Bitcoin Forum

There is an ongoing treasure hunt for 20 BTC which I have been trying for some weeks now. I haven't seen any mention of it in this forum. There is a hidden private key in an article written by Max Keiser in Bitcoin Magazine (Salvador Issue), at least that's what he says. Has anyone been trying to solve this thing? Would anybody like to join up and try to crack it?!

In the tweet where Max mentioned this there is also a picture of him holding the Salvador Issue of Bitcoin Magazine, and it reads this:
He also gave a clue about considering "Mirror writing":

Here is the .pdf of the article in case anyone is interested in helping solve this!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LUozvNCTt1RMwCaN1O5TytE5fBlq1EUr/view?usp=share_link


Here are the reference links mentioned:
[1] https://twitter.com/maxkeiser/status/1632068898169450497
[2] https://twitter.com/maxkeiser/status/1632391507008278528?s=20

Sound confusing and too unrealistic! It will be great if you can provide an actual link of the thread you are talking about. I am only interested to look at this just because you mentioned EL-Salvador.

I saw it advertised somewhere, I’m not even sure if I believe it. Whilst I respect Max Keiser as an uber early adopter & obviously super rich guy, he’s a bit of a grifter. He likes the sound of his own voice, he’s been saying $220,000 is in play for the last 3 or 4 years, he talks crap.

I dunno if this is just a publicity stunt. A bit like his theatre with the El Salvador President.

maybe this?
https://bitcoinnews.com/max-keiser-10-bitcoins-in-el-salvador/

Here is the link to where he talked about it and even gave a hint:
https://twitter.com/maxkeiser/status/1632391507008278528?s=20

I know it sounds maybe too good to be true, but keep in mind that Max is LOADED on btc, plus he would have to be a real douche to even give out hints for something that is not real, right?
If anyone is interested in helping out I can give you the .pdf of the article.

Quoting it would be great, plus we have our own treasure hunt here initiated by Satoshi himself, and he just recently sent 900 bitcoins to the ocean of keys for us to find, and it is also proven that they are real and exist.

Here is the quote
Taken from: [1] https://twitter.com/maxkeiser/status/1632391507008278528?s=20

And thanks for letting me know about the Satoshi treasure hunt!!! sounds really cool!

The quote above not not done properly and you should try as much as possible to avoid copy and paste directly because the forum rule is against that since it pours plagiarism if you don't reference to the original owner and that could get Your account banned, making a proper quote os something you can learn on your own since you can quote someone comment already and for clarity sake, I will check the link you posted to see how I can quote it here from Twitter if it is difficult for you to do.

I will give you some time to see if you can make the quote yourself if not, I can help out if need be.

I have edited the quotes, I apologize for doing it incorrectly, hopefully they are ok now.

Well, there's no even a single clue written in that tweet besides of announcing it written on bitcoin magazine. No proof of what wallet address, signed message, or even just cut/crop screenshots of proof that the address is existing with a balance on it.

Besides that anyone can announce that they have the same treasure hunt with XX BTC on any book, magazine, pdf, and you need to buy it first lol. Well, just for promotions.

I enjoyed reading replies on Tweet but there's a comment there that I tend to agree with most.
If that's true, would he mind telling us the public key address so that we can verify if that's true so we're not wasting our time?

It could be there are no 20 Bitcoins in that wallet, that amount has a huge value as of now, and it could be doubtful to anyone to try to waste their time or just intended for a pure promotion.

I haven't heard of this particular treasure hunt or seen any mention of it in the forum, I'm sure there are many other Bitcoin enthusiasts who would be interested in joining you to crack the puzzle.  You could try posting about it in some of the Bitcoin forums like "Reddit" to see if anyone else has any information or would like to collaborate with you.

The clue is to consider "Mirror writing", it's in this tweet:
https://twitter.com/maxkeiser/status/1632391507008278528?s=20

And yes, there is no other proof besides these tweets. Still I think that someone would have to be really scummy to even give hints for something fake, but who knows.

Thank you!, I will also post on Reddit, this is a good suggestion. And yes, I would also like to see a public key or something, but I don't think Max has given this out (if it actually exists).

I think this sounds like a marketing tactic rather than a actual 20 BTC treasure because with such tactics the greedy fellows will buy the magazine and they will tell their friends to buy it as well. This way the publisher of the magazine will most probably share some of the revenue to Max Keiser.

