Here is your head start. Happy Jan 5th...  Good luck as always To save you all from clicking on "Search Google from this image", person in the picture is John Donne. Thanks for making this even more cryptic aa1GLbc4  btw is you nickname also supposed to be some sort of clue? aa1GLbc4 = cicada (base58=>text) |
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I lost a wallet with some cash one day. I made some mistakes with the cash as well in terms of where I spent it. I blame the cash and will never use it again?  Yeah, you do. After seeing that shit about Theymos' subpoena I'm out too. To allow scam after scam to prolifer then deliver on the subpoena b/c it sets a good precedent (for Bitcoin, not the alleged) is, well, typical. |
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This is not very surprising/interesting, but I thought I'd mention that I received a subpoena for information related to Ross Ulbricht's alleged forum account altoid. I mostly just compiled some publicly-available information. The only non-public data I had to include were some deleted posts in the heroin store topic that were not written by DPR and probably won't be useful in the case. You might be surprised to learn that this is the first subpoena I've received for the forum. This is amazing hypocrisy. While investors were scammed all year long with scam after scam (Altcoins were turning scam >2 weekly in August, eg USBCoin) there was not a single fucking peep from anyone in the manner where it would be proactive in stopping that plague. The Altcoin scams were self-moderated and the only change was mining pool advertising. This is the same forum where a thread saying "I'm starting a Ponzi scheme, who's interested in getting on board?" doesn't cause anyone to bat an eyelid (let alone raise a mouse finger to lock/hide/delete the post). But now the FBI sends you a letter, and you're suddenly able to be the good guy being proactive? If not before why now? Antruk will answer that... I'd say it sets a good precedent. It's nice to know when justice is happening, even if we don't know why in this case.
Even though this is a private forum, it still has to obey laws. I find that comforting.
Yep, hit the nail on the head. It does set a good precedent. A precedent where the admin and mods have clearly got the ability to stem the flow of bad actors but choose not to. Unless of course it plays into their favor; if the price of Bitcoin is affected or there's brownie points that need winning, well, that libertarian "right to free speech, privacy (and, oh, freedom) can be put aside to set good precedent. It makes my fucking skin crawl. Why am I defending this scum, this drug kingpin? Because he's neither. Yet. (And no, I don't even drink or do weed) DPR has not been proven to be Ross Ulbricht. He is innocent until proven guilty.\ The defence team has no chance; the FBI will do all it takes to convict Ross and do so with extreme prejudice. You're helping the FBI on what (in their words) "an open and shut case". Do the right thing and offer every and any assistance to Ross' legal team. Perhaps the good precedent to set can be that there's some type of selflessness at some stage. |
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I cannot get the code from http://sx.dyne.org/offlinetx.html to run: $ DECODED_ADDR=$(cat private.key | sx addr | sx decode-addr)
$ PREVOUT_SCRIPT=$(sx rawscript dup hash160 [ $DECODED_ADDR ] equalverify checksig)
$ SIGNATURE=$(cat private.key | sx sign-input txfile.tx 0 $PREVOUT_SCRIPT)
$ sx rawscript [ $SIGNATURE ] [ $(cat private.key | sx pubkey) ] | sx set-input txfile.tx 0 > signed-tx
$ sx showtx signed-tx
hash: 4a8be467fb75f0f757649348dbb05762142236ec236ac9e55e4683d7083ffca2
version: 1 locktime: 0
Input:
previous output:
97e06e49dfdd26c5a904670971ccf4c7fe7d9da53cb379bf9b442fc9427080b3:1
script: [
304602210083f8b5131f6399cdc01ed8368f6137f288f771e40834a94d65cee6b380fec873022100da5ed6d1d283f228752a88c2d6f629587b2a6fbc102202ae7c20f48af7c0533c01
] [
04e3af7cdfaab6ba2f14001a7ea0a490f40c6ba43607be92a05111d2e8fc1eecf6fa2c248b3e25ddf7db081684f6f49dc83fd7b9b5a3a88a2e6b83b918f8972351
] sequence: 4294967295
address: 134HfD2fdeBTohfx8YANxEpsYXsv5UoWyz
Output:
value: 90000
script: dup hash160 [ 18c0bd8d1818f1bf99cb1df2269c645318ef7b73 ] equalverify
checksig
address: 13Ft7SkreJY9D823NPm4t6D1cBqLYTJtAe Error returned is similar to (haven't got it in front of me): sx set-input FILENAME N SIGANDPUBKEYSCRIPT Running sx set-input txfile.tx 0 `cat rawscript.tx` or even sx set-input txfile.tx 0 4730...... (where 4730 is the sig/pubkey script) ... it won't workAny advice? TL;DR: sx rawscript [ $SIGNATURE ] [ $(cat private.key | sx pubkey) ] | sx set-input txfile.tx 0 > signed-tx This code from the eg doesn't work (and variants of it) |
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I had the same issue and fixed it. Make sure you have: 1- secp256k1 installed 2- libbitcoin installed To install secp256k1: $ git clone https://github.com/bitcoin/secp256k1
$ cd secp256k1
$ ./autogen.sh
$ ./configure
$ make
$ sudo make install
To install libbitcoin: $ git clone https://github.com/libbitcoin/libbitcoin
$ cd libbitcoin
$ autoreconf -i
$ ./configure --enable-leveldb
$ make
$ sudo make install
$ sudo ldconfig
You will likely need to do the following as well: $ sudo apt-get install build-essential autoconf automake libtool libboost-all-dev pkg-config libcurl4-openssl-dev libleveldb-dev libssl-dev
I did get it to work; between this reply (which I just saw) and a question on Stack Exchange it's all up and running. I should add, while I understand these tools aren't meant to be for the complete newb, I have found them exceedingly difficult to use. Documentation scarce at best... For eg, (ie history of outputs for an address will just not work) |
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Sounds very interesting. I'm certainly interested at this stage.
