this. Maybe you can do something to help raise awareness of the extinction of wild cats in Africa. Lions, tigers,leopards all of them are endangered. China plays a large part in this. I guess u are doing enough but it's a thought don't mean to put more on your plate I do have something like this in mind. It is really sad to see the last of the wildlife being exterminated in Africa. In Namibia they blame the Chinese mining executives who use their time in Africa to enrich themselves hiring criminal to shoot everything they can. And the San greatly despise the hunters who come to their land, shoot a giraffe, then cut the tail off for a souvenir. The rest is left to rot. Especially since they are forbidden from hunting them to just survive. Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: Walrus1 on February 16, 2018, 03:49:11 AM i understand and accept everything you say. smart phones and 4G/5G signals have bypassed the arguments about PC's and landline issues.. that was the positives back in my promoting days. that getting on the internet was not the biggest concern or much of an issue.. they actually laughed at the idea of phone companies spending billions to install cable to every house, like it was some out dated concept that they were proud to have skipped. however the issue was about the transaction fee of just moving bitcoin. which is why there was alot of scepticism against bitcoin being useful.. but many then started talking about making their own local (alt)coins to compete against things like mpasa i more recently re contacted a few contacts from the region who also feel that LN is not suitable either. as again to just get into a LN channel costs a fee and also its not as unlimited as previously promoted. so they still feel if something is going to happen it would b via an altcoin or a confederation of altcoins(IMF type of thing) i seen you had pictures taken with "the natives" but have you done any investigation, promoting in the more modern-day villages/shanty town area's or even the cities have you spoke with any mpesa stall owners about doing crypto, as i found they would have been the pivitol point of entry into people getting crypto. especially when they said it cost them $350-$1k just to set up a mpesa system but found out they could start exchanging crypto without all the mpesa delays/red tape(before the discussions moved onto bitcoin tx fee's which then dampened their mood) as for the promo/stunts... back in my day i think i gave out about $1000 worth at that time ($400k at this weeks value), but left feeling that they just seen it as a one time handout eventhough i set a few of them up as if it could be a business. analogy: i taught them how to fish but they just seemed more interested in the fish id give them when teaching them, than actually wanting to fish for themselves tomorrow which is why im wondering if its worth me giving it another shot over there, or just slapping some bitcoin devs with rotton fish for disregarding the needs of the unbanked(low fee's onchain) that i feel is the root cause of not much african bitcoin adoption im just asking to see if things have moved on from a couple years ago, or if its still the same initial optimism about bitcoin as if they never heard of it before you enquired, but then reluctance when finally trying it. (like i experienced) Nice you are doing this. Maybe you can do something to help raise awareness of the extinction of wild cats in Africa. Lions, tigers,leopards all of them are endangered. China plays a large part in this. I guess u are doing enough but it's a thought don't mean to put more on your plate I do have something like this in mind. It is really sad to see the last of the wildlife being exterminated in Africa. In Namibia they blame the Chinese mining executives who use their time in Africa to enrich themselves hiring criminal to shoot everything they can. And the San greatly despise the hunters who come to their land, shoot a giraffe, then cut the tail off for a souvenir. The rest is left to rot. Especially since they are forbidden from hunting them to just survive. Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: RodeoX on March 12, 2018, 07:29:59 PM For the next three days I will be posting pictures with huge clues. Here is the first. This is the cache just as I left it.
http://i66.tinypic.com/30t43k8.jpg Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: HashFace on March 12, 2018, 07:47:45 PM Really cool project. I did some Geocaching with my kids years ago. I look forward so seeing the upcoming clues and solution.
Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: digaran on March 12, 2018, 08:59:28 PM Nice try and a nice trick Rodeox, you are trying to get people killed either by cannibals or wild animals for 0.01 and not 0.1BTC. I wouldn't go out there to such a place, not even for 10 Bitcoins. because I couldn't have used any of it if I'm dead. even though I could right now buy a small apartment with 0.9-1.2BTC and practically live like a king for 3 years with 10BTC, because USD is scarce in my country and has 5 times more value than it had 5 years ago.
