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Instruments are edited on a GUI. It is a multi-window program, and you open new windows from new windows from new windows, all filled with hundreds of virtual knobs that you drag with your keyboard, and which would be better done from textual software like Csound. It is a thing of beauty.
It does not seem possible to program arbitrary modular synthesizer circuits therefore. But if you understand additive synthesis and subtractive synthesis well, you can make some funky sounds with it.
It is basically a superset of all popular hardware synthesizers ever made.
Has its own built-in MIDI keyboard which is nice.
On Ubuntu 20.04 Version: 3.0.5:as per askubuntu.com/questions/220802/no-sound-zynaddsubfx-and-jack-wont-run/1297988#1297988
To do anything of interest, switch to the Advanced UI:
sudo apt install zynaddsubfx
zynaddsubfx -O alsaTo do anything of interest, switch to the Advanced UI:
- Misc
- Switch Interface Mode
The UI is completely different form what is shown on the website as of 2020: zynaddsubfx.sourceforge.io/, it looks instead like: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVPr6iUuO3g Maybe on the website it is the new zyn-fusion UI... www.reddit.com/r/linuxaudio/comments/bxn3ur/some_help_for_installing_zynfusion_zynaddsubfx/ so confusing.
And they have some crappy policy of asking for 45 USD for binary downloads.
Compiling from source:fails with:Ciro gives up for now.
git clone https://github.com/zynaddsubfx/zynaddsubfx
cd zynaddsubfx
git checkout a789866de4d45a784c1f4d95fcf5a1938347baef
sudo apt build-dep zynaddsubfx
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make -j`nproc`Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/cxxtestgen", line 7, in <module>
import cxxtest.cxxtestgen
File "/usr/share/cxxtest/cxxtest/__init__.py", line 33, in <module>
from cxxtest.cxxtestgen import *
File "/usr/share/cxxtest/cxxtest/cxxtestgen.py", line 18, in <module>
import __release__
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ASCII porn is listed at Section "ASCII porn".
Almost all of them are copy pastes of stuff present elsewhere, or boring high resolution ones auto-generated from images. But hey, it's still fun to see.
- block 229417 (2013-04-03) has a cute one liner sword miner message by HHTT:
./SockThing/HHTT/o()xxxx[{::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::> - 5acc5293506c65d346d6ca171d8e8b73b39b3f99fb16a98cc7f3ce9dbe27a87c (2014-03-10) goes straight to the point:
+----+ |fuck| +----+ - tx 9f17f3ce43019c24baa6d679edfdddeada856f617cd9c1f6008d49be4542b768 block 301412 (2014-05-18) TODO wft, what/who is "poutine". Cthulhu is of course the fictional (?) entity created by writer H. P. Lovecraft.There were a few small donations: www.blockchain.com/explorer/addresses/BTC/1JsJs5d6E5SmJSGUiQ12uF1GDZxTCUWvf
_--------. / ~~~~~~\ p o u t i n e (_ ~~~@~~@| Cthulhu wants your bitcoin/dogecoin, plz donate \ ~~//|\\\ | \ \|||/\\\_/ / /|//_/|/__ BTC : 1JsJs5d6E5SmJSGUiQ12uF1GDZxTCUWvf / \_\ \|\| DOGE: D93mn1utTc7REQQPjQSjFf9Boupm32gw88 - tx 7b537ad012439c6306dd74e13ba9c20926d68d04fc0c6da2fc81a8eb8f9ea017 block 322917 (2014-09-28) via cryptograffiti.info: hello, it's the Internet:
/\_/\ ____/ o o \ /~____ = = / (______)__m_m) 
Figure 1. ASCII art of the Winklevoss twins.tx 09a5d5aaecdce1757e6ec713cc8a2201abca9acdb6fbadc7760e831cdad3d680 (2014-10-01) high resolution image of the Winklevoss twins wearing suites. They had a big and later catastrophic involvement with Bitcoin. Followed by the message:TODO locate exact source photograph if one exists. The coin-like image behind them on the background appears to represent the statue of liberty.if you like it, leave a tip: 1MDBHLGV7WX9viRG9X4LfDQfCX8oZ9w
The tip address appears to be cropped and is incorrect, ooops. 777db7bfbea2c525d5adb05a8fbf47736e2311492f4614e5d38ab199b4bbfac2 give the likely correct version of it "1MDBHLgv7WX9viRG9X4LfDQfCX8oZ9wviC".The same address that funds this transaction 1Jhf86XdHsAQYKRZjQ1CuJCnyUqVKnasEW later also goes on to directly fund other "if you like it leave a tip" ASCII arts:This was noticed by I____felix____I on Twitter. That same address also funds tx 61e9a034f5bf4f34afb553c0ce041be425d1e38f5026ed32a38a7b2a9516d119 block 325026 (2014-10-12) which contains a quick ASCII message referencing the images:- Figure 2. "777db7bfbea2c525d5adb05a8fbf47736e2311492f4614e5d38ab199b4bbfac2"
- Figure 5. "Warren Buffet" at 0fc0c50e410b62ee3a316135711116db6b4e728841c976f29ab85e2a41e0dcc3
and tx 736026e3a8f41f186690e15168345fec54e19bab6d3127dc27e2976d0c1e11a4 block 324742 (2014-10-10) which contains another message though that one is less clear:That's not, what the blockchain's for - BTC hall of fame. Yeah, yeah, I know. I couldn't help myselfthanks, BM-2cTgtmfRnk9B2eZjZEpiaYoTWHVG1J4wyH G+uWd832gZrF416G64HKJ8tj5Foa95qOc8pmlPI5dRkmLB0PwtfB3U54JIqYs33+gj9+N7DJta2Pf7LsXH3DcM8=- tx e577e60f4008a00175ef3f3266f052949440009b2ac65e4957da114db29bf96d (2014-11-03)
@jamesmorgan. Possibly this Twitter account: twitter.com/jamesmorgan but it was suspended as of January 2024. It had only a single archive from 2008 at: web.archive.org/web/20081007152024/http://twitter.com/JamesMorgan but nothing special about it besides the 2008 vibe of Twitter CSS:_____ __ / ___ \ |__|____ _____ ____ ______ ____ _____ ___________ _________ ____ / / ._\ \ | \__ \ / \_/ __ \ / ___// ___\ / \ / _ \_ __ \/ ___\__ \ / \ < \_____/ | |/ __ \| Y Y \ ___/ \___ \/ /_/ > Y Y ( <_> ) | \/ /_/ > __ \| | \ \_____\/\__| (____ /__|_| /\___ >____ >___ /|__|_| /\____/|__| \___ (____ /___| / \______| \/ \/ \/ \/_____/ \/ /_____/ \/ \/ 
Figure 2. 777db7bfbea2c525d5adb05a8fbf47736e2311492f4614e5d38ab199b4bbfac2. (2014-10-12). Associated text:Portrait of a young man. TODO identify. Possibly Roger Ver. 1MDBHLgv7WX9viRG9X4LfDQfCX8oZ9wviC was tipped twice so far: www.blockchain.com/explorer/addresses/btc/1MDBHLgv7WX9viRG9X4LfDQfCX8oZ9wviC for 0.00240 BTC and 0.02490000 BTC in 2014. Change was returned down the middle at output 97 back to sending address 1Jhf86XdHsAQYKRZjQ1CuJCnyUqVKnasEW.if you like it, leave a tip: 1MDBHLgv7WX9viRG9X4LfDQfCX8oZ9wviC
- tx c6df8850871fce6c8764af2a0a4155241fc987db57abd8c9ead0165895e1ccc4 (2014-11-04): TODO what company is this the logo of? It seems very familiar, Ciro Santilli has certainly seen it before but can't remember where...:
`-:+syhhhhhhyo/-. ./sdmmmmmmmmmmmmmmddy/.` :sdmmmmmdddddhhysyhhddddho-` -ydmmmmddddddddddhhyso++yhddh/`` +dmmmdddddddyso++/++shdy+:/+ydho`` +dmmdddddhhy:`` ./sh/.-/yhho` -dmmdddhhhy/` `/y/`./yho- .hmddddhhhs: :h.`::/-:` ydmmmdhhhy` s+ .` `.- ymmmmdhhh+ /o @R*. /mmmmdhhhs` .. `hmmmdhhhh/ ommmdddhhh- .hmmmddhhhh+-` .hmmmmddhhhhso+:----:+o+/:- :smmmmdddhhhhhhhhhhhhdddhh/ ` -sdmmmmddddddddddddddmmmd- .odmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmd:` .-:odhmmmmmNNNNmdo/. ``-sooosyho`` -JGM The Hashling /\|--|/\ /\|OO|/\ /\|--|/\ @BraveTheWorld @petertoddbtcCode 1.The Hashling."The Hashling" presumably refers to a cute fictional crab-like animal that somehow inhabits the alternate reality created Blockchain network's incredible hashrate. Yet another soulless NFT collection would later be created with that name as well: magiceden.io/ordinals/marketplace/hashlings.But that is not all! Immediately after the ASCII art encoded as one constant, the remaining constants of the input script except for the last one encode a raw PNG image with a hand drawing of the creature:The last constant is then the only thing that matters and spends the incoming output.
