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    September 05, 2014, 05:18:45 AM
     #41
    Quote from: PO347 on September 05, 2014, 04:46:39 AM
    Quote from: RussHarben on September 04, 2014, 05:37:20 PM
    @PO347 has a Top Gun quote in her/his twitter bio...I'm just wondering if the "airstrike" quote is pointing back to that.

    Maybe this means, a call for help?

    https://twitter.com/PO347/status/507749845814091776

    I don't know, I just work here.

    It's past your bed time. Go to bed @PO347, and dream of electronic sheep.

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    September 05, 2014, 05:35:50 AM
     #42
    An interesting conversation I saw on Twitter tonight: https://twitter.com/bitcoinmom/status/507739652301017089.  So there is another Twitter "friend" named @CR347OR who "fertilizes all things." When asked why "he" has been silent, their response was "if you build it he will come." During or right before this conversation, a new transaction was posted to the bitcoin address that I think is the bounty address: https://blockchain.info/address/1TLSNYAx5P6Yjie3cF97fZh9U4B5UZ7PF. I don't know if there is any relation, or if the bitcoin address is the one we're looking for. Just trying to toggle between Twitter and bitcointalk.  must go to sleep

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    September 05, 2014, 03:36:55 PM
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    https://twitter.com/TR3N47Y/status/507913060913135616

    https://blockchain.info/address/1TLSNYAx5P6Yjie3cF97fZh9U4B5UZ7PF

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    September 05, 2014, 04:47:50 PM
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    Quote from: rock_collector on September 04, 2014, 08:45:40 PM
    Quote from: micaman on September 04, 2014, 12:08:52 PM
    https://blockchain.info/address/1FoLLowLTi93qmcJMtw7izh9RufBjtHUTg

    Last tx received comes from https://blockchain.info/pt/address/1FoLLow3pd7y5Wvk2dWYqpH6YdaHTLcYmM:

    Eye catching tx's from this address:

    https://blockchain.info/pt/tx/aaff199e3cf5f17f8e5d6cd033b744d077ecb83da33c6a595ecf6a30b6eb4e8d
    1FoLLowLTi93qmcJMtw7izh9RufBjtHUTg - (Não Gasto) 0.00001 BTC
    1DMPDEHZdJgituMD2xTPThEnprR8NA5cHH - (Gasto) 0.00001 BTC
    1WhitepBZkyVrMaTZQBEjZWZbgab1QzYD - (Não Gasto) 0.00001 BTC
    1FRABBiTmyrSN7Wv95pkNhNt2DGEbxMW7P - (Não Gasto) 0.00001 BTC

    So following the white rabbit...

    https://blockchain.info/pt/tx/3a30ea334087825035d870f234d9704643b0add5034b68a68168c6ad74fa25c2
    1WTR4BtM61k4NB52Zvdf79k4B7jiiepFC - (Não Gasto) 0.00001 BTC https://blockchain.info/pt/address/1WTR4BtM61k4NB52Zvdf79k4B7jiiepFC





    Dont know if relevant, but also found:

    https://blockchain.info/pt/tx/c6fea7519bb974853089122f1b119f8b8f20074ac0e7b6f77cf35287f0e98221
    1beware7JwDi3jGN6y2EVG34FMKTxmhxx - (Não Gasto) 0.00001 BTC
    1DMPDEHZdJgituMD2xTPThEnprR8NA5cHH - (Gasto) 0.00001 BTC
    14t3oBiVCmmTFALSepkEiLZeTEfViYM4Ek - (Não Gasto) 0.00001 BTC
    1satoshiXYenTixEmkUdqYFs7v4x3mCbe - (Não Gasto) 0.00001 BTC


    Please feel free to tell me I'm crazy, but this is the path I've been on, thanks to this post by Micaman....