All because of sanctions. Snipped. Do you like wet trouts? it's a fish, you love fishes. one lol. I think it must have taught you a lesson by now that Bitcoin is not for the unbanked. if you are unbanked, that means that you don't need a bank. you should think about a banked nation but sanctioned from using the banks. not because they are terrorists killing people, because they wont submit to the wills of the west. they are the ones you should focus on helping. Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: RodeoX on March 13, 2018, 02:01:36 PM Nice try and a nice trick Rodeox, you are trying to get people killed either by cannibals or wild animals for 0.01 and not 0.1BTC. I wouldn't go out there to such a place, not even for 10 Bitcoins. because I couldn't have used any of it if I'm dead. even though I could right now buy a small apartment with 0.9-1.2BTC and practically live like a king for 3 years with 10BTC, because USD is scarce in my country and has 5 times more value than it had 5 years ago. I'm going to confidently guess that you have never been to Africa. Cannibals? LOL, come on man. You know what's hot in Namibia? Country music, Anime, keeping a tidy lawn. Africa has radically changed in the last 30 years but America's knowledge of the region has not. All because of sanctions. Snipped. Do you like wet trouts? it's a fish, you love fishes. one lol. I think it must have taught you a lesson by now that Bitcoin is not for the unbanked. if you are unbanked, that means that you don't need a bank. you should think about a banked nation but sanctioned from using the banks. not because they are terrorists killing people, because they wont submit to the wills of the west. they are the ones you should focus on helping. As far as the un-banked, they may well dominate bitcoin in coming years. Nobody has more to gain from the crypto revolution than the un-banked. North America has peaked, Africa is ascending. Here is another pic: http://i67.tinypic.com/i1w7xe.jpg Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: digaran on March 13, 2018, 02:35:23 PM I'm going to confidently guess that you have never been to Africa. Cannibals? LOL, come on man. You know what's hot in Namibia? Country music, Anime, keeping a tidy lawn. Africa has radically changed in the last 30 years but America's knowledge of the region has not. As far as the un-banked, they may well dominate bitcoin in coming years. Nobody has more to gain from the crypto revolution than the un-banked. North America has peaked, Africa is ascending. Here is another pic: http://i67.tinypic.com/i1w7xe.jpg There is a software capable of finding the exact location of a picture, but unbanked Africans don't have that kind of technology. you guessed right, I haven't been in Africa. are there any wild animals near the location of this hidden treasure? Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: RodeoX on March 13, 2018, 04:28:48 PM There is a software capable of finding the exact location of a picture, but unbanked Africans don't have that kind of technology. you guessed right, I haven't been in Africa. are there any wild animals near the location of this hidden treasure? There are lots of wild animals near this location, but it's not a real threat. I camped out most nights and the locals will tell you that only the elephants are a concern. You would think the lions are frightening, but they ran toward them to get a better look. When they saw elephants they (we) ran away. Not what I expected. In fact I thought Africa would be less developed and less safe than the USA. In the USA I carry a gun everywhere I go. In Namibia there is a lot less crime and a lot less people. I felt very safe unarmed camping in the bush. Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: HashFace on March 13, 2018, 06:52:52 PM I think the high fence is a clue. It looks like perhaps on the edge of wildlife preserve.
Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: RodeoX on March 14, 2018, 07:58:33 PM With the inclusion of this photo this thread should have all the clues needed to find the cache.
http://i64.tinypic.com/29fx9mw.jpg Get googling! UPDATE: It has been found. See page 1 of this thread for winners. Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: franky1 on March 20, 2018, 04:12:55 PM ok i found the last clue. but i dot need the prize. so the first person to reply with the answer. rodeo can declare them the winner..
so here is my hint: i was pondering where it could be and i was going to ask the community this, and the answer came to me through a google search "Ok so on the subject of clue finding, is anyone jammy enough to work it out because im about to give up because its not in my nature to reserve/watch a topic that i cant answer" first person to reply with the answer wins rodeo's prize Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: slaman29 on March 20, 2018, 04:16:56 PM Okonjima nature reserve should be the location!
Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: slaman29 on March 20, 2018, 04:25:17 PM Pretty cool competition to hold. I've read before about geocaching and some friends and I used to play something similar when we were young. Not using GPS coordinates just simple compass bearings though. I will confess I have no idea about Africa, I guess mostly stereotyped images. Namibia is a very old culture and I take it OP was visiting the nature reserve on a safari. I'm not sure anyone living outside there would venture in for the coins, but good luck to any Africans who live nearby. The signboard photo should be "easy" enough to spot.
