ARG Puzzle with 3.5 BTC Private Key Prize, Game Over

[ooxtcoo]

I SOLVED IT !!! FUCK!


man!!!! just got my source fixed from my bug... just some trys and i got it!!!!

shit shit shit"!"!!! GRRRRRRRRRR


PRIVATE KEY IS: 5KZnsvrXDcP7JFD7GCuZvifrbcBtK4kke8nHx6ibktgvPJxs4Lp

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[LtPaxIV]

and obvsly he/she was a tick more clever than the rest of us

[ooxtcoo]

and obvsly he/she was a tick more clever than the rest of us

if the fucking source of me would have worked....
i would have shared with you all!

[escrow.ms]

I SOLVED IT !!! FUCK!


man!!!! just got my source fixed from my bug... just some trys and i got it!!!!

shit shit shit"!"!!! GRRRRRRRRRR


PRIVATE KEY IS: 5KZnsvrXDcP7JFD7GCuZvifrbcBtK4kke8nHx6ibktgvPJxs4Lp

you are late my friend

what was the bug by the way?

[arg-sidekick]

GG, guys. I'm happy for gatekeeper; frustrated I couldn't solve it myself.

https://i.imgur.com/mlesDaT.gif

[ooxtcoo]

i still dont know...

when i write

Str := string;

Str:='abcd....';

and then i whant to use the lenght of the string for a loop it showed me 62.

but my code gived wrong results, but when i write directly 62, it worked... that i just found right now...
must be some bug in delphi...


btw...  the solution is.... one small now is tall... so exchange w with W in the 51 character string...

[itod]

Ohhh crap!
That was a well set up puzzle.
So much collaboration...
teamwork...
hype...
PATIENCE...
And after about 10 days, we are left with nothing.
Many people contibuted to this.
The winner used the findings of other people to get there.
That makes it unfair. In fact, it is likely we'll never know who won.
I am desperate to see he is a bitcoin millionaire.
MESSAGE TO HIM: Great work mr.Smart. You proved that you're a greedy bitch who doesn't care
for anyone. You din't even post about your find. Now you own roughly 1500 btc.
3.53 btc doesn't mean anything to you. Please donate some penies to other people who contibuted on this,
or I wish your hdd or ssd melts from fire, and the worms eat your paper wallet.

I was a bit harsh, I know it, but this is how I feel now...

What are you talking about? Gatekeeper found the solution. Why are you insulting him, for having 1500 BTC?!?

[elh40257]

Good experience. But not mood. Congratulations!... but this is not that I think. :-)

[arg-sidekick]

Ohhh crap!
That was a well set up puzzle.
So much collaboration...
teamwork...
hype...
PATIENCE...
And after about 10 days, we are left with nothing.
Many people contibuted to this.
The winner used the findings of other people to get there.
That makes it unfair. In fact, it is likely we'll never know who won.
I am desperate to see he is a bitcoin millionaire.
MESSAGE TO HIM: Great work mr.Smart. You proved that you're a greedy bitch who doesn't care
for anyone. You din't even post about your find. Now you own roughly 1500 btc.
3.53 btc doesn't mean anything to you. Please donate some penies to other people who contibuted on this,
or I wish your hdd or ssd melts from fire, and the worms eat your paper wallet.

I was a bit harsh, I know it, but this is how I feel now...

I understand the anger in the thread, but let's just be happy to get some sleep. It's a shame the winner didn't drop some thanks BTC but what can you expect.

We all had a good game It's been a pleasure, gents and ladies. Thanks to OP for her infuriating puzzle.

Love, the sidekick.

[itod]

I also think the solution is idiotic. No way could anyone find it without not one but two hints:
- "One small now is tall."
- Picture with Alice with letter "W" marked all over it.

What's the point of a puzzle that can not sustain itself, and relies on numerous hints to be solved?

[ooxtcoo]

btw...  the solution is.... one small now is tall... so exchange w with W in the 51 character string...

That's fucking stupid. It's unrelated to any of the information given. Why was the shit on the right of the image then? The OP made a typo in the given key and somehow that's supposed to be part of the ARG?

thats why we tryed adn tryed and witouth the hints we still would try...

i was mostly searching solution in the xmp coordinates information... almost all nigths...

[tsoPANos]

Sorry to everyone and mainly Gatekeeper. I apologise.
I was a bit fast didn't look on what was posted as I was typing.  
I deleted my former post.



Congrats to the winner btw!


To op: I was amased by the puzzle. I wish
there were these kind of puzzles more often!

[Kangaderoo]

Congrats to the winner.....

I learned a lot and slept little.....

