The Legend of Satoshi Nakamato, FINAL STEP PUBLISHED.... 4.87 BTC GRAND PRIZE!

[680cfbb909]

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Are the hashes I used in the picture. Worth a try, but I don't think this will lead to anything. At least not with the transaction hashes.

I think it's the other way around. You would get nothing by finding the transactions in the picture, transactions are already known. The idea would be to get hash in this manner from something that is drawn in the picture, and since the WIF private key format is basically a hash use it to collect the reward. Since his visualizations and hashes are mapped 1:1, and he generates them from hashes, one should in theory reverse his code and get the hash from visualizations. Lot's of work, but interesting possibility. I wounder what is the source of the info the author of the puzzle thank'd Rob Myers for his work and said "He’s one of the ones who 'Made this possible'". Is this true? Link somewhere?

Interesting idea. But I think you need to know exactly what piece of the picture has to be reversed to a hash. Every slightest piece of information will change the hash, so you even need to know the right angle and size of the figure you want to reverse to get a correct hash. Reversing itself won't be that hard.

On the other hand coin_artist's comment on Rob Myers doesn't necessarily mean that she used something he published to make this puzzle. Maybe they exchanged ideas or discussed possibile puzzle-solving-steps and she thanks him for his help. Or he wrote a special piece of code just for this puzzle which was never published.

Thanks again, I didn't get nothing useful, but it was worth trying, another searched path. If someone else wants to check it, now it's clear with your explanations.

It's always fun to see some new ideas in this thread and play around with them 

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[itod]

There's really a direct mention of Rob Myers:

https://twitter.com/coin_artist/status/584358815358943233

Interesting this was buried in a single sentence 700 posts ago without direct quote, and no one emphasized it after that.

[neogabe]

There are plenty of crypto-coding ideas to test here...

https://gitlab.com/users/robmyers/projects

Some of them could be used as inspiration on the current puzzle. (Or be directly applied to it). Good coding skills needed

EDIT: I just saw that he is a gitlab member since April 15, 2015, and the puzzle was published on April 3, so maybe there isn't so much useful code that I previously thought.

[feedo]

I think there are two files embedded in the picture.
one of them we already have (That ea oem 011 pdf file)
i think the other one is embedded in characters in the (dove-phoenix area)
the eyes could represent some information and there is a word above the phoenix head in bold blue colour (Y between dove chest and phoenix)

i mentioned that in my previous post (See Post #978)
https://imgur.com/a/YurM0
https://imgur.com/a/tNi9E

those characters could represent a word or a file to search for in Google.

[chubbychew]

There are plenty of crypto-coding ideas to test here...

https://gitlab.com/users/robmyers/projects

Some of them could be used as inspiration on the current puzzle. (Or be directly applied to it). Good coding skills needed

EDIT: I just saw that he is a gitlab member since April 15, 2015, and the puzzle was published on April 3, so maybe there isn't so much useful code that I previously thought.

Nice work! This code was also posted on gitorious December 2014, predating the puzzle... anyway, thanks to you and 680cfbb909 for following up on an old lead. As I learn more about the coding side of things, I would want any null result I got to be double checked by someone with more experience anyway.

[feedo]

In fact, I’m stuck, a bit, on a more traditionally cryptographic aspect of the puzzle. It involves decrypting symbols that serve as instructions in a long series of chains.

i think that there are special symbols and characters in this puzzle that nobody yet can understand.
here is an example:

https://imgur.com/a/mDpTL

the white rabbit posted before a white image that contains letters and symbols.

[feedo]

this steganography tools could help us to find hidden information.
but i don't know how it works and how to use it.

https://github.com/b3dk7/StegExpose
https://github.com/varunon9/Image-Stegano
https://github.com/livz/cloacked-pixel

[feedo]

There are way, way, more interesting images in theres, in a huge array of art styles. The first step is a macro step, not a detail-related one. I suspect you may have found it, but there are a lot more beyond that. It’s all logical, if sometimes insane. There is a key online that will take you way beyond the first step, and it hasn’t been mentioned by any of the clues. The clue to it is in the first actual step. Once you see it, google it.

i think he refers to another file (not ea oem 011 file) as it's impossible for anyone to see that ea oem 011 embedded in the image.

maybe he means another word which is easier to see in the image, then we have to google it.

[white_[x]_rabbit]

I follow you Mr. Rabbit.
You like Dr. Mabuse? It's a good movie, Mr. Rabbit?

I will answer not typical - listen to this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2AitTPI5U0

[massl]

I follow you Mr. Rabbit.
You like Dr. Mabuse? It's a good movie, Mr. Rabbit?

I will answer not typical - listen to this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2AitTPI5U0

Thank you, Mr. Rabbit. Got it!

[Zebra.Guy]

I follow you Mr. Rabbit.
You like Dr. Mabuse? It's a good movie, Mr. Rabbit?

I will answer not typical - listen to this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2AitTPI5U0

well, there is not much to say to this, all have been said before:

White Rabbit, I don't know what your goal is, but from what I know you are saying random things.

[white_[x]_rabbit]

I follow you Mr. Rabbit.
You like Dr. Mabuse? It's a good movie, Mr. Rabbit?

I will answer not typical - listen to this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2AitTPI5U0

well, there is not much to say to this, all have been said before:

White Rabbit, I don't know what your goal is, but from what I know you are saying random things.

But do you understand that I can not say anything directly, reveal the rules of the puzzle? My hints look ordinary, but it breaks the assumptions a bit and shows more than I agree. I have to use puzzles, otherwise I will break the promises given to the creator a few years ago

[HitbtcSCAM]

satoshi equals CIA
Ask the Russian reporter who was saying that and was shut down

[Zebra.Guy]

satoshi equals CIA
Ask the Russian reporter who was saying that and was shut down

maybe the Russian reporter is the White Rabbit. Now he has to answer before the Creator, too

[massl]

maybe he means another word which is easier to see in the image, then we have to google it.

