Ok, here's a 1BTC puzzle.

[Mux@]

Since NatashaOtomoski is a clear anagram of Satoshi Nakamoto, the only clear question is whey he used it?

Perhaps the letters that make up this anagram are used in this sequence in the key to the wallet, alternating with numbers? Just need to figure out what numbers and where it should be inserted into the anagram. Tough decision!

[1714172904]

1714172904

[1714172904]

1714172904

[1714172904]

1714172904

[1714172904]

1714172904

[1714172904]

1714172904

[jajorda23]

Considering that:

1. watashi-kokoto was the first one to reply to this thread:

Obviously she isn't him, but

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
S A T O S H I N A  K  A  M  O  T  O

8 2 3 9 1 6 11 4 14 13 12 15 5 10 7
N A T A S H  A O  T  O  M  O S  K I

who do you all think is she anyways?

2. Blockladder has 2 deleted posts, both were in the threads created by guess who? Correct, watashi-kokoto.

3. Based on posts history both accounts were active at approximately the same time.


There is a very high probability that it's the same person.

That was my thought exactly. Watashi has a post about buying accounts as well. Can't help but wonder if blockladder is a bought account. Anywho, might as well try the anagram solution.

I'm offering to the community a full-blown Python 2.7 script to transform 32 character plain-text to priv/pub keys. The code is below:

Code:

import binascii, hashlib, base58
from bitcointools import *
from electrum import Network

def priv2addr(priv): 
   pub = privtopub(priv) 
   addr = pubtoaddr(pub) 
   return (addr)

# Step 1: here we have the private key
#private_key_static = "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002"
private_key_static = binascii.hexlify("InsertPlainTextPhraseHere32Chara")
print (private_key_static)
#private_key_static = ("Because it was an educated guess")


# Step 2: let's add 80 in front of it

extended_key = "80"+private_key_static.strip()
# Step 3: first SHA-256
first_sha256 = hashlib.sha256(binascii.unhexlify(extended_key)).hexdigest()
# Step 4: second SHA-256
second_sha256 = hashlib.sha256(binascii.unhexlify(first_sha256)).hexdigest()
# Step 5-6: add checksum to end of extended key
final_key = extended_key+second_sha256[:8]
print (final_key)
# Step 7: finally the Wallet Import Format is the base 58 encode of final_key
WIF = base58.b58encode(binascii.unhexlify(final_key))
print (WIF)
print (priv2addr(WIF))

[GBT_User]

Thanks for the python script...
However I cannot do the imports somehow,..?
I get :
----------------
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Python\GPuzzelky.py", line 2, in <module>
    from bitcointools import *
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'bitcointools'
----------------

Any help is appreciated?

(i tried this : TheCombOfWatashiKokotoHas21Teeth    and variations... no luck so far :-))

[jajorda23]

Thanks for the python script...
However I cannot do the imports somehow,..?
I get :
----------------
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Python\GPuzzelky.py", line 2, in <module>
    from bitcointools import *
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'bitcointools'
----------------

Any help is appreciated?

(i tried this : TheCombOfWatashiKokotoHas21Teeth    and variations... no luck so far :-))

pip install bitcointools

*OR*

python2.7 pip install bitcointools

You MUST have pip installed FYI

[GBT_User]

Hi, thanks for your help.
I am quite new at Python
I was able to "pip" the Bitcoin tools.

But I tried the same with "electrum" and I got :

Collecting electrum
  ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement electrum (from versions: none)
ERROR: No matching distribution found for electrum

Hope you can tell me what I am doing wrong
Thanks

[ligor]

Hi, thanks for your help.
I am quite new at Python
I was able to "pip" the Bitcoin tools.

But I tried the same with "electrum" and I got :

Collecting electrum
  ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement electrum (from versions: none)
ERROR: No matching distribution found for electrum

Hope you can tell me what I am doing wrong
Thanks

Remove line "from electrum import Network" - it is not needed

[GBT_User]

Thanks again,
I removed is, but still no succes

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Mijn Documenten\P\Mydocs\JScript\Bitcoin Priv KY\Python\GPuzzelky.py", line 12, in <module>
    private_key_static = binascii.hexlify("InsertPlainTextPhraseHere32Chara")
TypeError: a bytes-like object is required, not 'str'

Sorry   
 

[ligor]

Thanks again,
I removed is, but still no succes

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Mijn Documenten\P\Mydocs\JScript\Bitcoin Priv KY\Python\GPuzzelky.py", line 12, in <module>
    private_key_static = binascii.hexlify("InsertPlainTextPhraseHere32Chara")
TypeError: a bytes-like object is required, not 'str'

