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Jr. MemberActivity: 46Merit: 2 New Bitcoin Puzzle May 28, 2016, 04:20:01 PM #1





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You pass through two large iron doors into a large chamber. There are magical symbols inscribed on the walls. A strange mechanical sculpture of rusted gears and pipes dominates the space of the room. Beneath the sculpture is a vent emitting hot steam.

You nearly fall into a pit of deadly iron spikes. You see a shadowy figure in your peripheral, but when you turn to look, no one is there.

The corridor is lined with pulsating light bulbs in iron sconces. In an alcove there is a fallen statue with an inscription When azoth and fire whiten Latona, Diana comes unclothed.

A corridor is before you. There is a dim flickering bulb at the end of the corridor. You're not sure if it's your eyes adjusting to the low light or if you see a shadowy figure wavering in the distance.

Skeletons hang from chains and manacles against the walls. The floor is covered with iron gears, rusted scrap metal, and empty glass vials. You discover a leather jacket.

In a small damp room there are metal gears exposed in the eroding floor. The gears are rusted and beyond repair. A clanking sound can be faintly heard in the distance. Someone has scrawled He who can burn with water and wash with fire makes a heaven of earth and a precious earth of heaven.

An iron chandelier hangs from the ceiling here. There is a bookcase, you discover it pivots smoothly and reveals a secret door. In the small secret room there is a book lying open on an iron podium. The book is titled "Mechanica Mathematica," there are pages torn out.

The walls have been engraved with geometric patterns. An iron altar sits in the corner of the room with an inscription If you make the earth fly upside down, with its wings you may convert torrential waters to stone.

There is an iron passageway, it is very dark, you walk slowly with your hand against the wall guiding you... just in case. You come across a fortified iron door guarded by two mechanical gargoyles. There is an inscription on the door The dragon guards the key.

https://i.imgur.com/Uh3Cfiu.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/L3R809v.png

You are in an iron chamber. There are strange mechanical devices strewn about the room. It is dusty and the air is stale. On the wall someone has scrawled The diameter of the sphere, the tau in the circle, and the cross of the globe bring no joy to the blind.



http://textadventures.co.uk/games/view/5craldfdmkkzngf1davsna/days-destroyed

You are in a large chamber, there is a domed ceiling above you. An iron sarcophagus sits in the center of the room with an inscription that reads SI SEDES NON IS.

https://i.imgur.com/qto5RaC.png

It seems to have something to do with



The picture has many cells and the colors and triangles could all hold information. The QR codes are all also on specific coordinates in the grid, this is likely to be meaningful. They each have four or six studs around them, and the embossing on the QR code pattern itself has its light and shadow from different directions.



The html title for the image is "pipedream portal".



I couldn't get anywhere in the text adventure yet.



Here are the messages encoded in the QR codes. I couldn't get a few of them to read, I would need to manually clear them up a bit for the reader to understand them. These are roughly left to right, top to bottom.It seems to have something to do with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porta_Alchemica The picture has many cells and the colors and triangles could all hold information. The QR codes are all also on specific coordinates in the grid, this is likely to be meaningful. They each have four or six studs around them, and the embossing on the QR code pattern itself has its light and shadow from different directions.The html title for the image is "pipedream portal".I couldn't get anywhere in the text adventure yet.

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Jr. MemberActivity: 157Merit: 3 Re: New Bitcoin Puzzle May 28, 2016, 09:38:44 PM #5 Quote from: moinen on May 28, 2016, 08:36:12 PM



You pass through two large iron doors into a large chamber. There are magical symbols inscribed on the walls. A strange mechanical sculpture of rusted gears and pipes dominates the space of the room. Beneath the sculpture is a vent emitting hot steam.

You nearly fall into a pit of deadly iron spikes. You see a shadowy figure in your peripheral, but when you turn to look, no one is there.

The corridor is lined with pulsating light bulbs in iron sconces. In an alcove there is a fallen statue with an inscription When azoth and fire whiten Latona, Diana comes unclothed.

A corridor is before you. There is a dim flickering bulb at the end of the corridor. You're not sure if it's your eyes adjusting to the low light or if you see a shadowy figure wavering in the distance.

Skeletons hang from chains and manacles against the walls. The floor is covered with iron gears, rusted scrap metal, and empty glass vials. You discover a leather jacket.

In a small damp room there are metal gears exposed in the eroding floor. The gears are rusted and beyond repair. A clanking sound can be faintly heard in the distance. Someone has scrawled He who can burn with water and wash with fire makes a heaven of earth and a precious earth of heaven.

An iron chandelier hangs from the ceiling here. There is a bookcase, you discover it pivots smoothly and reveals a secret door. In the small secret room there is a book lying open on an iron podium. The book is titled "Mechanica Mathematica," there are pages torn out.

The walls have been engraved with geometric patterns. An iron altar sits in the corner of the room with an inscription If you make the earth fly upside down, with its wings you may convert torrential waters to stone.

There is an iron passageway, it is very dark, you walk slowly with your hand against the wall guiding you... just in case. You come across a fortified iron door guarded by two mechanical gargoyles. There is an inscription on the door The dragon guards the key.





You are in an iron chamber. There are strange mechanical devices strewn about the room. It is dusty and the air is stale. On the wall someone has scrawled The diameter of the sphere, the tau in the circle, and the cross of the globe bring no joy to the blind.



http://textadventures.co.uk/games/view/5craldfdmkkzngf1davsna/days-destroyed

You are in a large chamber, there is a domed ceiling above you. An iron sarcophagus sits in the center of the room with an inscription that reads SI SEDES NON IS.



It seems to have something to do with



The picture has many cells and the colors and triangles could all hold information. The QR codes are all also on specific coordinates in the grid, this is likely to be meaningful. They each have four or six studs around them, and the embossing on the QR code pattern itself has its light and shadow from different directions.



The html title for the image is "pipedream portal".



I couldn't get anywhere in the text adventure yet.





Here are the messages encoded in the QR codes. I couldn't get a few of them to read, I would need to manually clear them up a bit for the reader to understand them. These are roughly left to right, top to bottom.It seems to have something to do with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porta_Alchemica The picture has many cells and the colors and triangles could all hold information. The QR codes are all also on specific coordinates in the grid, this is likely to be meaningful. They each have four or six studs around them, and the embossing on the QR code pattern itself has its light and shadow from different directions.The html title for the image is "pipedream portal".I couldn't get anywhere in the text adventure yet.

I got them all to scan with Scandit and neoreader apps via iPhone. I got them all to scan with Scandit and neoreader apps via iPhone.

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MemberActivity: 67Merit: 11 Re: New Bitcoin Puzzle May 28, 2016, 10:36:59 PM #7 Was thinking along the same lines. The orange squares seem deliberate, not just for artistic effect. But how do we know to read from upper left to lower right in each 3x3 block?



And did you notice that the dark green "paths" in the puzzle look like pipes? And the terracotta colors simulate rust. And the shimmery triangles make the yellow blocks look like water. The painting evokes the scene described in the text adventure. Very clever!!

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Hero MemberActivity: 736Merit: 508 Re: New Bitcoin Puzzle May 28, 2016, 11:07:06 PM #8 Quote from: moinen on May 28, 2016, 08:36:12 PM



You pass through two large iron doors into a large chamber. There are magical symbols inscribed on the walls. A strange mechanical sculpture of rusted gears and pipes dominates the space of the room. Beneath the sculpture is a vent emitting hot steam.

You nearly fall into a pit of deadly iron spikes. You see a shadowy figure in your peripheral, but when you turn to look, no one is there.

The corridor is lined with pulsating light bulbs in iron sconces. In an alcove there is a fallen statue with an inscription When azoth and fire whiten Latona, Diana comes unclothed.

A corridor is before you. There is a dim flickering bulb at the end of the corridor. You're not sure if it's your eyes adjusting to the low light or if you see a shadowy figure wavering in the distance.

Skeletons hang from chains and manacles against the walls. The floor is covered with iron gears, rusted scrap metal, and empty glass vials. You discover a leather jacket.

In a small damp room there are metal gears exposed in the eroding floor. The gears are rusted and beyond repair. A clanking sound can be faintly heard in the distance. Someone has scrawled He who can burn with water and wash with fire makes a heaven of earth and a precious earth of heaven.

An iron chandelier hangs from the ceiling here. There is a bookcase, you discover it pivots smoothly and reveals a secret door. In the small secret room there is a book lying open on an iron podium. The book is titled "Mechanica Mathematica," there are pages torn out.

The walls have been engraved with geometric patterns. An iron altar sits in the corner of the room with an inscription If you make the earth fly upside down, with its wings you may convert torrential waters to stone.

There is an iron passageway, it is very dark, you walk slowly with your hand against the wall guiding you... just in case. You come across a fortified iron door guarded by two mechanical gargoyles. There is an inscription on the door The dragon guards the key.





You are in an iron chamber. There are strange mechanical devices strewn about the room. It is dusty and the air is stale. On the wall someone has scrawled The diameter of the sphere, the tau in the circle, and the cross of the globe bring no joy to the blind.



http://textadventures.co.uk/games/view/5craldfdmkkzngf1davsna/days-destroyed

You are in a large chamber, there is a domed ceiling above you. An iron sarcophagus sits in the center of the room with an inscription that reads SI SEDES NON IS.



It seems to have something to do with



The picture has many cells and the colors and triangles could all hold information. The QR codes are all also on specific coordinates in the grid, this is likely to be meaningful. They each have four or six studs around them, and the embossing on the QR code pattern itself has its light and shadow from different directions.



The html title for the image is "pipedream portal".



I couldn't get anywhere in the text adventure yet.





Here are the messages encoded in the QR codes. I couldn't get a few of them to read, I would need to manually clear them up a bit for the reader to understand them. These are roughly left to right, top to bottom.It seems to have something to do with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porta_Alchemica The picture has many cells and the colors and triangles could all hold information. The QR codes are all also on specific coordinates in the grid, this is likely to be meaningful. They each have four or six studs around them, and the embossing on the QR code pattern itself has its light and shadow from different directions.The html title for the image is "pipedream portal".I couldn't get anywhere in the text adventure yet.

I'm not sure about your order of qr codes.

Anyway the qr code at this url I'm not sure about your order of qr codes.Anyway the qr code at this url https://i.imgur.com/Uh3Cfiu.jpg that you list as 10th (the qr codes with the urls, are the ones that you couldn't decode?), is the one with the solution: "The walls have been engraved with geometric patterns. An iron altar sits in the corner of the room with an inscription If you make the earth fly upside down, with its wings you may convert torrential waters to stone."