[itod]

Ohhh crap!
That was a well set up puzzle.
So much collaboration...
teamwork...
hype...
PATIENCE...
And after about 10 days, we are left with nothing.
Many people contibuted to this.
The winner used the findings of other people to get there.
That makes it unfair. In fact, it is likely we'll never know who won.
I am desperate to see he is a bitcoin millionaire.
MESSAGE TO HIM: Great work mr.Smart. You proved that you're a greedy bitch who doesn't care
for anyone. You din't even post about your find. Now you own roughly 1500 btc.
3.53 btc doesn't mean anything to you. Please donate some penies to other people who contibuted on this,
or I wish your hdd or ssd melts from fire, and the worms eat your paper wallet.

I was a bit harsh, I know it, but this is how I feel now...

What are you talking about? Gatekeeper found the solution. Why are you insulting him, for having 1500 BTC?!?

Yeah pretty much. It's like the bully in the playground who has their own lunch, but still takes yours anyway.

That's low.

He didn't do it for the money, he played with finer motivation: To play and compete. Kudos to him for being smart and quick.

[hoba]

Well it was nice to play, although it was a really, really bad prepared game, that needs additionally hints most of the times.

[ooxtcoo]

and it was a "O" not a ZERO

Code:

Self Test: OK!
______________________________________________________________________________
Str: z69JZqlJn862D1ndx7oLVEMmVOlP1zeWEeUCrsI7Roahzpeny7P
Wow: 6EQUJ5

5KZnsvrXDcP7JFD7GCuZvifrbcBtK4kke8nHx6ibktgvPJxs4Lp

[Yemmster]

I've taken a short walk. Downed a glass of water and had time to get a new, non frustr.. well almost non frustrated, view on the entire thing.

I've come to realise that in the last few days I've learned more about quite a few things than I'd have learned in atleast a few months. Coming away from an experience like this with new knowledge is in my honest oppinion worth more than any bitcoin, even though it would have been nice to grab a bit of the booty.

Congratulations Gatekeeper!

... and Op; Thanks for making the past few days more interesting. I could've done without the headache though.

[shorena]

btw...  the solution is.... one small now is tall... so exchange w with W in the 51 character string...

That's fucking stupid. It's unrelated to any of the information given. Why was the shit on the right of the image then? The OP made a typo in the given key and somehow that's supposed to be part of the ARG?

I dont even get it...

z69JZqlJn862D1ndx7oLVEMmVOlP1zewEeUCrsI7Roahzpeny7P switch(w,W)
-> z69JZqlJn862D1ndx7oLVEMmVOlP1zeWEeUCrsI7Roahzpeny7P
and then what? shift 6EQUJ5 times?
...
5KZnsvrXDcP7JFD7GCuZvifrbcBtK4kke8nHx6ibktgvPJxs4Lp

Where is the palindrome hint? I am confused and go to sleep maybe someone is nice and write a "for dummies" how to solve the last step so I can finish the pdf.

[itod]

I dont even get it...

z69JZqlJn862D1ndx7oLVEMmVOlP1zewEeUCrsI7Roahzpeny7P switch(w,W)
-> z69JZqlJn862D1ndx7oLVEMmVOlP1zeWEeUCrsI7Roahzpeny7P
and then what? shift 6EQUJ5 times?
...
5KZnsvrXDcP7JFD7GCuZvifrbcBtK4kke8nHx6ibktgvPJxs4Lp

Where is the palindrome hint? I am confused and go to sleep maybe someone is nice and write a "for dummies" how to solve the last step so I can finish the pdf.

Run this and you'll get the private key:

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

char* alph = "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";

int idxof(char c, char* alphabet) {
    int i;
    for (i=0;i<strlen(alphabet);i++){
        if (alphabet[i] == c) { return i; }
    }
    return -1;
}

main()
{
    char* s = "z69JZqlJn862D1ndx7oLVEMmVOlP1zeWEeUCrsI7Roahzpeny7P";
    char* p = "6EQUJ5";

    int i =0;
    int n;
    while (i < strlen(s)) {
        int n = idxof(s[i],alph);
        int v = idxof(p[i%strlen(p)],alph);
        v=(v+n) % 62;
        printf ("%c",alph[v]);
        i++;
    }
    printf ("\n");
}

Private key is the string "z69JZqlJn862D1ndx7oLVEMmVOlP1zeWEeUCrsI7Roahzpeny7P", where each character is shifted within the charset "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz", where the amount of shift is given by the signals from outer space.

[ooxtcoo]

the palidrome hint was for the "WoW"   ( but i added W6EQUJ5W, instead of the 51 char string )

once small now tall  tells that you need something switch upper case... ( i tryed so mutch different thing )

the last hint with post number showed that the algo is correct...
and the picture again with highlighted "W" was maybe the last thing what gatekeeper needed, cause
that was the one what me telled to switch that w to W...