    I followed the white rabbit (1WTR4BtM61k4NB52Zvdf79k4B7jiiepFC) through the blockchain and here's where it led

    From 1FoLLow...
    https://blockchain.info/tx/3a30ea334087825035d870f234d9704643b0add5034b68a68168c6ad74fa25c2  -->

    https://blockchain.info/address/1WTR4BtM61k4NB52Zvdf79k4B7jiiepFC  
    then click any recipient on the big list, doesn't matter which one, I picked one at random  -->

    https://blockchain.info/address/13vs7FtkeaT4Qd3SWz2ZVJqVot1znzMRtv
    scroll down to the mirror transaction, click the sending address  -->

    https://blockchain.info/address/1LsGQV6DvhR1RuK9KX7GkLiGcQ7CEXrZN8
    Aha, interesting binary transaction amounts.  We know from the last ARG puzzle that the OP communicated to us in binary through the bitcoin amounts  (for example, 0.00010001) (which was totally cool!) -->

    https://blockchain.info/address/1TLSNYAx5P6Yjie3cF97fZh9U4B5UZ7PF
    Aha 1 fat bitcoin! And another binary clue?  The last puzzle began by leading to an address with, I believe, 1 bitcoin (or was it more?).

    Is this address the starting bitcoin bounty?

    If the amounts are clues, I have no idea how to convert them.... That's out of my league.

    ________

    More: look more closely at the 1FoLLow page with the "Follow the white rabbit" clues embedded in the inputs. The full message reads: 

    Follow the white rabbit
    Beware the false satoshi
    Lost in the white noise

    [ https://blockchain.info/address/1FoLLow3pd7y5Wvk2dWYqpH6YdaHTLcYmM ]
     



    whole lotta sends from WTR4BT https://blockchain.info/pt/tx/e45a0385fae71827891c12ce8cf2f768a5afc535373456a1e76a1a4b9429d981
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    September 05, 2014, 10:24:34 PM
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    Quote from: Ty13rDerden on September 02, 2014, 05:12:01 AM
    I was just catching up on Coin_Artist's puzzle and came across a cryptic message with a link in the comments, the comment is 10 days old. Doesn't appear to be from Coin_Artist, the message is a bit puzzling.

    http://bitcoinmagazine.com/14850/coin_artists-latest-dark-wallet-puzzle-32-page-solution/

    Screenshot of the comment incase it gets deleted for some reason...



    Who the fuck is WR?

    EDIT:
    It appears to be another Coin_Artist masterpiece...

    https://twitter.com/bitcoinmom/status/507347521291579392

    ANSWER IS:

    THE PARADOX OF MADNESS WITH NUMBERS 0 and 1


    BTC address: 1HKdPT29kjYDCx6qvzK7BWw3UkVUXJquXf Thanks.
    TIP ME ₭ARMA:  KJeEKJv1LXHM8cYeRgQG3q87BFA4W3sTGg  FOR KARMA TRANSLATION BUDGET SEND TO: KHvkhA7RTFnG8N5RWPB48gs2y8K1od6xF4
    OFF. ₭ARMA FB PAGE: https://www.facebook.com/karmacoin.me. http://lill.com

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    September 05, 2014, 11:49:54 PM
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    Quote from: easteagle13 on September 05, 2014, 10:24:34 PM

    ANSWER IS:

    THE PARADOX OF MADNESS WITH NUMBERS 0 and 1

    BTC address: 1HKdPT29kjYDCx6qvzK7BWw3UkVUXJquXf Thanks.

    Good Sir, you find the bitcoins; the bitcoins do not find you.

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    September 06, 2014, 04:45:58 AM
    Last edit: September 12, 2014, 02:56:26 AM by micaman
     #47
    So I followed the white rabbit as instructed, and he only went one way.
    https://blockchain.info/pt/tx/e45a0385fae71827891c12ce8cf2f768a5afc535373456a1e76a1a4b9429d981

    I have been looking at this transaction for quite some time, but I was impressed by the quantity of output addresses with the same huge prefixes.
    I don't know how this can be achieved, can someone explain? Are those some kind of deterministic addresses?