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Hero MemberActivity: 736Merit: 508 Re: New Bitcoin Puzzle May 29, 2016, 12:39:29 AM #9 the last one says: "Water surges out of a large pipe and begins to fill an iron chamber. You brace yourself against the wall as you find yourself knee deep in a channel of rushing water"

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Jr. MemberActivity: 157Merit: 3 Re: New Bitcoin Puzzle May 29, 2016, 04:05:40 AM #14 Quote from: dalek on May 29, 2016, 02:43:29 AM There is a video with a poem and what looks like a password at the end (CL34RI7Y), but it doesn't work. And if you look at the source of the textadventure game, you'll see that it's making a post directly to



Edit: turns out the video is from a previous puzzle:

And if you look at the source of the textadventure game, you'll see that it's making a post directly to http://whit3r4bbi7.com/api.php , so you could brute force it if you're lucky. The response to a correct jail code will be a username+password+url.Edit: turns out the video is from a previous puzzle: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=766000.msg8824358#msg8824358

Please don't brute force our server our database for whit3r4bbi7.com is fully encrypted and the server is shared with other projects. Please don't brute force our server our database for whit3r4bbi7.com is fully encrypted and the server is shared with other projects.

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Hero MemberActivity: 602Merit: 500In math we trust. Re: New Bitcoin Puzzle May 29, 2016, 05:35:06 PM #19

The door is locked, and you need to enter the password with a qwerty keybord in there, but no clue for the password.

I only found that "LOOK AT FLOOR" reveals a skeleton with a a jacket, a note and the map.

The note says:

Quote I fear I may perish soon. The portal sent me here. Now, I'm trapped with no way out. I think this map holds the key but I can't decipher it.



So it is obv the map. We need somehow to extract more information from it. but no clue yet. I couldn't get to anything notewirthy in the game.The door is locked, and you need to enter the password with a qwerty keybord in there, but no clue for the password.I only found that "LOOK AT FLOOR" reveals a skeleton with a a jacket, a note and the map.The note says:So it is obv the map. We need somehow to extract more information from it. but no clue yet.

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LegendaryActivity: 1358Merit: 1004 Re: New Bitcoin Puzzle May 29, 2016, 05:51:12 PM #20 Really cool game, but it almost made my computer crash because the imagine resolution is so big that it was struggling to render it. I guess I need to buy a new computer.



What is the total prize of BTC for the winner? only winner gets BTC or you can find small BTC rewards?

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Hero MemberActivity: 736Merit: 508 Re: New Bitcoin Puzzle May 29, 2016, 08:06:45 PM

Last edit: May 29, 2016, 09:56:42 PM by Pompobit #22







1 - You pass through two large iron doors into a large chamber. There are magical symbols inscribed on the walls. A strange mechanical sculpture of rusted gears and pipes dominates the space of the room. Beneath the sculpture is a vent emitting hot steam.



2 - You nearly fall into a pit of deadly iron spikes. You see a shadowy figure in your peripheral, but when you turn to look, no one is there.



3 - The corridor is lined with pulsating light bulbs in iron sconces. In an alcove there is a fallen statue with an inscription When azoth and fire whiten Latona, Diana comes unclothed.



4 - A corridor is before you. There is a dim flickering bulb at the end of the corridor. You're not sure if it's your eyes adjusting to the low light or if you see a shadowy figure wavering in the distance.



5 - In a small damp room there are metal gears exposed in the eroding floor. The gears are rusted and beyond repair. A clanking sound can be faintly heard in the distance. Someone has scrawled He who can burn with water and wash with fire makes a heaven of earth and a precious earth of heaven.



6 - Skeletons hang from chains and manacles against the walls. The floor is covered with iron gears, rusted scrap metal, and empty glass vials. You discover a leather jacket.



7 - An iron chandelier hangs from the ceiling here. There is a bookcase, you discover it pivots smoothly and reveals a secret door. In the small secret room there is a book lying open on an iron podium. The book is titled "Mechanica Mathematica," there are pages torn out.



8 - The walls have been engraved with geometric patterns. An iron altar sits in the corner of the room with an inscription If you make the earth fly upside down, with its wings you may convert torrential waters to stone.



9- You are in a rusted iron chamber. Water is trickling from large iron pipes above you. On the wall someone has scrawled When in your house black crows give birth to white doves, then you will be called wise



10 - There is an iron passageway, it is very dark, you walk slowly with your hand against the wall guiding you... just in case. You come across a fortified iron door guarded by two mechanical gargoyles. There is an inscription on the door The dragon guards the key.



11 -



12 - You're at the end of a corridor. There is an opening to a large sewage pipe, the grate has been removed, you think you can crawl inside. There is an iron chest with a scroll that reads It is the secret deed of the true sage to open the earth, so to make salvation germinate for the people. Also inside the chest is an iron knife.



13 - You are in a large chamber, there is a domed ceiling above you. An iron sarcophagus sits in the center of the room with an inscription that reads SI SEDES NON IS.



14 - You are in an iron chamber. There are strange mechanical devices strewn about the room. It is dusty and the air is stale. On the wall someone has scrawled The diameter of the sphere, the tau in the circle, and the cross of the globe bring no joy to the blind.



15 - Water surges out of a large pipe and begins to fill an iron chamber. You brace yourself against the wall as you find yourself knee deep in a channel of rushing water

I'll update the decoded qr codes with the order:1 - You pass through two large iron doors into a large chamber. There are magical symbols inscribed on the walls. A strange mechanical sculpture of rusted gears and pipes dominates the space of the room. Beneath the sculpture is a vent emitting hot steam.2 - You nearly fall into a pit of deadly iron spikes. You see a shadowy figure in your peripheral, but when you turn to look, no one is there.3 - The corridor is lined with pulsating light bulbs in iron sconces. In an alcove there is a fallen statue with an inscription When azoth and fire whiten Latona, Diana comes unclothed.4 - A corridor is before you. There is a dim flickering bulb at the end of the corridor. You're not sure if it's your eyes adjusting to the low light or if you see a shadowy figure wavering in the distance.5 - In a small damp room there are metal gears exposed in the eroding floor. The gears are rusted and beyond repair. A clanking sound can be faintly heard in the distance. Someone has scrawled He who can burn with water and wash with fire makes a heaven of earth and a precious earth of heaven.6 - Skeletons hang from chains and manacles against the walls. The floor is covered with iron gears, rusted scrap metal, and empty glass vials. You discover a leather jacket.7 - An iron chandelier hangs from the ceiling here. There is a bookcase, you discover it pivots smoothly and reveals a secret door. In the small secret room there is a book lying open on an iron podium. The book is titled "Mechanica Mathematica," there are pages torn out.8 - The walls have been engraved with geometric patterns. An iron altar sits in the corner of the room with an inscription If you make the earth fly upside down, with its wings you may convert torrential waters to stone.9- You are in a rusted iron chamber. Water is trickling from large iron pipes above you. On the wall someone has scrawled When in your house black crows give birth to white doves, then you will be called wise10 - There is an iron passageway, it is very dark, you walk slowly with your hand against the wall guiding you... just in case. You come across a fortified iron door guarded by two mechanical gargoyles. There is an inscription on the door The dragon guards the key.11 - http://textadventures.co.uk/games/view/5craldfdmkkzngf1davsna/days-destroyed 12 - You're at the end of a corridor. There is an opening to a large sewage pipe, the grate has been removed, you think you can crawl inside. There is an iron chest with a scroll that reads It is the secret deed of the true sage to open the earth, so to make salvation germinate for the people. Also inside the chest is an iron knife.13 - You are in a large chamber, there is a domed ceiling above you. An iron sarcophagus sits in the center of the room with an inscription that reads SI SEDES NON IS.14 - You are in an iron chamber. There are strange mechanical devices strewn about the room. It is dusty and the air is stale. On the wall someone has scrawled The diameter of the sphere, the tau in the circle, and the cross of the globe bring no joy to the blind.15 - Water surges out of a large pipe and begins to fill an iron chamber. You brace yourself against the wall as you find yourself knee deep in a channel of rushing water

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MemberActivity: 67Merit: 11 Re: New Bitcoin Puzzle May 29, 2016, 08:29:24 PM #23 Here's #9: You are in a rusted iron chamber. Water is trickling from large iron pipes above you. On the wall someone has scrawled When in your house black crows give birth to white doves, then you will be called wise.

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Hero MemberActivity: 602Merit: 500In math we trust. Re: New Bitcoin Puzzle May 29, 2016, 08:53:43 PM #24 Quote from: thejaytiesto on May 29, 2016, 05:51:12 PM Really cool game, but it almost made my computer crash because the imagine resolution is so big that it was struggling to render it. I guess I need to buy a new computer.



What is the total prize of BTC for the winner? only winner gets BTC or you can find small BTC rewards?

You tell us if you win.

Seriouly just play. It's a game. In the past if the winner was kind enough he would donate a fraction od the reward. You tell us if you win.Seriouly just play. It's a game. In the past if the winner was kind enough he would donate a fraction od the reward.

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LegendaryActivity: 1820Merit: 1004 Re: New Bitcoin Puzzle May 29, 2016, 09:04:24 PM #25



Let's hope it will be solved without brute forcing the final part this time



I will definatley give it a go again with this one! I really love these kinds of puzzles. Bitcoin has inspired some brilliant minds to create really cool puzzles for sure!Let's hope it will be solved without brute forcing the final part this timeI will definatley give it a go again with this one!

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MemberActivity: 86Merit: 10 Re: New Bitcoin Puzzle May 29, 2016, 09:33:32 PM #26



I'm using safari, not html5 compliant.... so others may have already seen this; though it's commented out.....



http://whit3r4bbi7.com/alpha.mp4





<!-- <video src="alpha.mp4" class="img-responsive" autoplay="autoplay">

You'll need a web browser that supports html5 MPEG4 to view this video.

</video> -->

May have nothing to do with anything, but there is some commented out HTML in the page source containing the zoomable image.I'm using safari, not html5 compliant.... soothers may have already seen this; though it's commented out.....

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Hero MemberActivity: 736Merit: 508 Re: New Bitcoin Puzzle May 29, 2016, 10:24:37 PM #29 Quote from: Izerian on May 29, 2016, 09:33:32 PM



I'm using safari, not html5 compliant.... so others may have already seen this; though it's commented out.....



http://whit3r4bbi7.com/alpha.mp4





<!-- <video src="alpha.mp4" class="img-responsive" autoplay="autoplay">

You'll need a web browser that supports html5 MPEG4 to view this video.

</video> -->



May have nothing to do with anything, but there is some commented out HTML in the page source containing the zoomable image.I'm using safari, not html5 compliant.... soothers may have already seen this; though it's commented out.....

it seems like the video url is from a previous puzzle, probably is not related to this one it seems like the video url is from a previous puzzle, probably is not related to this one

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NewbieActivity: 3Merit: 0 Re: New Bitcoin Puzzle May 29, 2016, 10:31:08 PM #31 I was attempting this late last night, I couldn't get past where all you guys are. :/ Good luck guys aha.

