Bitcoin puzzle worth $50,000 solved after nearly three years

[Wilson Grant Fisk]

A secret code hidden in a painting that gave access to an online wallet containing Bitcoin worth $50,000 (£35,500) has been cracked after nearly three years.

Read: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42944290#

 

[theRevolt]

So I guess since last week the $50k are now around $32k, well unless they based the value at the ATH of $20k.... Fun times

 

[Wilson Grant Fisk]

So I guess since last week the $50k are now around $32k, well unless they based the value at the ATH of $20k.... Fun times

Bet the guy is gutted he didn't crack it a couple of months ago, hope he claims it before it is down to $1000 lol

 

[DunDidIt2X]

Thats pretty cool. Hope he claims it soon.

 

[awesomewebsites]

Was he involved full time in it ? $50000 for 3 years is not that good.

 

[tb303]

A secret code hidden in a painting that gave access to an online wallet containing Bitcoin worth $50,000 (£35,500) has been cracked after nearly three years.

Read: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42944290#

Theres a better explanation of how it was solved on the motherboard article the bbc linked to
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/...-to-the-3-year-old-dollar50000-bitcoin-puzzle
The ribbons around the key is an obvious clue I suppose but how they cracked the encoding in the flames is amazing.

I hope they share all the forked coins that are at that wallet address as well.

 

[mhtro]

Good for the guy but why and who got that much BTC to hide on a puzzle?

 

[theRevolt]

The article said it had 5BTC in it, so price of those in 2015 at ath back then was around $2250.

Instead of $50 k he is around $30k now...

 

[theRevolt]

Was he involved full time in it ? $50000 for 3 years is not that good.

"According to Isaac*, the 30-year old programmer who actually solved the puzzle, he hadn’t even heard of the puzzle until a little over a month ago"