0.2 ₿ puzzle

[Minase]

Hello everyone,

Yesterday i found this puzzle and it's quite nice, almost solved it (i think)
I was wondering if anyone here is working on it and if you want share clues. (already collected some from reddit thread)

https://github.com/HomelessPhD/BLM_0.2BTC

hope this is the right section to post this, if not please move the topic accordingly (thanks).

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[dkbit98]

Yesterday i found this puzzle and it's quite nice, almost solved it (i think)
I was wondering if anyone here is working on it and if you want share clues. (already collected some from reddit thread)

This is the first time I see this puzzle so I am certainly not solving it (yet) but I know there are some guys in forum who solved Bitcoin puzzles before
You posted this in correct section, so don't worry about that.

Puzzle image:

https://github.com/HomelessPhD/BLM_0.2BTC

I can confirm that 0.2 Bitcoin is still available on that address, so let the games begin.
https://mempool.space/address/1KfZGvwZxsvSmemoCmEV75uqcNzYBHjkHZ

Good luck everyone

[NeuroticFish]

This is the first time I see this puzzle

This puzzle was posted before. The first reference I've found on that address here @ bitcointalk is from December 2020, but, indeed, buried in a topic about a completely different (type of) puzzle:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1306983.msg55361483#msg55361483


And usually the fact it's not solved for 1.5 years means that it's too difficult or it has an error.

[Minase]

i dont think the puzzle is incorrect, i was looking at threads on reddit and no one came with something plausible.
the runes deciphered i must admit it is a lot of work

i came with a solution and i was shocked when i found that the seed is actually a readable phrase, but not the one unlocking the wallet.

[Myleschetty]

i dont think the puzzle is incorrect, i was looking at threads on reddit and no one came with something plausible.
the runes deciphered i must admit it is a lot of work

i came with a solution and i was shocked when i found that the seed is actually a readable phrase, but not the one unlocking the wallet.

If no one was able to figure the answer ^{(the seed phrase to the wallet)} for two years now is either the puzzle is hard or the seeds in the image are not actually the seeds to the wallet that contain the puzzle prize.

[jamyr]

Runes!

Thanks for sharing OP.

Any reference for these runes?
Anybody else found them symbols mesmerizing?

"in wich they were received the payee needs proof that at the time of each transaction, the majority of nodes agreed  it was the first received"

[coolcoinz]

Runes!

Thanks for sharing OP.

Any reference for these runes?
Anybody else found them symbols mesmerizing?

"in wich they were received the payee needs proof that at the time of each transaction, the majority of nodes agreed  it was the first received"

This is interesting because it looks like a mix of languages. At first glance it's Germanic not Nordic because sign no 4 from the bottom (ᛜ ) is Germanic but there's no such rune in the Nordic alphabet.
Many other runes are from the Nordic alphabet, some defining numbers from the runic calendar. Did anybody decrypt it? I might try, I like these things.

[Minase]

here are the runes translated (source reddit):

- 'Moon' and 'Tower' can be found on the clock's hands
- 'Food' can be found on the Seattle Space Needle
- 'Breathe' can be found on George Floyd's chest as well as the Statue's Neck
- Rune 1 (Top Left) is in Russian: "Я нaдeюcь чтo cюдa бyдyт пpиcылaть мнoгo биткoинoв" and translates to "I hope that many bitcoins will be sent here"
- Rune 2 (Bottom Left) is in Russian: "Cyммa двyx чиceл" and translates to "Sum of two numbers"
- Rune 3 (Above Trump) is in Bill's Cipher and translates to "Tuesday"
- Rune 4 (Long on Right) is in Russian: "Здecь зaшифpoвaны биткoины нa чёpный дeнь нoмep X" and translates to "Here are encrypted bitcoins for a rainy day number X."
- 'This' is likely a seed word, as it's repeated in "This is the first prediction," "Fuck this shit," and "Find the seed phrase in the this picture"
- 'Subject' is underline on the statue to the right
- Using Forensically, or Photoshop, the base of the Statue of Liberty reveals "Only Bitcoin" under "Only real Bitcoin" which likely means 'Real' is a seed word
- The Latin to the bottom left refers to "The Pot Calling The Kettle Black" with 'Black' also being repeated in references to the Black Lives Matter movement, so it's likely another word

the one that says only bitcoin i couldn't find, no matter what adjustment i did to image

[DracDude]

The mnemonic word list doesn't contain "breathe".
and also the word "subject".

