0.2 ₿ puzzle

[RainLarcade]

Anyone still working on this? Willing to exchange info privately.

I am still working on it.
And by that I mean still trying to brute force the words I posted above, ofc.  

But yes, would be glad to have some more info on this.

[swogerino]

Anyone still working on this? Willing to exchange info privately.

I am still working on it.
And by that I mean still trying to brute force the words I posted above, ofc.  

But yes, would be glad to have some more info on this.

Do you have any hope of cracking it?I think you do as since you are still working on this thread which is an old one yet let me ask you a question,why do you think you can brute force this,the probability to crack it as said here is near 0% unless you have a huge amount of hash ready to use it for cracking and even so I doubt you can have any success.

I once told the Dave guy from the wallet recovery services just 5-6 characters from a lost wallet of a friend of mine where he thought he had like 0.20 Bitcoin and he Dave really cracked a 36 password characters code but it was a different thing.If you don't have that high amount of hash why do you even bother?

[RainLarcade]

Anyone still working on this? Willing to exchange info privately.

I am still working on it.
And by that I mean still trying to brute force the words I posted above, ofc.  

But yes, would be glad to have some more info on this.

Do you have any hope of cracking it?I think you do as since you are still working on this thread which is an old one yet let me ask you a question,why do you think you can brute force this,the probability to crack it as said here is near 0% unless you have a huge amount of hash ready to use it for cracking and even so I doubt you can have any success.

I once told the Dave guy from the wallet recovery services just 5-6 characters from a lost wallet of a friend of mine where he thought he had like 0.20 Bitcoin and he Dave really cracked a 36 password characters code but it was a different thing. If you don't have that high amount of hash why do you even bother?

Both money and a hope for a better future can make people do stuff they otherwise wouldn't even if the chance to succeed in it is ~0%. 

And we are talking about 13k USD. For someone as broke as me, that is a goldmine.
If you are still not convinced as to why I would continue to try and solve this puzzle, convert it to INR (my country's currency) and see for yourself.

Besides, this is also the first time I am actively trying to contribute to an online forum. 
So, if there's a better to go about it, I am all ears to learn that.

[marleen01]

Do we have any further proof of the authenticity of the puzzle, other than the image being designed elaborately and the outputs still being unspent after years? For we know:

Transaction was made on May 2020.
First appearance of the image is on Reddit by /u/stsh_n on October 2020.

The transaction also had another output of 0.05 BTC, which is still unspent today, but not mentioned as part of the puzzle in the Reddit post.

Regarding trying the combinations, it's pretty much infeasible. If the puzzle is authentic, there has to be an absolute pattern in which you can gather the words and their order. You can come up with so many different words even if you look at clues appearing in the image. I believe the first reasonable step would be to come up with where words come from or how to get them, and then their order, and evidence of the system working.

It's been way too long since the puzzle was shared. The puzzle creator should sign a message and verify the address is in their control. There's all sorts of symbolism and hints and clues pointing to decentralization, injustice, modern world problems, but the lack of a signed message proving the ownership of the given address makes it less believable.

[RainLarcade]

Do we have any further proof of the authenticity of the puzzle, other than the image being designed elaborately and the outputs still being unspent after years? For we know:

Transaction was made on May 2020.
First appearance of the image is on Reddit by /u/stsh_n on October 2020.

The transaction also had another output of 0.05 BTC, which is still unspent today, but not mentioned as part of the puzzle in the Reddit post.

Regarding trying the combinations, it's pretty much infeasible. If the puzzle is authentic, there has to be an absolute pattern in which you can gather the words and their order. You can come up with so many different words even if you look at clues appearing in the image. I believe the first reasonable step would be to come up with where words come from or how to get them, and then their order, and evidence of the system working.

It's been way too long since the puzzle was shared. The puzzle creator should sign a message and verify the address is in their control. There's all sorts of symbolism and hints and clues pointing to decentralization, injustice, modern world problems, but the lack of a signed message proving the ownership of the given address makes it less believable.

I was thinking the clock hands could be a hint to the order, 1 pointing to some word, 2 pointing to another word, etc. making 12 words, but that doesn't seem to be the case.
Maybe the chronological order of the events in the puzzle could be a hint. Covid 19, US Election, BLM, even the transaction dates.

As for signing a message to verify the authenticity, oh well. 🤷‍♀️

[NotATether]

We need to have more clues. Likes mnemonic words count, Which one? 12, 15, 18, 21, 24

I think it has 24 words seed.  In left and center of pic, there is "covid 19 is a hoax 5G is the killer" so I guess, 19 + 5 = 24 words.

Any other opinion?

It is either going to be 12 words or 24 words. Almost no wallet software supports the other word counts.