    I also found a message hidden in the output scripts of this transaction, check every single one of them, convert from HEX to Text:


    The rabbit has a seCret,                                   
    Little sound does she make,                                               
    She keeps it.                                          
                                                             
    The snow falls in silence,                                              
    A sentRy of concealment,                                                  
    She Yields it.                                             
                                                              
    The hunter and the Prey,                                        
    Wounded where she lay,                                                 
    She seeks iT.                                                    
                                                          
    Enlightened warriOr don the armor                                             
    Crafted in her honor                                                    
    You'll need it.                                                                 
                                                                    
    There is hope in the white,                                 
    Look to the rabbit, the axiom,                                  
    Who reveals it.                                                            
                                                              
    - J.S.                                                         


    EDIT:
    CRYPTO "upper-cased" on the msg

    If extracted directly from each output, it's something like this:

    hex
    Code:
    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    Code:
    v©The rabbit has a seCˆ¬v©ret,        ˆ¬v©      
    Little soundˆ¬v© does she make,    ˆ¬v©               ˆ¬v©        
    She keepˆ¬v©s it.        ˆ¬v©      
      ˆ¬v©               ˆ¬v©        
    The snoˆ¬v©w falls in silence, ˆ¬v©                 ˆ¬v©            
    A sˆ¬v©entRy of concealmentˆ¬v©,             ˆ¬v©                 ˆ¬v©
    She Yields it.   ˆ¬v©               ˆ¬v©    
            ˆ¬v©               ˆ¬v©        
    The hunteˆ¬v©r and the Prey,    ˆ¬v©             ˆ¬v©  
    Wounded where shˆ¬v©e lay,           ˆ¬v©               ˆ¬v©  
    She seeks iT. ˆ¬v©              ˆ¬v©          
       ˆ¬v©               ˆ¬v©        
    Enlightenˆ¬v©ed warriOr don the aˆ¬v©rmor             ˆ¬v©                
    ˆ¬v©Crafted in her honorˆ¬v©              ˆ¬v©              
    ˆ¬v©You'll need it.     ˆ¬v©               ˆ¬v©                ˆ¬v©    
              ˆ¬v©              ˆ¬v©        
    Thereˆ¬v© is hope in the whitˆ¬v©e,            ˆ¬v©
    Look to the rabbˆ¬v©it, the axiom,     ˆ¬v©          
    Whˆ¬v©o reveals it.     ˆ¬v©                ˆ¬v©               ˆ¬v©
                    ˆ¬v©           ˆ¬v©    
    - J.S.       ˆ¬v©               ˆ¬v©        


    ˆ¬



    And so the difference between the two is basically:

    hex
    Code:
    76a91488ac76a91488ac76a91488ac76a91488ac76a91488ac76a91488ac76a91488ac76a91488ac76a91488ac76a91488ac76a91488ac76a91488ac76a91488ac76a91488ac76a91488ac76a91488ac76a91488ac76a91488ac76a91488ac76a91488ac76a91488ac76a91488ac76a91488ac76a91488ac76a91488ac76a91488ac76a91488ac76a91488ac76a91488ac76a91488ac76a91488ac76a91488ac76a91488ac76a91488ac76a91488ac76a91488ac76a91488ac76a91488ac76a91488ac76a91488ac76a91488ac76a91488ac76a91488ac76a91488ac76a91488ac76a91488ac76a91488ac76a91488ac76a91488ac76a91488ac76a91488ac76a91488ac76a91488ac76a91488ac76a91488ac76a91488ac

