ARG Puzzle with 3.5 BTC Private Key Prize, Game Over

[mirth23]

http://imgur.com/PYGgZAJ

Here's the image run through some filters to bring out the noise in the darker parts of the image. You can see where there's been some digital editing, especially in the backgrounds of some squares, but it's hard to tell if that was for artistic reasons/clarity or if it's a message. Also note the noise in the black border areas - it looks black in the original image but there's some data in there. It's hard to tell if what's in the borders is an artifact of photography/scanning or if there's something hidden in it.

[Yeap]

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[S4VV4S]

http://imgur.com/PYGgZAJ

Here's the image run through some filters to bring out the noise in the darker parts of the image. You can see where there's been some digital editing, especially in the backgrounds of some squares, but it's hard to tell if that was for artistic reasons/clarity or if it's a message. Also note the noise in the black border areas - it looks black in the original image but there's some data in there. It's hard to tell if what's in the borders is an artifact of photography/scanning or if there's something hidden in it.

There is definitely something hidden there and that is what we are looking for....
The key to extract the private key from the image

[moinen]

If you ignore the guys in the picture and loop the morse around, from top to bottom, left to right, you get

Code:

- .- .-.. . .... .- -.-.		TALE HAC
-.- . ...- .. .-.. -.--		K EVIL Y
--- -.- . .-. --- -..			OKE ROD
. .- -.-. - -. . ...			E ACT NES
- -. --- --- -. - .. --		T NOON TIM
. .- .--. . -..- - ..			E APEX TI
 .-.. - - .-. .. -.-			LT TRIK/TRIC
 . -.- .- -.-. . -.-.			K ACE C
  .- - -.-. ....			ATCH
-.- . -.-- .--				KEY W
.. ... .... ....			ISHH
.- ... .... .-				ASHA
 .. -- -				IMT
 . -.-. ....				ECH
- ---					TO
.... ..					HI
- . -.-.				TEC
.... ---				HO
-.-- ---				YO
..- - ....				UTH
-.. .-					DA
... ....				SH
--- -.					ON
. -. . 					ENE
- --- .-				TOA
- .... - ..				THTI
.--. ... . - . -			PSETET
.... . .-. . -. -			HERENT
.. ... - --- .--. .--			ISTOPW
--- .-. -.. ... -			ORDST
.-.. .-- --. ---. -. -.—- 		LWG Ö NY
.- . ..-. -.. -- ....			AEFDMH
- .... -- . - -. -.--			THMETNY
- .-- - . .-- - .--. ---.		TWTEWTPOE
-.- . ..- . .- .-..			KEUEAL
. -. . -.. .-.. .- .--			ENEDLAW

"tale hack evil yoke rode act nest noon time apex tilt trick ace catch key wish hash aim tech to hi techo youth dash one net oath tip set ether ent is top words"
and nonsense after that.

Bro/sister, can you explain how you went about this?

I had a few slight mistakes in there, but what I did was to start from top left corner, green dot is a dash, red is a dot in morse. Every letter or yellow dot is a pause. When you reach the bottom or the end of the line at the bottom of the image, or because the two figures are in the way, just loop around to the top on the next column to the right. Convert that from morse to plaintext. If you seperate the english words out of that string, and take the first letters of each word, you get THEY CAN NOT ATTACT WHAT THEY CAN NOT SEE.

[S4VV4S]

If you ignore the guys in the picture and loop the morse around, from top to bottom, left to right, you get

Code:

- .- .-.. . .... .- -.-.		TALE HAC
-.- . ...- .. .-.. -.--		K EVIL Y
--- -.- . .-. --- -..			OKE ROD
. .- -.-. - -. . ...			E ACT NES
- -. --- --- -. - .. --		T NOON TIM
. .- .--. . -..- - ..			E APEX TI
 .-.. - - .-. .. -.-			LT TRIK/TRIC
 . -.- .- -.-. . -.-.			K ACE C
  .- - -.-. ....			ATCH
-.- . -.-- .--				KEY W
.. ... .... ....			ISHH
.- ... .... .-				ASHA
 .. -- -				IMT
 . -.-. ....				ECH
- ---					TO
.... ..					HI
- . -.-.				TEC
.... ---				HO
-.-- ---				YO
..- - ....				UTH
-.. .-					DA
... ....				SH
--- -.					ON
. -. . 					ENE
- --- .-				TOA
- .... - ..				THTI
.--. ... . - . -			PSETET
.... . .-. . -. -			HERENT
.. ... - --- .--. .--			ISTOPW
--- .-. -.. ... -			ORDST
.-.. .-- --. ---. -. -.—- 		LWG Ö NY
.- . ..-. -.. -- ....			AEFDMH
- .... -- . - -. -.--			THMETNY
- .-- - . .-- - .--. ---.		TWTEWTPOE
-.- . ..- . .- .-..			KEUEAL
. -. . -.. .-.. .- .--			ENEDLAW

"tale hack evil yoke rode act nest noon time apex tilt trick ace catch key wish hash aim tech to hi techo youth dash one net oath tip set ether ent is top words"
and nonsense after that.

