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Matt

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

What does this mean?

-=[ http://bit.ly/1l7k4ZN ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[x]=-=[x]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[x]=-=[ ]=-=[x]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[x]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[x]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[x]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[x]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[x]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]-=[If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn't be, it would. Take a W@@@lk with me. And what it wouldn't be, it would. You see? 1follow me]=-=[ ]=-=[x]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[x]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[x]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[x]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=- =[x]=-=[ ]=-=[-]=-=[3]=-=[4]=-=[7]=-=[

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  • AdiaAir

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

    What does this mean?

    -=[ http://bit.ly/1l7k4ZN ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[x]=-=[x]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[x]=-=[ ]=-=[x]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[x]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[x]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[x]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[x]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[x]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]-=[If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn't be, it would. Take a W@@@lk with me. And what it wouldn't be, it would. You see? 1follow me]=-=[ ]=-=[x]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[x]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[x]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[x]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=-=[ ]=- =[x]=-=[ ]=-=[-]=-=[3]=-=[4]=-=[7]=-=[

    the prose alone is intriguing... "If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't."

    by reading the pronoun 'I', i subconsciously considered these words from my own perspective... the first sentence on it's own implies things make sense now... To me, most things do not. but pair the first sentence with the second and it sounds paradoxical... "Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't." would then mean that everything would be sense, as opposed to nonsense.

    this however, sent me for a loop, "And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn't be, it would." okay... contrary wise... so, contrary to that... "that" being everything being sense? (since nonsense becomes sense when everything is now what it isn't)... so... what is [sense], it wouldn't be [sense], it would [sense]... so whatever ("everything") is sense wouldn't be sense, it would sense... everything would sense... sense what?

    "Take a W@@@lk with me. And what it wouldn't be, it would. You see? 1follow me"

    "And what it wouldn't be, it would." ....it would sense? "You see?" would see? the sense is sight?

    is there something to see when taking a "W@@@lk" with "me"? "1follow me" hmmm...

    the '@@@' and capital 'W' in "Take a W@@@lk with me." feel like a clues...

    the placement of the X's amongst the brackets feel like clues...

    "[-]=-=[3]=-=[4]=-=[7]=-=[" feels like a clue or part of the answer... and it ending with an open bracket could mean there's more...

    that's all i got from first impressions... i'm now thoroughly puzzled

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  • Demeter

    It's either:

    1) a cypher with a crypto reward;

    or

    2) as the author states ("if I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense"), it's an artistic statement of "nonsense"

    I guess which one it is depends on the person and whether you have the free time and the skill to try to solve it.

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  • BikerGSX

    Maybe if you solve it, you might get a job offer from GCHQ, MI6 or CIA.

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  • dpc

    I knew that sounded familiar. The text is a quote from alice in wonderland. 3,4,7 correspond with the brackets with X's so you can get the rest of the series. (3,4,7,9,12,16....stopped counting) Then run those numbers through a prime number filter because everyone loves primes and BOOOM enlightenment!

    The link is to the genesis block.

    Maybe proof of sasquatch? I dare not go further.

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  • ytcoinartist

    This new puzzle caught my attention last night on twitter. And today it seems to be catching fire. o_O Proof of viral: https://twitter.com/CryptoCayce/status/506630130895446017 Challenge accepted!

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  • AdiaAir

    some talk on it here... https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=766000.0

    apparently, it's a quote from the 1951 Alice and Wonderland film... more on that in this specific post: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=766000.msg8645708#msg8645708

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  • Matt

    @adiaair some talk on it here... https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=766000.0

    apparently, it's a quote from the 1951 Alice and Wonderland film... more on that in this specific post: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=766000.msg8645708#msg8645708

    Ok so it definitely seems to be some sort of puzzle or ARG, I wonder if this one has a prize at the end?

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  • SilverBullet

    Possiably hackers scary.

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  • Day Man

    This is really interesting, I hope it keeps going to more.

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