    text
    Code:
    v©ˆ¬v©ˆ¬v©ˆ¬v©ˆ¬v©ˆ¬v©ˆ¬v©ˆ¬v©ˆ¬v©ˆ¬v©ˆ¬v©ˆ¬v©ˆ¬v©ˆ¬v©ˆ¬v©ˆ¬v©ˆ¬v©ˆ¬v©ˆ¬v©ˆ¬v©ˆ¬v©ˆ¬v©ˆ¬v©ˆ¬v©ˆ¬v©ˆ¬v©ˆ¬v©ˆ¬v©ˆ¬v©ˆ¬v©ˆ¬v©ˆ¬v©ˆ¬v©ˆ¬v©ˆ¬v©ˆ¬v©ˆ¬v©ˆ¬v©ˆ¬v©ˆ¬v©ˆ¬v©ˆ¬v©ˆ¬v©ˆ¬v©ˆ¬v©ˆ¬v©ˆ¬v©ˆ¬v©ˆ¬v©ˆ¬v©ˆ¬v©ˆ¬v©ˆ¬v©ˆ¬v©ˆ¬v©ˆ¬v©ˆ¬


    So 76a91488ac repeats itself for 55 outputs.


    Not really sure if the next conversions are correct...

    76 -> char 'v'
    a9 -> char ®
    14 ->? device control 4 ?
    88 ->ê
    ac -> char for 1/4


    "These are op-codes that tell the interpreter to put a specific amount of bytes to the stack. "
    https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Script#Constants



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    September 06, 2014, 05:22:33 AM
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    Hmm, I've been trying to complete the message I saw here:
    http://bitcoinstrings.com/blk00167.txt  Looks like you got it.

    This one has some history.

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    Quote from: micaman on September 06, 2014, 04:45:58 AM
    So I followed the white rabbit as instructed, and he only went one way.
    https://blockchain.info/pt/tx/e45a0385fae71827891c12ce8cf2f768a5afc535373456a1e76a1a4b9429d981

    I have been looking at this transaction for quite some time, but I was impressed by the quantity of output addresses with the same huge prefixes.
    I don't know how this can be achieved, can someone explain? Are those some kind of deterministic addresses?

    I also found a message hidden in the output scripts of this transaction, check every single one of them, convert from HEX to Text:


    The rabbit has a seCret,                                   
    Little sound does she make,                                               
    She keeps it.                                          
                                                             
    The snow falls in silence,                                              
    A sentRy of concealment,                                                  
    She Yields it.                                             
                                                              
    The hunter and the Prey,                                        
    Wounded where she lay,                                                 
    She seeks iT.                                                    
                                                          
    Enlightened warriOr don the armor                                             
    Crafted in her honor                                                    
    You'll need it.                                                                 
                                                                    
    There is hope in the white,                                 
    Look to the rabbit, the axiom,                                  
    Who reveals it.                                                            
                                                              
    - J.S.                                                         


    EDIT:
    CRYPTO "upper-cased" on the msg

    Wow, thank you. I can't hear the crickets now:)

    I followed your lead and can confirm:

    The rabbit has a seC
    ret,
    Little sound
    does she make,
    [blank]
    [blank]
    She keep
    s it.
    [blank]
    [blank]
    [blank]
    The sno
    w falls in silence,
    [blank]
    A s
    entRy of concealment
    ,
    [blank]
    She Yields it.
    [blank]
    [blank]
    [blank]
    The hunte
    r and the Prey,
    [blank}
    Wounded where sh
    e lay,
    [blank]
    She seeks IT.
    [blank]
    [blank]
    [blank]
    Enlighten
    ed warriOr don the a
    rmor
    [blank]
    Crafted in her honor
    [blank]
    [blank]
    You’ll need it.
    [blank]
    [blank]
    [blank]
    [blank]
    There
    is hope in the whit
    e,
    Look to the rabb
    it, the axiom,
    Wh
    o reveals it.
    [blank]
    [blank]
    [blank]
    [blank]
    - J.S.
    [blank]
    [blank]

    Agree: important to note the capital letters.

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    September 06, 2014, 06:25:49 AM
    Last edit: September 06, 2014, 06:49:52 AM by rock_collector
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    Quote from: dpc123 on September 06, 2014, 05:22:33 AM
    Hmm, I've been trying to complete the message I saw here:
    http://bitcoinstrings.com/blk00167.txt  Looks like you got it.

    This one has some history.

