Bitcoin puzzle worth $50,000 solved after nearly three years

[arlington]

the picture itself has a nice artistic value and hiding a code there makes it even more beautiful but is there any link that we can see how he has solved the puzzle ?

[Panchum]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42944290

A secret code hidden in a painting that gave access to an online wallet containing Bitcoin worth $50,000 (£35,500) has been cracked after nearly three years.

The artwork, by Rob Myers and @coin_artist, who uses a pseudonym, was first published online in early 2015.

A code contained within it revealed a private key that granted its discoverer access to the wallet full of bitcoins.

And the bitcoins were finally removed from the wallet last week.

Technology website Motherboard reported that a 30-year-old programmer had claimed the funds after searching online for puzzles to do with crypto-currencies.

Motherboard added that the programmer said they lived in a country where it was "not safe" to own Bitcoin and therefore wanted to keep their name secret.

Here is the painting:

I believe in God's favor that within 3 months bitcoin will reach $50000.Because l  beleive in bitcoin before bitcoin will be face out it will give us a good remembrance. That from the beginning bitcoin has a good history so l know it will end this to a good story also. Let's just wait and see for the surprise of bitcoin because God will give me a breakthrough through this bitcoin. That l will become rich before this year ends.

[LeonardoDiCrypto]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42944290

A secret code hidden in a painting that gave access to an online wallet containing Bitcoin worth $50,000 (£35,500) has been cracked after nearly three years.

The artwork, by Rob Myers and @coin_artist, who uses a pseudonym, was first published online in early 2015.

A code contained within it revealed a private key that granted its discoverer access to the wallet full of bitcoins.

And the bitcoins were finally removed from the wallet last week.

Technology website Motherboard reported that a 30-year-old programmer had claimed the funds after searching online for puzzles to do with crypto-currencies.

Motherboard added that the programmer said they lived in a country where it was "not safe" to own Bitcoin and therefore wanted to keep their name secret.

Here is the painting:

I believe in God's favor that within 3 months bitcoin will reach $50000.Because l  beleive in bitcoin before bitcoin will be face out it will give us a good remembrance. That from the beginning bitcoin has a good history so l know it will end this to a good story also. Let's just wait and see for the surprise of bitcoin because God will give me a breakthrough through this bitcoin. That l will become rich before this year ends.

I hope that the same result will be achieved by the laws of mathematics and economics, instead of the will of God. My religious belief is that the laws of mathematics, when encountering the laws of economics, can be more effective in determining the rise of the price of Bitcoin than any divinity, which supposedly don't care too much about human (or subhuman) money, so busy as they are with cosmic poetry.

[wonderchaff]

It would be interesting to know how he found out the key

[LuckyBtc]

Painting is really nice, So is the prize..

It would be interesting to know how he found out the key

Yeah, I Would like to know too how did he managed to solve it, Is there any explanation?

[pawel7777]

there was a topic here with loads of reply, a lot of discussion going on, calculation and many theory.
It was amazing to read all the answers and i was amazed this was such an hard puzzle who really took 3 years to be solved.
Prop to them!

Can you, please, point to the thread?

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=766000.msg30093630#msg30093630

reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/31bho4/new_arg_puzzle_48btc_prize/

BTC address: https://blockchain.info/address/1FLAMEN6rq2BqMnkUmsJBqCGWdwgVKcegd

Motherboard article, which BBC is citing: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/kzpqzz/heres-the-solution-to-the-3-year-old-dollar50000-bitcoin-puzzle

According to Isaac*, the 30-year old programmer who actually solved the puzzle, he hadn’t even heard of the puzzle until a little over a month ago. (Isaac’s name has been changed to protect his anonymity. As he told me on Telegram, “it’s not safe to have Bitcoin in my country.”) He told me he originally found the puzzle because he and his wife enjoy solving riddles and he was deliberately looking for puzzles related to cryptocurrencies.

Hope he's not going to get in trouble and manages to enjoy his prize somehow.

[SaShiRaJaVu]

I believe in God's favor that within 3 months bitcoin will reach $50000.Because l  beleive in bitcoin before bitcoin will be face out it will give us a good remembrance. That from the beginning bitcoin has a good history so l know it will end this to a good story also. Let's just wait and see for the surprise of bitcoin because God will give me a breakthrough through this bitcoin. That l will become rich before this year ends.

You want god to show some miracle with the price of bitcoin,that is really funny,just ask for something else from god ,rather than waiting for the riches from just bitcoin alone,god will tell you to wait for a couple of years to see the valuations you are seeking,how about that. 
Damn i did not know there was a big puzzle ,i could have tried at least. Congrats to the winner.

[Verona25]

In the New Year, Bitcoin was 6000 dollars. And at the moment it has grown quite enough to 10,000 dollars so you do not have to worry.

[Theyasirahmad]

now i m interested to see the  connection between private key and painting