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Hero MemberActivity: 736Merit: 508 Re: New Bitcoin Puzzle May 29, 2016, 11:15:19 PM

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I'm not sure why this code cannot be read, at least the size seems valid (19x19).

Maybe is there some black tile below the qr codes 4, 7, 8, 10, 11 or 12? tried to use the yellow tiles as black, but it doesn't seem correctI'm not sure why this code cannot be read, at least the size seems valid (19x19).Maybe is there some black tile below the qr codes 4, 7, 8, 10, 11 or 12?

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NewbieActivity: 26Merit: 0 Re: New Bitcoin Puzzle May 30, 2016, 11:02:30 AM #41 I don't think it's a valid Aztec code because it's missing orientation marks. However the pattern is quite interesting as if you split it horizontally the two halves are almost identical, and i find it hard to believe that that is a complete coincidence.

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MemberActivity: 86Merit: 10 Re: New Bitcoin Puzzle May 30, 2016, 01:46:49 PM #42 Quote from: mi1994 on May 30, 2016, 11:02:30 AM I don't think it's a valid Aztec code because it's missing orientation marks. However the pattern is quite interesting as if you split it horizontally the two halves are almost identical, and i find it hard to believe that that is a complete coincidence.



Diagonal? north east to south west and rotated 180 (Early and no coffee yet)



Still not a code though... Just an observation. Diagonal? north east to south west and rotated 180 (Early and no coffee yet)Still not a code though... Just an observation.

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NewbieActivity: 26Merit: 0 Re: New Bitcoin Puzzle May 30, 2016, 02:16:41 PM #44 Quote from: Izerian on May 30, 2016, 01:46:49 PM Diagonal? north east to south west and rotated 180 (Early and no coffee yet)

Yeah,was a bit too quick to write that, whatever way you split it evenly is going to give two very similar sections.

Just seems weird that on such a large image there are only 2 differences in the pattern and they are very close together.



Tried manually decoding it as an Aztec anyway, but didn't get a working code, although i could have made a mistake. Yeah,was a bit too quick to write that, whatever way you split it evenly is going to give two very similar sections.Just seems weird that on such a large image there are only 2 differences in the pattern and they are very close together.Tried manually decoding it as an Aztec anyway, but didn't get a working code, although i could have made a mistake.

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MemberActivity: 86Merit: 10 Re: New Bitcoin Puzzle May 30, 2016, 02:18:33 PM #45 Quote from: mi1994 on May 30, 2016, 02:16:41 PM Quote from: Izerian on May 30, 2016, 01:46:49 PM Diagonal? north east to south west and rotated 180 (Early and no coffee yet)

Yeah,was a bit too quick to write that, whatever way you split it evenly is going to give two very similar sections.

Just seems weird that on such a large image there are only 2 differences in the pattern and they are very close together.



Tried manually decoding it as an Aztec anyway, but didn't get a working code, although i could have made a mistake.

Yeah,was a bit too quick to write that, whatever way you split it evenly is going to give two very similar sections.Just seems weird that on such a large image there are only 2 differences in the pattern and they are very close together.Tried manually decoding it as an Aztec anyway, but didn't get a working code, although i could have made a mistake.

I tried the same last night to no avail; even with a straight edge and grid paper. I tried the same last night to no avail; even with a straight edge and grid paper.

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LegendaryActivity: 1176Merit: 1024 Re: New Bitcoin Puzzle May 30, 2016, 04:21:24 PM #48 This is actually really fun but it's quite confusing.

But that's the point of a puzzle, right? I hope I'll be able to find out the puzzle or whatever this is all about. I keep clicking the "About" tab, but nothing happens so I don't have any clue what the objective is all about.

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LegendaryActivity: 1302Merit: 1000 Re: New Bitcoin Puzzle May 30, 2016, 04:34:08 PM #50 Quote from: thejaytiesto on May 29, 2016, 05:51:12 PM Really cool game, but it almost made my computer crash because the imagine resolution is so big that it was struggling to render it. I guess I need to buy a new computer.



What is the total prize of BTC for the winner? only winner gets BTC or you can find small BTC rewards?



your computer could handle a 1 GB image



i opened a 512 MB 10 years ago your computer could handle a 1 GB imagei opened a 512 MB 10 years ago WWW.FACEBOOK.COM



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LegendaryActivity: 1498Merit: 1026Let's drop it Re: New Bitcoin Puzzle May 30, 2016, 04:48:11 PM #54 The puzzle is confused how about the reward how much reward we will get if we solve this puzzle..

Honestly i dont understand the puzzle.. and looks like there a qr code and it needs to send few bitcoins before you can start a puzzle.. Block halving is coming.,,

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Hero MemberActivity: 736Merit: 508 Re: New Bitcoin Puzzle May 30, 2016, 09:41:10 PM #57 Quote from: mi1994 on May 30, 2016, 11:02:30 AM I don't think it's a valid Aztec code because it's missing orientation marks. However the pattern is quite interesting as if you split it horizontally the two halves are almost identical, and i find it hard to believe that that is a complete coincidence.



right, I read the aztec code specifications and there is something strange on orientation marks. It should have 3,2,1 and 0 black tiles near corners but it has 3,0,3,0 black tiles, so it is not valid.



About the specularity, I think it should be considered with a vertical middle line, for two reasons:



1 - both the two tiles that are not specular lie on that line, not sure what it means

2- if the map is an half of an aztec code, the corners with 0-tiles black should be the next one to the corner with 3 black tiles in counterclockwise order. This is possible only if you consider the vertical half of the map. right, I read the aztec code specifications and there is something strange on orientation marks. It should have 3,2,1 and 0 black tiles near corners but it has 3,0,3,0 black tiles, so it is not valid.About the specularity, I think it should be considered with a vertical middle line, for two reasons:1 - both the two tiles that are not specular lie on that line, not sure what it means2- if the map is an half of an aztec code, the corners with 0-tiles black should be the next one to the corner with 3 black tiles in counterclockwise order. This is possible only if you consider the vertical half of the map.

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Hero MemberActivity: 736Merit: 508 Re: New Bitcoin Puzzle May 31, 2016, 06:32:47 PM #59 are you sure? I was trying the same thing yesterday and I found only 26 different characters. I don't have my notes at the moment so I can't say you where my findings differ from yours, but if my memory serves me, the symbol with the red square in the bottom right position and with ◢ never occurs.

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NewbieActivity: 2Merit: 0 Re: New Bitcoin Puzzle May 31, 2016, 09:12:17 PM #62 Quote from: dalek on May 31, 2016, 05:59:49 PM Code: 1b 7a 6b 3d 8a 7b 3b 9b 2b 1a 9a 7d 6a 8d 8b 4b 2a 6d 5b 5a 2d 5d 4d 4a 3a 1d *b *a

12 10 10 10 9 9 9 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 1 1

So there's 26 unique characters, so we probably just have to assign the right letters to these.

So there's 26 unique characters, so we probably just have to assign the right letters to these.

Surely that's not an english plaintext, frequency distribution doesn't fit.

We can try a bruteforce and see if something show up. Surely that's not an english plaintext, frequency distribution doesn't fit.We can try a bruteforce and see if something show up.

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Last edit: May 31, 2016, 11:19:23 PM by mi1994 #69 I doubt that every group of symbols is a separate word though, it could be a long string of symbols with one representing a space. Also, the map says 'the journey inwards begins here' , it could be they are meant to be read in a spiral towards the center.



Edit: 1b is interesting, it is the most frequent symbol however the first occurrence of it is at the end of the 6th row.

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MemberActivity: 67Merit: 11 Re: New Bitcoin Puzzle June 01, 2016, 02:31:52 AM #70 Too bad there isn't a public Slack chat for posting our progress. Anyone want to start one? Much better interface.

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MemberActivity: 86Merit: 10 Re: New Bitcoin Puzzle June 01, 2016, 06:11:46 PM #72 Quote from: UNO_owner on June 01, 2016, 04:21:07 PM



The description of the cell:



You are in an iron chamber, the walls are lined with iron pipes.

There are chains suspended from the pipes and rusted gears are scattered about the floor.

The sound of dripping water echoes in the chamber.



Sounds like the description given in QR code #9:



You are in a rusted iron chamber. Water is trickling from large iron pipes above you.

On the wall someone has scrawled:

When in your house black crows give birth to white doves, then you will be called wise".



Which fits with the skeleton/map/knife/note piece. Guy wrote the message on the wall before he died. I tried look at wall and a few other combinations of words and got nothing. Tried typing key words of the phrase into the keypad and nothing. Maybe the message maps to the clusters on the map somehow.

Hadn't seen anyone mention this so I thought I would.The description of the cell:Sounds like the description given in QR code #9:Which fits with the skeleton/map/knife/note piece. Guy wrote the message on the wall before he died. I tried look at wall and a few other combinations of words and got nothing. Tried typing key words of the phrase into the keypad and nothing. Maybe the message maps to the clusters on the map somehow.





Random pic of crows and doves, pay no attention.



Sounds like one room is above the other. Journeying inward? You can't kill a skeleton; at least as far as I know.



Edit: still feels like we are looking for a door key, phrase, username&password, random characters. I'm not so good at these. Random pic of crows and doves, pay no attention.Sounds like one room is above the other. Journeying inward? You can't kill a skeleton; at least as far as I know.Edit: still feels like we are looking for a door key, phrase, username&password, random characters. I'm not so good at these.

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Hero MemberActivity: 736Merit: 508 Re: New Bitcoin Puzzle June 03, 2016, 06:11:36 PM #79 Quote from: whateverNick on June 03, 2016, 05:15:29 PM

Yeah, I thought that post deserved an answer.



Anyway, just wanted to point out that the text adventure is called "Days Destroyed". It might be a reference to "Bitcoin Days Destroyed"?



You don't need to brute force all the 26! combinations if you do a frequency attack. Unfortunately the frequency doen't seem compatible to english and the text is not so large, so a similar attack becomes very hard.



About "days destroyed", yes it could be a reference to bitcoin, but we should know on what period it refers to know the number of days destoryed (and of course, for what). You don't need to brute force all the 26! combinations if you do a frequency attack. Unfortunately the frequency doen't seem compatible to english and the text is not so large, so a similar attack becomes very hard.About "days destroyed", yes it could be a reference to bitcoin, but we should know on what period it refers to know the number of days destoryed (and of course, for what).

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NewbieActivity: 7Merit: 0 Re: New Bitcoin Puzzle June 04, 2016, 09:19:30 PM #82 Has anybody been able to get through the cell door, or any ideas on how to do that?

I believe that we have to look at the actualy real life portal and the story behind it.

