0.2 ₿ puzzle

[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

All about the clock

“rerum cognoscere causas” a quote from Virgil, which means, “to learn the meaning of reality.” "Knowing the causes of things"
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus is a Latin phrase, meaning "Let justice be done, though the world perish".
Ubi bene ibi patria ("Homeland is where it (life) is good"; lit. where good, there fatherland).
"Cyммa двyx чиceл" and translates to "Sum of two numbers"
the cipher in the middle of 10 and 11 where the hour needle points to "is in Russian: "Cyммa двyx чиceл" and translates to "Sum of two numbers""
in the middle of 12 and 1 on the seconds needle is written "moon"
in the middle of 1 and 2 on the minute needle is written "tower"

Number 1 is pointing towards the "Covid 19 is a hoax 5G is the killer" direction

Number 2 is pointing towards the "masked 4 images and also where "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"" direction

Number 3 is pointing towards the "order and stability " Find The Seed Phrase in the this picture "welcome to the brave new world""" direction

Number 4 is pointing towards the "I can't breathe "black lives matter no justice no peace end police brutality stop killing us not one more "2 Cameras " the link between those cameras have the same eye sign on the clock close to the number 4 written on the clock""" direction

Number 5 is pointing towards the "Seattle space needle direction, "notice the pyramid covering the number 5 also notice the word "food" hidden in the region where there used to be a food court in the space needle""" direction

Number 6 is pointing towards the " small statue where there is Breathe on the neck " beneath the same statue is section 1 with 1 underlined and if you read further you would find that the word "subject" was underlined too "if you look close you would notice that the number 6 on the clock is also hidden behind the pyramid but close to the base of the pyramid and the word "subject is also hidden close to the base of the statue""" direction

Number 7  is pointing towards the "pictures of Trump and Joe where we also have a question mark written in the form of 7 above their heads, if you also add the numbers on the date 1+1+0+3+2+0=7 "The Latin to the bottom right "esse quam niger es sie dixit caccabus allae" refers to "The Pot Calling The Kettle Black" or "How black are you?" "11.03.20 was the election day for both candidates and they needed your votes "russian flag on trumps chest and switch on the colors of ties for each candidate's party's flag color " (Above Trump) is in Bill's Cipher "char(84)char(85)char(69)char(83)char(68)char(65)char(89)" and it translates to TUESDAY which was the exact day corresponding to "11.03.20"""" direction

Number 8 is pointing towards the "clock itself and also we have the "above stated facts written on the clock above"" direction

Number 9 is pointing towards the "in wich they were received the payee needs proof that at the time of each transaction majority of the nodes agree it was the first received" direction

Number 10 is pointing towards the base of the statue of liberty where we have ""ONLY REAL BITCOIN" also using steganography for the base of the statue you will detect "ONLY BITCOIN" hidden with steganography" direction

Number 11 is pointing towards the "PAY FOR THE FUTURE THIS IS THE FIRST PREDICTION" direction

Number 12 is pointing towards the "STOP" and the flags has suggested earlier by Minase quoting "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)." suggests that we have a pattern to follow and a passphrase for successful decryption as stated in the picture

"(The Long Rune on the Right) is in Russian: "Здecь зaшифpoвaны биткoины нa чёpный дeнь нoмep X" and translates to "Here are encrypted bitcoins for a rainy day number."

Without further anticipation to cause any confusion, i would quote " THIS IS JUST BASED ON SUGGESTIONS AS THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO BACK THE CLAIMS UP WHATSOEVER"

And if there is any additions or further suggestions, feel free to add or remove.

[Minase]

@bestie1549 already followed the clock directions for words some months ago..even tried the permutations of the words found... still nothing

but if you follow the clock hours and put the words found along clock lines you will have an interesting phrase

8 - time
9 - proof
10 - receive
11 - real
12 - liberty (liberty from statue of liberty  )

[bestie1549]

@bestie1549 already followed the clock directions for words some months ago..even tried the permutations of the words found... still nothing

but if you follow the clock hours and put the words found along clock lines you will have an interesting phrase

8 - time
9 - proof
10 - receive
11 - real
12 - liberty (liberty from statue of liberty   )

I think the puzzle creator is a time traveler.

