This section contains a list of all the websites that we consider belong to the network beyond reasonable doubt.
The list is also available in JSON format at: github.com/cirosantilli/media/blob/master/cia-2010-covert-communication-websites/hits.json. When there are new additions we keep the JSON up to date with the help of the following OurBigBook Markup to JSON conversion helper ../cia-2010-covert-communication-websites/bigb-to-json:
cia-2010-covert-communication-websites/bigb-to-json cia-2010-covert-communication-websites.bigb
and new results that have been added to the list below can automatically be merged with ../cia-2010-covert-communication-websites/bigb-to-json-merge:
cia-2010-covert-communication-websites/bigb-to-json-merge > tmp.json
mv tmp.json ../media/cia-2010-covert-communication-websites/hits.json
We have also made a dump of the websites extracted from the Wayback Machine at: github.com/cirosantilli/cia-2010-websites-dump
The main criteria to consider a website as a hit is for it to have a Wayback Machine archive with an archived communication mechanism. JS comms are always quickly visually inspected, other mechanisms we look only at filename patterns for now. We also consider as hits websites that don't have archived comms, often the case for CGI comms, but which have two ore more of the following supporting evidence:
  • shares an IP range with other website
  • a Wayback Machine archive or cqcounter screenshot strongly confirming visual style
  • an archived broken link to the possible comms
Commented edge cases that didn't make the cut can be found mostly under Section "IP range search" and Section "2013 DNS Census virtual host cleanup heuristic keyword searches".
ipdomainWayback Machinelanguagecountry mentionscommsthemenotes
?24hoursprimenews.com2009EnglishJARnewssplit images[ref][ref]
?cyhiraeth-intlnews.com2011EnglishJARnewsen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyhyraeth "The cyhyraeth is a ghostly spirit in Welsh mythology, a disembodied moaning voice that sounds before a person's death." WTF! So the serious looking black actress lady is meant to represent the voice of death?. Split images[ref][ref]. rss-items. Here she is on Getty Images: www.istockphoto.com/photo/natural-style-for-the-individual-gm171403107-26684547 by Urilux
?dailynewsandsports.com2013EnglishJARsports
?differentviewtoday.com2011EnglishJARnewssplit images, JAR unarchived
?euronewsonline.net2010EnglishJARnewsa.newslink. The image of the woman reading newspapers reverse searches to www.istockphoto.com/photo/news-gm101581053-7410445, iStock from Getty images. Copyright 2007.
?europeannewsflash.com2011EnglishJARnewsSplit images[ref][ref]
?farsi-newsandweather.com2011FarsiIranJARnewssplit images[ref][ref]
?financecentraltoday.com2011EnglishJARnews, financeunusual td > p > strong article list. Copyright 2008.
?firstnewssource.com2011FarsiIranJARnewsCopyright 2009. Split images. rss-items.
?global-view-news.com2011EnglishJARnewssplit images[ref][ref]
?globaltourist.net2010EnglishJARtravelsplit images[ref][ref], rss-items. speed.jar "speed test" JAR pattern. The split headers have a weird style however <li><a id="banner1">&nbsp;</a></li> and then filled with a CSS background image. This is a weird one, there is some chance that it is a legit website in the CIA style. Notably, at least as of August 2012 it had become a wordpress site marked "Just another Media Network Online Sites site", which is a bit early. Likely they just watch for good domain drops and take over quickly. The last in-style archive is from March 2012, which is first followed by a Godaddy parked domain on April 2012. This domain also has a 2003 archive which is almost certainly from the same authors as it also has a link to globaltourist.net/speed.jar and the upper left image is the same. Its history does however remember us of alljohnny.com, which had its 2004 version and then a 2010 rehash. Both of these versions contain ImageReady Slices mentions in them, characteristic of the split header images fingerprint.
?hassannews.net2010ArabicSWFnewsCSS or archive quite broken. Split images[ref][ref]. rss-items. cqcounter.com/whois/www/hassannews.net.html not found. The arabic title is "حسن الأخبار" (good news) and the domain seems to be a transliteration of it.
?health-men-today.com2011ArabicJARnewsrss-items. Encoding broken. cqcounter.com/whois/www/health-men-today.com.html also broken. Same registrar as medicatechinfo.com: Jason Noll IP and DNS metadata. Closely related stock model image comically used as the image of the Gay Arab Central community on the. Copyright 2008.
?inkfreenews.com2011EnglishJARnewssplit images, JAR unarchived
?internationalnewsworthiness.com2011EnglishJARnewsRSS, split images, JAR unarchived
?intlnewsdaily.com2011EnglishJARnewsrss-items
?intoworldnews.com2011EnglishJARnewssplit images. Links to news websites from frontpage, not news themselves.
?iranfootballsource.com2011FarsiJSsports, football
?iraniangoalkicks.com2008FarsiIranJARsports, football
?iraniangoals.com2009FarsiIranJSsports, football
?latinamericanewsbeat.com2010EnglishJARnewssplit images. Also has an archived "register" link at the bottom: web.archive.org/web/20101114045007/http://latinamericanewsbeat.com/register.html but it reads "We are currently unable to register new members while we upgrade our site. Please check back soon."
?magneticfieldnews.com2010EnglishJARnewsrss, split images
?middle-east-newstoday.com2010FarsiJSnewsrss, split images
?mideasttoday.net2010FarsiJARnewsa.rss-item, split images, copyright 2008
?mydailynewsreport.com2011PashtoAfghanistanJARnewsrss, split images
?mynepalnews.com2011EnglishJARnewsSplit images with <li><a id="banner1">&nbsp;</a></li> style. Nice swimsuit ad. The bottom bar "Copyright © 2008 My Nepal News, LLC. All Rights Reserved." is also kind of typical, see e.g. web.archive.org/web/20110208042144/http://helpinghandssite.com/, both have <!-- begin #footer --> and <div id="footer">. ingenuitytrendz.com is another closely related template. One ridiculously mind blowing thing about this website is the presence of Webalizer reports under /stats e.g.: /stats. This fact is so mind blowing that it makes us question if this an actual hit or just style coincidence. Particularly ridiculous is the presence of inurl:cgi server_software at web.archive.org/web/20110204095809/http://mynepalnews.com:80/stats/usage_200805.html which is almost certainly a Google dork search, which we know is something that the Iranians used to find the websites. Also of interest are link backs from at web.archive.org/web/20110204095815/http://mynepalnews.com:80/stats/usage_200806.html from whois.domaintools.com/mynepalnews.com and www.whois.sc/mynepalnews.com That search hits under /cgi-bin/check.cgi. That page is itself os some interest containing SERVER_ADMIN = mmadev@mmadev.com. web.archive.org/web/20110204095815/http://mynepalnews.com:80/stats/usage_200806.html also reveals several request IPs. Even if this is not a CIA website, there's a chance we could find the IP of the Iranian counter-intelligence in these IP list, it's mind blowing. And if a hit, we could also find IPs used by CIA handlers to see if the website is working. Lot's of referrer spam too as well.
?newdaynewsonline.com2011EnglishJARnews
?networkconnectionsite.com2011EnglishJSnewsrss, split images
?news-latina.com2011EnglishJARnewscopyright 2007
?newsdelivered.net2010EnglishJARnewsrss, split images, JAR unarchived
?newsincirculation.com2011ArabicJARnews
?newsworldsite.com2011PashtoAfghanistanJARnews
?opensourcenewstoday.com2010ArabicJARnewscopyright 2010
?outlooknewscast.com2011FarsiIranJARnews
?pars-technews.com2011FarsiIranJARnews"pars" presumably means "Parsi" or something of the same root
?pondernews.net2011ArabicJARnewsrss. Some archived pages use unusual paths such as /lldwg/qlaqft.php?fc=282910.
?profile-news.com2011EnglishJARnewsa.newslink
?purlicue-news.com2011EnglishJARnewssplit images, rss
?segomonews.com2011EnglishJARnewsrss, split images. TODO meaning of "segomo"? The main Wikipedia hit is a Gallo-Roman God, but the website is focused on Asia?
?shadesofnews.com2011ArabicJARnewsa.rss-item, split images. Also has a second from 2013 JAR at: web.archive.org/web/20131229092754/http://shadesofnews.com/sptgms213.jar and a raw .class crime.Business.class which replies with "The requested document was not found on this server". Copyright 2009.
?sportsnewsfinder.com2011ChineseChinaJARnews体育新闻发现者 (sports news finder)
?techwatchtoday.com2011EnglishJARtech, newsMarked copyright 2008. Split images[ref][ref]. Later legit.
?terrain-news.com2011PashtoAfghanistanJARnews
?todayoutdoors.com2011EnglishJARsports, travelsplit images[ref][ref]
?todaysnewsreports.net2010ArabicJARnews
?weblognewsinfo.com2011EnglishJARnewsSplit images, rss-items.
?wiredworldnews.com2011EnglishJARtechsplit images, copyright 2008
62.22.60.40travel-passage.com2011English, ChinesetravelNo Wayback Machine archives of toplevel, only of the 航空 Flight Reservations subpage: web.archive.org/web/20091118013330/http://travel-passage.com:80/service-flights.htm. The link to it can be seen from the cqcounter screenshot. The page contain an unusual mixture of Chinese and English. The Chinese title is 游行连接 (lit. travel connection)
62.22.60.42newsupdatesite.com2011EnglishJARnewssplit images, rss-item. JAR unarchived.
