ARG Puzzle with 3.5 BTC Private Key Prize, Game Over

[itod]

OK, let me try to summarize where we stand. We finally have:

1) A string overlaid at the header of the table in Wow.jpg file:

Code:

z69JZqlJn862D1ndx7oLVEMmV0lP1zewEeUCrsI7Roahzpeny7P

2) Different pattern in the part of the Crop.jpg image.

Can someone please post original and changed parts of the Crop.jpg, correctly cropped and resized, so that they can be carefully examined? There is an image in the PDF file which describes the progress, but it's ruined with some coloring and is not useful for detailed examination.

One thing is not clear to me, did we got the password seed 'Wov!' before or after we opened the Wov.jpg? If we got it after we opened the file maybe the overlay string is not important any more, like some other clues before, which were just false ends.

[5w00p]

i just gotta say, the OP is a badass chica, and all who have worked on this are also bad to the bone.

[Gatekeeper]

OK, let me try to summarize where we stand. We finally have:

1) A string overlaid at the header of the table in Wow.jpg file:

Code:

z69JZqlJn862D1ndx7oLVEMmV0lP1zewEeUCrsI7Roahzpeny7P

2) Different pattern in the part of the Crop.jpg image.

Can someone please post original and changed parts of the Crop.jpg, correctly cropped and resized, so that they can be carefully examined? There is an image in the PDF file which describes the progress, but it's ruined with some coloring and is not useful for detailed examination.

One thing is not clear to me, did we got the password seed 'Wov!' before or after we opened the Wov.jpg? If we got it after we opened the file maybe the overlay string is not important any more, like some other clues before, which were just false ends.

the password to crops.7z led to the Wow.jpg inside, so it was before

[rgm108]

Very nice write-up Shorena.
Thanks for taking the time to do this.

[Mister S]

I know someone plotted the EXIF paint correction data, but is there any chance someone could go point by point? not in lines, but x coord, y coord with that info?

50 lines of signal strengths.
1 line of just 02 repeated.

I think each 2 data point corresponds to the letter in it's line, and where they intersect is where we go, but in order. (Top to bottom, or bottom to top)

[arg]

I know someone plotted the EXIF paint correction data, but is there any chance someone could go point by point? not in lines, but x coord, y coord with that info?

50 lines of signal strengths.
1 line of just 02 repeated.

I think each 2 data point corresponds to the letter in it's line, and where they intersect is where we go, but in order. (Top to bottom, or bottom to top)

Everything except the block of 51 characters is verbatim from the original image.

edit: ok maybe you is a dick!  i will follow the mathgate.info advice if i fungers it out.

Not intended to be in that case. I forgot who I was giving instructions to. You will of course need to import the key and then send the funds to a new address, otherwise they will be retained in the former key other people know. As soon as you've sent them out of the starting address, you're free to gloat about it in the thread.

the_trail.pdf said you were a dick

I resent that.

[elh40257]

Probably irrelevant: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contract_bridge

[hoba]

The correct overlay (xmp-points scaled [0;1]x[0;1]=>[0;3600]x[0;2974])

My impression is, that the confusingly stroked area (with the SETI signal) is irrelevant, it's also used for the password already. Attention should be payed for the channel number and the 51 bytes headlines and somehow the marked line on the right.

https://i.imgur.com/lUHNUQK.jpg

[Velkro]

i bet its fake puzzle, and noone will win or person know to this event creator 
sorry to spoil fun trying

[arg-sidekick]

i bet its fake puzzle, and noone will win or person know to this event creator 
sorry to spoil fun trying

What?

I do believe this will end, the 51 char hint in the top left would assert that it's the last stage.

I'll quote ARG in an off forum chat "wish someone would solve this already so I can go do something else"

Couldn't agree more. Anyway, back to sifting through the numbers..

[elh40257]

hoba, thanks for the uploading this. Also read Shorenas text, good work.

[sha-256]

i bet its fake puzzle, and noone will win or person know to this event creator 
sorry to spoil fun trying

maybe you right but don't matter

[mirth23]

The correct overlay (xmp-points scaled [0;1]x[0;1]=>[0;3600]x[0;2974])

My impression is, that the confusingly stroked area (with the SETI signal) is irrelevant, it's also used for the password already. Attention should be payed for the channel number and the 51 bytes headlines and somehow the marked line on the right.

Huh! That's pretty interesting. I must admit I thought you were on a wild goose chase when you started out down that path, but it certainly does look like something deliberately hidden.

For the record, to whoever asked a few pages ago, the image I posted that I'd "found" with the Such Wow Doge meme was what I thought was an obvious joke.

[Timmmaahh]

The correct overlay (xmp-points scaled [0;1]x[0;1]=>[0;3600]x[0;2974])

My impression is, that the confusingly stroked area (with the SETI signal) is irrelevant, it's also used for the password already. Attention should be payed for the channel number and the 51 bytes headlines and somehow the marked line on the right.

Huh! That's pretty interesting. I must admit I thought you were on a wild goose chase when you started out down that path, but it certainly does look like something deliberately hidden.

For the record, to whoever asked a few pages ago, the image I posted that I'd "found" with the Such Wow Doge meme was what I thought was an obvious joke.

haha you bastard

[xELx]

The correct overlay (xmp-points scaled [0;1]x[0;1]=>[0;3600]x[0;2974])

My impression is, that the confusingly stroked area (with the SETI signal) is irrelevant, it's also used for the password already. Attention should be payed for the channel number and the 51 bytes headlines and somehow the marked line on the right.

https://i.imgur.com/lUHNUQK.jpg

Does the random squiggly bits look deliberate to anyone else? Just the way the lines seem to pass through specific digits has me interested. For instance, if you look at the bottom how it passes through 'U' and avoids any other characters before hitting another '1' and then sharply going to another '1'. Could be that I'm just grasping at straws here but I'm at a loss as to what to do here.

[arg]

Could be that I'm just grasping at straws here but I'm at a loss as to what to do here.

I think you are.

We have disconnected information from a few sources that seems to combine to something incomplete.

http://mylittlefacewhen.com/media/f/rsz/mlfw10507_small.jpg

[itod]

There's also a long vertical line on the right side underlined with blue stroke, the number sequence is:
27913579135791357913579135791357913579024

[elh40257]

Probably (absolutely?) irrelevant: at this place we can see an unique choice of random number generator.

[arg-sidekick]

Probably (absolutely?) irrelevant: at this place we can see an unique choice of random number generator.

Sorry, I'm overtired and can't read typo. Care to reword?

[elh40257]

Code:

Sorry, I'm overtired and can't read typo. Care to reword?

Yes, sure. There is a key from space.