ARG Puzzle with 3.5 BTC Private Key Prize, Game Over

[jc01480]

Code:

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

Yes, sure. There is a key from space.

The final frontier.

[mirth23]

I md5ed an idea last night so that I could look at it after sleep. I've been pondering it more now but haven't gotten anywhere, and I'm pretty sure it's OBE with the revelation of the XMP data overlay. But I'll share in case anyone can make more headway with this approach.

The idea is this: the 51 characters is a 3733T description of a method to derive a private key from OP's original image.

Consider: z69JZqlJn862D1ndx7oLVEMmVOlP1zewEeUCrsI7Roahzpeny7P

z69JZ: ??
ql: a 'Y' is at 1Q, also an 'F' is at 17A
J: nothing at 1J, but there's a 'n' at its inverse, A10
n: ?
86: slang for 'get rid of'
2D: 2-dimensional? second?
1ndx - index
7oLVE - solve
MmV - move
Ol: ?? (binary 0 and 1?)
P1ze - prize
ewEe - ??  (when?)
U - you
Crs - cross
I7 - 17? I7 has an 'E'
Roahz - rows. rose? [7R and R7 have nothing]
peny - penny?
7P - O or nothing. IP?

OP has already used 3733T in a prior solution, and this approach is more direct than some of the mathematical approaches that we have discussed, which is more in line with prior puzzle solutions.That said, I can't quite make enough sense out of the code (if it is one) to come up with a clear course of action. Note: when I talk about coordinates above, I'm referring to spreadsheet row/column coordinates or their inverse.

[elh40257]

Looks like I found a clue, but can not understand how to place it (not very urgen, not too many variations) and how many new lines I must place after it (very urgent)? Yet another night without a sleep is here...

[itod]

Looks like I found a clue, but can not understand how to place it (not very urgen, not too many variations) and how many new lines I must place after it (very urgent)? Yet another night without a sleep is here...

Nice of you to share the clue with us...

[elh40257]

Looks like I found a clue, but can not understand how to place it (not very urgen, not too many variations) and how many new lines I must place after it (very urgent)? Yet another night without a sleep is here...

Nice of you to share the clue with us...

I wrote a hint in message above. Can not say if it is a right way, think must try myself before placing it.

[arg-sidekick]

Looks like I found a clue, but can not understand how to place it (not very urgen, not too many variations) and how many new lines I must place after it (very urgent)? Yet another night without a sleep is here...

If you need a hand, we're all here to hivemind the solution.

[tsoPANos]

the original post have been edited 2 times today.
Did anyone catch the second hint-clue? OP tends to delete the hints sortly after pyblishing!
During that time I was afk.

[arg]

the original post have been edited 2 times today.
Did anyone catch the second hint-clue? OP tends to delete the hints sortly after pyblishing!
During that time I was afk.

Anybody got some of dem clues?

https://i.imgur.com/xBrrCG5.gif

[xELx]

the original post have been edited 2 times today.
Did anyone catch the second hint-clue? OP tends to delete the hints sortly after pyblishing!
During that time I was afk.

Anybody got some of dem clues?

https://i.imgur.com/xBrrCG5.gif

The last two edits I believe were adding this:

http://youtu.be/4JFmQNuG7AY?t=28s  

and then deleting it.

Nonetheless.... anybody got some clues?

[shorena]

Damn, this puzzle is going crazy!

Shorena, your PDF file is nice, however you should try to make it more "one thing". There were a lot of stand alone sentences, which was pretty annoying for me. If you packed them together in one little story it would have been much better. Other then that, it was definitely a good read. I got mentioned ones and one of my posts is included, yeah

Thanks, I am actually working on that. Had not much time today and have to work early. There will be a new version tomorrow. Also with all the new clues I had no time to read yet.

[Kangaderoo]

I md5ed an idea last night so that I could look at it after sleep. I've been pondering it more now but haven't gotten anywhere, and I'm pretty sure it's OBE with the revelation of the XMP data overlay. But I'll share in case anyone can make more headway with this approach.

The idea is this: the 51 characters is a 3733T description of a method to derive a private key from OP's original image.