62.22.60.46flyingtimeline.com2011EnglishJARairplanes
62.22.60.48currentcommunique.com2011EnglishEgyptSWFnews
62.22.60.49telecom-headlines.com2011EnglishJStech
62.22.60.52collectedmedias.com2011FrenchJSnewsMarked copyright 2008
62.22.60.54romulusactualites.com2011FrenchFrancenews
62.22.60.55thefilmcentre.com2011EnglishJSfilms
62.22.60.56traveltimenews.com2011EnglishJSnews
62.22.61.193awfaoi.org2010ArabicIraqJARnot-for-profitThis was the first clear .org hit with comms we've been able to find. Title translation: "Arab women to help Iraq", so perhaps "awfaoi" stands for "Arab Women For A O? Iraq". This fits well into the .org theme. Marked copyright 2008.
62.22.61.197rc5sports.com2011EnglishJARsports
62.22.61.198inside-vc.com2011EnglishCGIfinance"vc" is a standard abbreviation for venture capital. Previously legit circa 2004: web.archive.org/web/20030306171752/http://www.inside-vc.com/
62.22.61.200zerosandonesnews.com2011EnglishSWFnewsrss, split images
62.22.61.202bailsnboots.com2011EnglishSWFsports, cricket"Bail" is one part of the thing your're supposed to hit with th eball in cricket.[ref]
62.22.61.203the-cricketer-online.com2011EnglishJARsports, cricketmarked copyright 2009.
62.22.61.204hollywoodscreen.net2011EnglishJSfilms
62.22.61.206worldnewsnetworking.com2011ArabicJARnews
62.22.61.212nuestrasfinanzas.com2011SpanishJARfinance
62.22.61.213sandstormnews.com2011ArabicSWFnewsrss, split images
62.22.61.215the-tech-mind.com2011Englishtechnology, newsWelcome to the US Petabox on Wayback Machine.
62.22.61.217court-masters.com2011EnglishJARsports, tennis
62.22.61.219allworldstatistics.com2011EnglishJSstatistics
62.22.61.220newsjaka.com2011EnglishIndonesiaJSnews"jaka" presumably means Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia. There is a Indonesia section on the left sidebar. But the news are quite global however. Photo source: www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/little-boat-on-bratan-lake-front-5860873 depicts "Bratan lake in front of the Pura Ulu Danau temple" by Ine Beerten. Pinged her at: portfolio.inebeerten.be/#Contact
63.131.229.2fightskillsresource.com2011EnglishJSsports, martial artsGetty Images for the karate dude: www.istockphoto.com/photo/take-off-gm98702037-1196239
63.131.229.4unitedterritorynews.com2011EnglishJSnews
63.131.229.9show-dustry.com2011EnglishCGIentertainmentThe website name is a neologism with "show" and "industry".
63.131.229.11mythriftytrip.com2010EnglishCGItravelthrifty means: "using money and other resources carefully and not wastefully"
63.131.229.12cyberreportagenews.com2011EnglishJARnewsrdns source
63.131.229.13sunrise-news.com2011EnglishJARnewsrdns source
63.131.229.15cricketnewsforindia.com2013EnglishIndiaJSsports, cricketarchive quite broken, lots of missing files, including the JS. cqcounter.com/whois/www/cricketnewsforindia.com.html in style.
63.131.229.16nutricion-saludable.net2010SpanishCGIhealthAlso under nutricion-saludable.info. There is weirdly a single page archived from 2008: epages/nutricion-saludable_net.sf with this weird .sf extension. It is HTML however. It says: "Lo sentimos, la tienda está actualmente cerrada por razones técnicas. Pronto estaremos a tu disposición. Si lo deseas puedes ponerte en contacto con nosotros en el tel: 651 80 76 19". This appears to be a spanish phone number: without country code, which would be +34[ref].
63.131.229.20fixashion.net2011EnglishJSfashion
63.130.160.50theglobalheadlines.com2010EnglishJARnewsthis has several archives from 2013, marked as Live Web Proxy Crawls and explained "mostly by the Save Page Now", so presumably by counter intelligence or amateurs
63.130.160.51hai-pow.com2011EnglishJARsports, martial arts
63.130.160.53echessnews.com2011ChineseChinaJARsports, boxingChinese title: 我的象棋世界 (My Chinese Chess world). rdns source. Split images[ref][ref]
63.130.160.60boxingstop.net2010PolishPolandJARsports, boxing
63.130.160.61bookmarksthis.com2010EnglishJARbooksA book review website. Shows a stock model reading a book and their signature black print over decorations on top
63.130.160.62azerinews.org2009AzerbaijaniAzerbaijanJARnewsrdns source. Split images, rss-items. "Azeri" is a word that denotes the people from the region of Azerbaijan.
64.16.204.53bosniakbusinessnews.com2011EnglishBosniabusinessA Bosniak is someone from an ethnicity from Bosnia
64.16.204.54affairesdumonde.com2011Frenchnews
64.16.204.55holein1news.com2010EnglishJARsports, golf
64.16.204.58tech-topix.com2013EnglishCGItechArchive quite broken, but link to CGI comms. Copyright 2010. cqcounter.com/whois/www/tech-topix.com.html not found.
65.61.127.161european-footballer.com2011CroatianSports, footballBroken Wayback Machine archive: web.archive.org/web/20110319111233/http://european-footballer.com/. The title was "Europski Nogometaš" (European football player). The CQ Counter screenshot clarifies that the surviving Wayback Machine archive contains only a sidebar. It is unlikely to contain comms therefore.
65.61.127.163capture-nature.com2011EnglishJARphotographyReuters example. Since became legitimate, Ciro contacted the owner, and he was unaware of the domain's history.
65.61.127.166globalnewsbulletin.com2013EnglishTunisia, Afghanistan, Iran, EgyptCGInewsPHP pages, images /images/index_01.jpg
65.61.127.167internationalwhiskylounge.com2011EnglishCGInewsNo Wayback Machine archives. There's a "Log-in" tab so CGI comms likely. Stock image used of young woman with a glass of Whisky: www.istockphoto.com/photo/the-girl-with-glass-of-whisky-gm94997193-11328059 by alarich
65.61.127.168the-golden-rule.info2011Englishfinance, newsWebsite error archived at: web.archive.org/web/20131011012026/http://the-golden-rule.info/
65.61.127.169crossovernews.net2011EnglishJARsports, basketball
65.61.127.170newsidori.com2011EnglishnewsVery broken 2013 archive: web.archive.org/web/20130714134510/http://www.newsidori.com/. "Idori" sounds Japanese, but the meaning is unclear even after the cqcounter screenshot! It's just random US news, nothing to do with Japan.
65.61.127.171nrgconsultingandnews.com2011EnglishnewsIt is in English but contains several mentions of Brazil. Entitled: "Energy Consulting News Forum"
65.61.127.171premierstriker.com2011Englishsports, footballNo Wayback Machine archives from the time, and has been since parked by something apparently as of 2022 onwards. Entiled "Premier striker"
65.61.127.174dedrickonline.com2010GermanJSsports
65.61.127.175altworldnews.com2013EnglishCGInewsEpoch times link, PHP pages
65.61.127.176american-historyonline.com2011EnglishhistoryNo Wayback Machine archives
65.61.127.177material-science.org2009Englishscience, material scienceNo comms found, and slightly innovative design. Comms could be CGI under web.archive.org/web/20091213032538/http://material-science.org/services.htm or web.archive.org/web/20091213032538/http://material-science.org/equipment.htm. But marking it as hit because .rss-item + IP range.
65.61.127.178tee-shot.net2011EnglishSWFsports, golfnice domain name
65.61.127.180screencentral.inf2011EnglishAfghanistancinemaRather innovative design, but hit likely. Welcome to US Petabox: web.archive.org/web/20130713224951/http://screencentral.info/.
65.61.127.181worldnewsandtravel.com2011EnglishnewsNo Wayback Machine archives
65.61.127.182pangawana.com2011ArabicAfghanistanJSnews
65.61.127.183cutabovenews.com2011EnglishAlgeria, various othersJSsports, basketballThe globe on Shutterstock: www.shutterstock.com/image-illustration/creative-drawing-charts-graphs-business-success-211092952 by rzoze19. Pinged him at: x.com/cirosantilli/status/1899748328549609700
65.61.127.184worldwildlifeadventure.com2011EnglishJARtravel
65.61.127.186explorealtmeds.com2013EnglishJARhealththe JAR was not archived, but there's a link to it
65.218.91.9rolling-in-rapids.com2010Englishsports, kayakFound by searching for "Glaze, L.", registrar of alljohnny.com, on tools.whoisxmlapi.com/reverse-whois-search
65.218.91.9welcometonyc.net2010EnglishCGItravel
65.218.91.17alljohnny.com2004EnglishCGIfansitemega early hit from 2004 to 2005. Then a gap, then they redid the domain: 2011. Same authors given content similarities e.g. "Submit Your Favorite Carson Moment". Reusing the domain after all these years, the lack of OPSEC is just mind blowing! New website marked Copyright 2003. Part of Oleg Shakirov's findings. One of the Reuters websites. Search documented at: Searching for Carson. Carson is also featured, although less proeminently, at webofcheer.com. There must have been some massive Johnny Carson fan among the contractors a that time!
66.45.179.192thegraceofislam.com2011EnglishCGIreligion, Islam
66.45.179.193arabicnewsunfiltered.com2011ArabicJARnewsrdns source
66.45.179.194raulsonsglobalnews.com2011EnglishJARnews
66.45.179.195aryannews.net2010PashtoAfghanistanJARnewsrdns source. Heil.
66.45.179.199attivitaestremi.com2011ItalianCGIsports
66.45.179.200foodwineandsuch.com2011EnglishfoodNo Wayback Machine archives. Entitled "Food, wine & such".