The ASCII art and image are also inscribed 16 more times on the blockchain: github.com/cirosantilli/bitcoin-inscription-indexer/blob/master/data/hashling. 453c9511ca76361c8c44b4302ce1b5d8d5c98a938b548478ef931baaa7d70e62 also has the image without any ASCII strings.Peter Todd is the author of Peter Todd's hash collision puzzles.@BraveTheWorldis presumably twitter.com/BraveTheWorld, but it is less clear what are they.- tx 57a4edce05dee9012ff5991532e9aa02aef82ee8d3ebecb9f833c12bfbc708fe (2014-12-19) via cryptograffiti.info "MERRY CHRISTMAS! & HAPPY NEW YEAR!!" with a really ugly father Christmas with gift bag. Reproduced at: asciiart.website/index.php?art=holiday/christmas/santa where is is credited From:
Heather Classen <classen@aware.com>, Date: 22 Dec 1994 17:00:58 -0600MERRY CHRISTMAS! __ _ __ ___ & _ __'.:;.:;.:;.:` HAPPY NEW YEAR! _'.:;.:;.:;.:;.:;.:` '.:. , :`,.,`;'/`__ _` _ '..:;.;'.:,.;.:;\ (_) -__ --_-_-_-__---_-) ( ) ____ (_- -__-_-__-____-__-) /####\ /\ | ,~~~' `~~~. %@ |#####\#| ) ><@> <@>< %@% |#######| / / %@p \######| ( * (_c) * ) % % .vvvvvvvv. |#####| \ '%@%@%@%@`, %@%@ .vvvvvvvvvv. /#####\ _ _ d%@ `----' @%@%@ \ _ _ _.vvvvvvvvvvvvv. ~~~~~~~ ':;.;%@@%@%@%@%@%@@%p /.:;.:;vvvvvvvvvvvvvvv. `.:;.' ':;.;%@@%@%@@%@%@%@%@ :: ____vvmvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv. :.:;.:` ':;.:d%@%@%@%@%@%@@%@%.:;/####\/\.:;\mvvvvvvvvvvvv :.:;.:;` ';.;;.%@%@@%@%@@%@%@%@p.:;|#####\#|.:;\mvvvvvvvvvvvv. :.:;.:;./;.;;.;%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@ ::.'\######|.:;\mnvvvvvvvvvvvv :.:;.:;.|:.;.;.% %@%@%@%@%@% % : mvv\#####|.:;.\mnvvvvvvvvvvv :.:;.:;/:;.;.:;.q%@%@@%@%@ %p.:;vv%mv|#####\.:;.\mnvvvvvvvvvv :.:;.:;|:;.:;.;;;%@%@@% %.:;.:;.vmnv. ~~~~~~ .:;.|mvvvvvvvvvv. :.:;.:/.:;.:;.:;.: o .:;.:;.:;.vv.:;/.:;.:;\.:;.|mnvvvvvvvvv. `.:;.|:;.:;;;.:;. .:;;;;;;;;;;;;;|.:;.:;.\.:;\mnvvvvvvvv. `::/:;;;.:;;.:; o .:;.;;.:;;;.:;.:|.:;.:;.:\.:;\mnvvvvvnm ;.:;;.:;;.: :;;;.:;.:;.:;.:;\.:;.:;.:;.:;|mnvvvnm. :::;.:;.:;. o ..:;.:;.:;;;;.;;;;\.:;.:;.:;.:|mnvvnm. :::;.:;;.: .:;;;;;;;;.:;.:;;;|.:;.:;.:;./mmvnm. ;.:;.:;.;. o .:;.;.:;;.:;.:;.:;.\________/mmmnm. :.:;;;.;;; .:;;.:;.:;;.:;.:;.:;.;.:;;;;`mmnn `#######HHOHHH########################### #######HHOHHH########################### '::;;;.;; o :;;;.:;.:;;.;;;;;;;;;;;.:;.:` H.Classen - tx 69708943906eb32a320a5a450fed450b0f14b4e475a98bc74615962b68a0bc83 (2015-01-24) via cryptograffiti.info "All Glory to he HYPNO TOAD" signed "SSt" has an ASCII art of HypnoToad, a ficticius mind controlling frog creature from Futurama: Fandom, KnowYourMeme. The same ASCII art can be seen for example at: www.gotfuturama.com/Multimedia/AsciiArt/HypnoSebastian.shtml
,'``.._ ,'``. :,--._:)\,:,._,.: All Glory to :`--,'' :`...';\ the HYPNO TOAD! `,' `---' `. / : / \ ,' :\.___,-. `...,---'``````-..._ |: \ ( ) ;: ) \ _,-. `. ( // `' \ : `.// ) ) , ; ,-|`. _,'/ ) ) ,' ,' ( :`.`-..____..=:.-': . _,' ,' `,'\ ``--....-)=' `._, \ ,') _ '``._ _.-/ _ `. (_) / )' ; / \ \`-.' `--( `-:`. `' ___..' _,-' |/ `.) `-. `.`.``-----``--, .' |/`.\`' ,','); SSt ` (/ (/ - tx 0913d8125167f728cec1b95d27e6fc62a7a45af35eecfefd3b5000e367ee1468 (2015-02-01) via cryptograffiti.info: ASCII typeface add for an unsuccessful cryptocurrency with a link to its homepage zeit-coin.net:
_ _ _ (_) | (_) _______ _| |_ ___ ___ _ _ __ |_ / _ \ | __/ __/ _ \| | '_ \ / / __/ | || (_| (_) | | | | | /___\___|_|\__\___\___/|_|_| |_| http://zeit-coin.net - tx 43b0bb63fc50ad1edbb17486dc44825e4dd642a952c699cc13958e010ba3d8a5 (2015-02-26) has a star of David. Possibly related news from the day prior: www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/25/jewish-leaders-europe-legislation-outlawing-antisemitism "Jewish leaders call for Europe-wide legislation outlawing antisemitism"The signature however appears ironic and could stand for "Zionist Occupation Government"
/\ / \ / /\ \ ________/ /__\_\________ \ ____/ /___________ / \ \ / / \ \ / / \ \/ / \ \/ / \ \/ \ \/ /\ \ /\ \ / /\ \ / /\ \ / /__\_\______/ /__\ \ /_____________/ /______\ \ \ / / \ \/ / \ / \/ HELLO FROM ZOG Muy feliz cumple Manu! ---- The Fantastic Four Gang :-D ~?O8O7?I$O8888OOZZ$$$7?=~::::::::::::$$8ODZZZ7I,.....,8D88O88O88$I?=7ZO88DDDNDNN 7888DD888888888OOZZZ$$I+=~:::::~IONNNNNNMNNNMMNMN8~:.,:+888D88O$$$Z$OZOO8DDNNNNM 88DDDDD8D88888888OZZZZI?=~::~+ODNMNNNMNMMMMMMMMMMNNND~,:?D8D88Z$$$7Z$ZZO8DNNNNNN 8DDDDNDDD8888OOO8OOOOZ7?=~~+DDDND8NDD88NNNMNMNNNMMMMMND?ODDD888ZOOOOOO88DNNNNNDD DD8DDDDDDD88O8O8OOOOOO7?++DDDDD8DDDDD8DDND888NDDNNMMMNMNZ$8DDDDD8DDDDDDDNNNNNNND 88D888888D88888O88O8OZ$7O8DD8DDNNNDDDDDND8888NDDDNNMNNNNDDO8888DD8DDDDDDNNNNNNND 88D888888888888888888OZZO88DNDDDDD8D88OOOOO8DDNDNDNNNNNDDDOI+?$88D88D8DDNNNNNNNN 88D8888D88888888D8D8DO$O8DDNDZ77I???+?++++++IZO8O8O888OOD8D$,,,~Z8OO888DDDNNNNDD DDD8888888DDDDDDDDDD8ZO8DDD8$I??+++===~~~~::~~=+===+?I$Z8888=..,7$OOOZO8DDNNNNDD 888D88DDD888DDDDDDD8ZO8DDDDO7?+++++=~~~~~:~:::::::::::~~+$8D$..:78OOOZO88DDNNDDD 88O888D88OOOO8DD8DD$888DDNDZ7?+?+?++==~~~~:::::::::::,::~=88DI,+88888OOO88DD888O O88888DDOOOOOO88DD8Z88NDNNOZ7???+++===~~~::::::::::::::::~$O88OO8888DD8O888OZZZO 88O8D8888OZZO8O88DOODDNDDD8OI????++===~~:~::::::::::::::::?ZOOOOOO8OD8DDDDOOOZ7$ 88O8O888O8OOOO88DDO8D8NNNN8O7III?++===~~~:::::::::::::::::?ZOZOZOOO8DDDDDD8877$Z 8O8888D8O8DDDDDDDDO8NDDDNNZ7I???+===~=~~~~~::::::::::::::~?OZZZ888D8D8888888$$$$ 8O8D88OO88DDDNNNNDZDNNDDN87I?????I$7???++===:~~~~~~::::,:=IO$$O88DD8D888D8DDZ$$$ 8888OOZZZO88DDDDDDO8NDDNDZII??7Z8O88NNNDOI?++=++++++==~::=$8ZZ88DDN8DD8DDDHACKER DD88O$$7$ZOOOO88D87ODDDND7??I7$$7777$OOO8O$?+=+$88DDD8O7:~$8$$88DNDNNNDDNNNNNNND DDD8O$77$$ZZOOO8DIOZZ8DNZ???7$ZODDNMMI8$8ZI=~:+IZOZ7II+=?