Consider: z69JZqlJn862D1ndx7oLVEMmVOlP1zewEeUCrsI7Roahzpeny7P

z69JZ: ??
ql: a 'Y' is at 1Q, also an 'F' is at 17A
J: nothing at 1J, but there's a 'n' at its inverse, A10
n: ?
86: slang for 'get rid of'
2D: 2-dimensional? second?
1ndx - index
7oLVE - solve
MmV - move
Ol: ?? (binary 0 and 1?)
P1ze - prize
ewEe - ??  (when?)
U - you
Crs - cross
I7 - 17? I7 has an 'E'
Roahz - rows. rose? [7R and R7 have nothing]
peny - penny?
7P - O or nothing. IP?

OP has already used 3733T in a prior solution, and this approach is more direct than some of the mathematical approaches that we have discussed, which is more in line with prior puzzle solutions.That said, I can't quite make enough sense out of the code (if it is one) to come up with a clear course of action. Note: when I talk about coordinates above, I'm referring to spreadsheet row/column coordinates or their inverse.

maybe incorporate the morse code in your line of thought??? I don't speak 3733T.....



In the beginning I considered this image to be some kind of art, that could be displayed in a gallery.
With an UV lamp the enderman stuff could have been displayed. Always give a curator a nice story to tell....

I dropped this line of thought for obvious reasons.... kept the spreadsheet though   

[Mitchell]

Someone care to update me on changes or progress that have been made? Have been out all day.

[Gatekeeper]

the changes or progress is as follows:





that's it

nada

[Mitchell]

I see, so the same as yesterday, hahaha. We really need some clues OP.

[Gatekeeper]

Im stuck on just doing the old alphabet shift using the 0=0 A=10 a=36 thingy,

which im sure a lot of you have done, it has 2 characters in it that aren't valid, which gives
5CFPfwrPtEC8J7tj3DuRbKSsb6rV75k2KkaIxyoDXugn5vkt4DV
without them it's
5CFPfwrPtEC8J7tj3DuRbKSsb6rV75k2Kka xy DXugn5vkt4DV
the thing that stuck me is the wow jpg is all about rows/columns of 2 numbers and i've been trying to substitute numbers from the wow jpg into the gap.

but as usual, no joy, although i do feel like the clue is a priv key and we just need to figure out the conversion structure. I think i tried it with 0=0 a=10 A=36 too and instead of going z >0>1>2>3>4>5 i also did it going backwards but you always end up with at least one invalid character



The only other thing bugging me is that we used the WOW! to solve a clue but we never used the word BABY that was in there as well, I wonder why OP used that.

[Gatekeeper]

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.

bump for this as well ^^ i guess you could say this is our progress today

[S4VV4S]

Guys I have managed to extract 51 characters, which I believe requires major shifting and I don't know how to go about it  

It would be unfair if this find goes to waste and I am sure most of yous want it and are tired of looking for it.

Nevermind....

You guys are looking at the wrong direction I think.

Gimme two mins to find my notes.



Text from Wow!
z69JZqlJn862D1ndx7oLVEMmV0lP1zewEeUCrsI7Roahzpeny7P

All text on first image apart from the address
s7ovY8tcakz3CmiuN2rh5OP4iDcIxbMy2nLi31nmtHdEhirLbwb5yufe3TCSvjwoAUrk9FzRe7aeJ62 YTO6ABDiFt

Removing same letters in order of appearance
Discard the rest of the Wow! text.

vYtck3iuN5O4icIb2i3mtHhirLbb5yuf3TCSvjwArkFa2YTOABDiFt   - 54
vYtck3iuN -9  
5O4icIb2i3mtHhirLbb - 19
5yuf3TCSvjwArkFa2YTOABDiFt  - 26
 

Remove illegal characters: 0OIl and

vYtck3iuN -9  
54icb2i3mtHhirLbb - 17
5yuf3TCSvjwArkFa2YTABDiFt  - 25

51 Total

Start shitfing!

And hopefully if you win you will remember me


EDIT: I have tried shit load of shifts even doubles and still didnt get the right key 

[LtPaxIV]

ok like 55 minutes ago there was written under the 1 first OP post

*wow+crops

(also could have been *wow.jpg+crops.jpg)

i didnt think it is usefull to remember this  

but it was definitely wow+crops

[LtPaxIV]

ok like 55 minutes ago there was written under the 1 first OP post

*wow+crops

(also could have been *wow.jpg+crops.jpg)

i didnt think it is usefull to remember this  

but it was definitely wow+crops

someone has a link to the crop.jped pls?

[elh40257]

Try to read OP message from last picture using your words.