Sounds like fun!
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Yes, rushwallet, considering a lot of us put in hours for nothing (except keeping your promotion going) I'd think we could at least get solutions for the puzzles solved
Problem is they are not monitoring this thread. They were even surprised this thread existed and only posted for a short while. Maybe somebody should contact support on the site and point them to the thread and the questions, just to remind them people still post here. Enough time to make this...  But now they've forgotten? No. |
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Yes, rushwallet, considering a lot of us put in hours for nothing (except keeping your promotion going) I'd think we could at least get solutions for the puzzles solved
Problem is they are not monitoring this thread. They were even surprised this thread existed and only posted for a short while. Maybe somebody should contact support on the site and point them to the thread and the questions, just to remind them people still post here. Support aren't going to have any answers over a (likely) outsourced marketing competition - they deal with support. This puzzle was a marketing exercise. And likely a perceived failed marketing exercise (Youtube stats below).  That graph basically shows exactly how readily clues/answers have come... except it's actually showing the number of views. So all these puzzle extensions...Kryptokit/Rushwallet (KK/RW) are STILL aware of the thread 1. They went to the trouble initially of having graphics replying to posts in this very thread - they were surprised their marketing was working 2. KK/RW promised clues to Redditors if the post received enough upvotes in /r/Bitcoin (it didn't... wrong crowd to hit with a puzzle btw!) 3. Same thing with Twitter promising clues HERE on Oct 3rd 4pm ( LINK). Nada. 4. The contest was extended because it's not been solved. Clues were sent out haphazardly / randomly it seems (eg clues #5, 4 and 2. OK.... http://kryptokit.com/newsletter/rushwallet-contest-clue-542/) Rushwallet/Kryptokit don't care! Does anyone doubt that from the above facts? For a marketing exercise you'd think alienating tech-based Bitcoin users would not be the best move...but hey, it's impossible to please everyone anyhow. Take home message from this contest: Unless /r/Bitcoin gets pissed off enough nothing will change.. |
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Yes, rushwallet, considering a lot of us put in hours for nothing (except keeping your promotion going) I'd think we could at least get solutions for the puzzles solved
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Can someone kindly advise me what the issue is with Ubuntu 14 LTS installation? I'm a Ubuntu newbie but have followed the instructions and running sudo bash ./install-sx.sh file from / (root) always gives this install error: checking if g++ supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes
checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... (cached) GNU/Linux ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... (cached) yes
checking whether g++ accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking dependency style of g++... (cached) gcc3
checking whether g++ supports C++11 features by default... no
checking whether g++ supports C++11 features with -std=c++11... yes
checking whether make supports nested variables... (cached) yes
checking --enable-testnet argument... no
checking for boostlib >= 1.20.0... yes
checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes
checking for SSL... yes
checking for CURL... yes
checking for libsecp256k1... yes
checking that generated files are newer than configure... done
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating include/bitcoin/Makefile
config.status: creating src/Makefile
config.status: creating libbitcoin.pc
config.status: executing depfiles commands
config.status: executing libtool commands
configure: WARNING: unrecognized options: --with-libsecp256k1
Making all in include/bitcoin
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/libbitcoin-git/include/bitcoin'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/libbitcoin-git/include/bitcoin'
Making all in src
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/libbitcoin-git/src'
CXX utility/ec_keys.lo
utility/ec_keys.cpp: In function 'libbitcoin::ec_point libbitcoin::secret_to_public_key(const ec_secret&, bool)':