Sorry    
 

seems you use Python 3. You can try it :

import binascii, hashlib, base58
from bitcointools import *

def priv2addr(priv):
    pub = privtopub(priv)
    addr = pubtoaddr(pub)
    return (addr)

# Step 1: here we have the private key
#private_key_static = "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002"
private_key_static = binascii.hexlify("InsertPlainTextPhraseHere32Chara".encode())
print (private_key_static.decode())
#private_key_static = ("Because it was an educated guess")


# Step 2: let's add 80 in front of it

extended_key = b"80"+private_key_static.strip()
# Step 3: first SHA-256
first_sha256 = hashlib.sha256(binascii.unhexlify(extended_key)).hexdigest()
# Step 4: second SHA-256
second_sha256 = hashlib.sha256(binascii.unhexlify(first_sha256)).hexdigest()
# Step 5-6: add checksum to end of extended key
final_key = extended_key+second_sha256[:8].encode()
print (final_key.decode())
# Step 7: finally the Wallet Import Format is the base 58 encode of final_key
WIF = base58.b58encode(binascii.unhexlify(final_key)).decode()
print (WIF)
print (priv2addr(WIF))

[jajorda23]

Thank you, Ligor. It is nice seeing the community come together.

[jajorda23]

As kind of a quick guess today, I thought to myself "Maybe Blockladder was a hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy fan". After all, 21*2=42, the answer to life, the universe, and everything. Turns out in ISO/IEC 14519-2001/ IEEE Std 1003.5-1999, IEEE Standard for Information Technology – POSIX(R) Ada Language Interfaces – Part 1: Binding for System Application Program Interface (API), "The Choice Of The Value 42 Is Arbitrary", a phrase which, when spaces are removed, = 8 words and 32 characters. I changed 42 to 21 and no dice. "TheChoiceOfTheValue21IsArbitrary" doesn't work as a brainwallet or through my Python hashing method. *SHRUG*

Just thought you all might get some out-of-the-box inspiration!

Oh and *edit* if that wasn't enough THE SUM OF ALL FACTORS OF 21 IS 32! Not that that probably means anything.

[GBT_User]

Hi Ligor
Thanks for the help. Now it finally works   :-)
Super...

As for jajorda23, yeah, i have been wondering about the 21.
Could be about the 21 million maximum Bitcoin, but also (as has been hinted before) to the 21 pages of "Bitcoin Duality".
(I saw you tried "Because it was an educated guess"  which comes from that paper I think ?)

Anyway, I was wondering who would create such an enigmatic Puzzle.
And than spend 1 Bitcoin on it... he/she must have plenty... ?

And looking at the sparse discussion between watashi-kokoto and blockladder.. I think they are quite knowledgable on Bitcoin.
(much more than I am...)  Thats is why I conclude that the brainwallet is probably not their method.
I feel more for the approach you guys have with this Python script. the letters directly standing for the Priv.key.

Anyway now we nee to find the right answer.
The biggest puzzles (sub-puzzles) for me are the "Comb"  and the ".txt".
I don't see the word Comb connected to anything in crypto.
Comb as in combing hair, but also maybe Honeycomb (but that has no teeth...)?

ToCombOutAllAltcoinHodlerTangles - 179ha7ZQcC6XrmZTH6ZcyXgkCBftiSPAnM

But what if the Privatekey is a "Compressed Key" ?
Can we do that in Python too ??

ToCombOutAllFakeSatoshiNakamotos - 182XEp5aA9vpKXpDsTWguRDGi6JctM2UWp  (i know, one word short)
ToFindTheRealSatoshiNakamotoInIt  -  13camJrNYHv4iQTYcBLSwLTCqzb6zd7Hty
WhyTheCombOfSatoshiNakamotoHas21 - 1NeDdpKXRPns6KGTiPWBH1CRMCQxzTkrCo
WhySatoshiNakamotoHas21TeethComb - 1LobBRjgjscDXuj7zKtLLMigWXSx4d25Ks
WhyTheTeethOfSatoshiNakamotoComb - 13WABj884G84FyYJYMazsw21NJfKW9em3i

[GBT_User]

...
and the .txt .. it has been suggested that this refers to the white paper.. I don't think so.
It could be but we do not have any other hints for that.
It could be the Duality paper. There it is said :  " Why 21 Million? The truth is, it was an educated guess"

TheTruthIs,ItWasAnEducatedGuess.  - 18BjpBsmfniFYJGK2jf1AH5yZG6rxTN7AA  (we need the "," and "." to make 32???)

Or maybe the ".txt" refers to the simple text (ASCII) format on computers...