Power to bitcoin on the continent! Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: franky1 on March 21, 2018, 02:10:31 AM i imagined a game that could work. instead of geocache... a game of TAG.. but more nerdy/techy much like a game of paintball/lasertag but using your phone instead as the weapon
imagine you wore a shirt with a QR code on it which was a private key to an address.. (the shirt is the target your enemy has to 'tag' with their phone to kill you out the game) the group funds their shirt with a small amount.. and then all go out from your houses and try to find each other.. around the streets of a city now they just have to run around find each other and shoot/tag(using their camera) to kill each other off just an idea i had a couple years back i got the idea when seeing people running around with water pistols or being asked to do pranks/challenges in the real world via messages handed to groups on social media then seeing tv shows like hunted (evade being spotted for 30 days to win a jackpot)(kinda like hunger games but the enemy is the ex-mi5/nsa watching /chasing you with their surveillance tech) and ofcourse the craze of pokemon go, where loads of new yorkers were running around central park trying to catch rare pokemon Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: Mpamaegbu on March 22, 2018, 04:05:46 AM I haven't been in Africa... You haven't? Yet you are feasting and belching on your ignorance? Come on dude. So, you stay in your livingroom or basement and pass judgment on a thing or place you don't even know? This is ludicrous, really. I don't mean to be rude but you now see that prejudice is a very wicked and misleading hyperbolic vice.Side note I am an African and Africa is far ahead of whatever description the Western world has of it like RodeoX rightly pointed out. Trust me, you won't find humans with tails in Africa. We walk on two legs like humans in the Western countries and have some of the Nobel Laurents coming from Africa. Our only problem is bad leadership which is corruption itself. Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: nc50lc on March 22, 2018, 09:36:08 AM ok i found the last clue. but i dot need the prize. so the first person to reply with the answer. rodeo can declare them the winner.. Your clue is way too obvious :)so here is my hint: i was pondering where it could be and i was going to ask the community this, and the answer came to me through a google search "Ok so on the subject of clue finding, is anyone jammy enough to work it out because im about to give up because its not in my nature to reserve/watch a topic that i cant answer" first person to reply with the answer wins rodeo's prize It just took 4 minutes for someone (must be the first person to see your post) to google search the clues. It could be more exciting. Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: RodeoX on March 22, 2018, 01:53:25 PM i imagined a game that could work. ... That's an awesome game. Perhaps if you are really brave you have to wear a private key QR. In fairness I should mention that I was somewhat ignorant about Africa in the past. It's just not in the news much, especially not the news about how much Africa has changed. So don't let the pictures of the San fool anyone. I had to 4wheel drive for days to find the last of the hunter gatherers. It much easier to find a coffee shop or a computer store. P.S. Most people can't go to Namibia to pick this up. But, hint hint, you could befriend a Namibian on social media and team up or something. There are no rules here. It's a race to physically go there at this point. Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: slaman29 on March 23, 2018, 07:24:58 AM Thanks to Rodeo for this game, big hug to Franky for sharing! I received the prize, thank you very much!
And no, I did not need to use Google, Franky was as obvious as you could get... although of course I Googled the location right after, out of curiosity. Mpamaegbu, don;t worry about digaran... he's just a full time professional troll. Scrape a little away and you find he's pretty much a Bitcoin nice guy, he just has a reputation to uphold. Which part of Africa are you in, are you close enough to Namibia to try and claim the prize? Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: RodeoX on April 09, 2018, 07:35:03 PM Hate to bump my own thread, but the money is still just sitting there.
Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: bitart on April 09, 2018, 08:07:04 PM Hate to bump my own thread, but the money is still just sitting there. You should advertise it in the local newspapers :)I would be happy to go to a trip to the location but to get there and to get home would cost much more than the value of the bitcoins in the wallet (maybe if the price of bitcoin will rise again around $20.000 there would be more interest finding that wallet...) Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: RodeoX on April 10, 2018, 02:18:40 PM Hate to bump my own thread, but the money is still just sitting there. You should advertise it in the local newspapers :)I would be happy to go to a trip to the location but to get there and to get home would cost much more than the value of the bitcoins in the wallet (maybe if the price of bitcoin will rise again around $20.000 there would be more interest finding that wallet...) However, I will not be moving this for a year. If the price goes to $40K the game is still on. It would be funny if the price did skyrocket and someone got a free vacation to Africa. But even if it goes to a million... So be it. Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: CerealKing on April 11, 2018, 07:54:28 AM Hate to bump my own thread, but the money is still just sitting there. You should advertise it in the local newspapers :)I would be happy to go to a trip to the location but to get there and to get home would cost much more than the value of the bitcoins in the wallet (maybe if the price of bitcoin will rise again around $20.000 there would be more interest finding that wallet...) However, I will not be moving this for a year. If the price goes to $40K the game is still on. It would be funny if the price did skyrocket and someone got a free vacation to Africa. But even if it goes to a million... So be it. Yeah, back when it was $11,xxx I was debating on traveling there, I looked at tickets and it was going to cost me around $1,500 and I was thinking if it remains in the 11k range I'd go because the flight would cost me $400 out of pocket after finding the btc, and I could enjoy an African vacation on the cheap and make awesome memories because I'd definitely do a lot of exploring around different countries, but since it's fallen to the $6,xxx levels I don't think it's as feasible right now but still loving this idea and I do hope someone finds it and has an awesome story to tell! Rodeo I do think it's people like you that are trying to keep the community active that will help bitcoin in the long run, I think what you're trying to do now is the equivalent of what Gavin did in the early days with the first faucet that gave out 5 btc for free, getting people into it and new interest :) Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: slaman29 on April 11, 2018, 08:59:11 AM Hate to bump my own thread, but the money is still just sitting there. You should advertise it in the local newspapers :)I would be happy to go to a trip to the location but to get there and to get home would cost much more than the value of the bitcoins in the wallet (maybe if the price of bitcoin will rise again around $20.000 there would be more interest finding that wallet...) However, I will not be moving this for a year. If the price goes to $40K the game is still on. It would