[BIT-BENDER]

And usually the fact it's not solved for 1.5 years means that it's too difficult or it has an error.

I won't want to discourage any one but I think you are right, the puzzle has remained unsolved for this long amount of time shows it's either a fake puzzle or wrongly presented, although this my first time to see it and I was about trying it out till I discovered how old it was.

Yes puzzles like this with very juicy prizes are meant to be a bit tough but not to the extent of it being so difficult that it hasn't been solved for this long period of time.

[Nwada001]

The mnemonic word list doesn't contain "breathe".
and also the word "subject".

A long dead thread of 10 months opened today. This puzzle will definitely be over sooner than now. I actually believe most puzzles are easy to solve, for I have seen a few where someone actually won something out of them.
I believe this is an old thread, and the content in the OP won't be relevant anymore.

[digaran]

The author of the puzzle should come out and publicly solve the puzzle, the prize is not worth the effort. Also the quality of that picture is not helping.

[adaseb]

Yeah I think it definitely would of been solved by now if it was legit. 0.2BTC is like $6K almost so it’s a lot but I don’t think too many people will waste their time unless they are sure it can be solved.

That 32BTC puzzle is more legit because we know it’s real and it’s just a way to brute force the keys. This however we don’t know if we are wasting our time or not.

[DracDude]

Guys I have a clue
Don’t find the words, also have close attention to the sentences found everywhere in the picture.
Every single sentence can be used as a clue or word reference.

[digaran]

Guys I have a clue
Don’t find the words, also have close attention to the sentences found everywhere in the picture.
Every single sentence can be used as a clue or word reference.

What are you waiting for then? Go go go tiger, it's all yours,  pay really close attention to the sentences and solve it to grab the prize.😉

[davidpro]

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?

[Minase]

I think the mnemonic count is 13 (12 words + passphrase)
I came to this conclusion because the flag has 13 stripes and also 44 stars (BIP 44).

[davidpro]

I think the mnemonic count is 13 (12 words + passphrase)
I came to this conclusion because the flag has 13 stripes and also 44 stars (BIP 44).

well, noted!

[bestie1549]

I think the clock is showing the directions for the positions or locations of each mnemonic words as described beneath the clock, also take note of the NUMBER 12 of the clock, where the 12 is directly pointing at is where there is a STOP SIGN which the Letter O is circling the hand of the statue of liberty so we definitely have proof that this is a 12 seed phrase mnemonic but what we don't know is if it's an electrum wallet or a bip39 wallet because some words appearing in this picture is complying with the electrum seed phrases for example we have the "BREATHE" which is only an electrum wallet seed phrase and also we have the STOP which is an electrum wallet seed phrase. the only possibility is to find and see if the STOP sign is nothing but a caution and we can treat the "BREATHE" as an entropy. more clues are welcome though this is just an assumption based on my findings

[ImThour]

This is interesting, I have seen a similar thread here in the forum earlier regarding the Puzzle and Bitcoin containing now that you have posted this here, I am sure someone smart will surely be able to get the 0.2 Bitcoin out of the address very soon. I have never tried solving these puzzles and I don't think it's worth it but the image looks very interesting as it has alot of stuff related to 2020, the year which was literally hell for many. Also, I can't understand how time is passing by. It's almost August of 2023. Few months earlier it was just March 2020.