utility/ec_keys.cpp:66:23: error: 'secp256k1_ecdsa_pubkey_create' was not declared in this scope
compressed))
^
utility/ec_keys.cpp: In function 'bool libbitcoin::verify_public_key(const ec_point&)':
utility/ec_keys.cpp:75:78: error: 'secp256k1_ecdsa_pubkey_verify' was not declared in this scope
return secp256k1_ecdsa_pubkey_verify(public_key.data(), public_key.size());
^
utility/ec_keys.cpp: In function 'bool libbitcoin::verify_private_key(const ec_secret&)':
utility/ec_keys.cpp:81:60: error: 'secp256k1_ecdsa_seckey_verify' was not declared in this scope
return secp256k1_ecdsa_seckey_verify(private_key.data());
^
utility/ec_keys.cpp: In function 'bool libbitcoin::ec_tweak_add(libbitcoin::ec_point&, const ec_secret&)':
utility/ec_keys.cpp:115:73: error: 'secp256k1_ecdsa_pubkey_tweak_add' was not declared in this scope
return secp256k1_ecdsa_pubkey_tweak_add(a.data(), a.size(), b.data());
^
utility/ec_keys.cpp: In function 'bool libbitcoin::ec_multiply(libbitcoin::ec_point&, const ec_secret&)':
utility/ec_keys.cpp:121:73: error: 'secp256k1_ecdsa_pubkey_tweak_mul' was not declared in this scope
return secp256k1_ecdsa_pubkey_tweak_mul(a.data(), a.size(), b.data());
^
utility/ec_keys.cpp: In function 'bool libbitcoin::ec_add(libbitcoin::ec_secret&, const ec_secret&)':
utility/ec_keys.cpp:127:64: error: 'secp256k1_ecdsa_privkey_tweak_add' was not declared in this scope
return secp256k1_ecdsa_privkey_tweak_add(a.data(), b.data());
^
utility/ec_keys.cpp: In function 'bool libbitcoin::ec_multiply(libbitcoin::ec_secret&, const ec_secret&)':
utility/ec_keys.cpp:133:64: error: 'secp256k1_ecdsa_privkey_tweak_mul' was not declared in this scope
return secp256k1_ecdsa_privkey_tweak_mul(a.data(), b.data());
^
utility/ec_keys.cpp: In function 'bool libbitcoin::verify_public_key(const ec_point&)':
utility/ec_keys.cpp:76:1: warning: control reaches end of non-void function [-Wreturn-type]
}
^
utility/ec_keys.cpp: In function 'bool libbitcoin::verify_private_key(const ec_secret&)':
utility/ec_keys.cpp:82:1: warning: control reaches end of non-void function [-Wreturn-type]
}
^
utility/ec_keys.cpp: In function 'bool libbitcoin::ec_tweak_add(libbitcoin::ec_point&, const ec_secret&)':
utility/ec_keys.cpp:116:1: warning: control reaches end of non-void function [-Wreturn-type]
}
^
utility/ec_keys.cpp: In function 'bool libbitcoin::ec_multiply(libbitcoin::ec_point&, const ec_secret&)':
utility/ec_keys.cpp:122:1: warning: control reaches end of non-void function [-Wreturn-type]
}
^
utility/ec_keys.cpp: In function 'bool libbitcoin::ec_add(libbitcoin::ec_secret&, const ec_secret&)':
utility/ec_keys.cpp:128:1: warning: control reaches end of non-void function [-Wreturn-type]
}
^
utility/ec_keys.cpp: In function 'bool libbitcoin::ec_multiply(libbitcoin::ec_secret&, const ec_secret&)':
utility/ec_keys.cpp:134:1: warning: control reaches end of non-void function [-Wreturn-type]
}
^
make[1]: *** [utility/ec_keys.lo] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/libbitcoin-git/src'
make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
sim@ubuntu:/$ sx
The program 'sx' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install lrzsz
Everything is fine up until this point. Any help would be greatly appreciated; have literally spent 2 days trying to work this out with LTS 12 now LTS 14 (ie I'm not here as first resort, I've RTFM!) TL;DR: Ubuntu 14 LTS, how to fix this error? utility/ec_keys.cpp: In function 'bool libbitcoin::ec_multiply(libbitcoin::ec_secret&, const ec_secret&)':
utility/ec_keys.cpp:133:64: error: 'secp256k1_ecdsa_privkey_tweak_mul' was not declared in this scope
return secp256k1_ecdsa_privkey_tweak_mul(a.data(), b.data());
^
utility/ec_keys.cpp: In function 'bool libbitcoin::verify_public_key(const ec_point&)':
utility/ec_keys.cpp:76:1: warning: control reaches end of non-void function [-Wreturn-type]
}
^
utility/ec_keys.cpp: In function 'bool libbitcoin::verify_private_key(const ec_secret&)':
utility/ec_keys.cpp:82:1: warning: control reaches end of non-void function [-Wreturn-type]
}
^
utility/ec_keys.cpp: In function 'bool libbitcoin::ec_tweak_add(libbitcoin::ec_point&, const ec_secret&)':
utility/ec_keys.cpp:116:1: warning: control reaches end of non-void function [-Wreturn-type] |
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Don't forget that we still haven't even gotten #1 with the clue "Names".
