ARG Puzzle with 3.5 BTC Private Key Prize, Game Over

[S4VV4S]

Back in the days, when they used Morse code, they talked like this.

I will be back at home at ten stop Get out your broom stop I will be wearing a helmet stop

The stop indicated, the end of a sentence.

Do we have a Morse code with 2 sentences, where you do not use the stop?

I still say it's a bitcoin adress with a private key encrypted with a pass phrase.

You get the bitcoin adress, and unlock it with the private key, but you would need the pass phrase.

I believe you have a valid point.

[S4VV4S]

One more thing before I leave.

The OP has corrected us on the CANNOT DO NOT thing.

So divert your search to that sentence.

[jc01480]

Perhaps the morse code you got was on one side of the photo and we haven't looked at possibilities of reversing (up/down or separating lower half between left/right).  Remind me what is a dot and dash again.  

Edit: never mind.  I see.

I stop words.  But not numbers?

[mtgox555]

So i just did the following: I took the morse code list

TALE
HACK
EVIL
YOKE
CODE
ACT
NEST
NO
ON
TIME
APEX
TILT
TRICK
ACE
CATCH
KEY
WISH
HASH
AIM
TECH
TO
HIT
ECHO
YOUTH
DASH
ONE
NET
OATH
TIP
SET
ETHER
END
STOP
WORDS
TLWG?NYAEFDMHTHMETNYTWTEWTP?KEUEALENEDLAW

and then i filtered off the words that are NOT in the dark wallet mnemonic word list aka the "stop words". I was then left with
"evil time trick catch key wish aim hit echo youth end stop" - exactly 12 words as the dark wallet requires.
This wallet did sadly not have any bitcoins in it. I feel like this should have been the solution.

[elh40257]

I'm not sure how many dimensions there are but also think who is have a printer can try more methods than who who is have not. Also like idea Kprawn with stop words, must try apply it when reading this.

[xavier46930]

From what I can tell no one should be feeling bad. Without all of the hints OP has been giving, we wouldn't have gotten anywhere.

Based on OP's latest update it looks like it might be time to leave the picture for the next phase of this adventure.

- Embedded morse code has been solved: "They cannot attack what they do not see"

*Portrait is a "shared start point." Google is your friend.

If we all start scouring the search results for "they cannot attack what they do not see" we're bound to find something (unless I'm misinterpreting that hint).

[jc01480]

From what I can tell no one should be feeling bad. Without all of the hints OP has been giving, we wouldn't have gotten anywhere.

Based on OP's latest update it looks like it might be time to leave the picture for the next phase of this adventure.

- Embedded morse code has been solved: "They cannot attack what they do not see"

*Portrait is a "shared start point." Google is your friend.

If we all start scouring the search results for "they cannot attack what they do not see" we're bound to find something (unless I'm misinterpreting that hint).

Perhaps clues lie in other renderings?

Anyone get anything out of the last transaction? 

[Kprawn]

Well is the wallet mnemonic not for a blockchain.info wallet?

You can insert the mnemonic and it work from that to give you the password. And the "they cannot attack what they do not see" may be necessary to transfer the
BTC from that account, to your own account? Or is that numbers?

We close to it, I think 

 

[mtgox555]

When I search "they cannot attack what they do not see" the top two results are minecraft wikis. 1) for enderman http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Enderman and 2) for mobs http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Mobs

Am I the only one getting these search results?? Not sure what to look for, but there might be something in there?

I am also seeing those results. They are not in top though. Personalized results really is a problem. I can prevent personalized results on my part but i have absolutely no idea what kind of personalized results OP might get.

[jc01480]

My son just pointed something out to me on the enderman wiki. Ha ha! Suckers!

Edit: oh, smells like BS

[Prospero]

Only 1 google result for "No more clues. GoodBye and Good Luck.", a recently published sherlock holmes story.

[Prospero]

*Update 6/29

- Message decoder has been discovered.

Hmm, which was that?

[xavier46930]

WTF?! Does anyone know anything about this update? Someone must be hoarding solves. Not cool bro.

*Update 6/29

- Message decoder has been discovered.

[xELx]

*Update 6/29

- Message decoder has been discovered.

Hmm, which was that?

So it's been discovered but hasn't been decoded? Or is that just being purposely obscure to not give away too much. If it hadn't been decoded I'm not sure how OP would know that it had been discovered unless it was posted in this thread.

[oXo]

Anyone else honest enough to admit they are to stupid to attempt this... I am :~(
I need a hug.

*hugs*


I also feel empty. Ive been at the since monday. Today I will just clean my keyboard and read the rest of the board.

I was thinking this the whole time. Glad I could read through everyones thought process on this.

I'm glad to be apart of this great community

[shorena]

*Update 6/29

- Message decoder has been discovered.

Hmm, which was that?

So it's been discovered but hasn't been decoded? Or is that just being purposely obscure to not give away too much. If it hadn't been decoded I'm not sure how OP would know that it had been discovered unless it was posted in this thread.

Well there was this deleted post:

My son just pointed something out to me on the enderman wiki. Ha ha! Suckers!

Edit: oh, smells like BS

its cached here: https://bitcointa.lk/threads/a-bitcoin-challenge-decrypt-art-winner-takes-all.332575/page-27#post-7262497
and here: https://bitcointa.lk/threads/a-bitcoin-challenge-decrypt-art-winner-takes-all.332575/page-27#post-7262456

There is also this wiki I just found: http://yt-arg-puzzle.wikia.com/wiki/YT%27s_ARG_Puzzle_Wiki

[micaman]

Transaction 0.29869595

A A A ART EVIL DAY

Seems fitting...

How did you get that?

[jc01480]

Transaction 0.29869595

A A A ART EVIL DAY

Seems fitting...

How did you get that?

Run the digits through the calculator. 

[xavier46930]

There is also this wiki I just found: http://yt-arg-puzzle.wikia.com/wiki/YT%27s_ARG_Puzzle_Wiki

That wiki needs severe editing. It makes my head hurt how inaccurate it is. Who came up with that translation of the morse? If you just go through the morse you'll see it clearly says "end stop words" there's no "I" at the end of the word phrase. I don't have time, but hopefully someone will make the needed edits.

[ip669]

i bet there will be smth like 'fu richard i break up with you' or similar at the end of it