    Amazing that you made the connection!

    This is block 167 on bitcoinstrings. Can we find out which block this corresponds to in the historical blockchain? Sorry for the question, but I noticed today when playing around with finding encodings in the blockchain that bitcoinstrings.com #'s don't correspond with the exact blockchain #blocks.

    Not sure if that matters for our puzzle --if it has relevance for the OP blockchain representation.

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    September 06, 2014, 08:25:39 AM
    Last edit: September 06, 2014, 01:14:22 PM by mirth23
     #51
    Nice work!

    Incidentally, this describes one way of getting vanity public addresses like this: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Vanitygen
    It must have taken some time to generate all the ones required for this message!

    edit: nevermind, I think the small number of BTC were just sent into the blockchain aether without hope of reclamation; there is no padding in the addresses so being able to actually create them from scratch would require the same computing power that would be required to brute force hack bitcoin wallets.

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    September 06, 2014, 12:40:29 PM
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    Quote from: rock_collector on September 06, 2014, 06:13:07 AM

    -snip-

    - J.S.
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    Agree: important to note the capital letters.


    Who is the author? Not important?
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    September 06, 2014, 12:55:09 PM
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    Maybe its Satoshi playing tricks on us?

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    September 06, 2014, 01:11:21 PM
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     #54
    There seems to be specific formatting embedded in this in the form of spaces (09 in hex), linefeeds (\n, 0a in hex) and tabs (20 in hex). Check out the following snippet:

    Code:
                                         B58Check->Text           B58Check->Hex
    18hJpcE7w51A7GpMU4QkVk1h5V6Ryj61XK - The rabbit has a seC   - 5468652072616262697420686173206120736543
    1BRsa17vaULT26ZNViz1d4Fyjhxgfig77k - ret,                   - 7265742c09200920200920092009202020202020      
    1qFZqzT8jEMPiaHap7qwop3UGrsMWetQ6  - \nLittle sound         - 092020202020200a4c6974746c6520736f756e64
    13xGwVghnbk7A9ZSVq18Hk5WDgaqnVAwiU - does she make,         - 20646f657320736865206d616b652c2020092020
    13vs11q9CG6FrhK8cqS7kguFXwkZb23Dut -                        - 2020092020202020202009202020202020200920
    13vs11q9CG63KcwpwELwkWXUXTVwEd7TGb - \nShe keep             - 20200920202020092020200a536865206b656570
    1BVjY5gqRgvUdnC5B4LULo5UeFKB9MiDcL - s it.                  - 732069742e200920090920200920202020092020
    13vs7EUivYX1NvZ264ty3mvaXTz1ibLoiX - \n                     - 2020200920092020202009200a09200920200920
    13vs7FtkimiJExAmyqw24Lj5FPaJsX4MmF -                        - 2020202020200920202020200920202020200920
    13vs11q9CF8vhPzj2FBWdD2bzWDGRefBEN - \nThe sno              - 2020092020200920200920200a54686520736e6f
    1BrtE1p8WFYqVPCKEUHZmbLsN72JAdpzQn - w falls in silence,    - 772066616c6c7320696e2073696c656e63652c20
    13vs7FtkimiJExAmyrN6Ry1HXznWq3vudV -                        - 2020202020200920202020202009202020200920
    1qFZqzT8jEZEsYCrjafP66wgLyivifLHa  - \nA s                  - 092020202020202009202020202020200a412073

    I tried to extract the series of 20s and 09s that made up the padding to see if I could make it into binaries to find a hidden message but haven't had any luck with that so far. e.g,.:

    Code:
    18hJpcE7w51A7GpMU4QkVk1h5V6Ryj61XK - The rabbit has a seC   - 5468652072616262697420686173206120736543
    1BRsa17vaULT26ZNViz1d4Fyjhxgfig77k - ret,                   - 7265742c09200920200920092009202020202020
    1qFZqzT8jEMPiaHap7qwop3UGrsMWetQ6  - \nLittle sound         - 092020202020200a4c6974746c6520736f756e64

    => 0920092020092009200920202020202009202020202020
    => 101001010 100000010 00000 or 010110101 011111101 11111
    => nothing that translates cleanly into ASCII

    It does seem strange that there's two different types of padding characters used seemingly arbitrarily and somewhat invisibly - a secret falling in silence with little sound?

