Finally I managed to find the solution by searching 5Juu2CkB3 XFdBzEcyH9dypNhDZ8fXgh6RQwwbo5* in 3h:50m:39s using an Intel i7-4xxx  The solution is: #3 = XFdBz #9 = ueBaf #10 = eGYoMm5 I thank you very much for this interesting puzzle. Congratulations! Did I read right that your bruteforce tool solves at a rate of 100,000 keys/s? |
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It's just an interactive version, but it still doesn't explain how you can ignore the checksum without first decoding the entire base58 string. On a few tests with random keys, using the technique shown in the 2nd link I posted, the checksum characters on average affect the last 6 characters of the wif, but I did find a key that affected the last 9 characters. |
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Another hint for combatants who are struggling like me: most of the chars in #10 are sitting in the checksum part of the B58 private key.
I'm looking at https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Wallet_import_format and don't see you can take advantage of that fact. Don't you have to decode the base58 first before you can remove the 4 byte checksum? |
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Uh Oh. We should actually try to figure out what #3 actually is.
As I stated before there is tow versions of the book Softcover and Hardcover the PDF we used is the softcover one , but there is an error somewhere in page numbers I think . If someone can get his hand on both versions It would be great . Or else the OP give us some help. As I suggested earlier, you can use Amazon's "look inside" feature to grab the pages for both versions of the book. |
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I think the PDF is the Softcover version, we need to check the hardcover one I guess . Some one should visit the library  , or buy the book (on your own risk i could be wrong) . The hardcover version is also available on amazon, so the look inside feature is still a possibility. |
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If there's no online version of the book, you could use the "look inside" feature of amazon and keep selecting "surprise me" until you get to the right pages. |
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Hi all, I really enjoy this whole puzzle solving. Unfortunately I do not know much about cipher. Just found something that might be the clue from the clue ''sometimes going back will refresh your memory''. I repeated the process and sent an email to cipher1337@hotmail and this was the reply: --------------------------------- http://textuploader.com/ar0ebhttp://textuploader.com/ar082http://textuploader.com/ar08eDon't make it harder then what it really is. LeveL: 6RQ Has been Triggered. ''And then Jesus said to Judas, your name shall forever be ''Udas''Note that one of the confirmed sections also includes the sequence 6Rq, and the odd capitalization of "LeveL: 6RQ Has been Triggered." |
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I got this PM from OP: here's some clues. these are the ones i've seen on the document which are currently Right
1 5Juu2
2 2CkB3
4 EcyH9
5 dypNh
7 gh6RQ
8 wwbo5
Also here's a Clue ''sometimes going back will refresh your memory'' Not sure if there's any significance of him using two single quotes (') instead of a double quote (") to quote that clue. There's a number of clues that the OP is apparently PMing only to you. It would be nice if the OP would publicly confirm them here so we know we are not being misled, and to make future clues publicly here. |
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UPDATE: I have gone through 1/2 of my possibilities (60/120 possibilities) and I have still not gotten it however if I do, I will share some with the person who has helped the most. Probably 0.05 to 0.1 BTC, somewhere in there.
I could quickly script something to do the rest, and additionally handle any other possible inputs fairly quickly, for a small share if your current clues do find it. I can either run the code on my machine, or send it to you as source code you can run on your own machine. That would be great. I have everything saved as a google doc right now. Actually, never mind. I went through all 120 and they all dont work. what is the private key that we have so far? FYI, some of us have already tested millions of variations already. |
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I just plugged it into my wallet for blockchain.info and it gave me that. I have figured out at least that there are 120 different possibilities for the private key. I've already gone through 50 of them and so far they all lead to bitcoin wallets with no bitcoins in them. I'm still checking though. There may be more possibilities. I just don't know.
Is there no way to brute force the combination? Maybe with the tool that was posted before? Should be easier than doing it manually.. definitely. but i doubt anybody's going to give away their competitive advantage |
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7 and 10 are not correct , l and O characters are not allowed in bitcoin private key
Doh! Good catch. |
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Did someone clam the 0.2 BTC prize for solving the puzzle or is it still live?
And more important, did OP pay the winner or scammed-away with the money?
Dont want to spend a lot of time solving it it has alreay been done.
Nice game though.
It's all still there. The puzzle seems to come out to the private key for the address. It would be nice if OP could add some more to the prize as this has gone on for a few days already. I think enough of the puzzle has been solved to brute force the rest. |
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then we get 5hee2 which looks like the beginning of a private key. The second character in an uncompressed private key has to be one of H,J,K. If we use 'XoXo' from the hint to indicate case, we get 5HeE2. If you decode 5hee2 with the same shift cipher as the hint, it comes out as 5juu2, and 5Juu2 would also be a valid start for a private key. Also, part of the hint was "UU EqUAl SmAll lETTErS", which further points in this direction. |
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then we get 5hee2 which looks like the beginning of a private key. The second character in an uncompressed private key has to be one of H,J,K. If we use 'XoXo' from the hint to indicate case, we get 5HeE2. |
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If it links to a youtube video, its probably useless.. Because we found a youtube video which was just for distraction, check some posts above  The person who posted the YouTube link dis not explain how he got it.. He probably just wanted to Rick roll us all.. I don't think that was the real link? Agreed, there are now two different paths to the same partial youtube address, and the url of the rickrock video did not match. |
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2: qRanwG dIomJmIn Ib 5 an 2 anl KIe Umxx wGJ mJ SeQR GaomGT IT SaKvG M'S HeoJ bIIxmnw KIe awamn. KIe nGzGT cnIU cHangE pOsiTiOn Of 5 an 2 and YOu Will gET iT MuCH EasiER OR MaYbE I'M JusT fOOling YOu again. YOu nEvER knOW |
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JRmo mo HeoJ a bmxx IeJ JGpJ JI SacG mJ xIIc RaTlGT. II MwIAh CkAhh hMFFMzC THis is JusT a fill OuT TExT TO MakE iT lOOk HaRdER. UU EqUAl SmAll lETTErS |
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The Minteye captcha stopped working about a month ago, so they should probably be removed from the list.
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