= Base58 messages
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Bitcoin addresses are by convention expressed in <Base58>, which is a human readable <binary-to-text encoding> invented by Bitcoin. It is a bit like <Base64>, but obsessed with eliminating characters that look like one another in popular but stupid fonts like capital "I" and lower case ell "l".
This seems to be one of the earliest strategies used to encode messages.
These messages were originally found with: https://github.com/cirosantilli/bitcoin-inscription-indexer\#payload-size-out-utxo-2vals
The generated text is however rather obfuscated by the limitations of <Base58>.
The following transactions contain base58 encoded messages on addresses:
* https://www.blockchain.com/btc/tx/57bfd63000bbfa6e9a61f7285a4abf9aef91dfcfba4fe0f940b431653eb8068b[tx 7961b5ae2f053a16d5c589104f87edfabe80fcae185832ea185e7f0cf06c7747] (2011-12-01) is a <Lorem ipsum>, 7961b5ae2f053a16d5c589104f87edfabe80fcae185832ea185e7f0cf06c7747 is another one:
``
11Lorem1psumDo1orSitAmetXXXWAEZ6C
11ConsecteturAdipiscingE1itYQHEPM
...
``
* https://www.blockchain.com/btc/tx/751ff11286a43da5d6cf7da8f5bc736e522bbd698ec03c76c63368e5260667e6 seems to contain a bunch of names. It is very noisy, but feels too much coincidence not not be intentional
``
1JameLs3Q9enoB7VT3bDc3XYoziRDqW7o6
1NeLLAADSPYk4wvzCbiac362DdTWNqnWxV
1MaRinaQFfRbEDoz5FvDaJoST1PsqQQhL7
1DioNTe4eHexc74CPPCwJMGPHaDE8za4BM
``
* https://www.blockchain.com/btc/tx/ace9524519577138ca98ec01651758fd1e5ec33ce0110c6681eccba0e716cc7a is also possible, `11Bitta1ktvchristmasspecia1WNDvAa` repeats over an over, so something along `Bitta Christmas Special`
* https://www.blockchain.com/btc/tx/8ffacbb18f63576fe323cbf2acc6c4c01c86aadf13d8352cfdd39d91916d98c8[tx 8ffacbb18f63576fe323cbf2acc6c4c01c86aadf13d8352cfdd39d91916d98c8] (2011-12-05) advertises http://etchablock.com[]:
``
EtchABLockDotComGivesYou
BLockChain1mmortaLity
``
so maybe this is the service used to for those base58 encodings. It is down as of 2021, and there are no decent archives unfortunately: http://web.archive.org/web/20130301000000*/http://etchablock.com/[]. Some online mentions:
* https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/s9cra/comment/c4d5x9b/ suggests that the creator is a "Jonathan Ryan Owens". Some profiles:
* https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=22299
More spams:
* https://www.blockchain.com/btc/tx/14bac1f94636c24ada613b1ccc5fe4fca35657683baac6cc861f0eb88fd33fbc
* https://www.blockchain.com/btc/tx/bfb41cbb857a8189bfacecfc3cd544ee9d14af4414ea95a7b4f86507eace8183
* https://www.blockchain.com/btc/tx/14bac1f94636c24ada613b1ccc5fe4fca35657683baac6cc861f0eb88fd33fbc
* https://www.blockchain.com/btc/tx/028b8514a4f6cc96ac3c1c83dbb117ab9dc5eb09deab7b49bf038fd460173127
``
11TheSetupTheJokeA1waysXXXXTF9Wzp
11BeginsWithAFami1yActGoingY3Q4qw
111nToSeeATa1entAgentThoseXZxb7hQ
``
Source text: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Aristocrats
* https://www.blockchain.com/btc/tx/89010c791c9d7ed24affa1d638b12179d2ca7ec91704fe906834386f43a8101d
``
11When1nTheCourseofHumanXXXXdfMdQ
11Events1tBecomesNecessaryXYC2rJ5
11ForonePeop1eToDisso1veTheXKXUiD
``
Source text: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence
* https://www.blockchain.com/btc/tx/c99179465b2d3b88fb6ede5d2e42015b15ec641e7a68f18216acaf741723de00
``
11The1ntegerDataTypesCharXXZZwJAn
11ShortLongAnd1ntCanBeXXXXXVfzLKj
11EitherSignedorUnsignedXXXYMhhUY
``
Possible source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_data_types
* https://www.blockchain.com/btc/tx/3bbd94d22346a3bfb44257293e10c3b5c9ee39230c1cd358bdce2bf03c61ba0b https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerald_Tablet
``
12TisTrueWithoutALie22222221wT3qjn
1CertainAndMostTrue2222222225YPnJF
12ThatWhich1sBe1ow1sAs222221y3G7mv
12ThatWhich1sAboveAnd2222221vxkcEq
...
``
* https://www.blockchain.com/btc/tx/237b50dac42af130171773b233954e62690182fd4901a453ad5d11d1d54a8ca3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Glass_Menagerie
``
11TomAppearsAtTheTopofTheXXWyM2Bt
11A11eyAfterEachSo1emnBoomXaBp7oy
11ofTheBe111nTheTowerHeXXXXVQaies
11ShakesALitt1eNoisemakeroraeWTgK
...
``
* https://www.blockchain.com/btc/tx/1f9606f267cc398356663b14d1a7a3591e3da06572893394c14975a6fc11798f https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophiæ_Naturalis_Principia_Mathematica
``
11Ru1e1WeAreToAdmitNoMoreXXazQ96z
11CausesofNatura1ThingsThanZAQ9ig
11SuchAsAreBothTrueAndXXXXXZyzfQp
11SufficientToExp1ainTheirXVSC2gY
``
* https://www.blockchain.com/btc/tx/ef374dcc5b23f16ecb0b1b639ba577d2acda7ad32321b5866db2fa9e6807b9c5[tx ef374dcc5b23f16ecb0b1b639ba577d2acda7ad32321b5866db2fa9e6807b9c5] (2011-12-01) contains the intruction from the bitgoin.org website: https://web.archive.org/web/20210129054851/https://bitcoin.org/en/
``
11Bitcoin1sADecentra1izedXXWPM6Hs
11PeertopeerNetworkoverXXXXUkyy3M
11WhichUsersMakeXXXXXXXXXXXX4tQgN
11TransactionsThatAreXXXXXXVdZfnJ
``