    Here's a complete binary representation of the padding for anyone else who wants to play with it (tabs=1, spaces=0).
    Code:
    The0rabbit0has0a0seCret,10100101010000001000000
    Little0sound0does0she0make,001000010000000100000001000100001000
    She0keeps0it.010110010000100000101000010
    101001000000010000010000010001000100100
    The0snow0falls0in0silence,0000000100000010000101000000010000000
    A0sentRy0of0concealment,000000010001100001000000100000010000000
    She0Yields0it.0100100100000100000010001000100
    1100000001000000010000100000010100010000000
    The0hunter0and0the0Prey,1000010001010000010000000100
    Wounded0where0she0lay,0010010000001000000100010000001000000
    She0seeks0iT.011000100000001000100001000011000000
    001011000010000001001100010001000000
    Enlightened0warriOr0don0the0armor00100000010000100000001000000010000
    Crafted0in0her0honor010000001010000001000000010000110000000
    You'll0need0it.0000001000000100000100000001000000100000001000100000
    0000100100000110000100000100000001000101000000
    There0is0hope0in0the0white,100100010000000100011
    Look0to0the0rabbit,0the0axiom,10000000100101100000010
    Who0reveals0it.00000100000001000000100010000100000001010000000
    0000001000001000000010110000011000010000000
    -0J.S.100001000010010000100001000000100000001000
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    September 06, 2014, 03:56:15 PM
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    https://blockchain.info/tx/6f7f3ddb0551e0f4dcd05c0e97269cd048a42cc468183a74de42b6030ac00d64
    Code:
    v©The rabbit has a seCˆ¬v©ret, ˆ¬v© Little soundˆ¬v© does she make, ˆ¬v© ˆ¬v© She keepˆ¬v©s it. ˆ¬v© ˆ¬v© ˆ¬v© The snoˆ¬v©w falls in silence, ˆ¬v© ˆ¬v© A sˆ¬v©entRy of concealmentˆ¬v©, ˆ¬v© ˆ¬v© She Yields it. ˆ¬v© ˆ¬v© ˆ¬v© ˆ¬v© The hunteˆ¬v©r and the Prey, ˆ¬v© ˆ¬v© Wounded where shˆ¬v©e lay, ˆ¬v© ˆ¬v© She seeks iT. ˆ¬v© ˆ¬v© ˆ¬v© ˆ¬v© Enlightenˆ¬v©ed warriOr don the aˆ¬v©rmor ˆ¬v© ˆ¬v©Crafted in her honorˆ¬v© ˆ¬v© ˆ¬v©You'll need it. ˆ¬v© ˆ¬v© ˆ¬v© ˆ¬v© ˆ¬v© Thereˆ¬v© is hope in the whitˆ¬v©e, ˆ¬v© Look to the rabbˆ¬v©it, the axiom, ˆ¬v© Whˆ¬v©o reveals it. ˆ¬v© ˆ¬v© ˆ¬v© ˆ¬v© ˆ¬v© - J.S. ˆ¬v© ˆ¬v© ˆ¬