If you calmly analyze the puzzle more reasonably you would understand that something is not adding up. the puzzle was published on the 10th of May 2020 and the day George Floyd was killed was not the same day the puzzle was posted. the creator posted it 15 days before the day George Floyd actually Died and the transaction for the same was 15 days before the day the puzzle was created. George Floyd died on May 25, 2020 and Puzzle was Created on May 10, 2020. Something is not adding up here as to how the puzzle creator knew exactly what would happen 15 days prior to that day and he didn't do anything to save him

[bestie1549]

@bestie1549 already followed the clock directions for words some months ago..even tried the permutations of the words found... still nothing

but if you follow the clock hours and put the words found along clock lines you will have an interesting phrase

8 - time
9 - proof
10 - receive
11 - real
12 - liberty (liberty from statue of liberty   )

I think the puzzle creator is a time traveler.

If you calmly analyze the puzzle more reasonably you would understand that something is not adding up. the puzzle was published on the 10th of May 2020 and the day George Floyd was killed was not the same day the puzzle was posted. the creator posted it 15 days before the day George Floyd actually Died and the transaction for the same was 15 days before the day the puzzle was created. George Floyd died on May 25, 2020 and Puzzle was Created on May 10, 2020. Something is not adding up here as to how the puzzle creator knew exactly what would happen 15 days prior to that day and he didn't do anything to save him

I see why there is time beneath the picture and world map in the middle where it says welcome to a brave new world.

[bestie1549]

@bestie1549 already followed the clock directions for words some months ago..even tried the permutations of the words found... still nothing

but if you follow the clock hours and put the words found along clock lines you will have an interesting phrase

8 - time
9 - proof
10 - receive
11 - real
12 - liberty (liberty from statue of liberty   )

I think the puzzle creator is a time traveler.

If you calmly analyze the puzzle more reasonably you would understand that something is not adding up. the puzzle was published on the 10th of May 2020 and the day George Floyd was killed was not the same day the puzzle was posted. the creator posted it 15 days before the day George Floyd actually Died and the transaction for the same was 15 days before the day the puzzle was created. George Floyd died on May 25, 2020 and Puzzle was Created on May 10, 2020. Something is not adding up here as to how the puzzle creator knew exactly what would happen 15 days prior to that day and he didn't do anything to save him

I see why there is time beneath the picture and world map in the middle where it says welcome to a brave new world.

Now it's clear why we have
"PAY FOR THE FUTURE THIS IS THE FIRST PREDICTION"

to be the first prediction because how could the creator have known exactly what was going to happen in 15 days time and he had the exact picture and date 15 days prior to that incidence.

[bestie1549]

@bestie1549 already followed the clock directions for words some months ago..even tried the permutations of the words found... still nothing

but if you follow the clock hours and put the words found along clock lines you will have an interesting phrase

8 - time
9 - proof
10 - receive
11 - real
12 - liberty (liberty from statue of liberty   )

I think the puzzle creator is a time traveler.

If you calmly analyze the puzzle more reasonably you would understand that something is not adding up. the puzzle was published on the 10th of May 2020 and the day George Floyd was killed was not the same day the puzzle was posted. the creator posted it 15 days before the day George Floyd actually Died and the transaction for the same was 15 days before the day the puzzle was created. George Floyd died on May 25, 2020 and Puzzle was Created on May 10, 2020. Something is not adding up here as to how the puzzle creator knew exactly what would happen 15 days prior to that day and he didn't do anything to save him

I see why there is time beneath the picture and world map in the middle where it says welcome to a brave new world.

Now it's clear why we have
"PAY FOR THE FUTURE THIS IS THE FIRST PREDICTION"

to be the first prediction because how could the creator have known exactly what was going to happen in 15 days time and he had the exact picture and date 15 days prior to that incidence.

OR EXCEPT MAYBE THE SEED PHRASES HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE BLM MOVEMENT AT ALL AND IT'S JUST SOME KIND OF MISDIRECTIONS BECAUSE FOR THE COIN TO BE SENT 15 DAYS BEFORE WHAT THE WHOLE PICTURE REVOLVES AROUND, IT MEANS THE PUZZLE CREATOR ALREADY HAD A DIFFERENT SEED PHRASE FOR THAT WALLET BUT THE PUZZLE CREATOR ALREADY HAD THE IDEA OF CREATING A PUZZLE THEN 15 DAYS LATER GEORGE FLOYD WAS KILLED AND THE CREATOR DECIDED TO HINT AT HIS DEATH, ALONGSIDE THE PANDEMIC AND ALSO THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION THAT WAS GOING TO HOLD IN THAT PERIOD OF TIME.

