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The solver is getting ready to publish his own walk-thru explaining how he decoded the painting. And when you read it you will see that 1) It didn't require to be brute forced. 2) I'll quote him here as he hasn't published the document yet, but he says "Number of permutations of the three data channels multiplied by the number of possible interpretations of channel states yields in 48 options."
So after reading how befuddled people are on this thread that there were too many possibilities and it wasn't fair, I see why this person walked away with the prize and I think he did a fine job. I'm looking forward to his published walk-thru, as it shows he is a brilliant and logical thinker.
The only thing I will argue is that there is a lot of interpretable ambiguity in the painting. Likely the reason it was not solved for 3 years. |
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If the morse/the_____isthekeyfile is apart of the solution I'm going to be slightly pissed unless there's a reasonable explanation on how to get to that point besides brute forcing.
no it is not, don't frustrate yourself  (I may look really stupid if it is) Let's just wait for the solution guys  I wanted to say that if somebody wants to give it a quick try, there is still the BTG for the taking, but I verified that there is none. It had been emptied midnight sharp. Congratulations to the winner! Are you one of the puzzle authors? |
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If the morse/the_____isthekeyfile is apart of the solution I'm going to be slightly pissed unless there's a reasonable explanation on how to get to that point besides brute forcing.
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Watching coin artist slam rabbit made my month. Ah. Sweet justice.
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I'm readying the popcorn for a fountain of salt. Delicious delicious salt.
BTC Address plug, if I helped (which I'm guessing I didn't) I would appreciate even a tiny bit of BTC: 15jfySsb4EbmLqzQvcUDDkqWk54MDoZHUq
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Congratulations to who solved it! Now publish a solution I need to see how close I was.
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I think with how the tracks were determined you also have a coordinate set:
X as Inner/Outer
T as Top/Bottom/Left/Right
D as Clockwise/Counter Clockwise
Which given, only two of these properties are binary.
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I'll post this again for people who haven't seen it:
IRC Chat Reserved to talking about ideas/theories: ##1flamen6 freenode
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Very likely, just to make people interested. Although this was very, very quick, few seconds after I've tweeted she followed me and liked the tweet. Although it's likely she encourages everyone, I really think you found the missing part of the message. It's interesting how she encoded the message in a relatively short bitstream with two different ciphers (Bacon + Morse) and mixed the ribbons with it. I mean it doesn't sound too far off. I need to take another look at the length stream and how people derived the first part. It still feels very odd, but I'm sure there might be a rational explanation behind things. |
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Can you link said tweet?
Edit: Never mind found them.
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The public key can be encoded along the private key, which could be used to explain how the private key is encoded. ie: Outer ring is public, inner is private or vice versa.
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What if the public key, and private key were encoded in the painting?
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There are several places that are not 100% readable, some users read those as skinny, some as fat - this doesnt happen w/colors or heights.
This is enough to discredit the entire idea.
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I will be publishing more research/code and starting a new IRC likely today if people want to hop in.
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How did i breach the forum policy with this post?!
You breach the forum policy with every post: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=703657.0Forum rules
1. No zero or low value, pointless or uninteresting posts or threads. [1][e]
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3. No trolling. You are trolling constantly. Your posts are of 0 value for absolutely everyone in this thread. Show me your single post that in any form contributed to solving the puzzle. Stop promoting your opinion, nobody cares if you think people are going in the wrong direction. How can it be said more directly? Do not argue with others about their actions and methods. Contribute with your own or shut up. |
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Just as an opinion, what I've learned from Cicada Liber Primus solving is that you need to catalog EVERYTHING you do. It gets really crazy with what people are trying versus what hasn't been tried yet.
Doing something like unit tests or just uploading the code is really useful.
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This thread is just filled with garbage anymore.
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Well. For now I'm throwing the towel in. I think the puzzle is interesting but there are obvious things that make it stand out as more frustrating than challenging. If it was straightforward, I am sure it would have been solved by now. There are many people showing promising ideas, but there is a lack of any notable progress.
The creator likely will not provide any assistance as it gives her more use unsolved than solved (advertising and it will be a hallmark if it remains unsolved as the MYSTERIOUS painting that baffled tons of people. When in reality, if a solution is published, it's probably riddled with inelegance and logical jumps that you'd have to be lucky in order to explore). Good luck everyone!
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