    https://blockchain.info/tx/e45a0385fae71827891c12ce8cf2f768a5afc535373456a1e76a1a4b9429d981
    Code:
    v©The rabbit has a seCˆ¬v©ret, ˆ¬v© Little soundˆ¬v© does she make, ˆ¬v© ˆ¬v© She keepˆ¬v©s it. ˆ¬v© ˆ¬v© ˆ¬v© The snoˆ¬v©w falls in silence, ˆ¬v© ˆ¬v© A sˆ¬v©entRy of concealmentˆ¬v©, ˆ¬v© ˆ¬v© She Yields it. ˆ¬v© ˆ¬v© ˆ¬v© ˆ¬v© The hunteˆ¬v©r and the Prey, ˆ¬v© ˆ¬v© Wounded where shˆ¬v©e lay, ˆ¬v© ˆ¬v© She seeks iT. ˆ¬v© ˆ¬v© ˆ¬v© ˆ¬v© Enlightenˆ¬v©ed warriOr don the aˆ¬v©rmor ˆ¬v© ˆ¬v©Crafted in her honorˆ¬v© ˆ¬v© ˆ¬v©You'll need it. ˆ¬v© ˆ¬v© ˆ¬v© ˆ¬v© ˆ¬v© Thereˆ¬v© is hope in the whitˆ¬v©e, ˆ¬v© Look to the rabbˆ¬v©it, the axiom, ˆ¬v© Whˆ¬v©o reveals it. ˆ¬v© ˆ¬v© ˆ¬v© ˆ¬v© ˆ¬v© - J.S. ˆ¬v© ˆ¬v© ˆ¬


    Both these transactions hide the same message...

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    September 06, 2014, 04:01:36 PM
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    Quote from: micaman
    Both these transactions hide the same message...

    I believe the duplicate message from 1LsGQV6DvhR1RuK9KX7GkLiGcQ7CEXrZN8 is to lead us to 1TLSNYAx5P6Yjie3cF97fZh9U4B5UZ7PF, which is presumably where the reward lives. It might be worth following some of the transactions out of 1LsGQV6DvhR1RuK9KX7GkLiGcQ7CEXrZN8, since there seems to be a lot going on, with some possible binary codes in some of the transfer values.

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    So how would one claim the reward?  Roll Eyes

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    Quote from: mirth23 on September 06, 2014, 04:01:36 PM
    Quote from: micaman
    Both these transactions hide the same message...

    I believe the duplicate message from 1LsGQV6DvhR1RuK9KX7GkLiGcQ7CEXrZN8 is to lead us to 1TLSNYAx5P6Yjie3cF97fZh9U4B5UZ7PF, which is presumably where the reward lives. It might be worth following some of the transactions out of 1LsGQV6DvhR1RuK9KX7GkLiGcQ7CEXrZN8, since there seems to be a lot going on, with some possible binary codes in some of the transfer values.
    There are only 2 transactions sent by 1LsGQV6DvhR1RuK9KX7GkLiGcQ7CEXrZN8, the first one has the hidden message, the second lies unspent in 1TLSNYAx5P6Yjie3cF97fZh9U4B5UZ7PF.


    Now, another curious tx was created on 2014-08-02:
    https://blockchain.info/tx/8ac86247b84df486fede3c88f9999252ae61858bd869761ff53593473283da19,

    You can find some words like:

    16PWqtrP3XtEYwVirHEREPopoJG5M8RtKa
    1PENSUMKNPVCjChPzUqF32eA6gSUdMoJMZ
    1ExmJbvEVbimN67zUbEdthezBKSwvNzpw7
    13pgUbz1Gxj1Sirw3Yr44Vybck7M1yLhEe
    1ACcZsb1xgKLFwWTwjEQw5Va4artxbhVHY
    14r1UWeCGbTuhnEMX9xXkfauZ5MsGQaHAP

    EDIT:

    But this seems to be "corrected" the day after, in this tx:
    https://blockchain.info/tx/083a71be1506c88ebc5d31da633e257c407c93f9390ff828c927069811df2222

    1ExmJbvEVbimN67zUbEdthezBKSwvNzpw7
    1ACcZsb1xgKLFwWTwjEQw5Va4artxbhVHY
    14r1UWeCGbTuhnEMX9xXkfauZ5MsGQaHAP
    1PENSUMKNPVCjChPzUqF32eA6gSUdMoJMZ
    16PWqtrP3XtEYwVirHEREPopoJG5M8RtKa


    Intentional or not, by "correcting" it, a difference was established:
    13pgUbz1Gxj1Sirw3Yr44Vybck7M1yLhEe is the missing output in the new tx.