THERE ARE 2 CHOICES, WE EITHER OVER LOOK EVERYTHING ABOUT THE BLACK LIVES MATTER AS IT'S PROBABLY JUST SOME FORM OF MISDIRECTIONS BECAUSE IF TIME TRAVELING WAS REAL, THE CREATOR WOULD HAVE SAVED GEORGE AND THE SECOND OPTION IS TO JUST ADMIT THAT THE CREATOR IS INDEED A TIME TRAVELER AND WE KEEP LOOKING FOR CLUES AROUND THE BLM MOVEMENT. THE CHOICE IS YOURS...

[albertajuelo]

Hey bestie1549,

I grouped all information found in this repository:

https://github.com/AlberTajuelo/bitcoin-0.2-image-puzzle

Here you have the original image with all the clock numbers with a line on it:

https://github.com/AlberTajuelo/bitcoin-0.2-image-puzzle/blob/master/images/original-clock.png

And remember about the bitcoin transaction, it occurred on May 10, 2020 at 8:00 AM UTC but this puzzle first time was shared in reddit it was created on October 8, 2020 (https://www.reddit.com/user/stsh_n/comments/j79zvj/bitcoin_puzzle_2000/).

[MoosetheGoose]

You guys want a hint? All Ima say is pay VERY close attention to the title of it. Find the Pattern. Congrats <3

[SRG.ICO]

You guys want a hint? All Ima say is pay VERY close attention to the title of it. Find the Pattern. Congrats <3

What pattern? The name ‘brave new world’ is just words in the form of letters. Is that what you're talking about?)

[SRG.ICO]

You guys want a hint? All Ima say is pay VERY close attention to the title of it. Find the Pattern. Congrats <3

I think that this riddle will never be solved because the author did not give a hint on the search map and landmarks. Here you can take any seed-word (even a trivial phrase from a puzzle) ‘covid 19 is a hoax 5g is the killer’ according to articles in the internet from respected sources you can choose words from the list bip39

mobile/false/news/virus/phone

and how to choose the right word from this number (this is a trivial question) I don't even mention the other 11 words or 23.

 

[RainLarcade]

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

Here's what I could find from all the 2048 bip39 words for the runes:
Rune 1: address (I don't think 'vault' would be the correct word in this context, but I couldn't find any other word anyways)

Rune 2: add/math/total (pretty sure of the first based on the rune translation)

Rune 3: second/day/february/holiday/march/month/october/today (probably the first one as per the order of days in a week but there were some other hints related to dates in this discussion that I forgot)

Rune 4: eight/one/seven/six/ten/three/twelve/twenty/two/zero (who knows, maybe some other hint will help here)

If anyone else has more concrete answers to these runes or if I missed any hint word, you are welcome to add them

[RainLarcade]

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

All about the clock

“rerum cognoscere causas” a quote from Virgil, which means, “to learn the meaning of reality.” "Knowing the causes of things"
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus is a Latin phrase, meaning "Let justice be done, though the world perish".
Ubi bene ibi patria ("Homeland is where it (life) is good"; lit. where good, there fatherland).
"Cyммa двyx чиceл" and translates to "Sum of two numbers"
the cipher in the middle of 10 and 11 where the hour needle points to "is in Russian: "Cyммa двyx чиceл" and translates to "Sum of two numbers""
in the middle of 12 and 1 on the seconds needle is written "moon"
in the middle of 1 and 2 on the minute needle is written "tower"

Number 1 is pointing towards the "Covid 19 is a hoax 5G is the killer" direction

Number 2 is pointing towards the "masked 4 images and also where "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"" direction

Number 3 is pointing towards the "order and stability " Find The Seed Phrase in the this picture "welcome to the brave new world""" direction

