Phy Challenge

[whanau]

I was surprised to see this was not solved yet so maybe I am not so stupid so I had another look.
What I know. The first post base 64 provides the signature . The signature with the correct hash (you need to hash!) provides the public key which leads to the prize address proving kTimseG owns the funds.
Elsewhere in this topic, the twin spirals I found independently, are described. With my numbering system and using the elegant s value with simple arithmetic a number of on theme icons were found. (key, padlock, puzzle etc) No spirals I could find fitted with 34 ticks.

To solve the final part we need k which will fit into the formula that will extract d.  

What I don't know or cannot resolve is how the pgp payload . is used. Nor can I work out the number of icons needed 9, 17, 23, 32, ??. There are the 17 = characters in the clue which is 1/2 the 34 ticks on the bitcoin rim, but that does not stack up with the underlying math or geometry of the spirals I have or can find.  I presume there is a step pattern that forms a chain most likely ending on the clap icon but I can't find it. Good luck.

an afterthought, perhaps the 'useful sign' .  is simply multiply as in k .G?  

[KarTonP]

Today I also went back to the spirals and went through them completely, looking for either the point Ry or a complete k. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find it.

I also have two solutions on hand, but the main question is whether the k nonce is correct. All of my roughly 940 candidates have been ruled out — either the nonce was incorrect, or there was no valid output leading to the target.

[kTimesG]

meta-clue to either wake up or confuse even more your LLMs, as they seem to have crossed off-road...

Code:

gvonys fhelucrM kbZ

[whanau]

meta-clue to either wake up or confuse even more your LLMs, as they seem to have crossed off-road...

Code:

gvonys fhelucrM kbZ

All Greek to me 

[detechs]

meta-clue to either wake up or confuse even more your LLMs, as they seem to have crossed off-road...

Code:

gvonys fhelucrM kbZ

soon the west wind will blow

but the east is where the breath faces? according to man made direction

[clark2346547]

meta-clue to either wake up or confuse even more your LLMs, as they seem to have crossed off-road...

Code:

gvonys fhelucrM kbZ

If every emoji were replaced by its exact Unicode sequence, with its position unchanged, would the puzzle still contain everything needed to solve it?

[detechs]

meta-clue to either wake up or confuse even more your LLMs, as they seem to have crossed off-road...

Code:

gvonys fhelucrM kbZ

If every emoji were replaced by its exact Unicode sequence, with its position unchanged, would the puzzle still contain everything needed to solve it?

no there is a missing emoji

in section two, the proven nine's own numbers sat beside s and the pattern fell out. look at the s bytes.

s is 5b 89 0b 29 2b a1 ab d9 b1.

as decimal, 91, 137, 11, 41, 43, 161, 171, 217, 177.

the proven nine ids are 11, 41, 43, 91, 137, 161, 171, 177, 217.

they are the same set. every byte of s is one of the nine emoji ids, and all nine ids appear. the signature's s names the nine emojis, and the nine emojis carry H.x in their codepoint low bytes, the chain that is already proven. the map is s to ids to emojis to H.x, the puzzle's own road map.

[clark2346547]

meta-clue to either wake up or confuse even more your LLMs, as they seem to have crossed off-road...

Code:

gvonys fhelucrM kbZ

If every emoji were replaced by its exact Unicode sequence, with its position unchanged, would the puzzle still contain everything needed to solve it?

no there is a missing emoji

in section two, the proven nine's own numbers sat beside s and the pattern fell out. look at the s bytes.

s is 5b 89 0b 29 2b a1 ab d9 b1.

as decimal, 91, 137, 11, 41, 43, 161, 171, 217, 177.

the proven nine ids are 11, 41, 43, 91, 137, 161, 171, 177, 217.

they are the same set. every byte of s is one of the nine emoji ids, and all nine ids appear. the signature's s names the nine emojis, and the nine emojis carry H.x in their codepoint low bytes, the chain that is already proven. the map is s to ids to emojis to H.x, the puzzle's own road map.

Which exact emoji is missing, at what index, and what do you mean by “section two”?

[detechs]

meta-clue to either wake up or confuse even more your LLMs, as they seem to have crossed off-road...