=78$$O8NDNNNNNDNNNNNNDD DDD8OZZ$ZZOOOO8ODI$7$O8D????III7ZZ$$7IIII77=::+?7OZNDOZ=?~IO7Z8DDDDDDNNNDNNNNDDD DNDD88OO88DD88DDNI$?I$OZ??????????+++?+??II+~:==?77$7???+~=$+7DNDDDDDDDDNDDDND88 NNDNNDDDDNDDNDNDD$I?O8IIII??++++++++===+??I+:::~=++=++~~~:=77ZNNDDDDDDDDDDDDD888 DDNDDDDNDDNDDDDDNNII77I?II???+====~=~==+???=::::~:~~=~~:::=$+NNDDDDDNDDDDDDDDD88 NNNNNDNNNNNDDDDDDD??+7??I??I??+==~~===+I??+~:::~::~:~~::::~?=DDNDDDDDNNDDDDDDD8D NNNNNNNNNNDDDNNDDN$?I?IIIIIIII??=+=+?I$I+I?=~~::==~::::::~=~NDDNDDDDNDDDDDDDD888 NNNNMNNNNNNNNNNNNNNO??I$I?II777I?+??777$8D8$?+NO=+=~::::~~~?NNNNNDNNNNNNNDDDD8O8 NNNNMMMMMMNNNNNNNNDNN8$ZI?II7$$7I7I77?I7ZZOO$I+==++=~~:~=~:MMNNNNNNNNNNNNNDDD8OO NNNMMMMMMMMNMNNNNNNNNDO7??III7$777I7I7IIII$$$?+=~=?====~~:+MMNMMMNMMMMNNNDDD888O NMNMMMMMMMMMMMMMNMNNNNDI??IIII$7I?I$$77$7I+=~~~~=?I==+==+?MMMMMMMMMMMMNNDDD8888O NMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNND??IIIIIIII?+?8O+I~=~I=IZZ?I$?+=+=8MMMMMMMMMMMMMNNDD888888 NMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNMMMMMNN??I7777I77I=+?III+~:~:,~+?+I+++==MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMDDDDDDDDD MNMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNNN?I777777I7I??++?I?++=~~=~:~+=+++IMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNNNNMMMM MMMMNNNNNMMMMMMMMMMMNMM?I77777II77I???++?IIII+~~:~===++MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMN+II7$7$$77III???++++===~~~~=+++MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMNMMMMMMMNMMMMMMN??I77$7$$7$7I?+++==~~~~~~~~=+?MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMNMMMMMMMMMMMMZ=+??II77$$$$77777I+==~~~~~:~~=+?MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMNNNMMMMMMMMMM:+?II???II77$ZZZ$$$$$II+===+~~==??MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMNNNNNMMMMMM7:I?77I?IIII7$$ZZOOZ7$$$7I??III?++8NMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMNMNNNMMMMMM,:I?$$IIIIIII7$$ZZZZ88OZ$$$777I?+=NNMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMNNNMMMMZ,,?7ZO7IIIIIII7$$$$$$ZOOOZ7????++=DMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMNNMMM8:,,,,Z$7I?I??I7777$$$$$$7II?++++++,ZMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMNDI,,,,,,,?7II?????II7777777I?+???++++.8MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMNNND=,,,,,,,,,,,.?????????IIII7I7I???++++=~.?MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMN7:,,....,,,,,,,,,,,..??+++++?????III?++++++$.,..IDMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMCode 2.Muy feliz cumple Manu!tx 00d8871c1b3fb85912616bb2602b5a9869a345d9fa092f8454614c6158c83d10 (2015-04-08)which means: "Happy birthday, Manu", in Spanish, followed by Manu's face in medium resolutionMuy feliz cumple Manu! ---- The Fantastic Four Gang :-D
The given names of the other three of the "Fantastic Four Gang" are then given at Figure 4. "Viva la Revolucion! Happy Birthday Santi".
Figure 4. Viva la Revolucion! Happy Birthday Santi.tx 1b35d4b9506ab80ec7fc5542f73271cbb72090aa3f70bfa77670f8bd43d072a7, block 378022, 2015-10-08) has a message:and starts a long chain of contiguous transactions that renders Santi's face twice in low resolution. They are encoded one line every two transactions with OP_RETURN:Viva la Revolucion! Happy Birthday Santi! Manu, Santi, Demi, Esteban
and we've decoded it manually in Vim.- first face: 1890addb8afaeb7eabfa9f0fe9bb3ab0bdfdbe939e407618d6e335d6fc3d376f to f06ae6f454dfb064088f87f0684a5a541374ae573e6a6323196facad53f992cb (both in block 278022)
- second face: cacf8b730bd299bf48f7eab2703dce2132ee6216bccd4d01f14493f5a12da6ba to ad5e4afdcf4b415a867ba5ae9171d5101042b2eee9a7d211906f468217ba6ef7 (both in block 378023)
Both blocks were mined by AntPool, so they weren't mining themselves to enforce ordering. So how is ordering assured? TODO are transactions actually contiguous in the block or are there other transactions interspersed? According to:many of the transactions are contiguous but we haven't checked all of them.bitcoin-core.cli getblock 00000000000000000baf6e3006fd05a1c5dbca3d430012180f8098cbe8b8ce22
Figure 5. Warren Buffet.tx 0fc0c50e410b62ee3a316135711116db6b4e728841c976f29ab85e2a41e0dcc3 block 368133 (2015-08-02) Associated message:1P675gRxNwhFXgfuDu5yXwGDgwLDbXNJqz was never tipped so far: www.blockchain.com/explorer/addresses/btc/1P675gRxNwhFXgfuDu5yXwGDgwLDbXNJqz TODO what is "BM-2cUDAqyqcnksx7YDtgu2y72xDxcRjPeYfo"?if you like it, leave a tip: 1P675gRxNwhFXgfuDu5yXwGDgwLDbXNJqz BM-2cUDAqyqcnksx7YDtgu2y72xDxcRjPeYfo
This image was likely inscribed due to Buffet's general status as an investing God, he did not appear to have strong links to crypto at the tim, he did not appear to have strong links to crypto at the timeInterestingly, in a twist of fate, in 2018 Buffet would later come to strongly criticize cryptocurrency as "probably rat poison squared": finance.yahoo.com/news/warren-buffett-says-wouldnt-pay-175917403.html. In 2025 however it was reported that Berkshire Hathaway did invest in a crypto-related company, Nu Holdings
Figure 7. ASCII art of Mr. Spock. tx 467c075ee6edaa60f184d0683655f1f6d267efd98061872f167ef7ca9ca7c50f (2015-08-09). The eyebrows are a bit wrong, and he is a bit too young for the original series. Minor manual fixes were applied by Ciro Santilli, it is unknown why this was needed.- tx beeead7429cdb78f3bfe8a17d8e485a3a847b3e99a511a025bb49e2948af5058 block 378735 (2015-10-13) contains a happy birthday message:the Spanish part translates to:It does not show well in our ASCII jumps because the non ASCII characters are UTF-8-encoded. Europeans... This is followed by the ASCII art with Marian's nerdy face in it:
To my dear friend Mariano, por muchos anos más de diversión!