Bro/sister, can you explain how you went about this?

I had a few slight mistakes in there, but what I did was to start from top left corner, green dot is a dash, red is a dot in morse. Every letter or yellow dot is a pause. When you reach the bottom or the end of the line at the bottom of the image, or because the two figures are in the way, just loop around to the top on the next column to the right. Convert that from morse to plaintext. If you seperate the english words out of that string, and take the first letters of each word, you get THEY CAN NOT ATTACT WHAT THEY CAN NOT SEE.

Great!

Apparently you guys are much better than me on this.

Any idea on where do we go from here?

[rwilliams]

Thanks for the info S4VV4S. I didn't notice that. Guess I've spent too much time in one sitting and am starting to get far too tired to continue for now.

[S4VV4S]

Thanks for the info S4VV4S. I didn't notice that. Guess I've spent too much time in one sitting and am starting to get far too tired to continue for now.

Yeah, I know what you mean.

And Alice is having the time of her life now....
Aren't you Alice?   

[S4VV4S]

Relevant: http://www.szmz.hu/variations_on_steganography/stego_description.html

[elh40257]

image2wav.py - nothing

[mirth23]

Fold it

Excellent idea. I've gotten some promising results, but I think my initial image transformation isn't quite right.

[shorena]

Im not at home atm, can some please post the "crap" from the morse code that lead to "they can not attack..."

I also wonder if that crap results in words if cesarshifted or if its an oinion address.

[S4VV4S]

Im not at home atm, can some please post the "crap" from the morse code that lead to "they can not attack..."

I also wonder if that crap results in words if cesarshifted or if its an oinion address.

It's here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=661781.msg7565258#msg7565258

EDIT: Also, after the famous they cannot attack what they do not see, the words: stop words, appear. so I don't know if you going to get anything there.

[pbj sammich]

*** Begin of Report ***

Mark integrity:

Carrier Name <- Uc6VAnV.jpg
Mean Integrity <- 52.14%
Overall Integrity <- 4.29%
Mark <- "�×àÍÅ,—ñ>ŽÞŠvÀ°U%û¸³“ÜÅ\çœjrB`"

*** End of Report ***

[S4VV4S]

*** Begin of Report ***

Mark integrity:

Carrier Name <- Uc6VAnV.jpg
Mean Integrity <- 52.14%
Overall Integrity <- 4.29%
Mark <- "�×àÍÅ,—ñ>ŽÞŠvÀ°U%û¸³“ÜÅ\çœjrB`"

*** End of Report ***

Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich, wouldn't mind one right now

I doubt that has anything to do with it, but I could be wrong.

[mirth23]

Im not at home atm, can some please post the "crap" from the morse code that lead to "they can not attack..."

I also wonder if that crap results in words if cesarshifted or if its an oinion address.

in raw form with spaces for delimiters:

Code:

0 1011 100 001 0001 01 0100 10 1 1101 011 00 1111 0 1111 00 1 0 01 0100 0 100 0 1 100 0 1001 0001 010 1 110 1 10 1011 1 01 1 011 1011 10 100

100 bits.

[S4VV4S]

Im not at home atm, can some please post the "crap" from the morse code that lead to "they can not attack..."

I also wonder if that crap results in words if cesarshifted or if its an oinion address.

in raw form with spaces for delimiters:

Code:

0 1011 100 001 0001 01 0100 10 1 1101 011 00 1111 0 1111 00 1 0 01 0100 0 100 0 1 100 0 1001 0001 010 1 110 1 10 1011 1 01 1 011 1011 10 100

100 bits.

Sorry just noticed that.
I think the http and 404 transaction makes it clear that we will not find anything there that leads to an address (URL)

[shorena]

Im not at home atm, can some please post the "crap" from the morse code that lead to "they can not attack..."

I also wonder if that crap results in words if cesarshifted or if its an oinion address.

It's here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=661781.msg7565258#msg7565258

EDIT: Also, after the famous they cannot attack what they do not see, the words: stop words, appear. so I don't know if you going to get anything there.

thx.

"...not see"
followed by
I stop words
I as in eye?

need to check this:

 TLWG Ö NYAEFDMHTHMETNYTWTEWTPOEKEUEALENEDLAW

later with cesarshift. Have an algo ready for that. Just not sure what to do with the Ö

[cryptozim]

I don't have much time to participate today, but I think we're on the wrong track with the Morse code. I keep seeing people point out "stop words" at the end of the "cannot attack..." message. I think the message just ends at "stop," and "words" is a coincidence. The fact that the rest of the message doesn't actually conform to morse code (the question mark showing it's not valid) means that's a totally separate message. Maybe a different permutation (right to left, flip red/green dots/dashes) on the dots after "stop" may provide a more meaningful message?