Hello believer . Yes. My assumption is your suggestion too. But the vigorous red of the boards might also be a hint. Filter it out of the painting or amplify?
There is a lot of analog/classic steganography work in this painting. I really wish we get a "making of" as soon as someone solves this puzzle.

[neogabe]

There are plenty of crypto-coding ideas to test here...

https://gitlab.com/users/robmyers/projects

Some of them could be used as inspiration on the current puzzle. (Or be directly applied to it). Good coding skills needed

EDIT: I just saw that he is a gitlab member since April 15, 2015, and the puzzle was published on April 3, so maybe there isn't so much useful code that I previously thought.

Nice work! This code was also posted on gitorious December 2014, predating the puzzle... anyway, thanks to you and 680cfbb909 for following up on an old lead. As I learn more about the coding side of things, I would want any null result I got to be double checked by someone with more experience anyway.

Great! I have visually checked the repos, and I'm interested in two of them: https://gitlab.com/robmyers/paintr-node and https://gitlab.com/robmyers/surgical_strike, but I didn't run them yet. By the way, I can't open your gitorious link, I think you put "680cfbb909" as the url, can you edit it please? Thanks!

[bug.lady]

@TR3N47Y has changed it's twitter background and image.

The new avatar comes from: http://the--kyza.deviantart.com/art/Revival-276924026 titled Revival
The new background comes from: http://dani-owergoor.deviantart.com/art/Chess-305880710 titled Chess

The cite from the login also says grid, so I started thinking about where can we use a chess board, and I think it has to do with the first message and the X.

Reviewing the original messaga as a chess board 8x8 we get:

Code:

-=[O]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[x]=-=[x]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[x]=
-=[ ]=-=[x]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[x]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=
-=[x]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=
-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[x]=-=[ ]=
-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[x]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=
-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[x]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]E-=[M]=-=[ ]=
-=[x]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[x]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[x]=
-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[x]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=
-=[ ]=-E[x]=-=[ ]=-=[-]=-=[3]=-=[4]=-=[7]=-=[ ?
O = Origin Block
M = Message
E = Error in separators
? = Missing close square bracket

Anybody can help me connect the original message with a 7x9 board? I was working on rewriting the message into 7x9 and 9x7 grids, but the Xs don't align with any particularly meaningful objects on board (like leaves and/or chess pieces). I thought about aligning the M (text message) with the key or ribbons, but the key is in between the tiles and the ribbons are on the rightmost column and I cannot align it either.

EDIT: It is an old idea, but at that time the "hearts on fire" painting had not been published yet so puzzle solvers who connected the original message with a chessboard idea played with a 8x8 chessboard. To no avail, at that time. I am wondering if there is any new value in the idea after we have received new puzzle pieces.

[feedo]

i've found a word embedded in the image , after checking it on google i get a minecraft skin related to one user who played only one hour during 3 years and visited three servers.
interesting thing that the site recorded the first visit of the player on March 2014 !
but i don't have minecraft to check the server.

seems that i need to buy the game for 35$ 

[neogabe]

@TR3N47Y has changed it's twitter background and image.

The new avatar comes from: http://the--kyza.deviantart.com/art/Revival-276924026 titled Revival
The new background comes from: http://dani-owergoor.deviantart.com/art/Chess-305880710 titled Chess

The cite from the login also says grid, so I started thinking about where can we use a chess board, and I think it has to do with the first message and the X.

Reviewing the original messaga as a chess board 8x8 we get:

Code:

-=[O]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[x]=-=[x]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[x]=
-=[ ]=-=[x]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[x]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=
-=[x]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=
-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[x]=-=[ ]=
-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[x]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=
-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[x]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]E-=[M]=-=[ ]=
-=[x]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[x]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[x]=
-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[x]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=
-=[ ]=-E[x]=-=[ ]=-=[-]=-=[3]=-=[4]=-=[7]=-=[ ?
O = Origin Block
M = Message
E = Error in separators
? = Missing close square bracket

Anybody can help me connect the original message with a 7x9 board? I was working on rewriting the message into 7x9 and 9x7 grids, but the Xs don't align with any particularly meaningful objects on board (like leaves and/or chess pieces). I thought about aligning the M (text message) with the key or ribbons, but the key is in between the tiles and the ribbons are on the rightmost column and I cannot align it either.

EDIT: It is an old idea, but at that time the "hearts on fire" painting had not been published yet so puzzle solvers who connected the original message with a chessboard idea played with a 8x8 chessboard. To no avail, at that time. I am wondering if there is any new value in the idea after we have received new puzzle pieces.

I barely remember that @coin_artist said that the picture is enough to resolve the puzzle, there is no need for using other pieces of information from other puzzles or previous steps... I am sure that the exact comment is in one of the pages of this thread. Nevertheless, I don't discard your idea, I think that the "347" thing, in the puzzles and the user names of the "people involved" belongs to other lines of work.

Did you check this right? http://www.eglebbk.dds.nl/program/cvwiki//index.php?title=Yari_Shogi Is one of the old clues, already posted a year ago I think...

Sorry not being really helpful...

[chubbychew]

[By the way, I can't open your gitorious link, I think you put "680cfbb909" as the url, can you edit it please? Thanks!

I fixed the link in the original post. Here it is: https://gitorious.org/robmyers/blockchain-aesthetics/

It's not loading for me at the time of this post however...

You can also see an early commit on github with turtle graphics is from dec 2014: https://github.com/robmyers/blockchain-aesthetics/commit/33229b78023598f55a50a79f8e971f995464bd3d