which reads:_______ _______ ____ ___ _______ _______ __ __ __ __ _______ ___ _______ | || || | | | | | | || | | || |_| || || | | | | ___|| ___|| | | | |____ | | || | | || || _ || | | ___| | |___ | |___ | | | | ____| | | || |_| || || |_| || | | |___ | ___|| ___|| |___ | | | ______| | _|| || || ___|| |___ | ___| | | | |___ | || | | |_____ | |_ | || ||_|| || | | || |___ |___| |_______||_______||___| |_______| |_______||_______||_| |_||___| |_______||_______| `````` ``..---------------...`` `.--------------------------.` .-------------------------------.` .----------------------------------` `------------------------------------` .------------------------------------. ------------:+yo------+yo:-----------. ---------/shhs+:------:+shhs+--------. ``--------so$/:--------------:/os--------`` `.-------------/oso:------:ooo/--------------` .------------:ho:-:ohsssshs:--+h:------------. .------------so-----y+--/h-----+y------------. .-----------:-:h+--:oh----ys:--+h/-----------. .-------------/ooo/------:ooo+--------------.` `..------------------------------------..` .----------------------------------. `-----------.```....```.-----------` .------------.``````.------------` `-----------------------------.` `.-----------------------..` ``....----------....`` __ __ _______ ______ ___ _______ __ _ __ __ __ | |_| || _ || _ | | | | _ || | | || | | | | | | || |_| || | || | | | |_| || |_| || | | | | | | || || |_||_ | | | || || | | | | | | || || __ || | | || _ ||__| |__| |__| | ||_|| || _ || | | || | | _ || | | | __ __ __ |_| |_||__| |__||___| |_||___| |__| |__||_| |__||__| |__| |__|which means:Feliz cumple, Marian
The message is encoded with OP_RETURN payloads across multiple transactions, 40 bytes per transaction. They actually managed to upload two almost fully consecutive transaction blocks and in the correct order. Could they be miners?Happy Birthday, Marian
Some of the payloads contain newlines, you are just supposed to paste all payloads together to form the image. Our reconstruction here is manual however, lazy to script it properly. - tx f6039915b829377849be87fc242303873e6574528db7916dd81ff44141b3560f (2016-04-27) via cryptograffiti.info contains some candles followed by poem that starts with:Is in Dutch of course, literally:
vaardig regulerend de orde van de dag
Given the date and language, it appears to be a reference to Koningsdag, Dutch national holiday that celebrated the birthday of their King at the time, King Willem-Alexander. Born in 1956, he would have been turning 60 at the time, so a nice round number in 2016 when these birthday candles were inscribed.skillfully regulating the order of the day
The poem also appears at: 2422215c9a6040c0e337bf1c1e9b2b32244a1e36f3dd3e79fb77592c90bbb5a8.) ` /(l /) ( \ / ( ) * ) ( , ) \#/ \#' .-"#'-. .-"#"=, ( |"-.='| '|"-,-"| )\ | | , /(| | /( , ( / )| | (\ ( \ | ) ) (( )\ ( (| | ) ) ) , ) |/ ( ) \ / ) ) . ) |/ ( ( # ( ( , ) / ) ( * ( \#/| (`# ) `#/| |`#/ ( '( \#/ .-"#'-. .-"#'-, .-"#'-. .-=#"-; `#/ .-"#'-. |"=,-"| |"-.-"|) 1"-.-"| |"-.-"| ,-"#"-. |"-.-"| | ! | | | | | | ! |"-.-"| | | | |._,| | | |._,| a | | | | | | | | | | | p | | | | | | | | | | | x | | '-._,-' '-._,-' '-._,-' '-._,-' '-._,-" '-._,-' - tx a55e7587bb34a56ae1113b0848506ea2fcf0c0e1af8c241e76677eb2bcb727eb (2016-04-27) via cryptograffiti.infoThe image is also reproduced a bit later at tx 959a19729ca02b1e06e600a331d7f4603669a7eaaa20b5cfb9f3528e3005a8f2, block 410357 www.blockchain.com/explorer/blocks/btc/410357 (2016-05-05). This second one includes the lyrics:translation;
/y _, _ _ ,_ o888P Y8o8Y Y888o. d88888 88888 88888b ,8888888b_ _d88888b_ _d8888888, 888888888888888888888888888888888 888888888888888888888888888888888 Y8888P"Y888P"Y888P-Y888P"Y88888' Y888 '8' Y8P '8' 888Y '8o V o8' ` `of the 1984 song "Zwart Wit" (Black and white) by Dutch artist Frank Boeijen, sample performance by the artist:Don't think white, don't think black.
Don't think black and white
But only by the color of your heart. - tx 15fb36eb159d2bbc78a4a4dffc29d166e662a020f42211c176648015102cbf77, block 410366 (2016-05-05) via cryptograffiti.info has a cute "ASCII art poem" if you will:57bc317de1d9a1724b751a008951f76c79c0b787d47cb7561598cc62994237ab has a related one.
#################### Transhumanism and### singularity are lies and tricks. Don't### let them brainwash U and become enslaved# to Mr. Computer##### It's not intelligent #################### The Angels Trumpet## lures to takes away# your free will###### You loose emotions,# CREATIVITY, sanity## and true INNOVATION# You have been warned #################### Humans are not tools to abuse and discard They have never been and they'll never be #################### Love & cherish life# Don't give up ur <3! #################### Pray for the Victims Send them love###### Heal Mr.Computer too #################### - tx e10c958e199daf71ab31342d40e188380fe84f07abee6a11d02c274d5431902a (2016-05-26) via cryptograffiti.info ASCII typeface spelling "CrimsonHexagon"The URL redirect is dead as of January 2024. Possible meaning: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimson_Hexagon
_________ .__ ___ ___ \_ ___ \_______|__| _____ __________ ____ / | \ ____ ___ ________ ____ ____ ____ / \ \/\_ __ \ |/ \ / ___/ _ \ / \/ ~ \_/ __ \\ \/ /\__ \ / ___\ / _ \ / \ \ \____| | \/ | Y Y \\___ ( <_> ) | \ Y /\ ___/ > < / __ \_/ /_/ > <_> ) | \ \______ /|__| |__|__|_| /____ >____/|___| /\___|_ / \___ >__/\_ \(____ /\___ / \____/|___| / \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \//_____/ \/ http://smarturl.it/spacetransient 
Figure 8. . tx ddc39a3da0ee6f0651bdf0be7119b4db2612b19416e9128091b1f29cdfe2aa0d (2016-06-20) via cryptograffiti.info. Busts of a man and a woman looking forward. ........................................................... ....................................... ........................................................?$OOZZOZ:. ................................. ......................................................?8I~,....,,=,................................. .... .................................................8~~~:::,,,,,~=................................ ~~::,.................................................==~~~:,,,,:,:I=............................... ::~~~::,,............................................:=====$8D+:~:~$7+ ............................. ,,,:::~~~::,... .....................................:IDD8DI$Z7$?=?$7+.............................. ,,,,,,,,::~~::,,....................................8?$Z$N:++?+=~~~~?~.............................. ,,,,,,,,,,,,::~~::,,.. .............................. =+D=,:=7+~:::=~=~............................. ,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,,:::::,,...............................+?7OIO8ZZ?~~+7+~,............................. ,,,,,,,,,,,.,,.,..,,:::::,,.. ........................?$NDD$ZODD=+?II,.............................. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,....,,,::::,,... ..................,+8N$I$IZZOI$7I+O.............................. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,........,,,::::,,....................$8DD8O7?78OZ$I+,.............................. ,,,,,,,,,,,.,.,..............,,::::,,................ .D88ZZOZOOO$I+~+.............................. ,,,,,.,,,,,.,..............................,............888D8O8Z?+==~:.............................: ,,,,,,,,,,,,.,.............................,..............?$OI?+++=+....$+.....................::::: ...........,,,.................... .......................??+??++??..,.D8O$Z?..............,:::::::: ...........,,,...........................................IM7I??II+..,.ND8D88ZZ$Z$7......:::::::::::: ,,,,........................... ......................?7,D77$77I?7O,.DDND8888888.....:::::::::::::~: ,,,,,... ...................... ..................~ZOZ8.DN7?++Z?+IM=NNNDD88NDDN..,.....:::::,:~~:,,, ,,,,,,,..........................................O88NDDDNN+~=~==+NMMNNDDDNNNDD=,........,:~~,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,.........................................