[S4VV4S]

Im not at home atm, can some please post the "crap" from the morse code that lead to "they can not attack..."

I also wonder if that crap results in words if cesarshifted or if its an oinion address.

It's here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=661781.msg7565258#msg7565258

EDIT: Also, after the famous they cannot attack what they do not see, the words: stop words, appear. so I don't know if you going to get anything there.

thx.

"...not see"
followed by
I stop words
I as in eye?

need to check this:

 TLWG Ö NYAEFDMHTHMETNYTWTEWTPOEKEUEALENEDLAW

later with cesarshift. Have an algo ready for that. Just not sure what to do with the Ö

ROT13 - GYJT B ALNRSQZUGUZRGALGJGRJGCBRXRHRNYRARQYNJ
ROT12 - HZKU C BMOSTRAVHVASHBMHKHSKHDCSYSISOZSBSRZOK
ROT11 - IALV D CNPTUSBWIWBTICNILITLIEDTZTJTPATCTSAPL
ROT10 - JBMW E DOQUVTCXJXCUJDOJMJUMJFEUAUKUQBUDUTBQM
ROT9 - KCNX F EPRVWUDYKYDVKEPKNKVNKGFVBVLVRCVEVUCRN
ROT8 - LDOY G FQSWXVEZLZEWLFQLOLWOLHGWCWMWSDWFWVDSO
ROT7 - MEPZ H GRTXYWFAMAFXMGRMPMXPMIHXDXNXTEXGXWETP
ROT6 - NFQA I HSUYZXGBNBGYNHSNQNYQNJIYEYOYUFYHYXFUQ
ROT5 - OGRB J ITVZAYHCOCHZOITOROZROKJZFZPZVGZIZYGVR
ROT4 - PHSC K JUWABZIDPDIAPJUPSPASPLKAGAQAWHAJAZHWS
ROT3 - QITD L KVXBCAJEQEJBQKVQTQBTQMLBHBRBXIBKBAIXT
ROT2 - RJUE M LWYCDBKFRFKCRLWRURCURNMCICSCYJCLCBJYU
ROT1 - SKVF N MXZDECLGSGLDSMXSVSDVSONDJDTDZKDMDCKZV
ROT0 - TLWG O NYAEFDMHTHMETNYTWTEWTPOEKEUEALENEDLAW
ROT-1 - UMXH P OZBFGENIUINFUOZUXUFXUQPFLFVFBMFOFEMBX
ROT-2 - VNYI Q PACGHFOJVJOGVPAVYVGYVRQGMGWGCNGPGFNCY
ROT-3 - WOZJ R QBDHIGPKWKPHWQBWZWHZWSRHNHXHDOHQHGODZ
ROT-4 - XPAK S RCEIJHQLXLQIXRCXAXIAXTSIOIYIEPIRIHPEA
ROT-5 - YQBL T SDFJKIRMYMRJYSDYBYJBYUTJPJZJFQJSJIQFB
ROT-6 - ZRCM U TEGKLJSNZNSKZTEZCZKCZVUKQKAKGRKTKJRGC
ROT-7 - ASDN V UFHLMKTOAOTLAUFADALDAWVLRLBLHSLULKSHD
ROT-8 - BTEO W VGIMNLUPBPUMBVGBEBMEBXWMSMCMITMVMLTIE
ROT-9 - CUFP X WHJNOMVQCQVNCWHCFCNFCYXNTNDNJUNWNMUJF
ROT-10 - DVGQ Y XIKOPNWRDRWODXIDGDOGDZYOUOEOKVOXONVKG
ROT-11 - EWHR Z YJLPQOXSESXPEYJEHEPHEAZPVPFPLWPYPOWLH
ROT-12 - FXIS A ZKMQRPYTFTYQFZKFIFQIFBAQWQGQMXQZQPXMI
ROT-13 - GYJT B ALNRSQZUGUZRGALGJGRJGCBRXRHRNYRARQYNJ    <--- this should probably be omitted, it's the same as line one.
 
Starting from 13 to -13

EDIT: Just checked the first two lines and stopped there, couldn't find anything.
Maybe you can do better

HOLY FUCK!!!!!!

Ignore the first 4 letters and the 1 and start from the other, you almost get the alphabet.
WTF???

Top to bottom btw.

EDIT 2: start from this: ALNRSQZUGUZRGALGJGRJGCBRXRHRNYRARQYNJ

EDIT3: Ignore the last line and you get the alphabet, I think.....

EDIT 4: Can someone confirm?

[Kangaderoo]

EDIT3: Ignore the last line and you get the alphabet, I think.....

If you rotate/shift using the alphabet, with a single step interval.... I guess you always get the alphabet in each column