66.45.179.201hitthepavementnow.com2011EnglishCGIsports, running
66.45.179.202newimages.org2011TurkishTurkeyJARphotographyJAR unarchived
66.45.179.203noticiascontinental.com2011SpanishSouth AmericaCGInews
66.45.179.205noticiasporjanua.com2011SpanishJARnews
66.45.179.206podisticamondiale.com2010ItalianItalyJARsports, runningmarked copyright 2010
66.45.179.207reflectordenoticias.com2011SpanishJARnews
66.45.179.208havenofgamerz.com2011EnglishCGIgamingmarked copyright 2009
66.45.179.209vejaaeuropa.com2011Brazilian PortugueseBraziltravelweb.archive.org/web/20130810131440/http://www.vejaaeuropa.com/: Welcome to the US Petabox. cqcounter.com/whois/www/vejaaeuropa.com.html confirms Brazilian Portuguese. Entitled "Veja a Europa" (Visit Europe, lit. See Europe)
66.45.179.210sa-michigan.com2011EnglishJARsports"sa" is an abbreviation for the site title "Sports Alive"
66.45.179.211absolutebearing.net2010EnglishCGItravel, sports, boats
66.45.179.213myportaltonews.com2011EnglishJSnews
66.45.179.214investmentintellect.com2011EnglishJARfinance
66.45.179.215nigeriastar.net2011EnglishNigeriaJARnewsContains link to unarchived JAR
66.104.169.163doctorsoncallsite.com2011EnglishJARhealth
66.104.169.164lightandshadowonline.com2010EnglishJARphotography
66.104.169.168plugged-into-news.net2010EnglishJARnewsJAR uses .zip extension! First instance, wow
66.104.169.169worldsportsite.com2011ArabicsportsComms not found. rss-items, split images. Has some apparently unrelated archives from 2008: web.archive.org/web/20080617213238/http://www.worldsportsite.com:80/
66.104.169.171golf-on-holiday.com2011EnglishJARsports, golf
66.104.169.172perspectiva-noticias.com2011SpanishJSnews
66.104.169.175aquaswimming.com2009EnglishJARsports, swimming
66.104.169.177dojo-temple.com2011EnglishCGIsports, martial artsTODO meaning of "kama"? Kama lol?
66.104.169.179neighbour-news.com2010EnglishGermanyJARnewsMentions of Goethe-Institut and Germany all over. JAR unarchived
66.104.169.180medicatechinfo.com2010EnglishJShealth
66.104.169.181brickmanfinancialnews.com2011EnglishJSfinance
66.104.169.182casanewsnow.com2011EnglishJARJAR unarchived. TODO why "casa"? Doesn't seem to have any link to Spanish or Portuguese.
66.104.169.184bcenews.com2011AlbanianAlbaniaJARnewsUsed to be a legit Korean website circa 2004: web.archive.org/web/20030401214602/http://www.bcenews.com/
66.104.173.163runakonews.com2011EnglishAfricaCGInews"Runako" is an African given name.
66.104.173.164shoppingadventure.net2010EnglishJARtravel, shoppingJAR unarchived
66.104.173.165entertaining-ly.com2011EnglishJARentertainment
66.104.173.166zubeenews.com2011EnglishJSnews"Zubee" is a Muslim name: muslimnames.com/zubee.
66.104.173.169smart-financeology.com2011EnglishJARfinance
66.104.173.173worldfeedstoday.com2011EnglishnewsNo main page Wayback Machine archives. Subpage archive: 2011 has a.newslink. Slightly innovative style with multi-language tabs. There is some potential for error, but let's consider it. world-newsfeeds.com also known on same IP but with no known archives.
66.104.173.175media-coverage-now.com2010EnglishSWFnews
66.104.173.176jbc-online-news.com2011EnglishJSnewsTODO meaning of "JCB". JS unarchived.
66.104.173.177webscooper.com2011EnglishJARnews
66.104.173.178dk-dcinvestment.com2010EnglishJARfinanceTODO meaning of "dk;dc".
66.104.173.179newsforthetech.com2011Englishnews, techWelcome to the US Petabox.
66.104.173.180stara-turistick.com2011CroatianJARtourism
66.104.173.181playbackpolitics.com2011EnglishJSnews
66.104.173.182snapnewsfront.net2011EnglishJapanJSnews
66.104.173.183ingenuitytrendz.com2011EnglishJARtech
66.104.173.184armashoy.com2011SpanishSpainSWFgunsmeaning: "Weapons Today". In First World countries the CIA felt it would be safe to touch edgier subjects like guns
66.104.173.185baocontact.comEnglishJARHTML archive almost empty, but JAR was archived. One wonders what "bao" refers to, could be Chinese, but the small snippet of visible website is in English.
66.104.173.186myworldlymusic.com2011EnglishPakistanJARmusicJAR unarchived
66.104.173.189hitpoint-gaming.com2011EnglishJSgamingMarked copyright 2010
66.104.175.34itwebtoday.com2011EnglishJStech
66.104.175.35drglobalnews.com2011EnglishJARnewsTODO meaning of "dr"? rdns source.
66.104.175.36adilnews.net2010ArabicSWFnewsAdil is an Arabic masculine name
66.104.175.40beyondnetworknews.com2011EnglishEgyptCGInews
66.104.175.41grubbersworldrugbynews.com2011EnglishJSsports, rugby
66.104.175.42news-and-sports.com2011EnglishJARnewsrss, split images
66.104.175.44yourtripfinder.net2010Englishtravelcomms not found, CGI from unarchived subpage assumed
66.104.175.45rollinsnetwork.com2011EnglishCGItechArchive quite broken. CGI linked to but not archived. Seems to have been legit circa 2006. cqcounter.com/whois/www/rollinsnetwork.com.html empty from 2025.
66.104.175.46infosharenews.com2011EnglishJARnews
66.104.175.47southasiaheadlines.com2011EnglishBangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka TibetJARtravelJAR linked to but missing from archive
66.104.175.48worlddispatch.net2010ArabicSWFnews
66.104.175.49webworldsports.com2011ArabicJARsports
66.104.175.50fly-bybirdies.com2011EnglishJARtravel
66.104.175.51businessexchangetoday.com2011EnglishCGInews, financePHP pages
66.104.175.52mensajeradenoticias.com2011SpanishCGInewsCGI unarchived
66.104.175.53info-ology.net2010EnglishJARnews
66.104.175.54marketflows.net2011EnglishJARfinance
66.104.175.57metanewsdaily.com2010EnglishCGInews
66.175.106.134paddlescoop.com2011EnglishBangladesh, Pakistan, India, EnglandJARsports, cricket
66.175.106.137kessingerssportsnews.com2010EnglishJSsports
66.175.106.138factorforcenews.com2009EnglishJARnews
66.175.106.142kanata-news.com2010EnglishCanadaJSnews"Kanata" is a place in Ottawa, Canada. The name is likely of Indigenous origin.
66.175.106.143thecricketfan.com2011EnglishJARnews
66.175.106.146inews-today.com2011EnglishEgyptJARnewsMarked copyright 2008
66.175.106.147starwarsweb.net2010EnglishSWFfansitewell, not even the CIA can escape Star Wars. TODO identify boy.
66.175.106.148activegaminginfo.com2011ChineseJARgamingthe website is entitled "活跃游戏" which means "Lively games", or "active games" as in the domain name itself. The center character seems to be from one of the infinitely many Romance of the Three Kingdoms games that must exist: www.gamersky.com/news/200711/82611.shtml
66.175.106.149feedsdemexicoyelmundo.com2011SpanishMexicoJSnews
66.175.106.150noticiasmusica.net2010Brazilian PortugueseBrazilJARmusic
66.175.106.155atomworldnews.com2011EnglishEgyptJARnews
66.175.106.158nouvellesetdesrapports.com2011FrenchEgypt, TunisiaJARnews
66.237.236.227newsandmusicminute.com2011PashtoJSmusic
66.237.236.229pearls-playlist.com2011EnglishSWFmusic
66.237.236.230beyondthefringe.info2012EnglishJARrugsJAR unarchived
66.237.236.231primetimemovies.net2009EnglishJSfilmsJS unarchived
66.237.236.235persephneintl.com2013JARarchive very broken, JAR unarchived. Full title: "Persephne International", reference to Greek Goddess of "spring, the dead, the underworld, grain, and nature". cqcounter.com/whois/www/persephneintl.com.html shows us how it would have looked like.
66.237.236.236directoalgrano.net2010SpanishJARnews
66.237.236.240actualizaciondebeisbol.com2011SpanishJSsports, baseball
66.237.236.243mygadgettech.com2009ChineseCGItechArchive very broken. cqcounter.com/whois/www/mygadgettech.com.html shows it better. The Chinese title was "我的灵巧技术".
66.237.236.247comunidaddenoticias.com2011SpanishEcuadorJARnews
66.237.236.249sumerjaseahora.com2011SpanishCGIsports, SCUBA divingsubmerge yourself now
69.84.156.69al-ashak-news-me.com2011ArabicJSnews
69.84.156.70theventurenews.info2011Englishnews
69.84.156.71worldfinancetoday.net2011EnglishJARfinance
69.84.156.72autonewsarabia.com2011ArabicJARcars
69.84.156.74blue-moon-news.com2011ArabicJSnews
69.84.156.76tnc-urdu.com2011UrduJARtechTODO meaning of "tnc"?
69.84.156.80noticiasdenuestromundo.com2011SpanishnewsSouth America focus
69.84.156.82arabicnewsonline.com2011ArabicJARnewsrdns source. Some very similar domains: modernarabicnews.com, arabicnewsource.com. Needed more creativity here! Later legit.
69.84.156.83unganadormundial.com2010SpanishCGIsports, fitness
69.84.156.84focusonbokeh.com2011EnglishphotographyNo Wayback Machine archives or broken. The design is a bit innovative, but fuck it I'll mark it as a hit. Only a "Sony" logo remains: web.archive.org/web/20110207222330/http://focusonbokeh.com/images/logo_014.jpg A photography website "Focus on Bokeh" as suggested by the domain name. reimaginepeacefulparenting.com/make-kids-happy/ contains the cute stock Asian girl. "Login" link visible suggesting CGI comms.
