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

[itod]

That's what I was thinking! Seems awkward. Open makes so much more sense.

And another old question remains: why are words Live Free Truth Alter Bread Free Bees & the whole last line capitalized?

[rock_collector]

I was able to access the next step without dealing with the extraneous capitals LFTABFBIWNF, but maybe they will come in handy later. The last line bothered me for quite a while, but now I think I understand why it is Capitalized That Way (as a hint to the key phrase).

[alphabetacanary]

Okay, here is how you get to the next step.

http://whit3r4bbi7.com/SatoshiNakamotoGoodbyeFriend/

(The false satoshi clue means change the 'a' to an 'o' and the last line of the poem with alternating capitalization means capitalize every word)

That brings you to a black screen that says:

"RABBIT OS/12 MCP ENHANCED GRAPHICAL CONSOLE (C)2014 SEE EULA FOR LEGAL USAGE."

with a strange image and a prompt at the bottom where you can type in text.

I've discovered that whenever you type in a string, a request is made to the server for a GIF:

http://whit3r4bbi7.com/SatoshiNakamotoGoodbyeFriend/[sha256sum(text)].gif

So you have to find the right pass phrase to get the right hash and see the unlocked image.

If you get it wrong, you just get snarky comments from the "O/S".

I figured out what the image is but I'll leave it at that for now so as not to spoil it for others who are playing along.

[goose20]

Damn, you're better than me.

Ive tried so many things, the majority of which gives me the response '1f u c4n r34d th1s u r34lly n33d t0 g37 l41d' lol - but no picture reveal

[goose20]

I give up.
Respect to you guys that figure out the solves in this. I really don't know how you each do it.
Am looking forward to seeing what the pass phrase is - have spent hours with no luck (and its probably the easiest one thus far lol)

[S4VV4S]

I give up.
Respect to you guys that figure out the solves in this. I really don't know how you each do it.
Am looking forward to seeing what the pass phrase is - have spent hours with no luck (and its probably the easiest one thus far lol)

Try: disablesafemode

[goose20]

I give up.
Respect to you guys that figure out the solves in this. I really don't know how you each do it.
Am looking forward to seeing what the pass phrase is - have spent hours with no luck (and its probably the easiest one thus far lol)

Try: disablesafemode

Thanks. That is it.

Amongst others, I tried a lot of variations of disable, safe, mode etc etc etc. But not the obvious it seems.

[itod]

Okay, here is how you get to the next step.

http://whit3r4bbi7.com/SatoshiNakamotoGoodbyeFriend/

http://whit3r4bbi7.com/SatoshiNakamotoGoodbyeFriend/c524c32c714f1ffbbdcffd76bb3dbd7e3abe012a11bb81f2c4936018a6fd2490.gif

Splitted with image size and indexed color space preserved:

http://imgur.com/a/jDwXf

[itod]

Verses cut/pasted to the single image for easier overview:

[micaman]

Code:

77 68 69 74 33 72 34 62 62 69 37 2E 63 6F 6D 2F 4F 6E 65 44 6F 6F 72 43 6C 6F 73 65 73 41 6E 6F 74 68 65 72 44 6F 6F 72 4F 70 65 6E 73

whit3r4bbi7.com/OneDoorClosesAnotherDoorOpens

[itod]

Code:

77 68 69 74 33 72 34 62 62 69 37 2E 63 6F 6D 2F 4F 6E 65 44 6F 6F 72 43 6C 6F 73 65 73 41 6E 6F 74 68 65 72 44 6F 6F 72 4F 70 65 6E 73

whit3r4bbi7.com/OneDoorClosesAnotherDoorOpens

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The requested URL /OneDoorClosesAnotherDoorOpens was not found on this server.

[micaman]

Code:

77 68 69 74 33 72 34 62 62 69 37 2E 63 6F 6D 2F 4F 6E 65 44 6F 6F 72 43 6C 6F 73 65 73 41 6E 6F 74 68 65 72 44 6F 6F 72 4F 70 65 6E 73

whit3r4bbi7.com/OneDoorClosesAnotherDoorOpens

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Not Found

The requested URL /OneDoorClosesAnotherDoorOpens was not found on this server.

It's the footer of the .gif... Should it work?

[alphabetacanary]

Code:

77 68 69 74 33 72 34 62 62 69 37 2E 63 6F 6D 2F 4F 6E 65 44 6F 6F 72 43 6C 6F 73 65 73 41 6E 6F 74 68 65 72 44 6F 6F 72 4F 70 65 6E 73

whit3r4bbi7.com/OneDoorClosesAnotherDoorOpens

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Not Found

The requested URL /OneDoorClosesAnotherDoorOpens was not found on this server.