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Last edit: June 06, 2016, 05:39:58 AM by rock_collector #84 Good work on the puzzle, Dalek and others. The 26 unique characters seem to indicate that there's an alphabetic character correlation for each yellow block. But no luck at all decoding a message with frequency analysis, reading the map in many directions (including spirals). I have a slightly different distribution for your 1b, 7a, 6b, etc; just labeled it differently (and I spent hours painstakingly reading the map): 12 11 10 10 10 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4. That difference isn't really significant for frequency analysis though.



After so many tries, Im wondering if this just doesnt require frequency analysis after all. Yet after trying other strategies for assigning alphabetic characters to the yellow blocks, Im just stuck.



In the past, Coin_artist's art puzzles presented a relatively easy-(but not simple)-to-find bitcoin address, and the ensuing stages of the puzzle eventually led to finding the private key. Ive got to assume that the current step should be relatively easy. Its a rabbit hole and is supposed to entice us. And it shouldn't require advanced programming or crypto skills. I dont have those, yet I have been able to keep up with most stages of her prior puzzles.



I do believe, though, that the keypad entry for the text adventure will be discovered by interpreting the map somehow.



Those are my completely unhelpful thoughts.

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Last edit: June 06, 2016, 04:45:56 AM by franky1 #85 anyone think that maybe the 3x3 blocks with triangles are maybe linked to hexidecimal in some way.



OR the numbers are right.. but where the triangles dont relate to a b c d



anyone else tried to play around with what the triangles might represent to get a different result instead of 6b 7a... etc I DO NOT TRADE OR ACT AS ESCROW ON THIS FORUM EVER.

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NewbieActivity: 12Merit: 0 Re: New Bitcoin Puzzle June 06, 2016, 06:57:39 AM #86 Quote from: franky1 on June 06, 2016, 04:27:42 AM anyone think that maybe the 3x3 blocks with triangles are maybe linked to hexidecimal in some way.



OR the numbers are right.. but where the triangles dont relate to a b c d



anyone else tried to play around with what the triangles might represent to get a different result instead of 6b 7a... etc



Us assigning letters to the triangles is arbitrary, as is the ordering of the triangles (i.e. we can assign 1,2,3 to a,b,d in 6 different ways). Assuming a, b, and d are interchangeable, that leaves 6 ways to assign A-Z to the pairs like:



Code: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

a A B C D E F G H I

b J K L M N O P Q R

d S T U V W X Y Z #

* # # # # # # # # #



For frequency analysis, none of this matters though, since each of the pairs is replaced by a single letter. In that case, only the mapping between pairs and letters matters, as well as the order in which the result is read from the grid (left-right, up-down, spiral, etc). So, if each pair stands for a single unique letter, we should be able to break it by reading out the pairs from the grid in some logical way, and then attack the result as a substitution cipher with frequency analysis. Using the above substitution:



Code: LEFTRIGHT = OGQGKKSFRHSSUGASBLAXEGOAYWNDPTRTZLEUQTFPIZPPZVVOUKPKKPBRNVZJMJHBMBJQXUOIDQUYHAIDXYAECFKYDYOULGVUURMLMJIEIECFMGRLARKHZOHBFHJJHGAGLIGOVYRNKOXJJJ#LJOLCLYJFCQNIGBZTO#XWWAJGNXPWPTUZURYQF



UPDOWN = OHVXCPGJAHYTQSROHFB#JOTGTFIKLFRF#SPUBDIAXIKMUXYUERHCWUOPJNLQGGAZKOYDUIJKJNWUKAZKIEHOIKLPDYCGOLAZYEBQFACJUSSWUPRUAORMGXGGRNQPNLBNBDVBYEUMGKIJLJHLHGJXAPZZQLMJLZFXTTJGZOYPYEVMJOQRVRVWF



Haven't had any luck attacking this as a substitution cipher. Frequency analysis will fail though if we are using the wrong way to read out the pairs from the grid, or if we only need a subset of them (e.g. only the pairs that are attached to the dark green pipes).



Another direction would be that the aztec code is the result of a superposition of multiple aztec codes, and it can be demultiplexed by the markings. However, then the whole core of the aztec code should have the same marking.



A final thought on "the journey inward": the map seems to consist of a number of layers on top of each other: QR on top of AZTEC on top of DARK GREEN PIPES on top of LIGHT GREEN PIPES on top of a RED GRID. So maybe Level 1 of Days Destroyed would only need the QR, level 2 only the AZTEC, and so on. Us assigning letters to the triangles is arbitrary, as is the ordering of the triangles (i.e. we can assign 1,2,3 to a,b,d in 6 different ways). Assuming a, b, and d are interchangeable, that leaves 6 ways to assign A-Z to the pairs like:For frequency analysis, none of this matters though, since each of the pairs is replaced by a single letter. In that case, only the mapping between pairs and letters matters, as well as the order in which the result is read from the grid (left-right, up-down, spiral, etc). So, if each pair stands for a single unique letter, we should be able to break it by reading out the pairs from the grid in some logical way, and then attack the result as a substitution cipher with frequency analysis. Using the above substitution:Haven't had any luck attacking this as a substitution cipher. Frequency analysis will fail though if we are using the wrong way to read out the pairs from the grid, or if we only need a subset of them (e.g. only the pairs that are attached to the dark green pipes).Another direction would be that the aztec code is the result of a superposition of multiple aztec codes, and it can be demultiplexed by the markings. However, then the whole core of the aztec code should have the same marking.A final thought on "the journey inward": the map seems to consist of a number of layers on top of each other: QR on top of AZTEC on top of DARK GREEN PIPES on top of LIGHT GREEN PIPES on top of a RED GRID. So maybe Level 1 of Days Destroyed would only need the QR, level 2 only the AZTEC, and so on.

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Full MemberActivity: 196Merit: 100 Re: New Bitcoin Puzzle June 06, 2016, 07:26:53 AM #87 i think it require such long time with sharp minded. looking very difficult. i havnt so much time to solve it. i thin those people who are free will easily solve the puzzel.

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So:



1. as some others users have done i tried finding a meaningful substitution with letters for the squares with triangles and tried reading the result in different ways but had no luck.

2. there is a twitter account associated with the text adventure,

3. I tried manipulating the black and white bitmask version of the map. At first i thought it was an aztec code but to make it work it needed some manipulation. I tried using the avatar of the twitter account as a bitmask in which every black bit would toggle the bits on the mask but no luck there.

4. I tried using the QR code maxims as indications to manipulate the bitmask version of the map. Things such as

"If you make the earth fly upside down, with its wings you may convert torrential waters to stone." --> if the image was the earth and you wanted to turn it upside down you would flip it horizontally

"When in your house black crows give birth to white doves, then you will be called wise" --> use a superimposition of the bitmask in which black bits on the foreground would make the underlying bit go white

"The diameter of the sphere, the tau in the circle, and the cross of the globe bring no joy to the blind." --> as someone already said, interpret the result as braille

and so on and so forth but i still had no luck there, even if I found good looking results such as



5. Since all other effort was fruitless I went and investigated more on the porta alchemica. From what i found there is a sigil inscription missing in the qr codes, and that is



Antimony: "Our dead son lives, returns from the fire a king, and enjoys occult conjugation."



or, from another site



Sun / Apollo / Gold: "our dead son lives, he returns from fire as a king, and rejoices over the conceiled mating"



I thought since the only QRcode not containing a description at all is the same one linking the text adventure, this missing inscription would belong to that spot (and if we assume the starting spot of the text adventure is the same spot as the qrcode, this inscription might belong to the cell). Tried different keys, no luck.

6. I also found that the wikipedia article contains these inscriptions:



a. Mercury: When azoth and fire whiten Latona, Diana comes unclothed.

b. Vitriol: It is an occult work of true wisdom to open the earth, so that it may generate salvation for the people.



while this article



c. Mercury: "as Latona will be whitened by mercury and by fire, Diana will come undressed"

d. Monad: "it is the secret deed of the true sage to open the earth, so to make salvation germinate for the people"



but the QR codes use the wikipedia version for the mercury inscription, and the roma article version for the vitriol inscription, so she used inscription a and inscription d. The only page i found which reports both versions of the inscriptions is

7. Finally, the note in the text adventure says "the map holds the key". There is a qr code in the map which says "The dragon guards the key.". If you go on the porta alchemica wiki article it says that there's an inscription saying "A dragon guards the entrance of the magic garden of the Hesperides, and, without Hercules, Jason would not have tasted the delights of Colchis." I thought there would be a link between this dragon and the one in the map, but i tried nearly everything remotely related to the magic garden of the hesperides as the cell door key with no luck.



The first step of the enigma might still be pretty simple, we're just being fed so much information and we don't know what to focus on. Still, i think the square with triangle letter association might come into play later into the enigma, when we will be able to make more sense out of it.



Wish you guys more luck than i had Thought I would jump in and tell you my two cents since i have spent way too much time on this enigma and the name "days destroyed" might as very well be what happened to my last week.So:1. as some others users have done i tried finding a meaningful substitution with letters for the squares with triangles and tried reading the result in different ways but had no luck.2. there is a twitter account associated with the text adventure, https://twitter.com/whit3r4bbi7 . I tried steganalysis on the avatar but it seems clean. The description of the account contains an hashtag #GTIN, which may suggest at some point in the game we will find a number and that number will be a global trade item number, or that we'll find something which resolves to a barcode, database of GTIN entries: http://www.ean-search.org/ or http://gepir.gs1.org/v32/xx/gtin.aspx?Lang=en-US 3. I tried manipulating the black and white bitmask version of the map. At first i thought it was an aztec code but to make it work it needed some manipulation. I tried using the avatar of the twitter account as a bitmask in which every black bit would toggle the bits on the mask but no luck there.4. I tried using the QR code maxims as indications to manipulate the bitmask version of the map. Things such as"If you make the earth fly upside down, with its wings you may convert torrential waters to stone." --> if the image was the earth and you wanted to turn it upside down you would flip it horizontally"When in your house black crows give birth to white doves, then you will be called wise" --> use a superimposition of the bitmask in which black bits on the foreground would make the underlying bit go white"The diameter of the sphere, the tau in the circle, and the cross of the globe bring no joy to the blind." --> as someone already said, interpret the result as brailleand so on and so forth but i still had no luck there, even if I found good looking results such as https://i.imgur.com/njEuvyF.png and https://i.imgur.com/tamrU3h.png so meh.5. Since all other effort was fruitless I went and investigated more on the porta alchemica. From what i found there is a sigil inscription missing in the qr codes, and that isAntimony: "Our dead son lives, returns from the fire a king, and enjoys occult conjugation."or, from another siteSun / Apollo / Gold: "our dead son lives, he returns from fire as a king, and rejoices over the conceiled mating"I thought since the only QRcode not containing a description at all is the same one linking the text adventure, this missing inscription would belong to that spot (and if we assume the starting spot of the text adventure is the same spot as the qrcode, this inscription might belong to the cell). Tried different keys, no luck.6. I also found that the wikipedia article contains these inscriptions:a. Mercury: When azoth and fire whiten Latona, Diana comes unclothed.b. Vitriol: It is an occult work of true wisdom to open the earth, so that it may generate salvation for the people.while this article http://roma.andreapollett.com/S1/roma-c20.htm contains for the same inscriptions a different version:c. Mercury: "as Latona will be whitened by mercury and by fire, Diana will come undressed"d. Monad: "it is the secret deed of the true sage to open the earth, so to make salvation germinate for the people"but the QR codes use the wikipedia version for the mercury inscription, and the roma article version for the vitriol inscription, so she used inscription a and inscription d. The only page i found which reports both versions of the inscriptions is http://www.esotericonline.net/profiles/blogs/7-clues-of-wisdom-from-the-porta-alchemia so she either used this page as her source, or she mixed up wikipedia and the other article. This might be too meta but it could be useful to know where she got her sources.7. Finally, the note in the text adventure says "the map holds the key". There is a qr code in the map which says "The dragon guards the key.". If you go on the porta alchemica wiki article it says that there's an inscription saying "A dragon guards the entrance of the magic garden of the Hesperides, and, without Hercules, Jason would not have tasted the delights of Colchis." I thought there would be a link between this dragon and the one in the map, but i tried nearly everything remotely related to the magic garden of the hesperides as the cell door key with no luck.The first step of the enigma might still be pretty simple, we're just being fed so much information and we don't know what to focus on. Still, i think the square with triangle letter association might come into play later into the enigma, when we will be able to make more sense out of it.Wish you guys more luck than i had