TheAsciiCodesWillShowYouTheWayIn - 1LoUDbXF2Fhzu8JCDJv6rHMGAsoP1YbEZP   (9 words :-(  )
SatoshiNakamotoWillShowItInAscii  - 1C8ewS6ABYSS5yAj4DxqGRHyhzTjwYL8Qa   (only 7 words :-( )
ItIsSatoshiNakamotoButPutInAscii - 1DWqZ4svqmeY6cw7vvFK7bs6AKPWzmHNjD ..

(Python is working super,  finding solution not so much)

But Thanks anyway guys for the nice tool :-)

[runlola]

I don't see the word Comb connected to anything in crypto.
Comb as in combing hair, but also maybe Honeycomb (but that has no teeth...)?

Comb is a well-known abbreviation for combinations. Look at how often that term is used in this thread. Also note another math term that is found in this thread that also has an abbreviation that is hair related: permutations (i.e. Perm).

[BearCorsar]

Good Time All. My question is How to determine what I bring private key in the right way. I use several generators and they give me the same result when translating just the words into the key and when translating the hash of the same words. but when I use the python data here he gives me another key about both cases. So there are different ways to get a private key. all these ways give the result of public address. Although they all end up coded with 256 encoding

Thank you

[HCP]

but when I use the python data here he gives me another key about both cases.

You need to be careful with Python and make sure that you're feeding it the correct "type" of data... a lot of the Crypto libraries require "byte" data... so:
'fbbd3ddc686904eaf454'
and
b'fbbd3ddc686904eaf454'

are actually 2 different representations... first one is a string (ie. ASCII characters) and the 2nd is stored as actual bytes... You can refer here for a good example: https://www.w3resource.com/python/python-bytes.php#hex-string-byte

[soncha]

By the name of Isaac, it took less than two months to do this.

[BearCorsar]

Is it this correct manipulation with words to get Privat Key?  ( Because i get different key when use it)

P.s Apologise to Author of this code.



# importing binascii to be able to convert hexadecimal strings to binary data
import binascii
#private_key_static = "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002"
private_key_static = binascii.hexlify("Your words hire".encode())
print (private_key_static.decode())
# Step 1: here we have the private key
private_key_static = "29a59e66fe370e901174a1b8296d31998da5588c7e0dba860f11d65a3adf2736"
# Step 2: let's add 80 in front of it
extended_key = "80"+private_key_static
# Step 3: first SHA-256
first_sha256 = hashlib.sha256(binascii.unhexlify(extended_key)).hexdigest()
# Step 4: second SHA-256
second_sha256 = hashlib.sha256(binascii.unhexlify(first_sha256)).hexdigest()
# Step 5-6: add checksum to end of extended key
final_key = extended_key+second_sha256[:8]
# Step 7: finally the Wallet Import Format is the base 58 encode of final_key
WIF = base58.b58encode(binascii.unhexlify(final_key))
print (WIF)

[ligor]

Hi guys. Sorry for my bad english. I am not the author of this script (apparently jajorda23), I just adapted it for Python 3.
The script works correctly, gives an uncompressed address. You can check here https://www.bitaddress.org on the Wallet Details tab.

[Tsuyugushi]

Hello all. I've been following this thread for a while, and I just made an account to share my thoughts with everyone. Most of my thoughts turned out to be exactly like Cassius' analysis, but I'll share them anyway. I am not a cryptography expert, coder, engineer, or anything of the sort, so I'm looking at this through fresh eyes and from a different mindset.

THIS WILL BE LONG.

Part 1: The Potential Watashi Kokoto / Blockladder Connection

1. From Watashi Kokoto's posts, and Blockladder's (OP) old posts (cached on google search), they both seem highly technically knowledgable. Blockladder in one of his old posts says he is "not an academic", but despite this, he and Watashi seem extremely knowledgable about advanced cryptographic concepts, algorithms, coding, etc. This to me is a +1 for the argument that they're the same person.

2. However, if Watashi truly is Blockladder, why was he the very first to reply in the thread with a hint nobody asked for? If I were OP, I'd wait a bit to see if people were struggling or something, then drop the hint, I wouldn't have jumped the gun with the anagram hint before anyone had even commented. Furthermore, the anagram was immediately obvious to everyone and is very clear, I don't think such a hint would be necessary from OP at all? -1 for them being the same person.

3. Watashi never denies being Blockladder later on in the thread though. Maybe he enjoys people thinking so? Maybe just doesn't care? Maybe missed the posts about the connection? Not sure...but I'll give it a +1 for them being the same person.