69.84.156.85classic-rocktopia.com2011Englishmusic, rockStock image e.g. at: www.dissection.nu/frames.htm
69.84.156.87i7diver.com2011Englishdiving
69.84.156.88diariodeelmundo.com2011SpanishJARnews
69.84.156.89todaysarabnews.com2011ArabicJARnewsJAR unarchived.
69.84.156.90stickshiftnews.com2011EnglishJARcars
69.84.156.91theinternationalgoal.com2011SpanishCGInews
72.34.53.174electronictechreviews.com2011EnglishJARtechJAR unarchived. Split images, rss-items. Present at "Mass Deface III" pastebin.
72.34.53.174just-the-news.com2011ArabicJARnewscopyright 2009. Present at "Mass Deface III" pastebin. JAR unarchived.
72.34.53.174kickitnews.com2010ArabicJARsports, footballcopyright 2009. Present at "Mass Deface III" pastebin.
72.34.53.174moyistochnikonlaynovykhigr.com2011RussianRussiafansitecopy of myonlinegamesource.com, but on a Russian transliterated domain rather than the English one, very interesting
72.34.53.174myhealthlibrary.net2011EnglishJARhealthpresent at: "Mass Deface III" pastebin.
72.34.53.174myonlinegamesource.com2011RussianRussiagamingCan't find comms, but stylistically perfect. rss-items. Present at "Mass Deface III" pastebin.
72.34.53.174mytravelopian.com2011EnglishJARtravel
72.34.53.174recursosdenoticias.com2011SpanishJARnewsSplit images, rss-items. Present at "Mass Deface III" pastebin.
72.34.53.174sayaara-auto.com2010ArabicJARcars
72.34.53.174technologytodayandtomorrow.com2011EnglishJARtechrss-items. Present at "Mass Deface III" pastebin.
72.34.53.174todaysnewsandweather-ru.com2011RussianRussiaJSnewsJavaScript with SHAs
74.116.72.227dayenews.com2011EnglishJARnewsrdns source. Previously 69.74.45.67.
74.116.72.229guide-daventure.com2011FrenchFranceJARtravel
74.116.72.231bleachersfootballnews.com2011EnglishJARsports, footballTODO meaning of "Bleacher"? Possible reference to Bleacher Report.
74.116.72.232indirectfreekick.com2011EnglishJARsports, football
74.116.72.233wwiichronicles.net2011EnglishCGIhistory
74.116.72.234petroleumagenews.com2011EnglishJARoil
74.116.72.235the-open-book-online.com2011EnglishJSliterature
74.116.72.236techtopnews.com2011EnglishJARtech
74.116.72.238pohandakhbar.com2011ArabicnewsArabic titlel: "خبرونه پوهاند" translates as "News Professor", and the domain name seems to be a transliteration of that.
74.116.72.239crickettoday.info2013PashtoJSsports, cricketJS unarchived. The requested URL /cricket.js was not found on this server
74.116.72.240zafernews.com2011ArabicJARnews
74.116.72.241itechnewstoday.com2011Englishnews"IT Tech News Today". Broken/GoDaddy takeover.
74.116.72.242gdgtsource.com2011EnglishCGItechPresumably "gdgt" stands for "GaDGeT", which is mentioned on subtitle
74.116.72.243waronfilmonline.com2011Englishcinema
74.116.72.244arborstribune.org2011newsTODO what is "Arbors"?
74.116.72.246vuvuzelanews.com2011EnglishJARsports, footballVuvuzela is this plastic horn, popular in football stadiums. The term is of African origin. Later legit. rdns source. Previously at 69.74.45.86.
74.116.72.247ballbatstumpsandbails.com2011EnglishJARsports, cricket
74.116.72.248kioni-sailing.com2011sports, sailing
74.116.72.249round-trip-travel.com2010EnglishCGItravelthis got archived a lot of times, though all seem to be Alexa crawls.
74.116.72.250arabicnewsource.com2011ArabicCGInews
74.254.12.163half-court.net2010EnglishPhilippinesJARsports, basketball
74.254.12.164dailywellnessnews.com2011EnglishJARhealthrdns source. split images[ref][ref].
74.254.12.165dylandon.net2011ChineseSWFmusic"Dylan" presumably a reference to Bob Dylan? "Don" unclear. Maybe Don McLean? But it is all a bit weird given that the actual contents of the website don't seem to have anything to do with music, it appears to just be a news aggregator.
74.254.12.166afghanpoetry.net2010EnglishAfghanistanSWFpoetryAlso at 63.131.229.10[ref] in a range.
74.254.12.168non-stop-news.net2010FarsiJARnews
74.254.12.169soldiersofsouthasia.com2011EnglishJARhistory
74.254.12.170greek-news.info2011EnglishGreecenewsWelcome to the US Petabox.
74.254.12.171autism-news.org2011EnglishSWFhealthcopyright 2007. Split images. rss-items. Previously at 69.74.45.67. After these revelations, security researcher Ellie registered the domain and she found that there was a link on Wikipedia to the website from back in 2011 when it was still live.
74.254.12.173thefreshnews.com2009EnglishSWFnewsrss, split images
74.254.12.176pakcricketgrd.com2011UrduJARsports, cricketTODO meaning of "grd"
74.254.12.177networkofnews.com2011EnglishJARnewsrdns source. Later legit.
74.254.12.179wineconnaisseur.net2010EnglishJSwine
74.254.12.187efiinvestment.com2011Englishfinance, newsTODO meaning of EFI
74.254.12.180helpinghandssite.com2011EnglishJARnews
74.254.12.188first-tee-golf.com2011EnglishJARsports, golf
74.254.12.189fabu-foto.com2011EnglishCGIphotography
74.254.12.190viptravelabroad.com2011EnglishJStravel
174.133.70.18dryterrainnews.com2011EnglishAfricaJARnewsrss
174.133.70.18thefootball-life.com2011EnglishJSsports, footballrss, split images
174.133.70.18thenewsofpakistan.com2009EnglishPakistanJARnewsa.rss-item, split images
174.133.70.18totallynewsnow.com2011EnglishJSnewsrss
199.19.110.7classymotors.net2011EnglishJScarsrss-items
199.19.110.7russiansportsworld.com2010EnglishJSsportsSplit headers. Unarchived middle frame, visible at: dawhois.com/www/russiansportsworld.com.html. Russian title: "Русский мир спорта" (Russian world of sport)
199.19.110.7theworldnewsfeeds.com2011EnglishJARnewsrss-items. Split images[ref][ref]
199.19.110.7urbestbod.com2011ChineseCGIsports, fitnessNo Wayback Machine archives. Broken Chinese site as usual for their archives. The headline: "你最好的身体.最好的健康和健身信息" translates as "Your Best Body The best health and fitness information", so we understand that the domain name is a super broken "your best body". Visible is a link to "论坛" (forum), so likely CGI
199.85.212.105mide-news.com2010EnglishCGInews"MIDE" stands for "Middle East". Comms not archived, presumably CGI comms variant.
199.85.212.111newsandsportscentral.com2009EnglishJARnewsrdns source
199.85.212.118just-kidding-news.com2011EnglishJARnewsepic name
199.187.208.12webofcheer.com2011EnglishJARfansite, comedyhas a an unarchived "members only!" section pointing to webofcheer.com/member.html, CGI comms variant. Copyright 2005! Features Johnny Carson, Charles Chaplin, Rowan Atkins, The Three Stooges and some other Americans no one knows about anymore. There must have been a massive Johnny Carson amongst the CIA contractors at that time given alljohnny.com! The HTML page is weirdly titled pg1c. Interesting, feels like a leak of the site generation system.
199.187.208.12world-news-online.net2010EnglishJARnewsa.rss-item, split images
204.176.38.130i-pressnews.com2011EnglishJARnews
204.176.38.132turkishnewslinks.com2011EnglishTurkeyJARnews
204.176.38.133globalcitizennews.net2010EnglishJARnewsrss, split images
204.176.38.134photographyarecord.com2011EnglishCGIphotographyCute
204.176.38.135breakingthewicket.com2011EnglishCGIsports, cricket
204.176.38.136politicalworldtoday.com2011EnglishEgyptJARnews
204.176.38.137hi-tech-today.com2011EnglishJARtech
204.176.38.139bigscreenbattles.com2011EnglishJARfilms
204.176.38.141rakotafootball.com2011EnglishJARsports, football"Rakota" is an Indian family name
204.176.38.143noticiassofisticadas.com2011SpanishCGInews
204.176.38.142senderosdemontana.com2011SpanishJSsports, cyclingTalks about mountain biking and Eurobike 2010, so likely Spain focused, but it is not direct enough to be certain. JS unarchived.
204.176.38.144techno-today.com2011EnglishJARtechwas legit previously.
204.176.38.145tickettonews.com2011EnglishJARnewsrdns source. Epoch times link.
204.176.38.146dps-digitalphotosharing.com2011EnglishJARphotography
204.176.38.147theputtingreen.com2011EnglishJARsports, golf
204.176.38.149sportsnewstodayar.com2011ArabicLebanon, othersJARsports"ar" on domain name presumably means "Arabic"
204.176.38.159kairuafricanews.com2011EnglishAfricaJARnewswhat is "Kairu"? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kairu a place in India? en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kairu "frog" in Japanese? rdns source
204.176.39.97beamingnews.com2011ArabicJARnewsNice design. rdns source
204.176.39.98cubriendonoticias.com2011SpanishJARnewsarchive quite broken. JAR unarchived. cqcounter.com/whois/www/cubriendonoticias.com.html not found.