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NewbieActivity: 26Merit: 0 Re: New Bitcoin Puzzle June 06, 2016, 11:12:26 AM #89 Quote from: mephala on June 06, 2016, 08:56:04 AM The first step of the enigma might still be pretty simple, we're just being fed so much information and we don't know what to focus on.

I agree, it also doesn't help that we have no idea what format the code takes, for every guess you need to try capital letters, numbers in place of letters etc.

I agree, it also doesn't help that we have no idea what format the code takes, for every guess you need to try capital letters, numbers in place of letters etc.

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Last edit: June 06, 2016, 07:11:21 PM by rock_collector #91 4Pollo, would you mind making those corrections on your grid and reposting. I'm not adept with the style and formatting on bitcointalk.



Also, just to clarify, here is the distribution I've found, slightly bit different from other postings. Again, not sure it matters, because frequency analysis doesn't seem to work:



12 1b

11 6b

10 7a

3b

3d

8 1a

8a

9b

7b

7d

7 2a

6a

9a

8d

2b

6 8b

6d

5 4b

5b

5a

2d

4d

4 3a

4a

1d

5d

0 9d



TOTAL: 26 distinct blocks [edited]



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Thanks for corrections! Here is the updated grid (with the 6 corrections so far indicated by underscores):

Code: 6b 7a 8b 7a 2b 2b 1d 6a 9b

8a 1d 1d 3d 7a 1a 1d 2a 3b 1a 6d 5a

_8a_ 6b 1a _7d_5d 5b 4a 7b 2d

9b 2d _8d_3b 5a 3d 8b 2d

6a 7b 9a 8d 7b 7b 8d 4d

4d 6b 3d 2b 7b 2b 2b 7b 2a 9b 5b 4d 8d 1b 4b

1b 8a 2a 4b 2a 1b 8b

6d 3d 6b 9a 4a 8b 3d 7d 8a

1a 9a 4a 6d 7d 1a 5a

3a 6a_3b_ 7d 4a 7d 6b 3d 3b 7a _4d_

3d 3d 9b 4b 3b 4b 1b

9a 5a 9a 5a 3a 6a 4b _7a_ 9b

3b 1a 9b 2b 8a 8d 6b

8a 2a 6a 8a 1b 1b 8a 7a 1a 7a 3b 9a 7a 6b 4d

7d 9b 5b 2b 6b 6d 1b 1b 1b

#b 3b 1b 6b 3b 3a 3b 7d

1b 6a 3a 8b 5b 9a 7a 2a 8d

2d 6b *a 6d 5d 5d 1a 1b 7a 5b 6d 7b 5d

7b 2d 3d 8d 3d 9b 7d 8b 6a

Code: # = 6 (or 2 or 3)

* = 2 (or 1 or 4)

Thanks for corrections! Here is the updated grid (with the 6 corrections so far indicated by underscores):

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NewbieActivity: 2Merit: 0 Re: New Bitcoin Puzzle June 06, 2016, 06:35:41 PM #93 Quote from: 4pollo on June 06, 2016, 06:30:31 PM Quote from: rock_collector on June 06, 2016, 05:48:16 PM 4Pollo, would you mind making those corrections on your grid and reposting. I'm not adept with the style and formatting on bitcointalk.



Thanks for corrections! Here is the updated grid (with the 6 corrections so far indicated by underscores):

Code: 6b 7a 8b 7a 2b 2b 1d 6a 9b

8a 1d 1d 3d 7a 1a 1d 2a 3b 1a 6d 5a

_8a_ 6b 1a _7d_5d 5b 4a 7b 2d

9b 2d _8d_3b 5a 3d 8b 2d

6a 7b 9a 8d 7b 7b 8d 4d

4d 6b 3d 2b 7b 2b 2b 7b 2a 9b 5b 4d 8d 1b 4b

1b 8a 2a 4b 2a 1b 8b

6d 3d 6b 9a 4a 8b 3d 7d 8a

1a 9a 4a 6d 7d 1a 5a

3a 6a_3b_ 7d 4a 7d 6b 3d 3b 7a _4d_

3d 3d 9b 4b 3b 4b 1b

9a 5a 9a 5a 3a 6a 4b _7a_ 9b

3b 1a 9b 2b 8a 8d 6b

8a 2a 6a 8a 1b 1b 8a 7a 1a 7a 3b 9a 7a 6b 4d

7d 9b 5b 2b 6b 6d 1b 1b 1b

#b 3b 1b 6b 3b 3a 3b 7d

1b 6a 3a 8b 5b 9a 7a 2a 8d

2d 6b *a 6d 5d 5d 1a 1b 7a 5b 6d 7b 5d

7b 2d 3d 8d 3d 9b 7d 8b 6a

Code: # = 6 (or 2 or 3)

* = 2 (or 1 or 4)

Thanks for corrections! Here is the updated grid (with the 6 corrections so far indicated by underscores):

I disagree. I think the newly changed 3b is 2b. Imo I disagree. I think the newly changed 3b is 2b. Imo

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(note the option for anagrams using only part of the letters)

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a few nice hits, so far:

Code: deemed sedentary (last letters of the 15 messages)

ended easy (last letters of everything in quotes)

say needed (last letters of everything in quotes)

days end (last letters of everything in quotes, partial)

working on a new direction now: anagrams of letters from the QR messages (e.g. first or last letters of message or quote within message), using: http://anagram-solver.net/ (note the option for anagrams using only part of the letters)a few nice hits, so far:

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https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1h5uRLE51IYupTY4p94jaS77EQvwRwEu0xTKHR_DC5Bg/edit?usp=sharing



just duplicate the original sheet into a new one if you want to make changes, so we can preserve the original. The numbers 1,2,3... associated with each letter are just the order in which that letter figures in the map, reading from left to right top to bottom



Quote from: 4pollo on June 06, 2016, 06:43:30 PM



(note the option for anagrams using only part of the letters)

https://www.arrak.fi/en/ag/



a few nice hits, so far:

Code: deemed sedentary (last letters of the 15 messages)

ended easy (last letters of everything in quotes)

say needed (last letters of everything in quotes)

days end (last letters of everything in quotes, partial)

working on a new direction now: anagrams of letters from the QR messages (e.g. first or last letters of message or quote within message), using: http://anagram-solver.net/ (note the option for anagrams using only part of the letters)a few nice hits, so far:

This is how we go down the rabbit hole I've made a spreadsheet where you can just assign letters to each symbol and see how the map changesjust duplicate the original sheet into a new one if you want to make changes, so we can preserve the original. The numbers 1,2,3... associated with each letter are just the order in which that letter figures in the map, reading from left to right top to bottomThis is how we go down the rabbit hole

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NewbieActivity: 36Merit: 0 Re: New Bitcoin Puzzle June 06, 2016, 07:11:43 PM #96 Quote from: mephala on June 06, 2016, 06:44:55 PM



https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1h5uRLE51IYupTY4p94jaS77EQvwRwEu0xTKHR_DC5Bg/edit?usp=sharing



just duplicate the original sheet into a new one if you want to make changes, so we can preserve the original. The numbers 1,2,3... associated with each letter are just the order in which that letter figures in the map, reading from left to right top to bottom



Quote from: 4pollo on June 06, 2016, 06:43:30 PM



(note the option for anagrams using only part of the letters)

https://www.arrak.fi/en/ag/



a few nice hits, so far:

Code: deemed sedentary (last letters of the 15 messages)

ended easy (last letters of everything in quotes)

say needed (last letters of everything in quotes)

days end (last letters of everything in quotes, partial)

working on a new direction now: anagrams of letters from the QR messages (e.g. first or last letters of message or quote within message), using: http://anagram-solver.net/ (note the option for anagrams using only part of the letters)a few nice hits, so far:

This is how we go down the rabbit hole

I've made a spreadsheet where you can just assign letters to each symbol and see how the map changesjust duplicate the original sheet into a new one if you want to make changes, so we can preserve the original. The numbers 1,2,3... associated with each letter are just the order in which that letter figures in the map, reading from left to right top to bottomThis is how we go down the rabbit hole





Very nice work on the spreadsheet!



I'm almost 100% sure the code for the first door has to do something with the 'Porta Alchemica'.

On that door are the words: 'SI SEDES NON IS' like mentioned by someone else before.

Si SEDES NON IS means: "If you sit, do not go".



So I decided to go to the Days Destroyed game and tried to



SIT: "No time for lounging about now."



So the command is recognized.



EDIT: well i just see that all the quotes refer to the Porta Alchemica Very nice work on the spreadsheet!I'm almost 100% sure the code for the first door has to do something with the 'Porta Alchemica'.On that door are the words: 'SI SEDES NON IS' like mentioned by someone else before.Si SEDES NON IS means: "If you sit, do not go".So I decided to go to the Days Destroyed game and tried to: "No time for lounging about now."So the command is recognized.EDIT: well i just see that all the quotes refer to the Porta Alchemica

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NewbieActivity: 36Merit: 0 Re: New Bitcoin Puzzle June 06, 2016, 07:33:19 PM #97



We are in a room referring to the 9th QR code: "You are in a rusted iron chamber. Water is trickling from large iron pipes above you. On the wall someone has scrawled When in your house black crows give birth to white doves, then you will be called wise".



