The image above contains everything you will need to solve this puzzle. It emerged in the Bitcoin subreddit as a post roughly 4 hours ago (at the time of writing this post). The original poster used a new account and as a "hint" he left this message in the comment section:
This work is comprised of Satoshi Nakamoto's famous whitepaper words, scaled by Log N. Disparate ideas inspired Satoshi to create a solution to revolutionize modern socio-economics and industry. The work reflects on the elements that brought this technology to life, and challenges the underlying security model. Hidden in plain sight lies something more: a treasure hunt. 1 BTC is concealed within the work.
Public key containing the prize
The image contains some math equations:
q=01
q=020
q=035
z=0
z=1
z=2
z=3
z=4
z=5
z=6
z=7
z=8
z=9
z=10
z=11
z=24
z=25
z=30
z=35
z=41
z=45
i++
k++
k>z
p >/= q
P </= q
p > q
+1
and a list of 85 words:
frequent
reveal
pair
later
credit
tree
hour
valid
person
verify
either
cost
system
size
first
grow
solve
interest
casual
physical
group
satisfy
time
work
want
process
online
two
tape
stock
gold
place
party
power
save
current
correct
allow
model
since
effort
express
drop
proof
know
able
order
problem
end
just
zero
run
air
agree
next
modify
must
cash
sign
try
post
find
code
attack
early
help
gap
entire
tail
fee
provide
race
main
rely
pool
course
use
ability
paper
speed
like
come
key
best
wait
The only real hit was a reply to a comment stating:
There are 239 BIP39 seed words in that picture.
The reply reads:
You can throw at least half of those out. This is clue #1.
So far no one has been able to come close to cracking this cipher. If you have some ideas you can share them in the comments below.
I will try to keep the post updated if new hints get released from the original poster.
Happy treasure hunting!