204.176.39.100rowleyworldpost.com2011EnglishEgypt, othersJARnews
204.176.39.103economicnewsbuzz.com2011KoreanCGIfinanceLove the kawaii style
204.176.39.104spectranewsonline.com2011EnglishCGInewsmarked copyright 2010.
204.176.39.105entertainmentnewscompany.com2011ChineseSWFfilms, musicTitle: "娱乐新闻公司", lit. Entertainment News Company
204.176.39.110arabnewsatdawn.com2011ArabicCGInewscute, the Arab chick's ice cream actually has a cocktail umbrella on it. Marked copyright 2010. Here she is: www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/young-veiled-woman-reading-newspaper-eating-4836766 by Anneka. Pinged her privately on www.facebook.com/Anyka.Fotografie.
204.176.39.115globalprovincesnews.com2010ArabicJSnewsThe largest HTML by far so far at 328 KiB
204.176.39.116mahparah-news.com2011FarsiJSnews
204.176.39.119commercialspacedesign.com2013FarsiCGIarchitectureC O N C E P T U A L design. A rare example of a fake company website.
207.150.191.68kickofffootballnews.com2010EnglishCGIsports, footballrss-item. archive quite broken, comms not found. "login" link web.archive.org/web/20100512232600/http://kickofffootballnews.com/login.html to unarchived, so CGI comms likely. cqcounter.com/whois/www/kickofffootballnews.com.html in-style.
207.150.191.68mywebofnews.com2011ArabicJARnewsSplit images[ref][ref]. rss-items.
207.150.191.68technologypresstoday.com2011FarsiJARnewssplit images, RSS
207.150.191.68worldofonlinenews.com2011EnglishJARnewssplit images[ref][ref]. Later legit.
207.210.250.131starrynightnews.com2011ArabicJSnewsinteresting design
207.210.250.132aeronet-news.com2011EnglishJARairplanes
207.210.250.133bakaribulletin.com2011EnglishAfricaJSnewsBakari could either be a given name, or a village in Togo
207.210.250.134deprensaenlarevisiondehoy.com2011SpanishJARnews
207.210.250.135icwb-news.com2011EnglishJARnewsICWB stands for "Inner Circle Worldwide Business (News)", the title of the website
207.210.250.136sportsreelhighlights.com2011EnglishJARsports
207.210.250.138inquiry-human-past.com2011EnglishJARhistory
207.210.250.139thefairwaysaregreen.com2011ThaiJARsports, golf
207.210.250.142russiaupdate.com2011RussiannewsOlder unrelated archive: web.archive.org/web/20010429003443/http://russiaupdate.com/. Visible but possibly cut title "Россия Обновление" (Russia Update)
207.210.250.143archaeologyreview.net2010EnglishJARhistory, archeology
207.210.250.146noticias-caracas.com2011SpanishVenezuelaCGInewsCaracas is the capital of Venezuela. But you knew that, right?
207.210.250.147bailandstump.com2011EnglishJSsports, cricket"Bail" and "Stump" are the two parts of the thing your're supposed to hit with the ball in cricket.[ref]
207.210.250.148classicalmusic4arab.com2011musicThe first words in the title are "كلاسيكيات الموسيقى العربية" (Arabic music classics)
207.210.250.149globalventurestat.com2008EnglishSWFnews
207.210.250.152al-rashidrealestate.com2010ArabicEgyptCGIfinance, real-estate
207.210.250.153newsintheworld-ru.com2011RussianJARnews
207.210.250.154news-unlimited.info2011Englishnews"members" link visible so likely GI comms.
208.93.112.105fastnews-online.com2009EnglishJARnewsa.newslink
208.93.112.106travelxtreme.net2008EnglishJARtravelsplit images
208.93.112.108nbanewsroundup.com2013EnglishCGIsports, basketballquite broken with only HTML archived in 2013, but we're counting it due to coms link and IP range. cqcounter.com/whois/www/nbanewsroundup.com.html shows it well.
208.93.112.110luxuryfive.net2011EnglishtravelTitle: "Luxury five"
208.93.112.111topfootballnewsonline.com2011Englishsports, footbal"Top Football News Online".
208.93.112.112todaysportscores.com2011Englishsports
208.93.112.114dynamicworldnews.com2011Englishnews
208.93.112.116gazingvoyage.com2011Englishtravel
208.93.112.123garundipost.com2011EnglishnewsTODO meaning of "Garundi"
208.254.38.39todaysengineering.com2011EnglishCGIengineering
208.254.38.56nejadnews.com2011ArabicJARnewsrss, JAR unarchived
208.254.40.96sixty2media.com2011EnglishVariousJARnewsEpoch times link
208.254.40.99newspoliticssource.com2013ArabicJARnewsOne of the news mentions Snowden
208.254.40.110musical-fortune.net2010EnglishCGImusicimages /images/banner-02.jpg
208.254.40.113ashoka-gemstones.com2010EnglishJARjewelry
208.254.40.117worldnewsandent.com2010ArabicEgyptCGImews
208.254.40.124riskandrewardnews.com2013EnglishCGIfinance
208.254.42.194it-proonline.com2011EnglishCGItechimages /images/header_01.jpg
208.254.42.205driversinternationalgolf.com2011EnglishCGIsports, golf
208.254.42.209mardelsurnoticias.com2011SpanishJARnewsweird mixture of Portuguese and Spanish language external links
208.254.42.215nowfreshfinances.com2011EnglishCGIfinanceCGI unarchived
208.254.42.216circulatingnews.net2010EnglishJARtravel
208.254.42.219westingtonpassnews.com2011EnglishJARnews
209.162.192.44thejewelofsouthamerica.com2010SpanishCGInature, birdsrss-item, split images. CGI unarchived but likely under the "Foro" (Forum) link. Talks about the Amazon river and rainforest which it refers to in the Spanish title of the English domain: "La Joya de Sudamerica" (The Jewl of South America).
209.162.192.49rastadirect.net2010EnglishJARfansite
209.162.192.51yellow-chair-report.com2011EnglishCGInewsrss-item, split images. CGI unarchived likely under "Members" link.
209.162.192.57globalnewsreports.net2010EnglishCGInewsrss-item. Copyright 2008. CGI unarchived. Comms unarchived likely CGI under "Forum" link
209.162.192.59easytravelsite.net2009EnglishCGInewsSplit headers. CGI unarchived, likely under "Login" link.
209.51.136.178cellar-notes.com2011EnglishJARwinerss, split images, JAR unarchived
209.51.136.178the-news-scene.com2011EnglishJARnewssplit images, RSS
210.80.75.36e-commodities.net2011EnglishJARfinance
210.80.75.37trekkingtoday.com2011EnglishJARsports, runningsplit images[ref][ref]. rdns source.
210.80.75.41multinews-33.comJARnewsNo archives of the HTML, but the JAR was archived
210.80.75.43gulfandmiddleeastnews.com2011ArabicJSnews
210.80.75.44whirlybirdinflight.com2011EnglishJARhelicopters
210.80.75.45kings-game.net2011EnglishJARgaming, chessJAR unarchived
210.80.75.46topglobalnewsdaily.com2011EnglishJSnews
210.80.75.49recipe-dujour.com2011EnglishJARcookingnice design
210.80.75.53sportsman-elite.com2011Englishsports
210.80.75.55philippinenewsonline.net2010PhilippinesJARnews
210.80.75.56technewsforme.com2011FarsiJARtech
210.80.75.59goldeportesnoticias.com2011Spanishsports, football
212.4.16.224lanoticiasdehoyelinforme.com2010SpanishJARnews
212.4.16.232mynewscheck.com2011EnglishCanadaJARnewsrdns source
212.4.16.245financial-crisis-news.com2011RussianRussiaJARnewsrdns source
212.4.16.252minutosdenoticias.com2010SpanishCGInewsCSS
212.4.17.38fightwithoutrules.com2011RussianJARsports, combat sportsThe photo on top middle can be seen e.g. at spfightingtalk.wordpress.com/2013/01/18/breaking-down-mixed-martial-arts-what-is-mma/. The fither on top is Mac Danzig, TODO find bottom one lazy now.
212.4.17.41newtechfrontier.com2010EnglishCGItechsince became legit: newtechfrontier.com/
212.4.17.43smart-travel-consultant.com2011ChineseCGItravelajaxtax.js may be of interest for fingerprinting. Title: "智能旅行顾问", lit. Smart Travel Consultant
212.4.17.46atentlaloc.com2009EnglishQuatar, Lebanon, Israel, IranJSjewelryTlaloc is an Aztec deity, and Aten is an Egyptian deity. Both appear to be somewhat linked to gold, thus their usage in a jewelry website. Creative domain name.
212.4.17.53newsresolution.net2010EnglishCôte d'Ivoire, Lebanon, SudanJARnews, UN Peacekeeping
212.4.17.56lesummumdelafinance.com2010FrenchFranceJARfinance
212.4.17.98topbillingsite.com2011EnglishCGIfilms
212.4.17.122b2bworldglobal.com2011EnglishCGInews
212.4.17.125worldaroundyunnan.com2011ChineseJARnewsrss, split images, JAR
212.4.17.160localtoglobalnews.com2010EnglishJARnewsrss, split images
212.4.18.14football-enthusiast.com2011EnglishEuropeJSsports, football
212.4.18.129sightseeingnews.com2010EnglishJARtravel
212.209.74.105globalbaseballnews.com2011EnglishJSsports, baseball
212.209.74.106football-de-luxe.com2010FrenchFranceJARsports, football
212.209.74.112developmental-league.com2010EnglishCGIsports, American footballCGI comms variant?
