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LegendaryActivity: 1498Merit: 1041SpacePirate.io 5 BTC treasure hunt - any info? January 16, 2016, 03:37:50 AM #1 I was reading about a 5 bitcoin treasure hunt going on in the deep web this morning. I thought maybe someone here might be running the game. Clues were posted yesterday in the "not evil" tor search site troll box. However, the original information is missing because the info cycles as new chat channels start. Anyone have info on it? The only clue available left was this:



44e9c30ef2ee5efd5143a0fc9020c71b

104bf393ae90eac7e3045a657d5adb84



No one seems to know anything more.

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LegendaryActivity: 1498Merit: 1041SpacePirate.io Re: 5 BTC treasure hunt - any info? January 16, 2016, 05:35:50 AM #5 Quote from: Robertt on January 16, 2016, 05:24:15 AM Can you please give a reference link? I cracked both of the clues & now have two things that I have no idea what to do with. Thanks.



Agreed. I think Dalek and xhomerox10 found good leads. My guess is that those values decode into a hint of what to do next. Maybe an IP address or password? The link posed from Dalek points to a group working on it as well.



I was doing research on online treasure hunts here in this forum and on reddit when I stumbled across the 5btc treasure hunt. I'm planning on doing one myself for the game I'm building. I'm wondering if the deep web hunt is really this hunt:

Agreed. I think Dalek and xhomerox10 found good leads. My guess is that those values decode into a hint of what to do next. Maybe an IP address or password? The link posed from Dalek points to a group working on it as well.I was doing research on online treasure hunts here in this forum and on reddit when I stumbled across the 5btc treasure hunt. I'm planning on doing one myself for the game I'm building. I'm wondering if the deep web hunt is really this hunt: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=766000.460

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MemberActivity: 112Merit: 10 Re: 5 BTC treasure hunt - any info? January 16, 2016, 05:37:57 AM #6 Quote from: cloverme on January 16, 2016, 05:35:50 AM Quote from: Robertt on January 16, 2016, 05:24:15 AM Can you please give a reference link? I cracked both of the clues & now have two things that I have no idea what to do with. Thanks.



Agreed. I think Dalek and xhomerox10 found good leads. My guess is that those values decode into a hint of what to do next. Maybe an IP address or password? The link posed from Dalek points to a group working on it as well.



I was doing research on online treasure hunts here in this forum and on reddit when I stumbled across the 5btc treasure hunt. I'm planning on doing one myself for the game I'm building. I'm wondering if the deep web hunt is really this hunt:



Agreed. I think Dalek and xhomerox10 found good leads. My guess is that those values decode into a hint of what to do next. Maybe an IP address or password? The link posed from Dalek points to a group working on it as well.I was doing research on online treasure hunts here in this forum and on reddit when I stumbled across the 5btc treasure hunt. I'm planning on doing one myself for the game I'm building. I'm wondering if the deep web hunt is really this hunt: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=766000.460

Strange. When you put the two hashes together, it becomes a Base58 encoded text. Once decrypted, you get this HEX value;

44E9C30EF2EE5EFD5143A0FC9020C71B104BF393AE90EAC7E3045A657D5ADB84

Not sure what to do with it.

On the other hand, the hashes can be considered MD5. I ran a brute force attack and got these results;

44e9c30ef2ee5efd5143a0fc9020c71b MD5 : Cayse

104bf393ae90eac7e3045a657d5adb84 MD5 : Blanco

Can't seem to get any information from them. Gotta keep looking :p Strange. When you put the two hashes together, it becomes a Base58 encoded text. Once decrypted, you get this HEX value;44E9C30EF2EE5EFD5143A0FC9020C71B104BF393AE90EAC7E3045A657D5ADB84Not sure what to do with it.On the other hand, the hashes can be considered MD5. I ran a brute force attack and got these results;44e9c30ef2ee5efd5143a0fc9020c71b MD5 :104bf393ae90eac7e3045a657d5adb84 MD5 :Can't seem to get any information from them. Gotta keep looking :p

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LegendaryActivity: 1498Merit: 1041SpacePirate.io Re: 5 BTC treasure hunt - any info? January 16, 2016, 05:55:50 AM #7 Quote from: Robertt on January 16, 2016, 05:37:57 AM

Strange. When you put the two hashes together, it becomes a Base58 encoded text. Once decrypted, you get this HEX value;

44E9C30EF2EE5EFD5143A0FC9020C71B104BF393AE90EAC7E3045A657D5ADB84

Not sure what to do with it.

On the other hand, the hashes can be considered MD5. I ran a brute force attack and got these results;

44e9c30ef2ee5efd5143a0fc9020c71b MD5 : Cayse

104bf393ae90eac7e3045a657d5adb84 MD5 : Blanco

Can't seem to get any information from them. Gotta keep looking :p



We found a loose end of the string but we're missing what clues came before this. Your brute force attack on the hashes look interesting, maybe a word jumble? Also the Base58 looks like a good lead as well with it being base58. Maybe its a privatekey for an altcoin or it means something else. We found a loose end of the string but we're missing what clues came before this. Your brute force attack on the hashes look interesting, maybe a word jumble? Also the Base58 looks like a good lead as well with it being base58. Maybe its a privatekey for an altcoin or it means something else.

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MemberActivity: 112Merit: 10 Re: 5 BTC treasure hunt - any info? January 16, 2016, 05:57:51 AM #8 Quote from: cloverme on January 16, 2016, 05:55:50 AM Quote from: Robertt on January 16, 2016, 05:37:57 AM

Strange. When you put the two hashes together, it becomes a Base58 encoded text. Once decrypted, you get this HEX value;

44E9C30EF2EE5EFD5143A0FC9020C71B104BF393AE90EAC7E3045A657D5ADB84

Not sure what to do with it.