"When in your house black crows give birth to white doves, then you will be called wise." refers to Saturn/lead.



Saturn is the 6th planet, which in it's case refers to the 6th QR-code, also refering to the same room with old gears, a skeleton and a jacket.



I think the QR codes that contain a quote represent planets, who refer to another QR code by their order...



Maybe it's something with the standings of the planets on a certain date?



Or is it all just coincidence... :/



After deepening in the Alchemic Port:We are in a room referring to the 9th QR code: "You are in a rusted iron chamber. Water is trickling from large iron pipes above you. On the wall someone has scrawled When in your house black crows give birth to white doves, then you will be called wise"."When in your house black crows give birth to white doves, then you will be called wise." refers to Saturn/lead.Saturn is the 6th planet, which in it's case refers to the 6th QR-code, also refering to the same room with old gears, a skeleton and a jacket.I think the QR codes that contain a quote represent planets, who refer to another QR code by their order...Maybe it's something with the standings of the planets on a certain date? http://www.solarsystemscope.com/ Or is it all just coincidence... :/

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NewbieActivity: 12Merit: 0 Re: New Bitcoin Puzzle June 06, 2016, 08:36:57 PM #98 Quote from: mephala on June 06, 2016, 06:44:55 PM



https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1h5uRLE51IYupTY4p94jaS77EQvwRwEu0xTKHR_DC5Bg/edit?usp=sharing



just duplicate the original sheet into a new one if you want to make changes, so we can preserve the original. The numbers 1,2,3... associated with each letter are just the order in which that letter figures in the map, reading from left to right top to bottom

I've made a spreadsheet where you can just assign letters to each symbol and see how the map changesjust duplicate the original sheet into a new one if you want to make changes, so we can preserve the original. The numbers 1,2,3... associated with each letter are just the order in which that letter figures in the map, reading from left to right top to bottom

I like sheets! Added a tab to your sheet where you can easily switch between multiple substitutions.

I like sheets! Added a tab to your sheet where you can easily switch between multiple substitutions.

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NewbieActivity: 12Merit: 0 Re: New Bitcoin Puzzle June 06, 2016, 09:08:34 PM #100 Quote from: Samsondenali on June 06, 2016, 06:35:41 PM I disagree. I think the newly changed 3b is 2b. Imo



Checked it again, and you're probably right. It's really hard to see and be sure, so I'll change it back to 2b and will add a note:



Code: 6b 7a 8b 7a 2b 2b 1d 6a 9b

8a 1d 1d 3d 7a 1a 1d 2a 3b 1a 6d 5a

_8a_ 6b 1a _7d_5d 5b 4a 7b 2d

9b 2d _8d_3b 5a 3d 8b 2d

6a 7b 9a 8d 7b 7b 8d 4d

4d 6b 3d 2b 7b 2b 2b 7b 2a 9b 5b 4d 8d 1b 4b

1b 8a 2a 4b 2a 1b 8b

6d 3d 6b 9a 4a 8b 3d 7d 8a

1a 9a 4a 6d 7d 1a 5a

3a 6a[2b] 7d 4a 7d 6b 3d 3b 7a _4d_

3d 3d 9b 4b 3b 4b 1b

9a 5a 9a 5a 3a 6a 4b _7a_ 9b

3b 1a 9b 2b 8a 8d 6b

8a 2a 6a 8a 1b 1b 8a 7a 1a 7a 3b 9a 7a 6b 4d

7d 9b 5b 2b 6b 6d 1b 1b 1b

#b 3b 1b 6b 3b 3a 3b 7d

1b 6a 3a 8b 5b 9a 7a 2a 8d

2d 6b *a 6d 5d 5d 1a 1b 7a 5b 6d 7b 5d

7b 2d 3d 8d 3d 9b 7d 8b 6a

Code: # = 6 (or 2 or 3)

* = 2 (or 1 or 4)

[2b] = might be 3b

Checked it again, and you're probably right. It's really hard to see and be sure, so I'll change it back to 2b and will add a note:

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Hero MemberActivity: 736Merit: 508 Re: New Bitcoin Puzzle June 06, 2016, 10:06:01 PM #101 Quote from: DenseCrab on June 06, 2016, 07:11:43 PM

On that door are the words: 'SI SEDES NON IS' like mentioned by someone else before.

Si SEDES NON IS means: "If you sit, do not go".



So I decided to go to the Days Destroyed game and tried to



SIT: "No time for lounging about now."



So the command is recognized.





Yes, when I tried it some days ago I thought as you that it was something meaningful. Unfortunately, it seems there is a set of commands predefined for this type of text adventures and sit is one of them. If you try to "sleep", the system answers with the same sentence.





Good job with the spreadsheet guys.

Mephala, I'm sorry I ruined your life Yes, when I tried it some days ago I thought as you that it was something meaningful. Unfortunately, it seems there is a set of commands predefined for this type of text adventures and sit is one of them. If you try to "sleep", the system answers with the same sentence.Good job with the spreadsheet guys.Mephala, I'm sorry I ruined your life

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NewbieActivity: 12Merit: 0 Re: New Bitcoin Puzzle June 07, 2016, 03:47:03 PM #102 Stuck and unsure which direction to go at this point and what parts of the available information are relevant for this stage (no luck with any of the approaches so far):



- use content of the qr codes?

- anagrams?

- use the markings?

- use the pipes?

- decode the aztec as something else? (since no proper orientation markers, and apparent improbable symmetry suggesting it might not be an aztec code)

- select appropriate pixels from the aztec using markings or pipes, and decode entire code? (the aztec core does not contain proper orientation markers though)

- select appropriate pixels from the aztec using markings or pipes, and decode part of the code? (the aztec core mode message indicates 2 layers and 7 data codewords, so presumably the keypad code is <= 7 characters)



Any opinions or hints to narrow it down?

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NewbieActivity: 7Merit: 0 Re: New Bitcoin Puzzle June 07, 2016, 05:44:45 PM #103 Quote from: 4pollo on June 07, 2016, 03:47:03 PM Stuck and unsure which direction to go at this point and what parts of the available information are relevant for this stage (no luck with any of the approaches so far):



- use content of the qr codes?

- anagrams?

- use the markings?

- use the pipes?

- decode the aztec as something else? (since no proper orientation markers, and apparent improbable symmetry suggesting it might not be an aztec code)

- select appropriate pixels from the aztec using markings or pipes, and decode entire code? (the aztec core does not contain proper orientation markers though)

- select appropriate pixels from the aztec using markings or pipes, and decode part of the code? (the aztec core mode message indicates 2 layers and 7 data codewords, so presumably the keypad code is <= 7 characters)



Any opinions or hints to narrow it down?



A phone pad?

1=0

2= ABC

3= DEF

4=GHI

5= JKL

6= MNO

7 = PQRS

8 = TUV

9= WXYZ



Triangle orientation could determine if it's A, B, or C. So, 2a would be A, 2b would be B, and 2c would be C?



Was just looking at my phone and thought of this. Not sure how it would apply to the squares that have four letters. A phone pad?1=02= ABC3= DEF4=GHI5= JKL6= MNO7 = PQRS8 = TUV9= WXYZTriangle orientation could determine if it's A, B, or C. So, 2a would be A, 2b would be B, and 2c would be C?Was just looking at my phone and thought of this. Not sure how it would apply to the squares that have four letters.

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NewbieActivity: 26Merit: 0 Re: New Bitcoin Puzzle June 07, 2016, 09:51:11 PM #104 Quote from: D4UN7L355 on June 07, 2016, 05:44:45 PM Quote from: 4pollo on June 07, 2016, 03:47:03 PM Stuck and unsure which direction to go at this point and what parts of the available information are relevant for this stage (no luck with any of the approaches so far):



- use content of the qr codes?

- anagrams?

- use the markings?

- use the pipes?

- decode the aztec as something else? (since no proper orientation markers, and apparent improbable symmetry suggesting it might not be an aztec code)

- select appropriate pixels from the aztec using markings or pipes, and decode entire code? (the aztec core does not contain proper orientation markers though)

- select appropriate pixels from the aztec using markings or pipes, and decode part of the code? (the aztec core mode message indicates 2 layers and 7 data codewords, so presumably the keypad code is <= 7 characters)



Any opinions or hints to narrow it down?



A phone pad?

1=0

2= ABC

3= DEF

4=GHI

5= JKL

6= MNO

7 = PQRS

8 = TUV

9= WXYZ



Triangle orientation could determine if it's A, B, or C. So, 2a would be A, 2b would be B, and 2c would be C?



Was just looking at my phone and thought of this. Not sure how it would apply to the squares that have four letters.

A phone pad?1=02= ABC3= DEF4=GHI5= JKL6= MNO7 = PQRS8 = TUV9= WXYZTriangle orientation could determine if it's A, B, or C. So, 2a would be A, 2b would be B, and 2c would be C?Was just looking at my phone and thought of this. Not sure how it would apply to the squares that have four letters.

Looking at frequencies of other languages it looks closer to Italian, at least at the high end, which isn't impossible given the Rome connection. Doesn't change much really, you're still just assigning a letter to a symbol, the main issue is that it's unlikely to be plaintext English as the frequencies of each symbol are so off what would be expected.Looking at frequencies of other languages it looks closer to Italian, at least at the high end, which isn't impossible given the Rome connection.

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Hero MemberActivity: 736Merit: 508 Re: New Bitcoin Puzzle June 07, 2016, 11:17:27 PM #105 Quote from: mi1994 on June 07, 2016, 09:51:11 PM Quote from: D4UN7L355 on June 07, 2016, 05:44:45 PM Quote from: 4pollo on June 07, 2016, 03:47:03 PM Stuck and unsure which direction to go at this point and what parts of the available information are relevant for this stage (no luck with any of the approaches so far):



- use content of the qr codes?

- anagrams?

- use the markings?

- use the pipes?

- decode the aztec as something else? (since no proper orientation markers, and apparent improbable symmetry suggesting it might not be an aztec code)

- select appropriate pixels from the aztec using markings or pipes, and decode entire code? (the aztec core does not contain proper orientation markers though)

- select appropriate pixels from the aztec using markings or pipes, and decode part of the code? (the aztec core mode message indicates 2 layers and 7 data codewords, so presumably the keypad code is <= 7 characters)



Any opinions or hints to narrow it down?



A phone pad?

1=0

2= ABC

3= DEF

4=GHI

5= JKL

6= MNO

7 = PQRS

8 = TUV

9= WXYZ



Triangle orientation could determine if it's A, B, or C. So, 2a would be A, 2b would be B, and 2c would be C?



Was just looking at my phone and thought of this. Not sure how it would apply to the squares that have four letters.

