Source: cirosantilli/cool-data-embedded-in-the-bitcoin-blockchain/halvening-messages

= Halvening messages

Each <Bitcoin halvening> event prompts a few commemorative messages, much like a New Year's even event in the real world.

1st (2012):
* https://github.com/cirosantilli/bitcoin-inscription-indexer/blob/master/data/in/0209.txt[]: nothing
* https://github.com/cirosantilli/bitcoin-inscription-indexer/blob/master/data/in/0210.txt[]: nothing
* https://github.com/cirosantilli/bitcoin-inscription-indexer/blob/master/data/out/0209.txt#L1111[]: nothing, not even any ASCII
* https://github.com/cirosantilli/bitcoin-inscription-indexer/blob/master/data/in/0209.txt#L132a[]; void

2nd (2016):
* https://github.com/cirosantilli/bitcoin-inscription-indexer/blob/master/data/in/0419.txt#L407[]: nothing
* https://github.com/cirosantilli/bitcoin-inscription-indexer/blob/master/data/in/0420.txt#L1[]:
  * https://www.blockchain.com/explorer/blocks/btc/420000[block 420000]: "Chandler Guo loves YangYang Jin". Presumably this dude: https://twitter.com/ChandlerGuo[]. Noted e.g. at: https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/4s14po/the_first_14_block_is_a_profession_of_love/
  * https://www.blockchain.com/explorer/blocks/btc/420000[block 420001]: "/BTCC/ Welcome to 12.5 BTC blocks! BTCC & <Bitcoin> Forever!".
* https://github.com/cirosantilli/bitcoin-inscription-indexer/blob/master/data/out/0419.txt#L10011[]: a few
* https://github.com/cirosantilli/bitcoin-inscription-indexer/blob/master/data/out/0420.txt#L1[]: a few

3rd (2020):
* https://github.com/cirosantilli/bitcoin-inscription-indexer/blob/master/data/in/0629.txt#L407[]
  * https://www.blockchain.com/explorer/blocks/btc/629999[block 629999]: contains the <miner message> for: 
    > <NYTimes> 09/Apr/2020 With \$2.3T Injection, Fed's Plan Far Exceeds 2008 Rescue
    This quotes the title of: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/business/economy/fed-economic-rescue-coronavirus.html[] is of course a nod to the <Genesis block message>. Noted by <Forbes> at: https://www.forbes.com/sites/colinharper/2020/05/11/bitcoins-halving-block-includes-a-message-to-remind-us-why-it-was-created/?sh=130f001f656a It was mined by the <F2Pool> <Bitcoin mining pool>. A few halving output messages can be seen in nearby regular transactions:
* https://github.com/cirosantilli/bitcoin-inscription-indexer/blob/master/data/in/0630.txt#L1[]: nothing
* https://github.com/cirosantilli/bitcoin-inscription-indexer/blob/master/data/out/0629.txt#L1111[]: a few
* https://github.com/cirosantilli/bitcoin-inscription-indexer/blob/master/data/out/0630.txt#L1[]: a dozen such as:
  * tx 0df655b7e50dc9a53c343308d1ca148d0bead993821dfe56a035aecd0c88b2ad "Happy 2020 Halving! Thank you <Satoshi>."
  * tx 6c6c22b8fe87f1420df6d991f7b571fdaa29f7a95adbfbcfcb0644f1c8f7d82b "We love you forever @millsfogle"
  * tx 70a8639bc9b743c0610d1231103a2f8e99f4a25670946b91f16c55a5373b37d1 "Happy 3rd halving! Thanks, <Satoshi> and <COVID-19> GO AWAY! Bulgaria \#1!!!"