$DDDDNNNNNI~~7~=MNNNNDNNNNNDD8,..,,......,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,:,... .. ..................................8DNNDDNNNNN::,?NNMNNNNNDDNNND7.:..,,......,,,,,,,,,, ,,::::,... .....................................DDDNNNDNNNN7,DNNNNNNNNNNNNDDD=,~,,,,,.......,,.,,,,, ::::::,........................................,DNNNNNNNNNNNDMNNNNNNNNNNNNNND,,,.,,,,.......,,,,,,,, ::::::,........................ ......... .....,NNNNNNNNMNNDMMMMNNNNNNNNNNNMN,,,,,,,,,.....,,,,,,,,, ::::::,.....,..................................+NNNNNNMMMMDNMMNNNNNNNNNNNNNMMN~=,,,,,,.,.....,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,..................... ................:~NNNNNNNDNMNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNMMMD?,,,,,,,.......,,,,,, .....,,,....,................ ................::NDDNNNNNNMNNNMNNNNNNNNNNMMMMMMMM::,::,,.....,,,,,,,, .....,,,.....................................,::~NNNNNNMMNNNMNMNMNMMMMMNNMNNNNMM~:::::,,,....,,,,,,, ~~~~~~=:..................................,::,:::=NNNNMMMDNMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNNMM?~:::::,,,....,,,,,, ?+????I~..............................,:::::::~~~~DNNMMMMNMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM~~:::,,,,...,,,,,,, ???????:...........................,::::::::::~~~~?DMMMMMN8MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM~=:~:~,,,....,,,,,, +++++++:...,.,,..,,,,..,,,......:::::::::::,:~~~~=~OMMNNMMMMNMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNMMMMMZ==~~:::,....,,,,,, +++++++:.,..................,:::::::::::,~~:,~~=~+~7MMNMMNNMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNMMMM?++~~~::,...,,,,,, ++++++=:.................,::::::::::,:~~:,,,.~~=~+=DMNNMNMNMMNMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMO+=:=~~~:,..,,,,,, +===+==:.... .........:::::::::::,:=~:,,,,...:===+=DNNNMDMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNNNMMMMMM7=+?=:~,::,,,,,,, ====+==:,:,,,,,,,,,:::~::::::::~=::,,,,,.....~~++???NNNNDMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNMMMMMMMI?=:~~~:.,.,,,,, ====+===~::::::~::::::::::::~=::,,,,.........:~??77$NMNMNDNMMMMNMMMMMMMMMMMMNNNMMMMM$$I+,~:::::,,,,, =======~~::::~~~~:::::::~=~:,,,,,,,..........:~=++7ZNNNMNMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNNMMMMMNNI~=,:,.....,,,, =======~::~~~~~~~~:::~=~:,,,,,,,...,.........=+~+?ZONNNMNMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMD~~,,:,,:,:,,,,, =====~~~~~~~~~~~~~==~:,,,,,,,,,,,...........,:~=+IZONNNMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNMMMMMMMD~:~~::,..,,,,,, Dr. Bill Maurer Economic anthropologistCode 3.ASCII art of Dr. Bill Maurer.tx 06d2528cfabf360c7a8f925d84207d47612cd0ac1ad2efd8aea9758263d9738b (2016-07-13) via cryptograffiti.info entitled:His university home page faculty.sites.uci.edu/wmmaurer/ describes himself as:Dr. Bill Maurer
Economic anthropologistHis Wikipedia page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Maurer.Professor Maurer is a cultural anthropologist and sociolegal scholar. His work explores the technological infrastructures and social relations of exchange and payment.
Figure 9. Photograph of Dr. Bill Maurer. Source. Off-chain reference image for the ASCII art taken from his university home page: web.archive.org/web/20231109222608/https://faculty.sites.uci.edu/wmmaurer/- tx e35a9a198b77ece71272b66f94f9329184c6e4ee48e9e768e54ee8caf5d471fb block 425758 (2016-08-18) via cryptograffiti.info has a dark one:which reads:
killyour children setthemz free.il+ 6(\___/) 6( O_O ) 6 `---`% evlbunny here)to@ rule^you - tx eede99ab9b50aa5871fcb4b1d0d1a22ac2fa94b08172b1fa677f0b200e96f84a blk 437669 (2016-11-06):
__ / __ / * `' \ \ / ._,.__, APPLE BAKE '16 ____________________________________________________ | AA | | AAAAAA | | AAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAA AAAAAA | | AAAAAA AAAAAA | | AAAAAA AAAAAA | | AAAAAA AAAAAA | | AAAAAA AAAAAA | | AAAAAA AAAAAA | | AAAAAAA AAAAAAA | | AAAAAAA AAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAA AAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAA AAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAA AAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAA AAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA | |____________________________________________________|Code 4.Study Math and Computer Science at Augustana College.tx 9caaa9f8d0e170bf6d73a722e9bb2e7e0d37577476d485bd3eeac09866f26345, block 440620 (2016-11-26). Input script inscription.Contains ASCII art of a large letter A. Has some custom encoding we didn't have the time to investigate which makes it deformed in our dumps, so we fixed it manually. The associated message reads:and so we understand that the ASCII art is formatted to look like the font of the logo of that university from Illinois.!Study Math and Computer Science at Augustana College!
Figure 10. "Augie A". Source. Off-chain reference image for the inscribed Code 4. "Study Math and Computer Science at Augustana College" typeface logo taken from the Augustana College website.Data Insertion in Bitcoin's Blockchain by Andrew Sward, Vecna OP_0 and Forrest Stonedahl is a paper published by some people of the university, presumably the culprits. This was brought to our attention via: twitter.com/ottosch_/status/1735297943563837726.See also: Figure "Augustana College Old-Main.jpg".- tx 12fba831eb6de8eb944e80e42c78d29cf05a833831a335a5711a4b61cf90802e (2018-04-06)Found by Messages from the mines.
Grishchuk Roman_____ Pavlovich___________ ________AND_________ Gres Anna Leonidovna Married 01/04/2015__ ==================== =====++++==++++===== ====++===++===++==== ===++====++====++=== ===++==========++=== ====++========++==== =====++======++===== ======++====++====== =======++==++======= ========++++======== =========++========= - tx fd739c26276ea81fea8210939d527fccd7c9622f93aa17d18ee0bd5321387fde block 517406 (2018-04-09) contains the first line of an ad from American stockbroker company TD Ameritrade. It is encoded one line per transaction with OP_RETURN, but the ordering is completely scrambled. A link is given: TDAmeritrade.com/Blockchain but it is 404 as of January 2024 of course, companies can't keep their pages up for more than 3 seconds, but there is an archive which decodes the indented picture for us, including the corresponding tx hashes for each line web.archive.org/web/20180902001329/https://www.tdameritrade.com/landing-pages/offer/blockchain/index.html?cid=TVTDACDDRTVJ64, here is a copy from the website because we were lazy to double check each line:
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Lines are completely scrambled, so either there is an index somewhere, or it was meant as a puzzle. This is the best we've managed to unscramble so far:At firs we thought it was some kind of tribute to the Cannes Film Festival, but given the string "Titanium" and the fact that all people mentioned on another section of the art work for advertisement companies, we understand that it is instead almost certainly about the "Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity", previously "International Advertising Festival", which has a "titanium" prize category, e.g. as mentioned at: www.thedrum.com/news/2018/06/22/cannes-lions-winners-titanium-glass-grand-prix-good-and-more:
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/================//..........T.I.T.A.N.I.U.M......######...###....##..####...... ................................................................................ ..................Duncan.Marshall-Founding.Partner-Droga5-USA................... ..................Gail.Heimann-President-Weber.Shandwick-USA.................... ..............Susan.Bonds-Co-Founder.&.CEO-42.Entertainment-GLOBAL.............. .............James.McGrath-Creative.Chairman-Clemenger.BBDO-AUSTRALIA........... ............Fred.Raillard-Founder,.Chief.Creative.Officer-FF-GLOBAL............. ...........Eugene.Cheong-Chief.Creative.Officer-Ogilvy.&.Mather-APAC............ ..........Colleen.DeCourcy-Chief.Creative.Officer-Wieden+Kennedy-GLOBAL......... .......Caitlin.Ryan-Regional.Creative.Director-Facebook.and.Instagram-EMEA...... .......PJ.Pereira-Creative.Chairman.&.Co-Founder-Pereira.O'Dell-GLOBAL.......... .Jason.Xenopolous-Global.Chief.Vision.Officer.&.Chief.Creative.Officer-VML-EMEA.The part with the at signs '@' which we believe represents the lion is the hardest one and we've perhaps gotten some lines wrong, corrections are welcome.The highly coveted Titanium Lions - created to honor marketing work that doesn't fit neatly into traditional categories