A phone pad?1=02= ABC3= DEF4=GHI5= JKL6= MNO7 = PQRS8 = TUV9= WXYZTriangle orientation could determine if it's A, B, or C. So, 2a would be A, 2b would be B, and 2c would be C?Was just looking at my phone and thought of this. Not sure how it would apply to the squares that have four letters.

Looking at frequencies of other languages it looks closer to Italian, at least at the high end, which isn't impossible given the Rome connection.

Doesn't change much really, you're still just assigning a letter to a symbol, the main issue is that it's unlikely to be plaintext English as the frequencies of each symbol are so off what would be expected.Looking at frequencies of other languages it looks closer to Italian, at least at the high end, which isn't impossible given the Rome connection.

I'm Italian, if you have something to do a frequency attack in Italian, I could try to give it a sense I'm Italian, if you have something to do a frequency attack in Italian, I could try to give it a sense

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NewbieActivity: 2Merit: 0 Re: New Bitcoin Puzzle June 08, 2016, 12:36:58 AM #106 Quote from: Pompobit on June 07, 2016, 11:17:27 PM Quote from: mi1994 on June 07, 2016, 09:51:11 PM Quote from: D4UN7L355 on June 07, 2016, 05:44:45 PM Quote from: 4pollo on June 07, 2016, 03:47:03 PM Stuck and unsure which direction to go at this point and what parts of the available information are relevant for this stage (no luck with any of the approaches so far):



- use content of the qr codes?

- anagrams?

- use the markings?

- use the pipes?

- decode the aztec as something else? (since no proper orientation markers, and apparent improbable symmetry suggesting it might not be an aztec code)

- select appropriate pixels from the aztec using markings or pipes, and decode entire code? (the aztec core does not contain proper orientation markers though)

- select appropriate pixels from the aztec using markings or pipes, and decode part of the code? (the aztec core mode message indicates 2 layers and 7 data codewords, so presumably the keypad code is <= 7 characters)



Any opinions or hints to narrow it down?



A phone pad?

1=0

2= ABC

3= DEF

4=GHI

5= JKL

6= MNO

7 = PQRS

8 = TUV

9= WXYZ



Triangle orientation could determine if it's A, B, or C. So, 2a would be A, 2b would be B, and 2c would be C?



Was just looking at my phone and thought of this. Not sure how it would apply to the squares that have four letters.

A phone pad?1=02= ABC3= DEF4=GHI5= JKL6= MNO7 = PQRS8 = TUV9= WXYZTriangle orientation could determine if it's A, B, or C. So, 2a would be A, 2b would be B, and 2c would be C?Was just looking at my phone and thought of this. Not sure how it would apply to the squares that have four letters.

Looking at frequencies of other languages it looks closer to Italian, at least at the high end, which isn't impossible given the Rome connection.

Doesn't change much really, you're still just assigning a letter to a symbol, the main issue is that it's unlikely to be plaintext English as the frequencies of each symbol are so off what would be expected.Looking at frequencies of other languages it looks closer to Italian, at least at the high end, which isn't impossible given the Rome connection.

I'm Italian, if you have something to do a frequency attack in Italian, I could try to give it a sense

I'm Italian, if you have something to do a frequency attack in Italian, I could try to give it a sense

Am I the only one confused? What are we supposed to be looking for? Am I the only one confused? What are we supposed to be looking for?

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Last edit: June 08, 2016, 12:06:36 PM by Coinnoiseur #107 There is also some symmetry in the way the 'dark' pipes connect to the blocks.



On the left and right they connect to the same 6 'mirrored' blocks, tough one pipe connection has a different orientation.

On the top and bottom 3 out of 4 blocks are the same, one is different.



Also taking the 24 blocks that those pipes connect to, there is an abundance of 'bottom-right' triangles: 13 of the 24.



[Edit: Color blindness yay... checked the sheet and looked again... the pipe at the top only connects to 3 blocks)

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NewbieActivity: 10Merit: 0 Re: New Bitcoin Puzzle June 08, 2016, 02:08:03 PM #108 Everything else failing, I too think we need to make some sense out of the green piping in the background. Especially the dark green piping doesn't seem random at all

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Last edit: June 08, 2016, 07:51:19 PM by 4pollo #109 Quote from: mephala on June 08, 2016, 02:08:03 PM Everything else failing, I too think we need to make some sense out of the green piping in the background. Especially the dark green piping doesn't seem random at all



Here is a possible segmentation of the image by content:

http://imgur.com/iylMHIc



This animation illustrates possible depths of the image content and might help to see which pipe goes where. (here it assumes QR on top of AZTEC CODE AND DARK PIPES on top of YELLOWISH PIPES on top of LIGHT PIPES on top of RED GRID)

http://imgur.com/V5Gfo3I



GIMP file with image content split out to different layers:

https://mega.nz/#!6gYB2K7D!7WD3zHx0RfQ0y3po6Ij3SYSAWV7ATDkJkX9AerybMOI



Disclaimer: another red-green colorblind person here, so do not blindly trust this segmentation. It probably needs corrections and needs to be split out further still. Here is a possible segmentation of the image by content:This animation illustrates possible depths of the image content and might help to see which pipe goes where. (here it assumes QR on top of AZTEC CODE AND DARK PIPES on top of YELLOWISH PIPES on top of LIGHT PIPES on top of RED GRID)GIMP file with image content split out to different layers:Disclaimer: another red-green colorblind person here, so do not blindly trust this segmentation. It probably needs corrections and needs to be split out further still.

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ill just leave this here as a random thing.. it may be nothing. im only mentioning the "cream" coloured square symmetry. although there is more alterations with the dark green pipes too. but ill leave you to think about it I DO NOT TRADE OR ACT AS ESCROW ON THIS FORUM EVER.

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So the back of the map, the first layer, the dark and light red squares as shown in the animation here:

look like a 12 x 12 chess board.



Google search for 12x12 chessboard shows Millenial Chess



http://www.chessvariants.com/large.dir/contest/milchess.html



I wonder if what has been found so far could be used on the chess board to pinpoint specific squares or the order to look at them.



Like these below from 4pollo?



Quote from: 4pollo on June 06, 2016, 09:08:34 PM

Code: 6b 7a 8b 7a 2b 2b 1d 6a 9b

8a 1d 1d 3d 7a 1a 1d 2a 3b 1a 6d 5a

_8a_ 6b 1a _7d_5d 5b 4a 7b 2d

9b 2d _8d_3b 5a 3d 8b 2d

6a 7b 9a 8d 7b 7b 8d 4d

4d 6b 3d 2b 7b 2b 2b 7b 2a 9b 5b 4d 8d 1b 4b

1b 8a 2a 4b 2a 1b 8b

6d 3d 6b 9a 4a 8b 3d 7d 8a

1a 9a 4a 6d 7d 1a 5a

3a 6a[2b] 7d 4a 7d 6b 3d 3b 7a _4d_

3d 3d 9b 4b 3b 4b 1b

9a 5a 9a 5a 3a 6a 4b _7a_ 9b

3b 1a 9b 2b 8a 8d 6b

8a 2a 6a 8a 1b 1b 8a 7a 1a 7a 3b 9a 7a 6b 4d

7d 9b 5b 2b 6b 6d 1b 1b 1b

#b 3b 1b 6b 3b 3a 3b 7d

1b 6a 3a 8b 5b 9a 7a 2a 8d

2d 6b *a 6d 5d 5d 1a 1b 7a 5b 6d 7b 5d

7b 2d 3d 8d 3d 9b 7d 8b 6a

Code: # = 6 (or 2 or 3)

* = 2 (or 1 or 4)

[2b] = might be 3b



When looking at the map on the game online the message that comes up is:



"The journey inward begins here" is scrawled on the back.



Maybe back means scrawled on the first layer of the map picture?



Scrawled means: write (something) in a hurried, careless way.



Also why is the game picture on







I'm only assuming just thought I throw some ideas for people smarter than me to figure it out.





Just throwing down assumptions from what has been found so far:So the back of the map, the first layer, the dark and light red squares as shown in the animation here: http://imgur.com/V5Gfo3I (Thanks to 4pollo)look like a 12 x 12 chess board.Google search for 12x12 chessboard shows Millenial ChessI wonder if what has been found so far could be used on the chess board to pinpoint specific squares or the order to look at them.Like these below from 4pollo?When looking at the map on the game online the message that comes up is:Maybe back means scrawled on the first layer of the map picture?Scrawled means: write (something) in a hurried, careless way.Also why is the game picture on TextAdventures faded out, discoloured, is that trying to tell us to ignore certain colours on the map?I'm only assuming just thought I throw some ideas for people smarter than me to figure it out.

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I've been lurking in the background this time around but have worked through some of the same paths that have already been posted on here. At any rate, I tend to like to facilitate rubber duck debugging on here by producing summaries of what we know when we're stuck, so here goes:



* There are 15 QR codes. They appear to be text adventure room descriptions. Speculation is that they will be clues to other rooms in the text game. Many of them correspond to components of the Porto Alchemica (which I suspect will be important later). There is a reference to Mechanica Mathematica that doesn't seem to lead anywhere.



* One QR is a URL to a text adventure game that wants a keypad entry. Other items in the game don't seem relevant at this point (shirt, shoes, jacket, etc). A small amount of interaction is possible but we are pretty much stuck in a cell with a keypad.



* The QR codes have three different patterns of 4 or 6 gold dots around them. It's not clear what, if anything, this means.



* The tan squares make a non-compliant Aztec code (specifically, it is missing targeting pixels in the upper right of the interior square). Some attempts have been made to use the Aztec decoding algorithm by hand since the upper left portion of the code is all that should matter (the rest is CRC), but it didn't lead to a meaningful outcome. That said, Aztec decoding is voodoo magic so someone else might have better luck.



* Each Aztec pixel has a triangle and an orange dot. There are 26 unique combinations of dots + triangles (9*3 - 1 combo which never used), which seems to imply a basic alphabetical substitution cipher.

** Straightforward mappings combining dots and triangles (e.g., upper left dot + upper left triangle position == A, etc) don't cause anything to jump out for any of several 'normal' orderings of dots and triangles. If this is the mapping I would strongly suggest that the bottom right triangle is T-Z since that triangle is missing a dot in the bottom right position. Performing this mapping results in poor frequency analysis results. My suspicion is that a mapping like this is correct and that we need to understand which letters we need to extract from the grid, and in which order. "The journey inward begins here" may imply reading inwards, and the use of a 2 layer Aztec code might imply in a counterclockwise spiral.

** Other approaches to substitute letters have been promising but have gotten nowhere. Pigpen does not map well. The phone keypad is an interesting approach and results in slightly nicer frequency analysis but you can only do it if you do things like arbitrarily throw out Q and Z, and we haven't had any hints to try to map this to anything having to do with a phone. Also, I find it very hard to ignore the fact that there are 26 combinations of dot + triangle, which keeps me not wanting to jump away from a more straightforward substitution approach.