be funny if the price did skyrocket and someone got a free vacation to Africa. But even if it goes to a million... So be it. Yeah, back when it was $11,xxx I was debating on traveling there, I looked at tickets and it was going to cost me around $1,500 and I was thinking if it remains in the 11k range I'd go because the flight would cost me $400 out of pocket after finding the btc, and I could enjoy an African vacation on the cheap and make awesome memories because I'd definitely do a lot of exploring around different countries, but since it's fallen to the $6,xxx levels I don't think it's as feasible right now but still loving this idea and I do hope someone finds it and has an awesome story to tell! Rodeo I do think it's people like you that are trying to keep the community active that will help bitcoin in the long run, I think what you're trying to do now is the equivalent of what Gavin did in the early days with the first faucet that gave out 5 btc for free, getting people into it and new interest :) I would love to go to Africa, or for a fact, I would love to travel anywhere. Even with cheap flights now though, vacationing with a family is too expensive. I could probably make it alone, but then someone has to take care of my family as they are old and need daily care. I think it's fine that it can and should sit there until someone is willing to make the trip. Perhaps as OP says, maybe it reaches a million and then I myself can even consider such a trip. Not so much about the prize money right now, but who knows, one day? Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: liamnorthcoins on April 11, 2018, 09:02:39 AM GEOCACHEAFRICA Last year’s GEOCACHE ICELAND game was to draw attention to our beloved coin in a place shy about adoption. This year the contest continues in a new country on a new continent. I will update this post and this thread as events dictate. You have until the year 2019 to find this geocache and claim your prize of .1BTC . It’s just sitting there right now for anyone to pick up and in the coming days (weeks?) I will provide clues in this thread that will disclose the location of this paper wallet.There are no rules, nothing to join, it’s not some kind of scheme. I am GIVING this money away as a stunt to draw attention to bitcoin’s potential in Africa. Anyone can play, you can even just take it anonymously if you want. Although I do offer an additional .001BTC for a picture and a tale of your adventure finding it. So stay tuned! After trekking by 4-wheel drive for weeks, I’m a too strung out to post today and I still have to fund the wallet. But this week I will be posting more info and pictures. Cheers, RodeoX Oh this is fun and exciting! This is open only for africans? I hope you could make something like this in the Philippines! Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: Fulmand on April 11, 2018, 09:22:20 AM GEOCACHEAFRICA Last year’s GEOCACHE ICELAND game was to draw attention to our beloved coin in a place shy about adoption. This year the contest continues in a new country on a new continent. I will update this post and this thread as events dictate. You have until the year 2019 to find this geocache and claim your prize of .1BTC . It’s just sitting there right now for anyone to pick up and in the coming days (weeks?) I will provide clues in this thread that will disclose the location of this paper wallet.There are no rules, nothing to join, it’s not some kind of scheme. I am GIVING this money away as a stunt to draw attention to bitcoin’s potential in Africa. Anyone can play, you can even just take it anonymously if you want. Although I do offer an additional .001BTC for a picture and a tale of your adventure finding it. So stay tuned! After trekking by 4-wheel drive for weeks, I’m a too strung out to post today and I still have to fund the wallet. But this week I will be posting more info and pictures. Cheers, RodeoX This is a good way to promote bitcoin. Also this is so fun and exciting! I hope to win too😊 Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: RodeoX on May 07, 2018, 01:53:02 PM UPDATE:
Thanks for all the kind comments! I'm just trying to pay forward some of the good that has come my way via bitcoin. The contest is open to any person who gets to the cache first, however you may want to get moving. I did receive a PM from a user interested in going to the cache. I will of course update this thread if there is any news. Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: HabBear on May 14, 2018, 07:10:46 PM There is a software capable of finding the exact location of a picture, but unbanked Africans don't have that kind of technology. you guessed right, I haven't been in Africa. are there any wild animals near the location of this hidden treasure? Well, if this was a real geocache game Rodeo would give us GPS coordinates...at least as clues. So, not a software but a widely available technology. Geocaching is a game by which one uses GPS to locate prizes or messages. UPDATE: It has been found. See page 1 of this thread for winners. Hate to bump my own thread, but the money is still just sitting there. So is this prize still waiting to be found or not? You should enlist members of this forum to help you stash these prizes around the world! I'd gladly stash one near my corner of the globe and provide pictures and clues. There was a guy in San Francisco that was doing the same thing for a while, he posted his clues on Twitter. It's a great idea! Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: LoyceV on May 17, 2018, 03:42:22 PM I have sent .01 BTC to the paper-wallet pictured above. This looks like a typo, and should be 0.1 BTC.However, I still think the unbanked in the third world have a lot to gain from bitcoin. My hope is that it will spread by word of mouth or that stunts like I'm trying here will draw attention to this market. Perhaps it will be an African who finds this cache? We are winning the fight in the west, lets bring the rest of the world up with us. There is plenty of room on the moon. How cool would it be for the unbanked to skip the phase with banks? They're a necessary evil in the "banked world", but in my opinion (after the last crisis) they're way too big, powerful and rich for what they do (basically just moving money around without producing anything).Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: PirateHunterr on May 24, 2018, 09:09:33 AM RodeoX
Is there any plans for doing the same in India? I will be more than happy to participate in the hunt. Some reasons for doing it:
Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: RodeoX on May 24, 2018, 05:27:03 PM ... Yep, as far as I know it's just sitting there. There are enough clues in this thread to locate it. So is this prize still waiting to be found or not? ... I have sent .01 BTC to the paper-wallet pictured above. This looks like a typo, and should be 0.1 BTC. ...RodeoX I might. India is on my list in the next few years. My sister-in-law married into an Indian family. So I now have relatives there. If I do go I'll keep your offer in mind. Is there any plans for doing the same in India? I will be more than happy to participate in the hunt. ... No rules here guys! Hook up with a partner in Africa if you want. Whoever gets there first has the private key. Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: mariodkt on May 30, 2018, 08:15:15 AM In fact it was confusing to most who had heard about it. I think a killer app is needed to make it simple and, as you mentioned, cheaper. Otherwise it only works well for larger purchases that the unbanked are less likely to make. I did not bother with explaining all this to the San bushmen. They are choosing to live a very simple life without electricity.
Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: Zuree on August 22, 2018, 04:19:57 PM For the next three days I will be posting pictures with huge clues. Here is the first. This is the cache just as I left it. http://i66.tinypic.com/30t43k8.jpg Come to Nigeria. We will be waiting for you Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: Bgbolahan on August 30, 2018, 08:23:57 PM Love to see this in Nigeria too
Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: RodeoX on September 13, 2018, 03:24:01 PM As far as I know this money is still just sitting there by the road. Anyone is welcome to take it and claim the prize. But remember, when the new year starts the prize will move again to another place on the Earth.
Go get it while you can! Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: nc50lc on September 14, 2018, 07:33:45 AM As far as I know this money is still just sitting there by the road. Anyone is welcome to take it and claim the prize. But remember, when the new year starts the prize will move again to another place on the Earth. Or... it was taken by a native who have no idea what Bitcoin is and used the container for something else.The actual price (the paper wallet) was used to start a fire stove or turned into a paper plane and landed on someone else's roof. Is this based on blockexplorer's report of the address' transaction history? Do you have any physical access to the location in order to check if it was already taken? Although sarcastic, my first statement can be true. Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: RodeoX on September 14, 2018, 01:52:21 PM As far as I know this money is still just sitting there by the road. Anyone is welcome to take it and claim the prize. But remember, when the new year starts the prize will move again to another place on the Earth. Or... it was taken by a native who have no idea what Bitcoin is and used the container for something else.The actual price (the paper wallet) was used to start a fire stove or turned into a paper plane and landed on someone else's roof. Is this based on blockexplorer's report of the address' transaction history? Do you have any physical access to the location in order to check if it was already taken? Although sarcastic, my first statement can be true. I think Africa is a different place than you think. Namibia's literacy rate is over 95% People are well educated, into country music and keeping the cities spotless. And yes, people there know what bitcoin is at about the same rate I experience in the U.S. Of course it is possible that someone picked up the cache and didn't bother to read the note. A child for example. But It seems to me a lot more likely that it is there. I can't say though, as I am not flying back to find out. Proof of find is to move the btc to another address or to contact me with proving information that can only be known if you have the cache. If someone moves the BTC then it's theirs to keep. If not then I fly to another place and use my copy of the private key to move it to a new cache. Iceland > Namibia > ? Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: nc50lc on September 17, 2018, 07:21:36 AM Iceland > Namibia > ? Maybe here on Southeast/East Asia where people are more active on the internet than IRL (true story).If it's somewhere in Japan, Korea, Philippines or Singapore, it will only take weeks for the parcel to be picked up. You just have to rethink of a new "clue game", the previous were answered in seconds using google image search. The problem with the current one are: it wasn't advertised well enough to the locals to cause a "buzz"; the language barrier (3.4% English speakers) or at least translate this thread to their local language; and lastly, there are only few Africans here in the forum. Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: hometester on September 22, 2018, 08:21:05 AM perhaps such events will cause the growth that everyone is waiting for
Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: vit05 on October 24, 2018, 09:48:30 PM If not then I fly to another place and use my copy of the private key to move it to a new cache. Iceland > Namibia > ? This is very, very cool. Congratulations on starting something like this. I also hope that you soon gives more tips, it would be very nice to see someone in Africa finding and came here to the topic that you have started, since so many people seem to have a lot of ideas that it is possible to have well-educated people there with access to the Internet and Bitcoin. Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: Real_Person on October 27, 2018, 08:44:33 AM Quote It’s just sitting there right now for anyone to pick up and in the coming days (weeks?) I will provide clues in this thread that will disclose the location of this paper wallet... Having already spent some valuable time, can you please give clear details in the OP? Thank you. Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: bitart on October 27, 2018, 06:38:00 PM Quote It’s just sitting there right now for anyone to pick up and in the coming days (weeks?) I will provide clues in this thread that will disclose the location of this paper wallet... Having already spent some valuable time, can you please give clear details in the OP? Thank you. Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: RodeoX on October 29, 2018, 07:02:40 PM Quote It’s just sitting there right now for anyone to pick up and in the coming days (weeks?) I will provide clues in this thread that will disclose the location of this paper wallet... Having already spent some valuable time, can you please give clear details in the OP? Thank you. If you look through this thread all the information on the location of the cache is right there. Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: hopenotlate on October 30, 2018, 08:22:43 AM Just discovered this thread and want to congratulate with RodeoX for setting all this up for the only purpose of raising bitcoin awareness all over the world ( merit deserved).