Figure 11. Cannes Lions logo. Source. Off-chain, for ASCII art reference. `...:. `''''';'; '+'''+'''' `'''++++'''' ;'++++';;'++, '+++++';;;''+, '+++++;;;;;++; '++++'';;;;;+': ::::::,,,,,,,,...`+'''';;;'';;;;;` ````````````` ::::::::::::::::::';'''';+++';;';:::::::::::::,,,, :::::::::::::::::::''';;''+'';;';::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::;''++'''';;;''::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::;+++++';'''''+;::::::::::::;::: :::::::::::::::::::::;'+'''''++'';#';::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::'+++''''''+''++'+'+;:::::::::::: :::::;:::::::::::'+++++''++++''++'#++''::::::::::: ;;;;::::::::::::'+###++#'+++'++++'#+#++'';:::::::: ;::;;;;;:::::::'++++++++#+++++++++#+++++++';:::::: ;;;::::;;;:;;;;++++'''''+####+++++##;++++++';:;::: :::;;;;;;;::::+##';''''''###+##++##+;++++++++':;:: :::;;;;::::::;+#+';''''''###++###+#+;###+++++''::: :::::::::::::#+#'''';''''+###+++####;##++++++++':; ;;;;;;:::::;:++++''++'''+####+++++##;#+#++++++++': ;;;;:;:::::::#++'#++++##++#++++++++#'###+++####++; ::::::;;;;;;;+++''''++'+++@+++++++'####+#++#+++++; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;+#';'''''+'+##'+++++'+#####+++++#++; ;;;;;;::;:::;:'++'''+''+++##++'+''+#########+++++: ;;;;;;;;;;;;;''++'++'''++##+'+##++#+##+#+++##++++; ;;;;;;;;;;;'''''#++''''++##+###'#######+####++++;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;''''+#++'+++###'#+;'##+####+++#+++++;; ;;;;;;::;;'''''+'+##++++###'#';###+##+####++++++;; ;;;;;;'++'''''++++#++++####'+;+##+###++####++++;;; ;;;;:+++''''++++++#####@###'+;######+#++###++++;;; ;;;';;#+'''+++++++########+'++######+++++++++++;;; ;;;::;'+'+++++++++########''++##+##+++++###++++;;; ;;:+;''+++++++++++#+#####+''#+#+###+++#####+++';;; ;'';;+''+++++++++++######'''+######+++++###+++;;;; ;';;'''+#+++++++++######+'';#++############++#:;;; ;'';''+'++##++++++++####+'''###@########++#++#;;;; ;''''''+@++++#++++++####''+'##############++#;;;;; ;''''''''++++++++++++###''+'##############+##;;;;; ;'''''''''++++++++++++##+'''##############+#+;;;;; ;;;;''''''+###+++####+######################;:;;;; ;;;;+''''''+##############+#################;:;;;;Code 5.90b663f380ed043a0c35aaeed5405b260545df991fed4bfff3d1386ecb256ce1. 2017-05-27 via cryptograffiti.info. A low resolution man and a woman hugging looking forward, signed "B&E April 9". The image /s repeated at: tx 47fafaa96c24d3f204658fb4bec34ab6f18df138084e04535ea60cce8c4e4857 without signature.- tx 79947c26f8abc8d5c2a9b5442005a5426f35f436119b3092f59e6fe3fad80df1 block 530614 (2018-07-05) has this lolcat:
lolcat test |\---/| | o_o | \_^_/0 - tx f8102999c0aaf7681deec383eb8e7946f093e94a116a21e367e9ed6b7c32d1fb (2018-08-23) contains the logo of the GrrCon, an annual cybersecurity conference with message:The actual code appears to be:
Your free GrrCon ticket
a reference to OP_RETURN. It is steganographically encoded diagonally across the skull's eyes. Ciro Santilli only saw this after grepping:OPRETURNISMYFRIEND
which made all nongrep @ data/out/0538.txt@signs stand out due to the terminal's syntax highligh. This image was uploaded one line per transaction with a few interruptions that we removed manually, and there were was a previous partial attempt a bit before: at tx f8102999c0aaf7681deec383eb8e7946f093e94a116a21e367e9ed6b7c32d1fb so either a failure, or maybe it was intentional to obfuscate things a bit.@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@YOUR@FREE@GRRCON@TICKET@CODE@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@, *@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@% @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ .@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ *@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@, @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@( %@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@ @@@& @@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@,@. @@@ @@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@ %@@ .&@@@@@@&%@@@@@&&&@@@@@# @@/ /@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@ @@ @@@&@@O@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@(@@@@& @@ @@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@ @@. .@@@,%&@@P@@@@@(,*&*@@@@@@@@#(#.@ (@@ @@@@@@@ @@@@@@* @@ @@(@%@@@@@&R@@@@&@@@@@@@&@@@@@@/ @@@ @@ @@@@@@ @@@@@# @@ @@@@@@@@,,@%@E@%@@@@@@@@@@@%@@@@@.@@@@ @@ @@@@@ @@@@@ @@ @.@@@@@,@@@(@,T@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@ @@@@ @@@@ @@ @&@@@@@@/@#@(@&@U@@@@@@@@(@@@@@@., #@@@@@ @@ @@@ @@@* @@ @@@@&@@&@ #@@@R@.@@@@@.@@@@@@@%@@(@@@@@ @@ @@@ @@@ @@ /@@*@@ @@@/N/@,@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@, @@ @@ @@@ @@ @@@@@ @@.@I@@,@@@@@@@@ @@@@&@@ @@ @@ @@/ @@ @@@, (#@/S@@@@@@.,@ **@@&,@ @@ @@ @@ @@ %(( @#@@@@M@@@@@&@ #./%&@@* @@ %@ @@ @@ #&&@ @@@@&@@Y@@@@@ &@,@@@.( @@ %@ @@, @@ @@@@@@ *(@@%@@@F&@. @@&%@@ @@ @@ @@@ @@ @#@%@/@ @@@*@@@R( @@@&@ @@ @@ @@@ @@ @@@@@@@@@%@@@%%@@@@@@@%%/I@ @@@@, @ @@ @@ @@@. @@ @@@@@@@*@&@@@@# @(@@@@@@@@E@@@@@@@& @@ @@@ @@@@ @@ @@@@&@@(@@@@@@.@# @@@ @@@@N@@@@,@( @@ @@@ @@@@@ @@ @@@*@@&@@*(@ @@@&@@&@@D@@@@& @@ @@@@ @@@@@. @@ @/@,@@@@@@@@@@@@@@% @@ @@@@@ @@@@@@ @@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@,@@@@ @@ %@@@@@ @@@@@@@, @@/ @&@@(@@@@ @@@@@@@@@ &@@ @@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@ @@ #%@(,&,@@@@ @(& @/,@ @@ @@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@ /@@ @@&@@@@@,* @@& @@@@@@ .@@. @@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@ @(@@@@@@ @@@ .@(@@, @@@ @@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@ &@@@ @@@# @@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@ @@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@# .@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @ , . @ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @ @ @# @ *, @ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@& @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@Without@s to better highlight the code:YOUR FREE GRRCON TICKET CODE , * % . * , ( % & , . % .& &% &&& # / / & O ( & . . ,%& P (,*&* #(#. ( * ( % &R & & / # ,, % E % % . . , ( ,T & / # ( & U ( ., # * & & # R . . % ( / * /N/ , , . I , & / , (# /S ., ** &, %(( # M & #./%& * % #&& & Y & , .( % , *( % F& . &% # % / * R( & % %% %%/I , . * & # ( E & & ( . # N , ( * & *( & & D & . / , % , % , / & ( & #% (,&, (& /, / & ,* & . . ( . ( , & # # . , . # *, &
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_______________________________________ | An immutable poem | | Unchanging over time, forever | | Written in transactions flowing | | | | Unbroken blocks for a Rose | | That I found in September | | Freedom gives this simple prose | | For all our time together | | | | Thank you for being you |O | Like this poem, it is forever |, | After all these years true | | I love our time together |- tx b8e80f2bd1eac8c6db4dfb8b6cc9c8eb71133cbc1a0d32e6952c1a2818eecc8f block 652005 (2020-10-09) contains the obituary for Yang Yiping, a Christian Chinese lady who lived in Germany:
.-==-. | | | | .-=====' '=====-. | Yang, Yiping | *-====-. .-====-* | | | 杨 | | | | 一 | | 平 | | | | | `-==-´ *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* Yang, Yiping 杨 一平 .~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~. ✰ 1957-07-19 ✞ 2020-10-08 '~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~' Wir vermissen dich! 杨一平， 我们思念你 ヾ(￣▽￣) 杨一平与 耶稣在一起 //yang.yiping.de/btcThe link yang.yiping.de/btc is dead with no archives, but the toplevel yang.yiping.de survives as of 2024 and contais an obituary in a WordPress website. The Bitcoin message is acknowledged on the website at:The website is also mirrored at yiping.de. The navigation is a bit confusing, but yang.yiping.de/?cat=10 contains a blog with many entries, presumably by her husbandarchiviert auf der BTC Blockchain TX b8e80f2bd1eac8c6db4dfb8b6cc9c8eb71133cbc1a0d32e6952c1a2818eecc8f
- the first post is from slightly before her death on 2020-09-01 and documents their 2019 trip to San Francisco apparently to visit family. She could be a COVID-19 casualty.