yes one clue "Names" still don't know what the way for get key with that clue Anybody tried the names of the Kryptokit team as per their website? I think I have, though combinations of them, no |
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Don't forget that we still haven't even gotten #1 with the clue "Names".
yes one clue "Names" still don't know what the way for get key with that clue There's onename.io who rushwallet are aligned with |
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In case anyone is wondering I've tried the product 5784623964023 x 2 = 11569247928046 in Unix time and it's 11 / 14 / 84 @ 12:00:46pm UTC: what happened that day? NATO apparently launched the NATO 3D Probably a red herring (like this coins pic!): |
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Anybody have an idea? I think the number on the coin is 5784623964023x2 or 5784623864023x2 or 5784623064023x2. These numbers are on each first coin of all 6 sets. I tried to multiply etc... but couldn't decipher it. If anybody could, send me a portion(No amount is too small!).  .S. Here is the link : https://i.imgur.com/CeBoEa8.png . Download the image and just zoom it.  ~~MZ~~ 57846239640235784623964023 Can be factorised as primes which is what is done with the sepc256k1 curve where F = 2^256-2^32 etc (can't remember exactly) http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=57846239640235784623964023Because there is a reverse R I thought these coin numbers were used to find a point on the curve since doubling a point (ie x2) requires a reflection of R ie 2P = Я because it's the only time R is used in math and its reversed. Basically I think this is how you find the private key for the ฿1 Other things to think about: Famous Russian princess? Anastasia "I like da Bitcoin" I like yes Bitcoin? A lot of this video is similar to the original Bitcoin video from weusecoins.com (the OLD and new video) I've kinda given up, because why run a contest if you don't keep up with it. I don't follow what you say about reversal. You gave idea to try playing with the numbers again. Repeat the number 6 times to get a big number: 578462396402357846239640235784623964023578462396402357846239640235784623964023 But it does not work since it is too big >>> 2**256 115792089237316195423570985008687907853269984665640564039457584007913129639936 Without repeating the numbers 6 times, all the numbers come out very small, and I don't think the private key will be a small number. But above is too simple. It does not use enough of the other clues, like the whitepaper and the long code that started with 9... Which long code starting with 9? |
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all integers greater than one can be written as a product of primes. Look up the fundamental theorem of arithmetic.
Well I'll be damned! |
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I've kinda given up, because why run a contest if you don't keep up with it.
yup. the contest was supposed to be a marketing campaign for their product, but if the campaign is mismanaged, one can infer their product might be as well. That's how I feel. Maybe security issues pop up and they promise to fix them by XXX like the contest clues and then nothing. You don't do a contest if you don't do it properly. This would've beeb good marketing if they kept the communication going. I tweeted them. No reply. So I'm not using rushwallet. Never had anything to do with the prize either. Contests are great to show how your company operates. |
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Anybody have an idea? I think the number on the coin is 5784623964023x2 or 5784623864023x2 or 5784623064023x2. These numbers are on each first coin of all 6 sets. I tried to multiply etc... but couldn't decipher it. If anybody could, send me a portion(No amount is too small!). .S. Here is the link : https://i.imgur.com/CeBoEa8.png . Download the image and just zoom it. ~~MZ~~ 57846239640235784623964023 Can be factorised as primes which is what is done with the sepc256k1 curve where F = 2^256-2^32 etc (can't remember exactly) http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=57846239640235784623964023Because there is a reverse R I thought these coin numbers were used to find a point on the curve since doubling a point (ie x2) requires a reflection of R ie 2P = Я because it's the only time R is used in math and its reversed. Basically I think this is how you find the private key for the ฿1 Other things to think about: Famous Russian princess? Anastasia "I like da Bitcoin" I like yes Bitcoin? A lot of this video is similar to the original Bitcoin video from weusecoins.com (the OLD and new video) I've kinda given up, because why run a contest if you don't keep up with it. |
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'I want to link my Bitcointalk name with BTCJam's. Verification code: 3de8b016-b275-4a0f-b04d-1fba75079862'
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BTW, (all credit goes to HeadsOrTails)
MDExMTAxMDEgMDExMTAwMTEgMDExMDAxMDEg has a way of converting to the word "use" without the quotes.
Thank you kindly btw I thought I'd give the dedicated a heads up with a one hour window before deleting the thread! Glad to see you got it! |
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BTW, (all credit goes to HeadsOrTails)
MDExMTAxMDEgMDExMTAwMTEgMDExMDAxMDEg has a way of converting to the word "use" without the quotes.
Decrypt that string with base64. It gives text written in binary ie it looks like binary but is text. Each group of binary converts to U S E Use |
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