Btw I just "googlemapped" the location and it's just a 11K kilometers drive from here : as soon as I'll have some free time it might be a go ;D :D. Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: RodeoX on October 31, 2018, 02:09:49 PM Just discovered this thread and want to congratulate with RodeoX for setting all this up for the only purpose of raising bitcoin awareness all over the world ( merit deserved). Btw I just "googlemapped" the location and it's just a 11K kilometers drive from here : as soon as I'll have some free time it might be a go ;D :D. That's awesome! Remember, if you take a picture of the location and send it to me it is worth an additional .001BTC ! I really fell in love with Namibia last year and I am definitely going to return sometime. EDIT: OMG, I'm an idiot. I read "11K Kilometers" as 11 Kilometers. I thought you were a days walk from the cache. Now I see that you are even further from it than I am, lol. Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: tunapa on December 01, 2018, 02:16:49 PM This is indeed awesome and interesting. I wish I can be a part of this event as it would be fun filled. This is a great work by the organizer and founders. Kudos to them all. Keep up the good work. One day, I will also be a part of it.
Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: hopenotlate on December 01, 2018, 06:30:44 PM Just discovered this thread and want to congratulate with RodeoX for setting all this up for the only purpose of raising bitcoin awareness all over the world ( merit deserved). Btw I just "googlemapped" the location and it's just a 11K kilometers drive from here : as soon as I'll have some free time it might be a go ;D :D. That's awesome! Remember, if you take a picture of the location and send it to me it is worth an additional .001BTC ! I really fell in love with Namibia last year and I am definitely going to return sometime. EDIT: OMG, I'm an idiot. I read "11K Kilometers" as 11 Kilometers. I thought you were a days walk from the cache. Now I see that you are even further from it than I am, lol. LOL yep exactly :D even if there would be really consistent reasons to get in Namibia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgTYKH4x_cg enjoy the video Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: RodeoX on December 18, 2018, 08:18:47 PM ... Sweet pipe surfing! LOL yep exactly :D even if there would be really consistent reasons to get in Namibia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgTYKH4x_cg enjoy the video I tried surfing once. What I did could not really be called surfing though. :-\ Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: buwaytress on December 23, 2018, 11:58:16 AM Just discovered this thread and want to congratulate with RodeoX for setting all this up for the only purpose of raising bitcoin awareness all over the world ( merit deserved). Btw I just "googlemapped" the location and it's just a 11K kilometers drive from here : as soon as I'll have some free time it might be a go ;D :D. That's awesome! Remember, if you take a picture of the location and send it to me it is worth an additional .001BTC ! I really fell in love with Namibia last year and I am definitely going to return sometime. EDIT: OMG, I'm an idiot. I read "11K Kilometers" as 11 Kilometers. I thought you were a days walk from the cache. Now I see that you are even further from it than I am, lol. Following this thread for a while and just catching up. Also fooled by my initial reading, thinking we were finally about to see someone cash in on this Namibian treasure hunt ;) 11 thousand kilometres. I have actually driven half that distance in a week but I never want to repeat it again unless it's for some holiday! Merited OP too, not sure why I didn't before... been itching to contribute something of the sort myself. Did a pizza day thing this year but wasn't half as exciting as I thought it'd be. But plans are to go to some exotic location in 2020 so I'll maybe piggy back this thread to hopefully garner some attention;) Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 .1BTC is yours for the taking Post by: CerealKing on February 01, 2019, 10:10:50 AM Hey Rodeo! It's February 2019 now :S almost a full year since I've even done anything on these forums. Has the bitcoin ever been found or was it finally moved? any news or updates? So sad that there's no story on how it was found or anything, I was definitely hoping to come back here and read something cool. :(
Hope all is well! :) Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 UPDATE: Cache found!!!!!! Post by: RodeoX on February 27, 2019, 08:49:08 PM Hi CerealKing. Sorry for the delay, I have been traveling again. In fact I was going to claw back the BTC in Africa and start again with a cache in the rocky mountains. When I went to scan the private key I found the cache empty. i have not been contacted by anyone and so I have no idea who has it. But whoever it is they have figured out how to move it to a new address.
Congratulations to whoever found it. They must have physically found the box to use the private key. The only other copy was in a bank vault. I really hope the finder contacts me. I'm sure it would be a good story. I'll be in Denver looking at the Cannabis industry in coming weeks. When I get back I guess I'll start thinking about a new location, somewhere on this beautiful wet rock in space. Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 UPDATE: Cache found!!!!!! Post by: BitcoinFani on February 27, 2019, 09:25:40 PM did someone really find this? this is very exciting, congratulations to her. how did they find it privatekey in africa? and not in deformed It's a good story coming out of this contest :) I hope 1 btc winner will write here.
Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 UPDATE: Cache found!!!!!! Post by: hopenotlate on February 27, 2019, 09:33:14 PM Wow awesome ... really curious to hear the story of the person who found the case. Hope they will hit you up.