212.209.74.115mediocampodefutbol.com2010SpanishJARsports, football
212.209.74.117myengineeringaffinity.com2011EnglishJARtech
212.209.74.122atthemovies.biz2011EnglishJARcinemaArchive very broken with no text and rather only images in a table. But it has a link to unarchived JAR. The only .biz domain found so far as of writing. There are also some broken redirect archives from 2003.
212.209.74.123worldfinancialexchangenews.com2010EnglishSWFfinanceSWF unarchived.
212.209.74.124urouttahere.com2011EnglishTravelThe title means "you're out of here", a reference to this being a travel website. A closely stock image of the same child models is visible at: www.hammockbeach.com/play/kids-crew-resort-program/
212.209.74.125avoilurefixe.com2011FrenchTunisiaJARairplanes"à voilure fixe" is French for "with fixed wing", i.e. fixed wing aircraft
212.209.74.126headlines2day.com2011FarsiJARnewsmarked copyright 2009
212.209.79.34fgnl.net2011EnglishIranCGInewsfour letter domain! FGNL stands for "Farsi Global News Links" Marked copyright 2009.
212.209.79.37fitness-sources.com2010EnglishJSsports, fitness
212.209.79.40hydradraco.com2011EnglishJARsports, American footballTODO meaning of the name?
212.209.79.41noticiasdelmundolatino.com2011SpanishJARnews
212.209.79.42suparakuvi.com2011FrenchFranceJARnewsa Tour Eiffel image, and young people stuff, i.e. first world stuff. It's for France alright. But TODO meaning of domain name? Ciro's second language French didn't cut it this time.
212.209.79.46cetusdelph.com2011EnglishJSsports, scuba
212.209.79.47willtoworship.com2011EnglishJARreligion, Christianitymarked copyright 2007
212.209.79.48themvconnection.com2011EnglishJARmusic
212.209.79.51pi-resources.net2010EnglishJSprivate investigators"pi" stands for Private Investigators. The CIA must have had some fun making this one.
212.209.79.53ourscubaworld.com2011EnglishJSsports, scuba
212.209.79.58tech-love-home.com2011ChineseJStechTitle: "消费类电子产品", lit. Consummer Electronics
212.209.79.60first-solo-aviation.com2010EnglishJARairplanes
212.209.79.61china-destinations.org2011ChineseJStraveltitle: "中国目的地指南", lit. "China Destination Guide"
212.209.90.69worldedgenews.com2011EnglishJARnews
212.209.90.72talkingpointnews.info2011Englishnews
212.209.90.74globalinvestmentnews.net2010EnglishJARnewsrss, split images
212.209.90.75prebitinvestment.com2011EnglishfinanceTitle: "Pre-BIT Investment". TODO meaning of "BIT".
212.209.90.80nsmovies.net2010EnglishJARfilms"ns" stands for "Nirguna Saguna", two separate Hindu names/deities. But there are no other Indian references beyond those.
212.209.90.82middleeastjournal.net2010ArabicJSnews
212.209.90.84thenewseditor.com2011EnglishJARnews
212.209.90.87newsandweathersource.com2009EnglishJARnewsmarked copyright 2009.
212.209.90.89pakisports.com2010EnglishPakistanSWFsports
212.209.90.90vriha-aesthetics.com2011ArabicJSnews
212.209.90.92amishkanews.com2011EnglishIndiaJSnewsAmishka is an Indian name, plus some prominent mentions of Bollywood both point to India specifically
212.209.90.93theentertainbiz.com2011EnglishJARentertainment
212.209.90.94eurosportssummary.com2011EnglishJARsports
216.93.248.194esmundonoticias.com2011SpanishJARnewsrss-items. Shares IP with kukrinews.com.
216.93.248.194kukrinews.com2010EnglishJSNewsJavaScript with SHAs. Talks to /cgi-bin/news.cgi. A Kukri is the national weapon of Nepal. Slogan: "Nepal's Sharp Edge", thus matching the website name. Split image header. Copyright 2009. Shares IP with esmundonoticias.com.
216.93.248.194lasthournews.com2010UrdujARnewssplit images
216.93.248.194tech-geek-news.com2010ArabicJSnewsSplit images, rss-item. Comms unarchived. Wayback machine archive very broken but cqcounter.com/whois/www/tech-geek-news.com.html perfectly in style.
216.104.38.114all-sport-headlines.com2011ArabicJARnewssplit images[ref][ref]Arabic-looking alphabet, image only so can't Google translate easily.
216.104.38.114wahidfutbol.com2011ArabicJSfootballWayback Machine very broken. cqcounter.com/whois/www/wahidfutbol.com.html somewhat in-style, but not very typical.
216.104.38.114wildbirds-seasia.com2011EnglishJARnature, birdsSlit headers, rss-item. "Birds of Southeast Asia". Stock image match example at: fr.pinterest.com/pin/745627282030750518/, possibly a greater bird-of-paradise.
216.105.98.132europeantravelcafe.com2010Englishtravelrss-items, split images. Marked copyright 2009. Comms not found. There's a currency converter at: web.archive.org/web/20100724024644/http://www.europeantravelcafe.com/tools.html which could be suspicious. The "plan your trip" link links to a different website: secure-cert.net/~etc/transport.html which is unusual. A similar thing happens in intloil.org. That link was removed from the next archive: web.archive.org/web/20110201192245/http://europeantravelcafe.com/ which is quite funny, looks like a bug and is possibly a link used by the CIA operators to manage the website? "secure-cert.net" is obscure, the only other surviving online mention of it is www.leewillis.co.uk/wordpress-plugins/#comment-6513
216.105.98.134fuenteneta.com2011SpanishnewsGoogle says:
"Fuente neta" in Spanish translates to "truth" or "for real" in a colloquial, Mexican context, emphasizing the truthfulness of what is being said
216.105.98.135ilat-news.com2011EnglishnewsThe domain stands for : "International Law Enforcement & Anti Terrorism", also on page "Law Enforcement and Anti Terrorism news".
216.105.98.136etherealinspirations.net2011EnglishreligionTitle: "Ethereal Inspirations"
216.105.98.137the-news-zone.com2011EnglishJARnewsThere is a broken archive: web.archive.org/web/20130814194744/http://the-news-zone.com/ which contains just the middle frame. But by chance the broken JAR link was there further confirming the hit!
216.105.98.139cultura-digital.net2008SpanishCGInewsMarked copyright 2008. Previously legit.
216.105.98.140uaeshoppingspree.com2013EnglishUAEJARshoppingArchive quite broken, but has link to unarchived JAR. Has an unusually personal touch "As you can probably tell from the title of my website, shopping is my very favorite pastime." cqcounter.com/whois/www/uaeshoppingspree.com.html shows it well.
216.105.98.144garanziadellasicurezza.com2011ItalianJARcommercialThe archive is quite broken with toplevel archiving a frame rather than the actual website. JAR unarchived. web.archive.org/web/20110822020341/http://www.garanziadellasicurezza.com:80/news.html has rss-item. I'm counting this one it's too much.
216.105.98.145montanismoaventura.com2012SpanishSpainJSsports, mountaineeringJS unarchived. Marked copyright 2010. More visible archive at: cqcounter.com/whois/www/montanismoaventura.com.html
216.105.98.146large-format-news.com2011Englishphotography
216.105.98.147nepalnewsbrief.com2008EnglishNepalJARnewsMarked copyright 2006 (!) Registered 2007-01-18.
216.105.98.148teclafinance.com2011ChinesefinanceCQ Counter screenshot rather broken but in a similar way as another Chinese website: cqcounter.com/whois/site/activegaminginfo.com.html so it seems that simply their screenshot mechanism of the time didn't have proper Chinese encoding support. The title is "特科拉财经" which Google Translate translates to "Tekola Finance", the first word apparently being the phonetic transliteration of a foreign name, but it is unclear what it references exactlyh.
216.105.98.149entreman.com2011EnglshCGIbusinessComms unarchived. Marked Copyright 2011. Archive a bit broken, original styling more clearly visible at: cqcounter.com/whois/www/entreman.com.html. Tis is the only website found so far that stores its custom fonts on the site e.g. /M-1c-fontfacekit/mplus-1c-black-webfont.svg. Stock of office workers at: www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/presentation-business-people-working-office-2-4767229 by Marcin Balcerzak. Light bulb stock at: www.bigstockphoto.com/image-4406416/stock-photo-money-light by PhilipO.
216.105.98.152modernarabicnews.com2013ArabicJARnewsHTML archive quite broken, but JAR was archived thankfully. cqcounter.com/whois/www/modernarabicnews.com.html shows it well. Original title: "أخبار عربية حديثة قياسي"
216.105.98.153global-headlines.com2011EnglishnewsWas a legitimate WordPress website for a while in 2020.
216.105.98.154everythingcricket.org2011EnglishJARsports, cricketAlso has archives from 2009, but they were a bit broken. The 2011 one is marked copyright 2011, so they actually bothered to updated that.
216.105.98.156familyhealthonline.net2011EnglishCGIhealth
216.105.98.157delacorne.com2011FrenchnewsThe title is french "Corne de l'Afrique Nouvelles" and "de la Corne", the French name for the Horn of Africa. So French but not France.
216.105.98.158econfutures.com2011EnglishfinanceAfrica focus. Stock image source: www.istockphoto.com/photo/asian-helpdesk-support-operator-gm147050715-12052374 by imabase
219.90.61.110surya-brahma.com2011SpanishJARnewsSurya and Brahman are Hindu concepts, but the website appears to have nothing to do with India or Hinduism. Interesting.
219.90.61.111classicalmusicboxonline.com2010EnglishCGImusic
219.90.61.116athletepro.net2010EnglishJARsports
219.90.61.117lajornadanow.com2010SpanishJARnews
219.90.61.119aviation-navigation.com2011Englishaviation
219.90.61.120theinternationalworld.com2011EnglishJARnewsrdns source. rss-items.