4. If Watashi is OP in disguise giving hints, the hints are super bad. I'm sorry, but it's true. The anagram was super obvious, and the image posted later didn't contain much. I ran it through steganography analysis and didn't find anything hidden in it. Despite another user pointing out the coincidences between the image post and the bitcoin mailing archive, I don't think the picture amounts to anything (Although...why would Watashi take the time to create and post such an unsolicited image? And if Watashi is OP, wouldn't he know that an image clue coming from Blockladder's account would be a million times more significant to us hunters?) - 1 for them being the same person.

Conclusion: I do not believe Watashi and Blockladder are the same person. Perhaps they are both technical geniuses however, and perhaps they are friends, given how they comment in each others' threads as discovered by f8man. It would be kind of psychotic for Watashi to comment on his own threads as Blockladder outside the context of a riddle, no?

Part 2: The Question

1. Could the answer be something obvious in the question? For example, could "21 teeth" mean the number of straight edges of letters or something like that?
2. Why is the question phrased as such? The correct grammar for the question is any of the following:
              
                Why DOES The Comb of Natasha Otomoski HAVE 21 teeth? (Where Natasha is the owner of the comb).

                Why DOES the COMBINATION of “Natasha Otomoski” have 21 teeth? Implies the subject of the sentence is the combination of the letters/words making up “Natasha Otomoski” i.e reorganizing the order of letters would somehow yield 21 variations or teeth or SOMETHING.

                In statement form, the grammar checks out. E.g: This Is The Reason Why The Comb Of Natasha Otomoski Has 21 Teeth. However, this discards the question mark at the end...so there must be a reason OP deliberately used this spelling, and in question form. The words must have been very carefully chosen, perhaps in order to be transformed into the solution later? In other words, phrasing the question in the correct grammar would yield the incorrect solution if we solve it using the mysterious method OP has in mind.

Part 3: The ".txt"

1. The .txt might not mean the white paper at all. Perhaps the sentence “WhyTheCombOfNatashaOtomoskiHas21Teeth?” is supposed to be decoded into a filename. The file then becomes “filename.txt”. Perhaps this could be searched for online, and inside it contains the private key or the 8 word 32 char answer.

2. The .txt might be a hint to converting chars to ascii codes during the solving process, or to use plaintext directly?

Please help me expand upon the .txt theories, it might unlock the secret to everything.

Part 4: The Anagram.

1. OP must’ve absolutely known that people would pick up on that anagram right away. It is the first thing that stands out and is obvious.

2. Could the code table in Watashi's first post be needed for something?

3. Could the meaning of the made up name “Satoshi Nakamoto” mean something for the solution? The following analysis of the name is from https://www.fastcompany.com/1785445/bitcoin-crypto-currency-mystery-reopened

” First, most believe that Satoshi Nakamoto is a made up name, and it seems a person as learned as Bitcoin’s creator might be tempted to choose a pseudonym that encompasses a deeper meaning. In Japanese, Satoshi translates into “clear-thinking; quick-witted; wise.” “Naka” can mean “inside” or “relationship” while “moto” is defined as “the origin; the cause; the foundation; the basis.” So we have “clear-thinking” “inside” “the foundation.

Part 5: The Hint.

1.

8 camel case english words, no special symbols.

Is this the seed phrase that will unlock the wallet? Is this merely an intermediary step that must then be converted through some kind of algorithm into the final solution? Alas, no one knows but OP.

2. It seems the hint created more questions than answers, but it is, in the end, OP's hint. So for the sake of taking things at face value, I will assume the hint is about the final answer, which will be an 8 word english phrase amounting to 32 chars, written in camelCase. Or is it CamelCase? (notice the difference?)

3. camelCase (e.g. iPhone, eBay) would result in a different answer than CamelCase (e.g. WhyDoesThe). It's worth noting, however, that OP wrote the riddle in CamelCase, with the first "W" being capitalized.

4. Idk if this means anything at all, but if we follow this:

Obviously she isn't him, but

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
S A T O S H I N A  K  A  M  O  T  O

8 2 3 9 1 6 11 4 14 13 12 15 5 10 7
N A T A S H  A O  T  O  M  O S  K I

who do you all think is she anyways?

and extract the letters at the positions of the 2nd row numbers in the original question:

1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22  23 24  25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39  40 41  42
W  h   y   T   h   e   C   o   m   b   O   f   N   a   t   a   s   h   a   O   t   o   m   o   s   k   i   H   a   s   2   1   T   e   e   t   h   ?    .    t    x    t

we end up with:

8   2   3   9   1   6   11   4   14   13   12   15   5   10   7
o   h   y   m   W   e   O   T   a   N   f   t   h   b   C

Reorganized in ascending order, it's simply: WhyTheCombOfNat. I'm shooting in the dark guys, pls don't hate.

[BearCorsar]

Why 32 character? PK has 30 's long  It seems we need only answer contain words and some like brain wallet////