On the other hand, the hashes can be considered MD5. I ran a brute force attack and got these results;

44e9c30ef2ee5efd5143a0fc9020c71b MD5 : Cayse

104bf393ae90eac7e3045a657d5adb84 MD5 : Blanco

Can't seem to get any information from them. Gotta keep looking :p



We found a loose end of the string but we're missing what clues came before this. Your brute force attack on the hashes look interesting, maybe a word jumble? Also the Base58 looks like a good lead as well with it being base58. Maybe its a privatekey for an altcoin or it means something else.

We found a loose end of the string but we're missing what clues came before this. Your brute force attack on the hashes look interesting, maybe a word jumble? Also the Base58 looks like a good lead as well with it being base58. Maybe its a privatekey for an altcoin or it means something else.

I've tried to import the following private keys;

44e9c30ef2ee5efd5143a0fc9020c71b104bf393ae90eac7e3045a657d5adb84

104bf393ae90eac7e3045a657d5adb8444e9c30ef2ee5efd5143a0fc9020c71b

Both were empty, brand new addresses so they aren't private keys. Might have to search an Altcoin to see if this is a private key for any alt, but I don't use any so I don't have a wallet. Sucks, would be better if we had the actual info. The two cracked hashes might be a password to a wallet identifier? It's possible that the hashes give access to a wallet & the password is something like CayseBlanco I've tried to import the following private keys;44e9c30ef2ee5efd5143a0fc9020c71b104bf393ae90eac7e3045a657d5adb84104bf393ae90eac7e3045a657d5adb8444e9c30ef2ee5efd5143a0fc9020c71bBoth were empty, brand new addresses so they aren't private keys. Might have to search an Altcoin to see if this is a private key for any alt, but I don't use any so I don't have a wallet. Sucks, would be better if we had the actual info. The two cracked hashes might be a password to a wallet identifier? It's possible that the hashes give access to a wallet & the password is something like CayseBlanco

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MemberActivity: 112Merit: 10 Re: 5 BTC treasure hunt - any info? January 16, 2016, 06:07:39 AM #11 Found something else, I shut down my VM earlier so I can't run a brute force attack on this.

Putting the two seperate hashes & making them one gives you a SHA256 hash, which may or may not help with the puzzle once cracked.

For those interested;

44e9c30ef2ee5efd5143a0fc9020c71b104bf393ae90eac7e3045a657d5adb84 - SHA256

104bf393ae90eac7e3045a657d5adb8444e9c30ef2ee5efd5143a0fc9020c71b - SHA256

Very hard to crack, near impossible.

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LegendaryActivity: 1120Merit: 1000 Re: 5 BTC treasure hunt - any info? January 17, 2016, 01:31:32 AM #13 Could not be the solution in the words instead of in the numbers ? Most of times people try to decode it using softwares in the hope to find a private key or something else. But couldn't it be some indication about pages in a book or something else ? It may seems a bit excessive in the encryption, but it may be a thing of this kind I think. However, it seems improbable, but maybe...

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MemberActivity: 112Merit: 10 Re: 5 BTC treasure hunt - any info? January 19, 2016, 05:05:28 AM #18



44e9c30ef2ee5efd5143a0fc9020c71b

104bf393ae90eac7e3045a657d5adb84



MD5 possibility:

44e9c30ef2ee5efd5143a0fc9020c71b - Cayse

104bf393ae90eac7e3045a657d5adb84 - Blanco



Google Search: intext:"Cayse Blanco"

Brings up a treasure island website result.

http://www.piratetreasureisland.com/island_location.htm

Looks unsolved, interesting read.



Put both the clues together;

44e9c30ef2ee5efd5143a0fc9020c71b104bf393ae90eac7e3045a657d5adb84

Private key in HEX format. Decodes to base58;

5e1TttAEeAQZrC7vQZ7SWJibFhXVBonw2F5r65jeu9vs

Nothing.



SHA256 possibility.

44e9c30ef2ee5efd5143a0fc9020c71b104bf393ae90eac7e3045a657d5adb84

104bf393ae90eac7e3045a657d5adb8444e9c30ef2ee5efd5143a0fc9020c71b

Putting two clues together gives you 2 SHA256 hashes. Cracking these might give you an answer to what the next clue is. Alright, just wrote up a quick summary.44e9c30ef2ee5efd5143a0fc9020c71b104bf393ae90eac7e3045a657d5adb84MD5 possibility:44e9c30ef2ee5efd5143a0fc9020c71b - Cayse104bf393ae90eac7e3045a657d5adb84 - BlancoGoogle Search: intext:"Cayse Blanco"Brings up a treasure island website result.Looks unsolved, interesting read.Put both the clues together;44e9c30ef2ee5efd5143a0fc9020c71b104bf393ae90eac7e3045a657d5adb84Private key in HEX format. Decodes to base58;5e1TttAEeAQZrC7vQZ7SWJibFhXVBonw2F5r65jeu9vsNothing.SHA256 possibility.44e9c30ef2ee5efd5143a0fc9020c71b104bf393ae90eac7e3045a657d5adb84104bf393ae90eac7e3045a657d5adb8444e9c30ef2ee5efd5143a0fc9020c71bPutting two clues together gives you 2 SHA256 hashes. Cracking these might give you an answer to what the next clue is.