219.90.61.121thepyramidnews.com2011FarsiIranJARnews
219.90.61.122iran-newslink-today.com2011FarsiIranJARnews
219.90.61.123journeystravelled.com2011EnglishJARtravel
219.90.62.229information-junky.com2011EnglishGhanaJARnews
219.90.62.231todosperuahora.com2011SpanishPeruCGInews
219.90.62.233theworld-news.net2010UrduCGInews
219.90.62.234recuerdosdeviajeonline.com2011SpanishSWFtravelmarked "Copyright 2009"
219.90.62.235ordenpolicial.com2011SpanishSpainnews, security
219.90.62.237elcorreodenoticias.com2011SpanishVenezuelaJARnews
219.90.62.238freshtechonline.com2011EnglishCGItech
219.90.62.240cityworldnewsnow.com2011EnglishnewsHas subdomain secure.cityworldnewsnow.com so likely CGI comms. in-style, arab world mentions.
219.90.62.241newscentertoday.com2011EnglishJARnewsCopyright 2008. rdns source. rss-items. Later legit. In 2016: The domain name you have entered is not available. It has been taken down because the email address of the domain holder (Registrant) has not been verified..
219.90.62.242ride-captain.com2011EnglishJARsports, motorcyles
219.90.62.243fitness-dawg.com2021EnglishJARsports, fitnessOriginal Reuters article sample. Pushup dude stock: www.istockphoto.com/photo/sweating-young-man-doing-push-ups-gm115455429-645125 by Mike R. Manzano, pinged at: x.com/cirosantilli/status/1899750172260806711. Dude was an ex-Sr. Software engineer at Coinbase from 2019-2022, he likely retired with the Bitcoin boom already legend. Still making apps as of 2024 though: www.facebook.com/leftspin. Dog at: www.istockphoto.com/photo/english-bulldog-gm92095947-2629950 by GlobalP.
219.90.62.244easytraveleurope.com2012EnglishJARtravelnice design
219.90.62.245world-news-now.net2011EnglishJARnews
219.90.62.246negativeaperture.com2011EnglishCGIphotographynice domain name
219.90.62.247conquermstoday.com2011EnglishCGIhealthMS means multiple sclerosis. Comms not found, CGI from unarchived subpage assumed. Has a subdomain "heal.conquermstoday.com" according to 2013 DNS Census, but no links to it in the archive.
Integer Updated 2025-07-16
AMD employee Updated 2025-07-16
There are a few dozen ASCII arts in the blockchain.
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.
      _--------.
     /    ~~~~~~\                     p o u t i n e
    (_   ~~~@~~@|     Cthulhu wants your bitcoin/dogecoin, plz donate
     \   ~~//|\\\  |
      \   \|||/\\\_/
      /   /|//_/|/__   BTC : 1JsJs5d6E5SmJSGUiQ12uF1GDZxTCUWvf
     /    \_\ \|\|     DOGE: D93mn1utTc7REQQPjQSjFf9Boupm32gw88
    There were a few small donations: www.blockchain.com/explorer/addresses/BTC/1JsJs5d6E5SmJSGUiQ12uF1GDZxTCUWvf
  • tx 7b537ad012439c6306dd74e13ba9c20926d68d04fc0c6da2fc81a8eb8f9ea017 block 322917 (2014-09-28) via cryptograffiti.info: hello, it's the Internet:
             /\_/\
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      /~____  =
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  • Figure 1. .
    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:
    if you like it, leave a tip: 1MDBHLGV7WX9viRG9X4LfDQfCX8oZ9w
    TODO locate exact source photograph if one exists. The coin-like image behind them on the background appears to represent the statue of liberty.
    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:
    That's not, what the blockchain's for - BTC hall of fame.
    Yeah, yeah, I know. I couldn't help myself
    and tx 736026e3a8f41f186690e15168345fec54e19bab6d3127dc27e2976d0c1e11a4 block 324742 (2014-10-10) which contains another message though that one is less clear:
    thanks, 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:
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      / ___ \   |__|____    _____   ____   ______ ____   _____   ___________  _________    ____
     / / ._\ \  |  \__  \  /     \_/ __ \ /  ___// ___\ /     \ /  _ \_  __ \/ ___\__  \  /    \
    <  \_____/  |  |/ __ \|  Y Y  \  ___/ \___ \/ /_/  >  Y Y  (  <_> )  | \/ /_/  > __ \|   |  \
     \_____\/\__|  (____  /__|_|  /\___  >____  >___  /|__|_|  /\____/|__|  \___  (____  /___|  /
            \______|    \/      \/     \/     \/_____/       \/            /_____/     \/     \/
  • Figure 2. . (2014-10-12). Associated text:
    if you like it, leave a tip: 1MDBHLgv7WX9viRG9X4LfDQfCX8oZ9wviC
    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.
  • 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...:
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                  ./sdmmmmmmmmmmmmmmddy/.`
                :sdmmmmmdddddhhysyhhddddho-`
              -ydmmmmddddddddddhhyso++yhddh/``
             +dmmmdddddddyso++/++shdy+:/+ydho``
            +dmmdddddhhy:``       ./sh/.-/yhho`
           -dmmdddhhhy/`            `/y/`./yho-
          .hmddddhhhs:                :h.`::/-:`
          ydmmmdhhhy`                  s+ .` `.-
          ymmmmdhhh+                   /o  @R*.
          /mmmmdhhhs`                  ..
          `hmmmdhhhh/
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             :smmmmdddhhhhhhhhhhhhdddhh/
             ` -sdmmmmddddddddddddddmmmd-
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                   .-:odhmmmmmNNNNmdo/.
                       ``-sooosyho``
    
    -JGM
  • The Hashling
    
      /\|--|/\
      /\|OO|/\
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    @BraveTheWorld
    @petertoddbtc
    Code 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:
    https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cirosantilli/media/master/bitcoin-inscription-indexer/data/bin/a96bda1363e8968f45b05e3c1940ba37b18de53de0157d453ca9bfc44913768c.png
    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. @BraveTheWorld is 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 -0600
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  • 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
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  • tx 0913d8125167f728cec1b95d27e6fc62a7a45af35eecfefd3b5000e367ee1468 (2015-02-01) via cryptograffiti.info: ASCII typeface add for an unsuccessful cryptocurrency with a link to its homepage zeit-coin.net:
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            (_) |          (_)
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    |_  / _ \ | __/ __/ _ \| | '_ \
     / /  __/ | || (_| (_) | | | | |
    /___\___|_|\__\___\___/|_|_| |_|
    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"
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      / /\ \        / /\ \
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    /_____________/ /______\
            \ \  / /
             \ \/ /
              \  /
               \/
    
        HELLO FROM ZOG
    The signature however appears ironic and could stand for "Zionist Occupation Government"
  • Muy feliz cumple Manu! ---- The Fantastic Four Gang :-D
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    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
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    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
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    Code 2.
    Muy feliz cumple Manu!
    tx 00d8871c1b3fb85912616bb2602b5a9869a345d9fa092f8454614c6158c83d10 (2015-04-08)
    Muy feliz cumple Manu! ---- The Fantastic Four Gang :-D
    which means: "Happy birthday, Manu", in Spanish, followed by Manu's face in medium resolution
    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:
    Viva la Revolucion! Happy Birthday Santi! Manu, Santi, Demi, Esteban
    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:and we've decoded it manually in Vim.
    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:
    bitcoin-core.cli getblock 00000000000000000baf6e3006fd05a1c5dbca3d430012180f8098cbe8b8ce22
    many of the transactions are contiguous but we haven't checked all of them.
  • Figure 5.
    Warren Buffet
    .
    tx 0fc0c50e410b62ee3a316135711116db6b4e728841c976f29ab85e2a41e0dcc3 block 368133 (2015-08-02) Associated message:
    if you like it, leave a tip: 1P675gRxNwhFXgfuDu5yXwGDgwLDbXNJqz BM-2cUDAqyqcnksx7YDtgu2y72xDxcRjPeYfo
    1P675gRxNwhFXgfuDu5yXwGDgwLDbXNJqz was never tipped so far: www.blockchain.com/explorer/addresses/btc/1P675gRxNwhFXgfuDu5yXwGDgwLDbXNJqz TODO what is "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 time
    Interestingly, 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
    Change is returned towards the middle at output 545 right back to the sending address 1Jhf86XdHsAQYKRZjQ1CuJCnyUqVKnasEW, thus slightly breaking a raw non-ASCII-only dump.
  • Figure 7. . 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:
    To my dear friend Mariano, por muchos anos más de diversión!
    the Spanish part translates to:
    Here's to many more years of fun
    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:
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    |___|    |_______||_______||___| |_______|  |_______||_______||_|   |_||___|    |_______||_______|
    
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    which reads:
    Feliz cumple, Marian
    which means:
    Happy Birthday, 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?
    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:
    vaardig regulerend de orde van de dag
    Is in Dutch of course, literally:
    skillfully regulating the order of the day
    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.
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    The poem also appears at: 2422215c9a6040c0e337bf1c1e9b2b32244a1e36f3dd3e79fb77592c90bbb5a8.
  • tx a55e7587bb34a56ae1113b0848506ea2fcf0c0e1af8c241e76677eb2bcb727eb (2016-04-27) via cryptograffiti.info
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    The 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:
    Denk niet wit, denk niet zwart.
    Denk niet zwart-wit
    Maar alleen aan de kleur van je hart.
    translation;
    Don't think white, don't think black.
    Don't think black and white
    But only by the color of your heart.
    of the 1984 song "Zwart Wit" (Black and white) by Dutch artist Frank Boeijen, sample performance by the artist:
    Video 1.
    Zwart Wit by Frank Boeijen
    . Source.