It's the footer of the .gif... Should it work?

The orangeish letters in the poem spell @WHITB3RI4B7 (a jumbling of WHIT3R4BBi7?)
The blueish letters spell $BEWARE.

Perhaps once the .3 BTC is taken, this door will open for the next round.  Maybe we have enough to discover the private key?

[RussHarben]

Props to alphabetacanary and MAD PROPS to rock_collector for getting us through the last couple of puzzles in the last 24 hours.  We were definitely stuck on the warp text for quite a while.

Looking over the new poem, there is a possible interpretation that goes back to something mentioned earlier in the game by dpc123.  Specifically, the resemblance of the whiterabbit "grid" (as seen here: https://twitter.com/WHIT3R4BBI7) to a pattern from Conway's Game of Life.   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway's_Game_of_Life  

“I'm_going_to_have_to_put_you_on_the_game_grid”!

http://[Suspicious link removed]/nra6fkl  *edit* //tinyurl dot com/  This takes you to a Conway's Game of Life Simulator that starts with the image from @WHIT3R4BBI7  *end edit*

These lines from the poem seem relevant:

GAMES ARE FALSE.
RULES ARE BENT.
WHAT LIES BENEATH
IS H3AVEN SENT.
...
THAT W4S LIFE.
A GAME CREATED.
IF YOU LOSE YOURSELF,
GODSPEED TO THE BELA7ED.

Conway's Game of Life has the following "rules":

1. Any live cell with fewer than two live neighbours dies, as if caused by under-population.
2. Any live cell with two or three live neighbours lives on to the next generation.
3. Any live cell with more than three live neighbours dies, as if by overcrowding.
4. Any dead cell with exactly three live neighbours becomes a live cell, as if by reproduction.

One possible interpretation of the poem is to modify the Game of Life rules in some way (CHARON reference = change the "death" rules?), apply it to an input pattern (H3AVEN SENT?) and run the Game for some number of generations to produce an output pattern (WHEN SHE ARRIVES, YOU WILL KNOW - perhaps a QR code?).  

Or this whole line of thought could could be WAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYY off base.  Actually, I hope someone does comes up with a better idea because mine sounds like a lot of work.

[FableOfTheBees]

Awesome work. I think Russ is correct. The next step has to do with The Game Of Life and perhaps the concept of Gliders. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glider_(Conway%27s_Life) Notice how every few frames a glider is produced here: http://whit3r4bbi7.com/SatoshiNakamotoGoodbyeFriend/c524c32c714f1ffbbdcffd76bb3dbd7e3abe012a11bb81f2c4936018a6fd2490.gif

I'm going to be thinking this through tonight, I'll post here if I come up with something.

[rock_collector]

Bees' knees! This is SOO interesting...

Here's a dumbed-down, useful article about Game of Life (for whom this is all new, like me): http://www.math.com/students/wonders/life/life.html

Thank you, RussHarben and @FableOfTheBees for pushing us forward with great insights.

More shoutouts for recent work:

Itod: Awesomely helpful posts above, especially the imgur with stills from the running bunny video.

alphabetacanary: Thank you for explaining the recent step-by-step--really necessary for those following along. I look forward to knowing what you saw in the placeholder Magic Eye pic. I still can't see it.

Micaman: Excellent sleuthing under the hood, as always.

[FableOfTheBees]

“I'm_going_to_have_to_put_you_on_the_game_grid”!

http://[Suspicious link removed]/nra6fkl  *edit* //tinyurl dot com/  This takes you to a Conway's Game of Life Simulator that starts with the image from @WHIT3R4BBI7  *end edit*

Here's another Game of Life Simulator, where you can adjust the size of the grid, load/save grids from/to strings etc.: http://www.squidproco.com/game-of-life/

I'm messing around with it at the moment. Like RussHarben mentioned before, I think in an ideal scenario, at the end of the game we would have something that could be converted into a QR code.

I'm just throwing ideas..not sure if I'm going in the right direction with this.

[alphabetacanary]

alphabetacanary: Thank you for explaining the recent step-by-step--really necessary for those following along. I look forward to knowing what you saw in the placeholder Magic Eye pic. I still can't see it.

The image on the RABBIT O/S page is a stereogram.  I used GIMP to uncover the image:



Its really difficult to see with your eyes (crossed).

This is the same rabbit image you see on the disablesafemode animated gif.

[rock_collector]

Ahhh, yes!  Thank you!

[TheCloser]

This message was posted to remind us all that we live in the matrix.