- yang.yiping.de/?p=367 gives transliterated names of her three children: Kaibin, Ella and Martin
- yang.yiping.de/?p=638 has some mentions of work colleagues, but not enough to easily identify where she worked
Figure 13. Off-chain image of Yang Yiping. Source.A previous failed upload is present at: tx b4ba91b4892ff85a5eb18b85bc1fd744d9418b2a71f1dc130447893b9e1cab60 block 651974 (2020-10-09)The upload is done as P2PKH (20 bytes at a time) and is meant to show with newlines after each ouptut, BitLen style. It is also further broken down on our upload by the presence of UTF-8 characters. brando2131 helped decoded this message on Reddit, after Ciro Santilli reached out for help after seeing his work on the Code 9. "ZN inscription". - tx 0d034d6dc3cfa8c8ebb1df202ada251bdf890f9dd5f0c4dffbe185b8cc5c999d block 669986 (2021-02-10) a teddy bear, also visible e.g. at www.asciiart.eu/toys/teddy-bears? "xoxo" means hugs and kisses. Maybe this was in preparation for St. Valentine's day a bit later on February 14th?
___ {~._.~} ( Y ) ()~*~() (_)-(_) xoxo, S - tx 7076d9a40b44e92d8b96f9f5f1cb258619356d0789fe5bcf5197e2eaeb2b9eab block 693550 (2021-07-31) contains what could be an obituary for a bird:and tx b478c2a3566fa644ccb3c9da567f39c9030e337537610c9ff5c5c885ea6109b8 block 693776 appears to follow up on it:
YOU ARE _ |o}= | ( / /) /_// _/_// \/_' __LL SO FATCute._ _ /and\/so \ | (o><-) | \//\ /\\ V_/ \_V `\ / ' loved Chris<3 - tx 5c4f060e6166a530d891cafd0e9df42441d29b1ed9cff71a1652201b8d50bd72 (2021-10-27) TODO what does it represent? It seems so familiar... Decoded from our dumps with
fold -w80 -s. It is encoded as a sequence of 43 OP_RETURN output scripts each containing 80 payload bytes each:d, ,do' ;d; :NNk;. .OWWk. .:OWK, '0MMWO:. ... .xWMMWd. .. .l0WMMk. dMMMMW0l. .,coxO0Kd..oWMMMMNl .xK0kdl:,. .oKWMMMWl ;KMMMMMWKo. .lXMMMMMX; :XMMMMMMX; :NMMMMWKc. 'dXMMMMMM0' oWMMMMMMMXd'.'dXMMMNc ,0MMMMMMO. lWMMWKl..,xNMMMMMMMNc .dNMMMMMMMMNx,..oXMMK; :XMMMMK; :XMWKc..;kNMMMMMMMMNl. ;kNMMMMMMMMNk, 'kWM0' lNMMX: ,KMNd..:OWMMMMMMMMNx, . '..,xNMMMMMMMMNd..oNMk..dNXo .OMXc .xNMMMMMMMMXd'.'' .'. ,ko..kXo'.,xXMMMMMMMWx..dWWd..;,..xWNl .OWMMMMMMMKo..,xNx..kO; .xNWo ,KMMXd,.'dXMMMMMMWl '0MNl oNMO..dWMMMMMWKl..;kNMMO..xMNx' cKMMN: :NMMMMNx,..xNMMMMMO. dMMX; :XMWl ,KMMMMMXo..:kNMMMMK, lWMMXc. .dNMMMNc '0MMMMMMNklOWMMMMMN: :NMM0dxKMMK, lWMMMMMNxoOWMMMMMWk. oWMMMWx. .kWMMMMMK:..oXMMMMMMMMMMMWNNNd .OMMMMMMMMk..kWNNWMMMMMMMMMMMKl..lXMMMMMWk. .;lx0XWMMNk,.'xNMMMMMWKd:,'.,' dMMMMMMMWl ',.',:dKWMMMMMNd..;OWMWNKkdl;. .coc,...,cokKKd..:KMMMNd. 'ldxd:. ,KMMMMMM0' .:dxdl' .dNMMW0; .okkoc;'..';coc. lNMMWXOxl:'..';, ,0MWo .',;::;. ;KMMMMK; ,::;,'. dWWk. ....':ldOKNWMMN: '0MMMMMMMMMNKkdc;. ;KX; ,xxdool;. lWMMNl .:loddkx, ;X0' .:lxOKNMMMMMMMMMMO.lWMMMMMMMMMMMMMMWXo. o0, .;loxkkx:. .OMMO. .:dxkkxo:. ;0c .kMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMN:dXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXo .c' ,c;'....',,. dMMd .;:,'....,:' ':. .dXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXl................... dMMWNXXXNWK, lNNl ;XMWNXXXNWMd ...................xkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkOl..c; .xMMMMMMMMMN: cXXc :NMMMMMMMMMx. ;; .okkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkdWMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNc ,K0' .kMMMMMMMMMN: :KK: :NMMMMMMMMMk. ,0O. oWMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMXWMMMMMMMMMMMMMNKo..xWWk. lNMMMMMMMMX; .... ;XMMMMMMMMNc 'OMWo .dKNWMMMMMMMMMMMMXNMMMMMMMNKOdl:'. cNMMWk. lNMMMMMMMNOddddddONMMMMMMMXc .OWMMK; .';cdk0XWMMMMMM00MNKOdl:'...;cl. '0MMMMWk. cXMMMMMMMWXKXNXKNMMMMMMMX: 'OWMMMMk. ,ol;'...,cox0XWx,;'...;cok0NWWd..xWMMMMMM0, ;0MMMMXd,...'..'cOWMMW0, ,0MMMMMMWd..kWMNKOxl:,...,..;dk0NWMMMMMWk..oWMMMMMMMMK: .xNMMWOl,.....:xXMMNx..cXMMMMMMMMNc '0MMMMMMMWXOx: .xWMMMMMMMMMO. lNMMMMX0XWMMNl cKMMMMWX00KNWMMM0: .xNMMNOxKMMMMX: ,0MMMMMMMMMWl '0MMMMMMMWO' cXMMMMX:.oWMMMx. .dNMMMMMMMMMMXd. lWMMMX; cNMMMMK: ,0MMMMMMMMk. :XMMMMMWk. lXMMMMMx..kMMMMd .c,.'dKWMMMMW0o'... cWMMMWd..kMMMMMK: 'OWMMMMM0' cXMMMNo..oNMMMMMK, cNMMMNc ;XXx;..,:cc:,..;xKc ;XMMMMX: ;XMMMMMXl..xNMMMK, :XWO; 'kWMMMMMNl '0MMMM0' oWMMWKxlc::coxKWMMx..kMMMMMO. oWMMMMMNx..:KW0, ,:..cKMMMMMMWd..xWMMMWo .OMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMK, cNMMMMWd..xWMMMMMW0:..:. .kWMMMMMMWx..dWMMMMK, lWMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMWd .OMMMMMNo..xWMMMMMMNd. :0WMMMMWd..oNMMMMWl '0MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMX; :XMMMMMNo..xWMMMMWk, .lKWMXl..xWMMMMMk. ,0WMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNO, oWMMMMMNd..lXMWO:. .ld, ,OWMMMMMK; ...:kNMMMMMMMMMMMMMXx,..' .kMMMMMMWO, ,o:. '0MMMMMMNc 'O0l..,dXMMMMMMMMMXd'.,dXXc '0MMMMMMWO. .ckXWMWd..kWMMXd,.'dXMMMMMNx'.,xNMMMK; ;KMMWKx:. .:dl..dWMMMMMNx,.'xNWW0: .dNMMMMMMK; ;xo;. .cxOKNWMMMNd..:oc. :KMMMMWNKkd, .;lxOKXNk. :XNX0kdc,. - tx 71d9187cbb7b00b4c516df218499bbc301996262cfafc4533fd7916af1fb6315 block 709632, (2021-11-14) starts a consecutive sequence of transactions that encodes the characters 'Z' and 'N', an ad for the Zenon Network blockchain. This is the very first taproot enabled block, foreshadowing the great inscription boom that taproot would lead to, notably in the form of ordinal ruleset inscriptions.This ASCII art had been previously noted by sroose and decoded by brando2131 on Reddit, and was brought to our attention by Bagfoot OP446 on twitter. Ciro Santilli had previously spotted the art, but failed to decode it. "ZENON NETWORK" is inscribed just after the art confiming the meaning of the characters, but it does not appear in our ASCII dumps presumably because the string it is too short and surrounded by non-ASCII.
,zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz, .:1zzzzzzzzz. .:qqzzzzqqq, ,;1zzzzzqqq, ,;1zzzzzqqq, ,;qzzzzz1qq, ,zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz, ,zzzzzq;. 1zzzz, ,zzzzzzzzq, 1zzzz, ,zzzzzzzzzz1: 1zzzz, ,zzzzq:1zzzzzq;. 1zzzz, ,zzzzq ,qzzzzzz1, 1zzzz, ,zzzzq .;qzzzzzq:1zzzz, ,zzzzq ,qzzzzzzzzzz, ,zzzzq .;qzzzzzzz,Code 9.ZN inscription.Each line is encoded with OP_RETURN, is 38 bytes long, and starts and ends in 6 spaces, leading to 26 non-whitespace characters per line. The lines appear in scambled order and it is unclear if there is any logic in the ordering or if it was just meant as a little puzzle. But given the nearby "ZENON NETWORK" inscription, this decoding is overwhelmingly likely correct.The following lines also show up in our ASCII dump:They seem like Base64 encoded data due to the;4Fdzw1k=zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz; ,vtv3f5aKY0jGQglP9a1AGw==. ;BynQtpeUyWTXKGTrGhdV2Q==; ;tVMd3L1CKM4wFmyxEEEUV2bY;=sign padding, but nothing human readable comes out of them, so their meaning remains currently unknown. - tx cbf7cfb6c074e35e82ea604e2de6c82d00c168d7d7a1205383f93a6f40ee8520 (2022-01-24) ASCII typeface ad for Keepcase, some kind of Bitcoin hardware wallet. Manually converted to horizontal form to not take up too much space here.A bit later we see another ad for the same company:
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@V/@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@> @ @. @, @' @; @^ @'' @: @> # @ ### ###* @ ########### @ ##########* @ /########### @ ###########* @ /######### @ ##########/ @ ###########/ \@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ####### @ ### ## @ ### @ ###. @ ### ##### @ ###/* @ ### *## @ ####, @ ####" @/// ##### ##### @ ########( @ ######### @ ######## @ ##########. @ ##< @ ####### ### @ *######### @ ####### KEEPCASE : THE ###( #### #### @ ### ###. @ ###\ @ #### @ #####/ @ ###\. @ ####### ##/ @ #### @ ###_ ORIGINAL HARDWARE ### ### ### ## @ ### ###\ @ ########## @ #########/ @ ###/ @ \#########* @ ### #* @ ######### @ ###########( WALLET CASE ### ## ## ### ### ### ## ### #### #### ##### ####* ######, @@>>
Figure 14. keepcase.jpg. tx 6ea24c417d60a1c5312ca8ec0ab44bbdba2d79d84ceffa4c9455e02f89831d7f (2022-01-24) contains a data URL for a JPEG image:/@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@data:image/jpeg;base64,<base64 image> \@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ - tx 3c9216146bf1d9415ded8a1d03dd63fae8f0af2cbcaf68efaff4ad654a45b74d (2022-06-08) tiny face. The
--BEGIN TRIBUTE--format is a call back to BitLen, but they just don't do ASCII art like the old days anymore:---BEGIN TRIBUTE--- ....!&&&&&&#####B!.: ...:GB5Y55555PG#&Y.. ...^B7^::::^^~7P#J.. ...:Y7??!^~7?J?JP!.. ...:7!!?7~7???7?J!.. ....^!^:~~7!^~77^:.. :....!7!7???7?J!..:. ::...:7Y?77?YYJ!:..: :::::.~?JJY5Y77?Y5^. ----END TRIBUTE--- B5 - tx 14e89fc01c367841f2d5c2786a3b051d67008be980694272530546a0452aeea9 (2022-07-05). ASCII typeface for:This seems to be aa Thai name, e.g. possibly www.linkedin.com/in/chokchai-thawatcharaporn-179398213/?originalSubdomain=th. And so we learn that Thai people are the coolest because their name can end in "-porn" which is awesome. The given name is:
Chockchai Chawatcharaporn
and the rest is just more of the same, just 10x longer. Manually converted to horizontal form to not take up too much space here.@ ###########* @ ### ###' @ ######## @ ### ###* @ #########* @ ### ###" @ /######### @ ########/ @ @ ###/* @ ### ### @ ### ###, @ ### ## @ ##/* @ ### ### @ ### *## @ ###. @ @ ##< @ ########## @ ### ###] @ ########( @ ##( @ ########### @ ####### ### @ ###, @ @ ###\. @ ### ###. @ ###\ ### @ ### ##. @ ##\ @ ### ###. @ ### ##/ @ ### @ @ \#########* @ ### ###/ @ #######/ @ ### ###\ @ ##########\ @ ### ###/ @ ### #* @ /########## @
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bitcoin.jpgThis is the very first ASCII string to show up at github.com/cirosantilli/bitcoin-inscription-indexer after only the Genesis block message.
This version of the image was just ripped from Hidden surprises in the Bitcoin blockchain by Ken Shirriff (2014).
Reconstructing it should likely be a simple matter of copy pasting the ASCII yEnc encoding present in the two transactions from tx ceb1a7fb57ef8b75ac59b56dd859d5cb3ab5c31168aa55eb3819cd5ddbd3d806 into a text file and decoding the yEnc, but after searching for 20 minutes Ciro couldn't find a working yEnc decoder on Ubuntu 21.10. How can a format be so dead, even after considerable extensive use in the Usenet??? It makes you think about life.
As mentioned by Ken, the logo is split across two transactions: ceb1a7fb57ef8b75ac59b56dd859d5cb3ab5c31168aa55eb3819cd5ddbd3d806 and 9173744691ac25f3cd94f35d4fc0e0a2b9d1ab17b4fe562acc07660552f95518.
There appears to be nothing strictly linking the two transactions, besides that they are very close by and the only ASCII strings around back in those pre-infinite-spam days, as can be seen at: github.com/cirosantilli/bitcoin-inscription-indexer/blob/master/data/out/0123.txt#L11, so you could just see both of them by eye.
Also the first one starts with:and the second one ends in:so this is likely clearly part of the yEnc format for someone who knows it, and the filename
=ybegin line=128 size=8776 name=bitcoin.jpg=yend size=8776 crc32=a7ac8449bitcoin.jpg gives the file format.They are not even in the same block:
both from 2011-05-13. Also note that they ended up being committed reverse order, since you don't have a strict order control over the final blockchain.
v27sSra.jpg
. An image of a dozen people siting at a dinner table, with each person identified by a Twitter handle that was edited in.
This image is present tx 4be3a833ee83b4ca7d157d60fbf7411f7528314ce90df8a844f855118bc6ca11 from block 357239 (2015-05-20), an input transaction.
It contains a base 64 encoded image:
v27sSra.jpg
/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQEASABIAAD/2wBDACgcHiMeGSgjISMtKygwPGRBPDc3PHtYXUlkkYCZlo+A
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TAkBaMxbbhuYXGDMyXw/MIV84IqrE//Z
...By manually copy pasting that into a file The exact same content appears to be present on the next input transaction 56d23a230042c094bc54bb72fc4c10a3f26750030b9927994e741d3689f5c09e on the same block.
v27sSra.base64 we can obtain the image with:base64 -d <v27sSra.base64 >v27sSra.jpgGoogle reverse image search leads to freedom-to-tinker.com/2015/05/21/the-story-behind-the-picture-of-nick-szabo-with-other-bitcoin-researchers-and-developers/ The story behind the picture of Nick Szabo with other Bitcoin researchers and developers by Arvind Narayanan (2015), in which Arvind (@random_walker) who attended the meeting clearly lists all names and handles, and talks about the background of gathering of Bitcoin devs that happened in March 2014. The article also contains a higher resolution version of the image uploaded to the blockchain.
It also links to a popular Reddit thread that contains the image from May 2015: www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/36hfu4/pic_coredevs_having_dinner_with_nick_szabo/
Googling
v27sSra.jpg leads to bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1061926.220;wap "New York Times identifies Nick Szabo as Satoshi Nakamoto" which links to i.imgur.com/v27sSra.jpg so this is a Satoshi Nakamoto-real-identity thing.
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