Hunting for Satoshi's Treasure
This just might be one of the most exciting things happening at the moment in Crypto. A hidden treasure (Digital Wallet) is hidden and any of us can hunt for the treasure by following clues to finally build the Private key to the wallet.
A cryptic message was broadcasted on the Blockstream satellite network announcing the treasure hunt for the $1 million treasure chest. The challenge will become more difficult as the game progresses and it would probably be good to form teams as the clues are hidden across the world.
The message began with the following:
“If you are reading this, something has led you to search for things which bring excitement to an otherwise predictable world.”
The hunt started yesterday and the first three keys is up for grabs if you can solve the clues provided.
and further:
“The treasure which will belong to the most successful Hunters and their clan is neither gold, nor jewels, nor pieces of worthless paper that pass for money in this sad age; instead it is Bitcoin, a digital treasure forged from deep mathematical truths, in an amount equal to 1 million USD,” stated the message.
The treasure hunters will need to be worthy to claim the treasure according to the message:
“What you are reading is the first clue in a grand Hunt. It is not the first Hunt, nor of course will it be the last one, but the hunt is MINE, and so it is to me that you must prove yourself.”
The message claims that the treasure is within a Bitcoin address and those that can solve the Private key will gain irrevocable access to the treasure.
“I have shattered this Bitcoin treasure into one thousand pieces, using the splitting magic of the wizard Shamir. To reassemble it, you or your clan must find exactly four hundred of the pieces, and meld them back together using Shamir’s spell of recombination. Once you have done so, the treasure will be irrevocably yours.”
Here is some more information on the Shamir Secret Sharing encryption:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamir%27s_Secret_Sharing
In short the algorithm allows a message to be broken into pieces and then reassembled. To solve this specific algorithm we will need 400 of the 1000 keys to build the Private Key for the wallet.
The clues will be released on this website: https://satoshistreasure.xyz/
The message further explains that all that is needed is some domain knowledge, the ability to travel as well as physical strength and fitness.
“Some keys will require deep knowledge of a certain subject–others will simply require the ability to travel to remote locations, or perform feats of strength. The difficulty will increase until I am satisfied that I’ve found a group of hunters worthy of taking the prize,” the broadcast continued.
The first three keays are available to anyone that can travel to these GPS coordinates.
Finaly here is the last part of the message:
“To test the resolve, courage, intelligence and savvy of would-be hunters, I will provide clues to the locations of these thousand key fragments at satoshistreasure.xyz every so often,” added the broadcast.
I am very excited to try and build a team with people on Steemit should anyone want to discuss please contact me in the comment section below and we will figure something out.
There is around 200 BTC up for grabs so lets see what happens.I have never tried a treasure hunt like this, but am willing to give it a go.
Happy Steeming!
Today I read about this treasure hunt... let me know if you need support from Switzerland ;-)
Big Hug
Steemitri The Mannequin
Hi @steemitri, I would love to chat when we require support from Switzerland. I am in South Africa, so let me know if you need something from here.
Great... I m here to support if needed.
... and if you want you can send me a postcard from South Africa ;-) ... and I will send you a Steemitri postcard.
https://steemit.com/steemit/@steemitri/steemitri-the-mannequin-other-two-postcards-on-their-way-to-italy-and-venezuela
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Good publication @jacor, quite interesting its content, bitcoin and its technology is the future
@jacor great minds think alike You and @steemitri should come join our steem group to bring it back to the Steem blockchain. Our group has over 50 members and we also have our own Satoshi Treasure token to incentivise the hunts.
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Hi there @jacor
I haven't seen you in a while so I decided to reach out to you. Hopefully you're okey there and you didn't give up on Steemit completely.
If you would ever decide to come back and would post anything, then please send me link via memo and I will gladly check it out.
Take care of yourself,
Piotr
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