Number 4 is pointing towards the "I can't breathe "black lives matter no justice no peace end police brutality stop killing us not one more "2 Cameras " the link between those cameras have the same eye sign on the clock close to the number 4 written on the clock""" direction

Number 5 is pointing towards the "Seattle space needle direction, "notice the pyramid covering the number 5 also notice the word "food" hidden in the region where there used to be a food court in the space needle""" direction

Number 6 is pointing towards the " small statue where there is Breathe on the neck " beneath the same statue is section 1 with 1 underlined and if you read further you would find that the word "subject" was underlined too "if you look close you would notice that the number 6 on the clock is also hidden behind the pyramid but close to the base of the pyramid and the word "subject is also hidden close to the base of the statue""" direction

Number 7  is pointing towards the "pictures of Trump and Joe where we also have a question mark written in the form of 7 above their heads, if you also add the numbers on the date 1+1+0+3+2+0=7 "The Latin to the bottom right "esse quam niger es sie dixit caccabus allae" refers to "The Pot Calling The Kettle Black" or "How black are you?" "11.03.20 was the election day for both candidates and they needed your votes "russian flag on trumps chest and switch on the colors of ties for each candidate's party's flag color " (Above Trump) is in Bill's Cipher "char(84)char(85)char(69)char(83)char(68)char(65)char(89)" and it translates to TUESDAY which was the exact day corresponding to "11.03.20"""" direction

Number 8 is pointing towards the "clock itself and also we have the "above stated facts written on the clock above"" direction

Number 9 is pointing towards the "in wich they were received the payee needs proof that at the time of each transaction majority of the nodes agree it was the first received" direction

Number 10 is pointing towards the base of the statue of liberty where we have ""ONLY REAL BITCOIN" also using steganography for the base of the statue you will detect "ONLY BITCOIN" hidden with steganography" direction

Number 11 is pointing towards the "PAY FOR THE FUTURE THIS IS THE FIRST PREDICTION" direction

Number 12 is pointing towards the "STOP" and the flags has suggested earlier by Minase quoting "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)." suggests that we have a pattern to follow and a passphrase for successful decryption as stated in the picture

"(The Long Rune on the Right) is in Russian: "Здecь зaшифpoвaны биткoины нa чёpный дeнь нoмep X" and translates to "Here are encrypted bitcoins for a rainy day number."

Without further anticipation to cause any confusion, i would quote " THIS IS JUST BASED ON SUGGESTIONS AS THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO BACK THE CLAIMS UP WHATSOEVER"

And if there is any additions or further suggestions, feel free to add or remove.

I also saw no one talking about the number near the statue (1865-202...?)
The only thing I could get from searching is that:

The Battle of Fort Myers was fought on February 20, 1865 (1865-202 --> 20.2.1865), in Lee County, Florida during the last months of the American Civil War.

and

1865 was a pivotal year in American history. With the end of the Civil War, Lincoln's assassination, and the beginning of Reconstruction, politics were forever changed.

These could also be a hint but I have no idea what to link it with.

[Suzane007]

Do we have any clue on the sequence of the words in the seed phase?

[nomachine]

Do we have any clue on the sequence of the words in the seed phase?

Even with a finite list of 12 words, given the computational limits and the astronomical number of permutations, shuffling and processing all combinations of 12 words from a BIP-39 word list is infeasible.

Even with extremely fast processing, the time required is on the order of 10^33 years, which is far beyond any practical time frame.

Consider a mnemonic phrase like this one from the picture:

"subject camera tower mask police liberty eye black pyramid vote moon rifle"

But what is the password?

Or what is the BTC address index from m/44'/0'/0'/0/0 to m/44'/0'/0'/0/100 ?  

[RainLarcade]

Do we have any clue on the sequence of the words in the seed phase?

Even with a finite list of 12 words, given the computational limits and the astronomical number of permutations, shuffling and processing all combinations of 12 words from a BIP-39 word list is infeasible.

Even with extremely fast processing, the time required is on the order of 10^33 years, which is far beyond any practical time frame.

Consider a mnemonic phrase like this one from the picture:

"subject camera tower mask police liberty eye black pyramid vote moon rifle"

But what is the password?

Or what is the BTC address index from m/44'/0'/0'/0/0 to m/44'/0'/0'/0/100 ? 