    One more:
    https://blockchain.info/pt/tx/39ad5481e3559a5ae3370c732e44e75d1c8ab764fa960a2455dbc62ec6c5b636

    16PWqtrP3XtEYwVirHEREPopoJG5M8RtKa
    14r1UWeCGbTuhnEMX9xXkfauZ5MsGQaHAP
    1Mf9cA35oKzpXVZW4XSBipb64YE1uWqcV8 ?
    1PENSUMKNPVCjChPzUqF32eA6gSUdMoJMZ
    1ACcZsb1xgKLFwWTwjEQw5Va4artxbhVHY
    1ExmJbvEVbimN67zUbEdthezBKSwvNzpw7


    Nice view of the 3 from here:
    https://blockchain.info/pt/tree/61511816

    Too many leads/distractions... I kinda feel "lost in the white noise"

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    Quote from: micaman on September 06, 2014, 06:13:43 PM
    Too many leads/distractions... I kinda feel "lost in the white noise"

    We may be getting too deep in bits and bytes. What've we got?

    347: This is all over the place and I'm not sure what it represents.

    the original message: The x's seem to refer to some sort of series (3,4,7,9,12,16,30,37,43,48,51,55,59,65), but to what end? It's unclear to me what we might need to apply it to. The bit.ly address seems to be a hint to search the blockchain. Does "W@@@lk" have meaning beyond "walking" between different 1follow txns?

    The hidden poem: The first four verses seem (to me) to be about public-key cryptography. The rabbit gives the secret to a "sentry of concealment", a private key, then the "armor crafted in her honor" is the public key. The last verse eludes me and I wonder if there's a specific reason that the word "axiom" is used there - maybe something can be found with more googling. Another reason to think this is about public-key crypto is the embedded "CRYPTO" message.

    more transactions: There's a LOT of threads we could follow in the blockchain, even if we limit ourselves to tracing transactions within the last 45 days. Ones coming in and out of 1LsGQV6DvhR1RuK9KX7GkLiGcQ7CEXrZN8 might be particularly interesting.  I am not familiar with tracking transactions so it's challenging for me to tell what looks normal and what looks unusual. there are a few transaction values that look like they might be binary but there haven't been enough to put together much of a message (at least not that I've seen).

    more addresses: Several of the other addresses in the chain are clearly vanity addresses picked for this, like "beware" and "satoshi". However, both of those were seeded originally in 2011 and they've been re-used for this purpose. A couple of the addresses that have been sent to have been involved in pretty major transactions (most notably, 1DMPDEHZdJgituMD2xTPThEnprR8NA5cHH), but it's hard to tell if it would be related to the puzzle or not. Are these anything other than breadcrumbs or red herrings to give us paths to follow other than the white rabbit?

    twitter quotes:
    "in the silence of your bones and eyes forgotten magic sits and waits for fire"
    "Rise like Lions after slumber In unvanquishable number - Shake your chains to earth like dew Which in sleep had fallen on you Ye are many - they are few."
    "if at first you don't succeed - call an airstrike"
    a couple Top Gun quotes that are gone now
    supertroopers shenanigans
    "A long road ahead, will you wait or will you dread. The time has come, the time is now. When you find it, you will bow." (some kind of hint about an address or txn we need to find?)

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    September 06, 2014, 08:37:45 PM
    Last edit: September 06, 2014, 10:42:16 PM by rock_collector
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    Nice work!

    No time to work on this right now Sad

    OP has confirmed the bounty address: https://twitter.com/bitcoinmom/status/508106146943488000

    And she added 1 btc today to bring it to 3.11391001.

    edit:
    Another address with an interesting path: https://blockchain.info/address/1GoNR15KUWkqTyZfKTDsKeEacjLqJYJW15

    Sorry, wrong lead (playing in the blockchain playground while also watching football is crazy-making).
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