Again congrats for what you did RodeoX Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 UPDATE: Cache found!!!!!! Post by: bitart on February 28, 2019, 09:40:19 PM ... Thanks for keeping this 'game' alive, RodeoX :)I'll be in Denver looking at the Cannabis industry in coming weeks. When I get back I guess I'll start thinking about a new location, somewhere on this beautiful wet rock in space. But, please don't put the cache on a desert island somewhere in the middle of the ocean, if possible :) Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 UPDATE: Cache found!!!!!! Post by: RodeoX on March 02, 2019, 02:23:21 AM did someone really find this? this is very exciting, congratulations to her. how did they find it privatekey in africa? and not in deformed It's a good story coming out of this contest :) I hope 1 btc winner will write here. Yes. They absolutely must have. Whoever it is must know that they can get another reward for telling me what happened. I really hope they do. Wow awesome ... really curious to hear the story of the person who found the case. Hope they will hit you up. Again congrats for what you did RodeoX Thanks for your supportive post! It is a little less dramatic to not know exactly what happened. The offer of bitcoin for the story will still stand. I can verify if it is the real finder or not because of some things in the cache that I have never revealed. ... Thanks for keeping this 'game' alive, RodeoX :)I'll be in Denver looking at the Cannabis industry in coming weeks. When I get back I guess I'll start thinking about a new location, somewhere on this beautiful wet rock in space. But, please don't put the cache on a desert island somewhere in the middle of the ocean, if possible :) Glad you enjoyed it! But I am so evil that it even occurred to me to put it UNDER the ocean somewhere. ;D I'll post here when I have a new location. Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 UPDATE: Cache found!!!!!! Post by: nc50lc on March 02, 2019, 03:32:00 AM I'm pretty sure that whoever found the cache will not share his story for privacy reasons.
Or by "other" means: Cropped image from post#2: https://i.imgur.com/Nhz1N3h.jpg I got a hunch that it was never found but the fund was moved because the private key is (barely) visible in the 2nd post (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2710325.msg27922397#msg27922397)'s image (It is surprisingly high resolution in full size (https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2Fixcw8y.jpg&t=598&c=RkwNnKz1sFWBpw)). By looking at the original image, anyone (with 20/20 vision) can guess the possible characters of the private key (just like the "5" first character). It will take time using manual trial and error and it does took over a year before the fund was spent. Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 UPDATE: Cache found!!!!!! Post by: RodeoX on March 02, 2019, 05:07:03 AM I'm pretty sure that whoever found the cache will not share his story for privacy reasons. Or by "other" means: Cropped image from post#2: https://i.imgur.com/Nhz1N3h.jpg I got a hunch that it was never found but the fund was moved because the private key is (barely) visible in the 2nd post (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2710325.msg27922397#msg27922397)'s image (It is surprisingly high resolution in full size (https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2Fixcw8y.jpg&t=598&c=RkwNnKz1sFWBpw)). By looking at the original image, anyone (with 20/20 vision) can guess the possible characters of the private key (just like the "5" first character). It will take time using manual trial and error and it does took over a year before the fund was spent. I did a double take when I read your post, lol. But it is the public key that you see in the photo. The private key is folded inside. If I had screwed up and exposed the key then more power to the winner. I like a contest with few rules and if the finder of the cache wants to remain anonymous then that's okay also. Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 UPDATE: Cache found!!!!!! Post by: Kakmakr on March 02, 2019, 06:35:30 AM I'm pretty sure that whoever found the cache will not share his story for privacy reasons. Or by "other" means: Cropped image from post#2: https://i.imgur.com/Nhz1N3h.jpg I got a hunch that it was never found but the fund was moved because the private key is (barely) visible in the 2nd post (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2710325.msg27922397#msg27922397)'s image (It is surprisingly high resolution in full size (https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fi68.tinypic.com%2Fixcw8y.jpg&t=598&c=RkwNnKz1sFWBpw)). By looking at the original image, anyone (with 20/20 vision) can guess the possible characters of the private key (just like the "5" first character). It will take time using manual trial and error and it does took over a year before the fund was spent. I did a double take when I read your post, lol. But it is the public key that you see in the photo. The private key is folded inside. If I had screwed up and exposed the key then more power to the winner. I like a contest with few rules and if the finder of the cache wants to remain anonymous then that's okay also. Why not include a URL link with the box that points to this kind of thread to incentivize the person to share his or her story. You can also tell them that you will double the prize, if they share their story on this forum. <Put something in the paper work that they must mention to claim the prize.> I just want to congratulate and thank you for doing this for Bitcoin adoption and I would encourage more people to do this or to crowdfund similar projects like this. <OP should give us a Bitcoin address to send donations to for the next GEOCACHE prize, he should not have to fund this on his own> ::) Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 UPDATE: Cache found!!!!!! Post by: RodeoX on March 04, 2019, 08:09:02 PM Why not include a URL link with the box that points to this kind of thread to incentivize the person to share his or her story. You can also tell them that you will double the prize, if they share their story on this forum. <Put something in the paper work that they must mention to claim the prize.