This can be easily checked from https://iancoleman.io/bip39/ or even with coding.
The problem is indeed here:

Even with a finite list of 12 words, given the computational limits and the astronomical number of permutations, shuffling and processing all combinations of 12 words from a BIP-39 word list is infeasible.

which is 8,916,100,448,256 combinations just for 12 word combination of phrases. Even then, it is not yet clear if the phrase is actually only 12 words or more and if it has any Bip39 optional passphrase because someone mentioned "BREATHE" can be a passphrase for Electrum wallets.

Or what is the BTC address index from m/44'/0'/0'/0/0 to m/44'/0'/0'/0/100

From what I have noticed in all my time generating millions (and possibly even billions because I wasn't really counting every time) of mnemonic phrases in Python and Java, usually the legacy (compressed) address in question is the first one, no matter if it is BIP44 (Blockchain.com) or BIP84 (TrustWallet). (I confirm it using https://iancoleman.io/bip39/)

Though even if we have so many clues here and a literal Github repo (https://github.com/AlberTajuelo/bitcoin-0.2-image-puzzle) just for this puzzle, all the clues together create quite a lot of confusion.

[nomachine]

all the clues together create quite a lot of confusion.

Besides, it is probably unsolvable. There are already many unsolvable puzzles. Even if they are solvable, who would bother brute-forcing all possible passwords for 0.01 BTC, like in the case of the Corey Phillips puzzle?

[0t3p0t]

all the clues together create quite a lot of confusion.

Besides, it is probably unsolvable. There are already many unsolvable puzzles. Even if they are solvable, who would bother brute-forcing all possible passwords for 0.01 BTC, like in the case of the Corey Phillips puzzle?

I can still see .2+BTC in the wallet and I think it is worth it to crack and whoever will be able to crack it will get $14k+ worth of Bitcoin. I even commented on one of it's reddit thread 3 years ago which is the funiest thing for me as I really wanted to try to crack it but that ended with a headache. 😅

[RainLarcade]

all the clues together create quite a lot of confusion.

Besides, it is probably unsolvable. There are already many unsolvable puzzles. Even if they are solvable, who would bother brute-forcing all possible passwords for 0.01 BTC, like in the case of the Corey Phillips puzzle?

For Corey's puzzle, I tried multiple non-common passwords or keywords from the puzzle in both Ian Coleman's BIP39 tool and his BitImage tool. I even hashed them with sha256, double hashed, RIPEMD hashed them, created new BTC addresses from the hashes, tried usual password combinations like (lowercase, uppercase, number and special characters) but still couldn't find it. 
He literally made it a password guessing game. Now, this in itself is a great demonstration of much security an additional passphrase can add to the wallet, but if he wants us to crack it as a challenge, I believe there should at least be some hints.

Some people have even created issues in his Github repo (https://github.com/coreyphillips/bitimage/issues) asking for hints, but obviously received no response.
I personally reached out to him on X as well, which I have never done to anyone, asking for a hint but received no reply there either. 

[RainLarcade]

all the clues together create quite a lot of confusion.

Besides, it is probably unsolvable. There are already many unsolvable puzzles. Even if they are solvable, who would bother brute-forcing all possible passwords for 0.01 BTC, like in the case of the Corey Phillips puzzle?

I can still see .2+BTC in the wallet and I think it is worth it to crack and whoever will be able to crack it will get $14k+ worth of Bitcoin. I even commented on one of it's reddit thread 3 years ago which is the funiest thing for me as I really wanted to try to crack it but that ended with a headache.

I also want to try this but I really wish someone could create a list of all the hint words that we have till now and if the mnemonic should be a 12 word or 24 word phrase.

Edit: I compiled and sorted all the words from the hints in this thread that are available in the BIP39 English wordlist:

add
address
black
brave
eight
eye
false
food
liberty
march
mask
mobile
moon
news
one
phone
police
proof
pyramid
real
receive
rifle
second
seven
six
subject
ten
this
three
time
tower
twelve
twenty
two
virus
vote
world
zero

There are currently 38 words here. If there are any words that I missed that should be here, please let me know. I'll try brute forcing with only these for now.

P.S.: I only took the most probable words from my post earlier responding to the runes.

[marleen01]

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