Why would someone put 20 BTC worth of treasure in a magazine and even they have done such thing then why have the announced it publicly via news that there is a hidden treasure in that magazine? That sounds like professional tactic to psychologically take advantage of those greedy fellows who will always do their best to crack such things, and unfortunately will never be able to do so.

Where is the link to the actual article? Because all I found was tweets and a scientific article on neurology, is he the writer of that, is he a scientist?
If not could someone give a link to the said article containing the puzzle.

A not to @Satoshi, we are not betraying you man, lol we are just curios to see what this is, we will get back at our lovely puzzles in a few minutes.

There is no link to the article. But I have a copy and can share it with anyone who wants to help out :)

I'm sorry but we are a community and we do things together here (sarcasm), you either share the information publicly or else we have no private sharing of things.😉
I'm sure who ever solves it here will share some of it with you since you brought it up around these woods. Good luck though.

Alright, I'll put up the link in the top comment.

Nah, The post that you reply regarding direct copy paste of someone tweet is not enough reason to accused him for plagiarism because he clearly didn’t own the statement and just reply it to the folks that ask for it. The source is already on the OP and it’s not necessary needed to paste the sources every time he post it on same thread which the source is already available.

Even if someone reported him and moderator accidentally ban him. I’m sure his appeal will be approved easily since it’s too obvious that he is not owning the quoted statement from twitter.

---

20BTC is too good to be true. I’m sure some random guy will able to claim it later on and turns out it’s his alt account. No matter how rich and generous he is, No one will or it’s very rare someone throw 20BTC for just a game.

I see it as a click bait to his article and nothing else, how will a person detect the right combination of the private keys he embedded on the piece of article. It'll only pull traffics to the article, now everyone is sharing the link on different forums and social medias. You may be right, his alt account will come shouting that he got the funds, or nobody will claim it at all. He owns the clout, so the views and responses won't be new to him anymore, but he must be finding this funny too, how everyone is more interested in a free bitcoin.

Hey mate sorry if you took my comment as an automatic offence I was just warning ops to learn how to quote properly since it looks as if not everyone takes note of how to quote external posts properly and that practice is popular among newbies who are just learning the forum.

Anyway thanks for the comment, next time I will use more laser terms for some ops, but hey that's the best I could do in that situation.

The above video can be found on the YouTube, but for anyone who has tried to crack it, it will take a long time. 
 
I think you have to take it back to the internet. If you have access to the official website, you will notice the video 
 
And see the link. For me, the same way that you can find the hidden private key of Bitcoin. It will be   
 
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gkVZjKfX9k4aX] 
 
The link is only there for verification purpose. The link is for Bitcoin's exchange and   
 
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q

I'm sorry but which video are you refering to?maybe it's still up in another platform that's not youtube, but I don't understand which video you mean

If it's true that would be like looking for a needle in a pile of needles ;D

hello does anyone has full pdf of the magazine then i think it would be easy because i think there are 3 different thing i find in this pdf but i need whole pdf for puzzle 25 BTC

I think you are lost in these woods, where do you wanna go? Lol. It's not 25 BTC AFAIK in OP there is a mention of 20BTC without any address/ public key to prove that such a balance truly exist.  If you read OP you will find a few links to whatever containing clues about this so called puzzle.😉

the OP took the bait of trying getting those keys and join the hunt. but for me, that's looking for a needle in a haystack. you will go crazy if you will try to crack it. why not use your time to other worthwhile activities that you can really get money of?
and though it may be true that there's 20BTC but honestly, cracking a code is quite difficult and almost impossible. so are you going to go crazy and attempt on this challenge?

I don't just believe in stories like that; instead of wasting time on such things, I think it's better for me to study more, especially in the crypto industry, to learn more. I can learn other things that I don't know yet.

If you look at it because it seems unrealistic, instead of thinking about whether it is true or not, just accumulate Bitcoin or another cryptocurrency depending on what you want, and at least you will be sure to get some savings in the future.

Ok, I'm a bit confused now, are you talking to me or the other guy? I never cared about this puzzle because there is no public key revealed, therefore it's a futile attempt, if that guy, whoever he is anyways, if he had included an address to prove that the coins are really there, we could have tried solving it, but it seemed to be a bait for people in order to read that article. 😉