> I just want to congratulate and thank you for doing this for Bitcoin adoption and I would encourage more people to do this or to crowdfund similar projects like this. <OP should give us a Bitcoin address to send donations to for the next GEOCACHE prize, he should not have to fund this on his own> ::) Thanks for your kind post and suggestions. I have done some of those things already so that I will know if the person claiming to have found the cache actually has. I also toyed with the idea of having people fund the account in some kind of crowdfunding way. However I thought this would raise some red flags, and that I might be accused of scamming. If I am the only one giving away money then nobody can say this is some kind of elaborate con. I do post a public address whenever I place a cache and I can't stop people from sending money to it. But handling and accounting for other peoples money is not something I want to get into. My next one may be a very different model as I am experimenting with multiple copies of the same private key. This would mean more caches, but a tighter race to be the first to find and block out the other participants. Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 UPDATE: Cache found!!!!!! Post by: LoyceV on March 04, 2019, 08:30:55 PM My next one may be a very different model as I am experimenting with multiple copies of the same private key. This would mean more caches, but a tighter race to be the first to find and block out the other participants. I like the race-idea! But that's going to be a big disappointment if someone finds the second or third copy.Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 UPDATE: Cache found!!!!!! Post by: bitart on March 04, 2019, 10:46:06 PM Or, you can try another type of game, e.g. divide the private key into 2 or 3 segments and hide it in different places and point the lucky ones to this forum to somehow manage to put the private key together and move the bitcoin to their wallets...
Or, if you want to teach the people who find your cache about the beauties of the system, use a multisig address and hide the private keys in different places :) In this case they can agree on the transaction details before both of the parties signes the transaction (so it will not be possible for one of the people to grab all the bitcoins and run away like in my first suggestion) Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 UPDATE: Cache found!!!!!! Post by: RodeoX on March 06, 2019, 08:32:21 PM Good ideas guys! (or girls, whatever)
I may indeed incorporate some of those suggestions. I think later this year the game will take place in North America then South America next year. My goal is to have offered bitcoin on every continent. Then maybe oceans, space, who knows? Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 UPDATE: Cache found!!!!!! Post by: nc50lc on April 28, 2019, 04:17:57 AM @RodeoX, Any news about this year's GeoCache?
We are way past the first quarter of the year and we haven't heard anything from you since March. For this year's round, don't left it floating in the ocean since the chances that it will be taken by the coastguards or get mistaken as a floating package by drug syndicates is high. I may indeed incorporate some of those suggestions. -snip- If anything, do not use the idea of splitting the private key into two/three and place them in different locations, this will complicate things a lot.-A 2/3 miltisig will do, 1 private key in the main thread for all participants, 1 prv key in the Cache and 1 for you (in case of the package being lost/destroyed). -Or the first seven characters of the private key in the thread and the rest written in the cache. Both will require a procedure written as a note included in the package. This way, the winner will definitely visit this thread and may consider sharing his "treasure hunting" story. Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 UPDATE: Cache found!!!!!! Post by: RodeoX on May 01, 2019, 07:49:37 PM @RodeoX, Any news about this year's GeoCache? ... I still haven't heard from whoever found it and I'm starting to think I never will. That is within the rules and maybe this person wants to keep their money completely anonymous? This year have a tentative plan for a game model that involves releasing many copies (100?) of the same private key. I believe it will happen about mid-summer. It will be a race to find and transfer the bitcoin to a key that the winner controls. I think it will be North America this year then South America next year. I will definitely use BitcoinTalk as the place to run the game from. Stay tuned! Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 UPDATE: Cache found!!!!!! Post by: LoyceV on May 01, 2019, 08:05:33 PM This year have a tentative plan for a game model that involves releasing many copies (100?) of the same private key. How do you plan to hide them all within a reasonable amount of time? If it takes you too long, it might have been found before you're done. Unless that's part of the plan, say you hide one copy per day.Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 UPDATE: Cache found!!!!!! Post by: bitart on May 01, 2019, 08:40:01 PM This year have a tentative plan for a game model that involves releasing many copies (100?) of the same private key. How do you plan to hide them all within a reasonable amount of time? If it takes you too long, it might have been found before you're done. Unless that's part of the plan, say you hide one copy per day.But also it will need a proper database to store the locations and the clues for each place... I won't play in the following two years, because America is really far away... both North and South Title: Re: GEOCACHE AFRICA 2018 UPDATE: Cache found!!!!!! Post by: RodeoX on May 07, 2019, 12:48:41 PM This year have a tentative plan for a game model that involves releasing many copies (100?) of the same private key. How do you plan to hide them all within a reasonable amount of time? If it takes you too long, it might have been found before you're done. Unless that's part of the plan, say you hide one copy per day.But also it will need a proper database to store the locations and the clues for each place... I won't play in the following two years, because America is really far away... both North and South Those are good suggestions. I do have a more evil plan though, a way of addressing the problems you have identified. However if I got into it it could lead to an unfair advantage for someone. |