* Brown/green areas outside the Aztec code area. Unclear if they mean anything or are just art. (There was a LOT of 'just art' in earlier OP games.)



* The image is hosted on an image zoom service. Component image files do not have any EXIF clues. Neither does the map that you can download from the text adventure game.



* In the past there have been two things in the first puzzle step - proof of prize in the form of a public bitcoin address, and a hint leading to the next step. So it's useful to keep in mind that at any point we might encounter both, and that may be leading to confusion now.

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I've been lurking in the background this time around but have worked through some of the same paths that have already been posted on here. At any rate, I tend to like to facilitate rubber duck debugging on here by producing summaries of what we know when we're stuck, so here goes:



* There are 15 QR codes. They appear to be text adventure room descriptions. Speculation is that they will be clues to other rooms in the text game. Many of them correspond to components of the Porto Alchemica (which I suspect will be important later). There is a reference to Mechanica Mathematica that doesn't seem to lead anywhere.



* One QR is a URL to a text adventure game that wants a keypad entry. Other items in the game don't seem relevant at this point (shirt, shoes, jacket, etc). A small amount of interaction is possible but we are pretty much stuck in a cell with a keypad.



* The QR codes have three different patterns of 4 or 6 gold dots around them. It's not clear what, if anything, this means.



* The tan squares make a non-compliant Aztec code (specifically, it is missing targeting pixels in the upper right of the interior square). Some attempts have been made to use the Aztec decoding algorithm by hand since the upper left portion of the code is all that should matter (the rest is CRC), but it didn't lead to a meaningful outcome. That said, Aztec decoding is voodoo magic so someone else might have better luck.



* Each Aztec pixel has a triangle and an orange dot. There are 26 unique combinations of dots + triangles (9*3 - 1 combo which never used), which seems to imply a basic alphabetical substitution cipher.

** Straightforward mappings combining dots and triangles (e.g., upper left dot + upper left triangle position == A, etc) don't cause anything to jump out for any of several 'normal' orderings of dots and triangles. If this is the mapping I would strongly suggest that the bottom right triangle is T-Z since that triangle is missing a dot in the bottom right position. Performing this mapping results in poor frequency analysis results. My suspicion is that a mapping like this is correct and that we need to understand which letters we need to extract from the grid, and in which order. "The journey inward begins here" may imply reading inwards, and the use of a 2 layer Aztec code might imply in a counterclockwise spiral.

** Other approaches to substitute letters have been promising but have gotten nowhere. Pigpen does not map well. The phone keypad is an interesting approach and results in slightly nicer frequency analysis but you can only do it if you do things like arbitrarily throw out Q and Z, and we haven't had any hints to try to map this to anything having to do with a phone. Also, I find it very hard to ignore the fact that there are 26 combinations of dot + triangle, which keeps me not wanting to jump away from a more straightforward substitution approach.



* Brown/green areas outside the Aztec code area. Unclear if they mean anything or are just art. (There was a LOT of 'just art' in earlier OP games.)



* The image is hosted on an image zoom service. Component image files do not have any EXIF clues. Neither does the map that you can download from the text adventure game.



* In the past there have been two things in the first puzzle step - proof of prize in the form of a public bitcoin address, and a hint leading to the next step. So it's useful to keep in mind that at any point we might encounter both, and that may be leading to confusion now.



Great summary mirth23! A few things to add:



* The phone substitution made me realize that 'space' could be a possible substitution as well.



* A correction to QR code 11:

'Generation A' is a book by Douglas Coupland (



* note the different quotes around "Mechanica Mathematica". This indicates that in case we try doing something with the quoted parts of the text, this should not be treated in the same way as the actual quotes.



* 181 aztec pixels corresponds roughly to the length of a bitcoin address in binary (?)



* The hi-res image seems to be a scan of the artwork. The low-res map image from the text adventure seems to be a photo of the artwork hanging from a wall (see the shadows). The different lighting makes it easier to distinguish some of the red squares in the low-res version than in the hi-res version.



Quote from: coin@coin on June 08, 2016, 10:40:19 PM Also why is the game picture on TextAdventures faded out, discoloured, is that trying to tell us to ignore certain colours on the map?

* Good point! I'd agree that it means something, and would guess that it indicates that for level 1, we need to use the QR codes.



* Besides 4 or 6 gold dots, there are the 4 possible orientations (=possible encoding of 2 bits) for the QR codes, and potential mirroring (= possible encoding of 1 bit). Together with the dots, that gives 4 potential bits encoded per QR code.



* I've been trying to recreate the QR-codes after reading them out, with varying success: some are identical, some are partly identical, some are different altogether. My thinking was that with the error correction level L in the QR codes it would be possible to flip up to 7% of the bits and still read it out successfully. Those flipped bits could potentially be used to encode letters or something else directly into the pixels of the QR code. These could then be recovered by taking the difference of the pristine and the altered QR code. Great summary mirth23! A few things to add:* The phone substitution made me realize that 'space' could be a possible substitution as well.* A correction to QR code 11: http://textadventures.co.uk/games/view/5craldfdmkkzngf1davsna/generation-a-days-destroyed 'Generation A' is a book by Douglas Coupland ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_A ) and according to that page, the name 'Generation A' is based on a commencement speech by Kurt Vonnegut ( http://versailles1.tripod.com/syracuse.html ). No idea yet how this relates to 'days destroyed' or 'bitcoin days destroyed'.* note the different quotes around "Mechanica Mathematica". This indicates that in case we try doing something with the quoted parts of the text, this should not be treated in the same way as the actual quotes.* 181 aztec pixels corresponds roughly to the length of a bitcoin address in binary (?)* The hi-res image seems to be a scan of the artwork. The low-res map image from the text adventure seems to be a photo of the artwork hanging from a wall (see the shadows). The different lighting makes it easier to distinguish some of the red squares in the low-res version than in the hi-res version.* Good point! I'd agree that it means something, and would guess that it indicates that for level 1, we need to use the QR codes.* Besides 4 or 6 gold dots, there are the 4 possible orientations (=possible encoding of 2 bits) for the QR codes, and potential mirroring (= possible encoding of 1 bit). Together with the dots, that gives 4 potential bits encoded per QR code.* I've been trying to recreate the QR-codes after reading them out, with varying success: some are identical, some are partly identical, some are different altogether. My thinking was that with the error correction level L in the QR codes it would be possible to flip up to 7% of the bits and still read it out successfully. Those flipped bits could potentially be used to encode letters or something else directly into the pixels of the QR code. These could then be recovered by taking the difference of the pristine and the altered QR code.

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LegendaryActivity: 1722Merit: 1000 Re: New Bitcoin Puzzle June 09, 2016, 10:49:48 PM

Last edit: June 09, 2016, 11:54:51 PM by coin@coin #115 Quote from: mirth23 on June 09, 2016, 07:45:35 PM all,



* Each Aztec pixel has a triangle and an orange dot. There are 26 unique combinations of dots + triangles (9*3 - 1 combo which never used), which seems to imply a basic alphabetical substitution cipher.





Guess what? The keypad in the cell is a QWERTY Keyboard. A QWERTY Keyboard has exactly 26 letter keys, only letters not including numbers nor special characters or other keys. Counting just the letters.



Can that lead somewhere? "The journey inward begins here", so if G (in the middle of the keyboard) is the middle square can the other letters be mapped easily?

Or maybe decide where to start from with the squares and replacing the first 6 with QWERTY (1 per square) in a spiral way as mirth23 mentioned?



Quote from: 4pollo on June 06, 2016, 09:08:34 PM

Code: 6b 7a 8b 7a 2b 2b 1d 6a 9b

8a 1d 1d 3d 7a 1a 1d 2a 3b 1a 6d 5a

_8a_ 6b 1a _7d_5d 5b 4a 7b 2d

9b 2d _8d_3b 5a 3d 8b 2d

6a 7b 9a 8d 7b 7b 8d 4d

4d 6b 3d 2b 7b 2b 2b 7b 2a 9b 5b 4d 8d 1b 4b

1b 8a 2a 4b 2a 1b 8b

6d 3d 6b 9a 4a 8b 3d 7d 8a

1a 9a 4a 6d 7d 1a 5a

3a 6a[2b] 7d 4a 7d 6b 3d 3b 7a _4d_

3d 3d 9b 4b 3b 4b 1b

9a 5a 9a 5a 3a 6a 4b _7a_ 9b

3b 1a 9b 2b 8a 8d 6b

8a 2a 6a 8a 1b 1b 8a 7a 1a 7a 3b 9a 7a 6b 4d

7d 9b 5b 2b 6b 6d 1b 1b 1b

#b 3b 1b 6b 3b 3a 3b 7d

1b 6a 3a 8b 5b 9a 7a 2a 8d

2d 6b *a 6d 5d 5d 1a 1b 7a 5b 6d 7b 5d

7b 2d 3d 8d 3d 9b 7d 8b 6a

Code: # = 6 (or 2 or 3)

* = 2 (or 1 or 4)

[2b] = might be 3b



Unfortunately I don't know how the mapping works... But I'm sure others here can have a go. Guess what? The keypad in the cell is a QWERTY Keyboard. A QWERTY Keyboard has exactly 26 letter keys, only letters not including numbers nor special characters or other keys. Counting just the letters.Can that lead somewhere? "The journey inward begins here", so if G (in the middle of the keyboard) is the middle square can the other letters be mapped easily?Or maybe decide where to start from with the squares and replacing the first 6 with QWERTY (1 per square) in a spiral way as mirth23 mentioned?Unfortunately I don't know how the mapping works... But I'm sure others here can have a go.

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Suppose the puzzle creator generated an aztec code with the password which is 19x19 pixels.



Take a copy of the original code and rotate it 180 degrees.



Now cut out a triangle from the lower right of the new rotated image (defined by top right, bottom right and bottom left corners). Paste this over the original image.



Now, the pixels along the line defined by top right and bottom left would have been swapped. But it looks like the pixels in this image are mirrored. So that's 9 pixels that were left untouched (if you don't count the very center pixel). That would mean exactly 181 pixels were 'lost' in this process.



19+18+17+16+...2+1 - 9 = 181



Now suppose you wanted to encode the 'missing' lower right corner in the pixels of the newly created 'invalid' aztec image. You would need 181 pixels to encode on/off, right?



Suppose you went through this process and discovered that the now invalid aztec code you created (original + pasted part) only had 179 pixels set (just because that's the way the encoding went for the top left part). What would you do? Well, just add 2 pixels to the lower right corner since that's the section that's going to be restored anyway. (That would explain why there are 2 extra pixels in the bottom mirror part.)



So, in short, I believe the goal