Code:

gvonys fhelucrM kbZ

If every emoji were replaced by its exact Unicode sequence, with its position unchanged, would the puzzle still contain everything needed to solve it?

no there is a missing emoji

in section two, the proven nine's own numbers sat beside s and the pattern fell out. look at the s bytes.

s is 5b 89 0b 29 2b a1 ab d9 b1.

as decimal, 91, 137, 11, 41, 43, 161, 171, 217, 177.

the proven nine ids are 11, 41, 43, 91, 137, 161, 171, 177, 217.

they are the same set. every byte of s is one of the nine emoji ids, and all nine ids appear. the signature's s names the nine emojis, and the nine emojis carry H.x in their codepoint low bytes, the chain that is already proven. the map is s to ids to emojis to H.x, the puzzle's own road map.

Which exact emoji is missing, at what index, and what do you mean by “section two”?

missing emoji is underneath the gold bitcoin

[detechs]

e is bc4fda25213e0528c531760d82529fd2ac59570ee028f9909f1c83915e481d3f

public key
02425afdd1716149faf414b6fdb96d5e7afc8ce42496042f4df559c80a7c6650eb

and its hash160 is
1866a383a757092447cd64051779c1dc6c16e7a5

[PHA_.07]

How many times have you guys found j846t2 im at 4 or 5 times i guess it is the bread crumbs leading the way.

[brokebitcoiner]

meta-clue to either wake up or confuse even more your LLMs, as they seem to have crossed off-road...

Code:

gvonys fhelucrM kbZ

I can think of 2 things Tiberius Julius cesar Or Tiberius Surfaces com an aeronautical munition company?

[kTimesG]

There's no "useless" information added into the puzzle. If all of you are thinking some LLM will magically deduct information that's visible in plain sight by anyone, you should understand that LLMs can only understand data they were trained about, and this puzzle is not one of those things. At this point, giving another hint, meta-clue, or anything would just be repeating myself a third time (to no result), and apparently contributing to the LLMs going completely crazy about the semantical meaning instead of noticing the actual structural things that a human brain would instantly see and wonder about.

[brokebitcoiner]

soon the west wind will blow

but the east is where the breath faces? according to man made direction
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How do you come Up with this? I guess
It mean Bitcoin will soon take over and the monetary system will be replaced. A chinese Leader or someone said this.

[KarTonP]

Here's a hint: k < S.
And Bitcoin is here to help. Figure out the rest on your own.

[KarTonP]

Here's a hint: k < S.
And Bitcoin is here to help. Figure out the rest on your own.

k definitely is not less than 72 bits, that is trivial to solve using kangaroo.

See the author's first post

[kTimesG]

This is not an AI slop playground. Come to your senses, or stop with the LLM garbage, posting stupid hallucinations and circular "proofs" doesn't help with anything except creating useless AI spam. I will not tolerate this. Grow up.

[fantom06]

This is not an AI slop playground. Come to your senses, or stop with the LLM garbage, posting stupid hallucinations and circular "proofs" doesn't help with anything except creating useless AI spam. I will not tolerate this. Grow up.

The task isn't entirely clear. We found the public key address, but then we hit a dead end. And all because of a task that wasn't entirely clear.

[detechs]

This is not an AI slop playground. Come to your senses, or stop with the LLM garbage, posting stupid hallucinations and circular "proofs" doesn't help with anything except creating useless AI spam. I will not tolerate this. Grow up.

Prove you are not an ai by sending the puzzle funds to the bitcoin genesis wallet, or what else is there to solve without hashing? Are we all waiting on the right timeframe? Or are you able to prove yourself today?

[PHA_.07]

KtimesG I had a blast going up one side and down the other proving 5b890b292ba1abd9b1 then finding j846t2 multiple different ways through your clues, it is odd how things line up to like the no cat and the header 41 or 42 is not suppost to line up but 39 and 40 does. you can really find allot with imagination or you had designed a monster of a setup. i worked threw each clue but i guess no one knows which emojis are true to use. I know that your clues lead me back to the same spot but after that it is blank. there is one comment and then on the same post another comment right after that i kinda wonder if they are saying something. but then thats just making up things if emojis are the truth.                     pac-man ate a pellet LMAO   most kids on here will be like whats pacman