GM. In 2015 artist Marguerite De Courcelle otherwise known as Coin_Artist released TORCHED H34R7S (1FLAMEN6), a painting inspired by Shakespeare’s poem The Pheonix and the Turtle. The 1601 poem is known to some as the first great metaphysical poem as the two protagonists die. Interpretations vary but it is assumed that the poem charts an unrealised love affair between two birds – a phoenix and a turtledove - who represent truth and beauty. Its tragic end is countered with a hopeful prayer that this ideal union will re-emerge – like a phoenix from the ashes. Part of De Courcelle’s ‘The Legend of Satoshi Nakamoto’ series, her painting contained 4.87 #BTC hidden inside. To solve the puzzle, one had to look carefully for symbols and codes. In the rows of flames at the edge of the canvas, a series of zeros and ones were encoded. The colour and shape of each flame made up a four-character piece of the binary series. A further part of the code was represented by six ribbons in the bottom right-hand corner. The puzzle-solver was required to link the zeros and ones together and then translate them into the private key. The puzzle was finally solved in 2018.
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