  • tx 15fb36eb159d2bbc78a4a4dffc29d166e662a020f42211c176648015102cbf77, block 410366 (2016-05-05) via cryptograffiti.info has a cute "ASCII art poem" if you will:
    ####################
    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
    ####################
    57bc317de1d9a1724b751a008951f76c79c0b787d47cb7561598cc62994237ab has a related one.
  • tx e10c958e199daf71ab31342d40e188380fe84f07abee6a11d02c274d5431902a (2016-05-26) via cryptograffiti.info ASCII typeface spelling "CrimsonHexagon"
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            \/                \/     \/           \/       \/       \/      \/     \//_____/             \/
                                       http://smarturl.it/spacetransient
    The URL redirect is dead as of January 2024. Possible meaning: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimson_Hexagon
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    Dr. Bill Maurer
    Economic anthropologist
    Code 3.
    ASCII art of Dr. Bill Maurer
    .
    tx 06d2528cfabf360c7a8f925d84207d47612cd0ac1ad2efd8aea9758263d9738b (2016-07-13) via cryptograffiti.info entitled:
    Dr. Bill Maurer
    Economic anthropologist
    His university home page faculty.sites.uci.edu/wmmaurer/ describes himself as:
    Professor Maurer is a cultural anthropologist and sociolegal scholar. His work explores the technological infrastructures and social relations of exchange and payment.
    His Wikipedia page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Maurer.
  • tx e35a9a198b77ece71272b66f94f9329184c6e4ee48e9e768e54ee8caf5d471fb block 425758 (2016-08-18) via cryptograffiti.info has a dark one:
    killyour
    children
    setthemz
    free.il+
    6(\___/)
    6( O_O )
    6 `---`%
    evlbunny
    here)to@
    rule^you
    which reads:
    Kill your children, set them free. 666. Evil bunny here to rule you.
  • tx eede99ab9b50aa5871fcb4b1d0d1a22ac2fa94b08172b1fa677f0b200e96f84a blk 437669 (2016-11-06):
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    APPLE BAKE '16
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    Code 4. .
    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.
    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.
  • tx 12fba831eb6de8eb944e80e42c78d29cf05a833831a335a5711a4b61cf90802e (2018-04-06)
    Grishchuk Roman_____
    Pavlovich___________
    ________AND_________
    Gres Anna Leonidovna
    Married 01/04/2015__
    ====================
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    Found by Messages from the mines.
  • 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:
    .............See the full picture at TDAmeritrade.com/Blockchain................
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  • tx eda919b0a61b91c1fb030e6af314dfe5aaa6198416bfdaf8599d7f1a80c5d614 block 526446 (2018-06-07) starts an ASCII art spread across several transactions on different lines. 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:
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  • tx 79947c26f8abc8d5c2a9b5442005a5426f35f436119b3092f59e6fe3fad80df1 block 530614 (2018-07-05) has this lolcat:
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  • tx f8102999c0aaf7681deec383eb8e7946f093e94a116a21e367e9ed6b7c32d1fb (2018-08-23) contains the logo of the GrrCon, an annual cybersecurity conference with message:
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    00000KKKKXXXXXXXXXXXl; .  .;colloollododdddllolc:,     .....:kNWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
    XXNNNNNNNNWWWWWWNNNXx,.    .;collcclodolllooolcc,      ...    .:xOOkkkkkxxxddd
    NNNNNNNXXXXKKKKKOkx'..  .   .':lolccccclodddol:'                .:lccccccccc::
    ooooooodddddddoc;'...   ....  .;loooddddxddlc;.           ..,:loool:::c:::::::
    lllllllllloll:,,'....... .      .:odddxdol;'.        ...'coooooooooo::::::::::
    ccccccccclcc;'''''..              .',;;'.                .';coolollod::::::;;;
    :::ccc::;;,.....                                              .',:cllo:::;;;;;
    :::,'.'...                                                         ..,c:;;;;;;
    ;......                                                               ..';;;;;
    ccc.                                                                     .,,,,
    cc.                                                                       .',,
    .,                                                                         .,,
    _______________________________________
    |         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/btc
    Translations:
    • Wir vermissen dich: We miss you
    • 杨一平: Yang Yiping
    • 我们思念你: We miss you
    • 杨一平与耶稣在一起: Yang Yiping is with Jesus
    The 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:
    archiviert auf der BTC Blockchain TX b8e80f2bd1eac8c6db4dfb8b6cc9c8eb71133cbc1a0d32e6952c1a2818eecc8f
    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 husband
    Figure 13.
    Off-chain image of Yang Yiping
    . Source.
    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:
    YOU ARE
        _
        |o}=
        | (
      / /)
      /_//
    _/_//
    \/_'
    __LL
    SO FAT
    and tx b478c2a3566fa644ccb3c9da567f39c9030e337537610c9ff5c5c885ea6109b8 block 693776 appears to follow up on it:
      _    _
    /and\/so \
    | (o><-) |
    \//\ /\\
      V_/ \_V
      `\ / '
      loved
      Chris<3
    Cute.
  • 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.
        ,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
    .
    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.
    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:
      ;4Fdzw1k=zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz;      
      ,vtv3f5aKY0jGQglP9a1AGw==.      
      ;BynQtpeUyWTXKGTrGhdV2Q==;      
      ;tVMd3L1CKM4wFmyxEEEUV2bY;      
    They seem like Base64 encoded data due to the = 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.
    @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@V/@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
    @@>                 @                   @.                  @,                  @'                  @;                  @^                  @''                 @:                  @>
             #          @   ###    ###*     @   ###########     @   ##########*     @   /###########    @   ###########*    @    /#########     @   ##########/     @   ###########/    \@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
          #######       @   ###    ##       @   ###             @   ###.            @   ###    #####    @   ###/*           @   ###     *##     @   ####,           @   ####"           @///
      #####     #####   @   ########(       @   #########       @   ########        @   ##########.     @   ##<             @   ####### ###     @   *#########      @   #######         KEEPCASE : THE
    ###(   ####   ####  @   ###     ###.    @   ###\            @   ####            @   #####/          @   ###\.           @   ####### ##/     @        ####       @   ###_            ORIGINAL HARDWARE
    ###  ###  ###  ##   @   ###     ###\    @   ##########      @   #########/      @   ###/            @   \#########*     @   ###     #*      @  #########        @   ###########(    WALLET CASE
    ###  ##    ##
    ###  ###  ###   ##
    ###    ####   ####
      #####     ####*
          ######,
    @@>>
    A bit later we see another ad for the same company:
    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:
    Chockchai Chawatcharaporn
    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:
    @   ###########*    @   ###    ###'     @    ########       @   ###    ###*     @   #########*      @   ###     ###"    @    /#########     @    ########/      @
    @   ###/*           @   ###    ###      @   ###    ###,     @   ###    ##       @   ##/*            @   ###     ###     @   ###     *##     @       ###.        @
    @   ##<             @   ##########      @   ###    ###]     @   ########(       @   ##(             @   ###########     @   ####### ###     @       ###,        @
    @   ###\.           @   ###    ###.     @   ###\   ###      @   ###     ##.     @   ##\             @   ###     ###.    @   ###     ##/     @       ###         @
    @   \#########*     @   ###    ###/     @    #######/       @   ###     ###\    @   ##########\     @   ###     ###/    @   ###     #*      @   /##########     @
    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.
Tip for ASCII art hunters:
grep -n -r '   ' . | sort
grep -n -r '@@@' . | sort
grep -n -r 'XXX' . | sort
grep -n -r '...' . | sort
Figure 1.
bitcoin.jpg
. Source.
A bitcoin logo on block 123573 (2011-05-13).
This is the very first ASCII string to show up at github.com/cirosantilli/bitcoin-inscription-indexer after only the Genesis block message.
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:
=ybegin line=128 size=8776 name=bitcoin.jpg
and the second one ends in:
=yend size=8776 crc32=a7ac8449
so this is likely clearly part of the yEnc format for someone who knows it, and the filename bitcoin.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.
Figure 2.
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.
It contains a base 64 encoded image:
v27sSra.jpg

/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQEASABIAAD/2wBDACgcHiMeGSgjISMtKygwPGRBPDc3PHtYXUlkkYCZlo+A
...
TAkBaMxbbhuYXGDMyXw/MIV84IqrE//Z
...
By manually copy pasting that into a file v27sSra.base64 we can obtain the image with:
base64 -d <v27sSra.base64 >v27sSra.jpg
The exact same content appears to be present on the next input transaction 56d23a230042c094bc54bb72fc4c10a3f26750030b9927994e741d3689f5c09e on the same block.
Google 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/
Functional Updated 2025-07-16
A function that takes input function and outputs a real number.
Joule Updated 2025-07-16
Things actually have gotten more and more closed, e.g. of stuff getting paywalled with time:It appears that things got really bad starting in 2017, possibly when WebLearn was introduced. When things migrated to Canvas, they were closed by default, apparently with any mechanism to publish publicly.
Therefore, they managed to make things more closed than when teachers would just upload to good old ox.ac.uk/~name static websites!!
Ciro Santilli has also heard that some people in the Mathematical Institute of the University of Oxford opposed to moving away from their Moodle instance precisely because the new options did not support open publishing, so kudos to those people. But most teachers likely don't care and just do whatever is the best internally supported default.
Their "open" video material: podcasts.ox.ac.uk/ A somewhat small part is Creative Commons, but most proprietary. Despite the name "podcasts", they do contain video, it is just a relic.
podcasts.ox.ac.uk/open contains actual Creative Commons only it seems.
It does however appear that professors own their lecture notes, so there some hope maybe: governance.admin.ox.ac.uk/legislation/statute-xvi-property-contracts-and-trusts#collapse1383636
Video 1.
University of Oxford documentary by the British Council (1941)
Source.
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