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Hit criteria: has Wayback Machine archive, and clear indication of a known communication mechanism. The mechanism itself doesn't need to be archived however, a link to it is enough given other supporting elements: IP range, site style, date, web archive date pattern. JS commons are always quickly visually inspected, other mechanisms we look only at filename patterns. 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".
ip | domain | Wayback Machine | language | country mentions | comms | theme | notes |
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? | all-sport-headlines.com | 2011 | Arabic | JAR | news | split images[ref][ref]Arabic-looking alphabet, image only so can't Google translate easily. | |
? | firstnewssource.com | 2011 | Farsi | Iran | JAR | news | Copyright 2009. Split images. rss-items . |
? | global-view-news.com | 2011 | English | JAR | news | split images[ref][ref] | |
? | globaltourist.net | 2010 | English | JAR | travel | split images[ref][ref], rss-items . speed.jar "speed test" JAR pattern. Seems to have been legit both before. | |
? | hassannews.net | 2010 | Arabic | SWF | news | CSS or archive quite broken. Split images[ref][ref]. rss-items . | |
? | health-men-today.com | 2011 | Arabic | JAR | news | rss-items . Encoding broken. | |
? | intlnewsdaily.com | 2011 | English | JAR | news | rss-items | |
? | newdaynewsonline.com | 2011 | English | JAR | news | ||
? | newsincirculation.com | 2011 | Arabic | JAR | news | ||
? | newsworldsite.com | 2011 | Pashto | Afghanistan | JAR | news | |
? | pars-technews.com | 2011 | Farsi | Iran | JAR | news | "pars" presumably means "Parsi" or something of the same root |
? | sportsnewsfinder.com | 2011 | Chinese | China | JAR | news | 体育新闻发现者 (sports news finder) |
? | terrain-news.com | 2011 | Pashto | Afghanistan | JAR | news | |
? | theworldnewsfeeds.com | 2011 | English | JAR | news | rss-items . Split images[ref][ref] | |
? | todayoutdoors.com | 2011 | English | JAR | sports, travel | split images[ref][ref] | |
? | todaysnewsreports.net | 2010 | Arabic | JAR | news | ||
? | weblognewsinfo.com | 2011 | English | JAR | news | Split images, rss-items . | |
? | opensourcenewstoday.com | 2010 | Arabic | JAR | news | copyright 2010 | |
? | techwatchtoday.com | 2011 | English | JAR | tech, news | Marked copyright 2008. Split images[ref][ref]. Later legit. | |
? | cyhiraeth-intlnews.com | 2011 | English | JAR | news | en.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 | |
? | 24hoursprimenews.com | 2009 | English | JAR | news | split images[ref][ref] | |
? | dailynewsandsports.com | 2013 | English | JAR | sports | ||
? | europeannewsflash.com | 2011 | English | JAR | news | Split images[ref][ref] | |
? | farsi-newsandweather.com | 2011 | Farsi | Iran | JAR | news | split images[ref][ref] |
? | iranfootballsource.com | 2011 | Farsi | JS | sports, football | ||
? | iraniangoalkicks.com | 2008 | Farsi | Iran | JAR | sports, football | |
? | iraniangoals.com | 2009 | Farsi | Iran | JS | sports, football | |
? | mywebofnews.com | 2011 | Arabic | JAR | news | Split images[ref][ref]. rss-items . | |
? | news-latina.com | 2011 | English | JAR | news | copyright 2007 | |
? | outlooknewscast.com | 2011 | Farsi | Iran | JAR | news | |
? | rastadirect.net | 2010 | English | JAR | fansite | ||
? | todaysengineering.com | 2011 | English | CGI | engineering | ||
? | worldofonlinenews.com | 2011 | English | JAR | news | split images[ref][ref]. Later legit. | |
62.22.60.42 | newsupdatesite.com | 2011 | English | JAR | news | rdns source | |
62.22.60.46 | flyingtimeline.com | 2011 | English | JAR | airplanes | ||
62.22.60.48 | currentcommunique.com | 2011 | English | Egypt | SWF | news | |
62.22.60.49 | telecom-headlines.com | 2011 | English | JS | tech | ||
62.22.60.52 | collectedmedias.com | 2011 | French | JS | news | Marked copyright 2008 | |
62.22.60.55 | thefilmcentre.com | 2011 | English | JS | films | ||
62.22.60.56 | traveltimenews.com | 2011 | English | JS | news | ||
62.22.61.193 | awfaoi.org | 2010 | Arabic | Iraq | JAR | not-for-profit | This 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. |
62.22.61.197 | rc5sports.com | 2011 | English | JAR | sports | ||
62.22.61.198 | inside-vc.com | 2011 | English | CGI | finance | "vc" is a standard abbreviation for venture capital | |
62.22.61.202 | bailsnboots.com | 2011 | English | SWF | sports, cricket | "Bail" is one part of the thing your're supposed to hit with th eball in cricket.[ref] | |
62.22.61.203 | the-cricketer-online.com | 2011 | English | JAR | sports, cricket | marked copyright 2009. | |
62.22.61.204 | hollywoodscreen.net | 2011 | English | JS | films | ||
62.22.61.206 | worldnewsnetworking.com | 2011 | Arabic | JAR | news | ||
62.22.61.212 | nuestrasfinanzas.com | 2011 | Spanish | JAR | finance | ||
62.22.61.217 | court-masters.com | 2011 | English | JAR | sports, tennis | ||
62.22.61.219 | allworldstatistics.com | 2011 | English | JS | statistics | ||
62.22.61.220 | newsjaka.com | 2011 | English | Indonesia | JS | news | "jaka" presumably means Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia. There is a Indonesia section on the left sidebar. But the news are quite global however. |
63.131.229.2 | fightskillsresource.com | 2011 | English | JS | sports, martial arts | ||
63.131.229.4 | unitedterritorynews.com | 2011 | English | JS | news | ||
63.131.229.9 | show-dustry.com | 2011 | English | CGI | entertainment | The website name is a neologism with "show" and "industry". | |
63.131.229.11 | mythriftytrip.com | 2011 | English | CGI | travel | thrifty means: "using money and other resources carefully and not wastefully" | |
63.131.229.12 | cyberreportagenews.com | 2011 | English | JAR | news | rdns source | |
63.131.229.13 | sunrise-news.com | 2011 | English | JAR | news | rdns source | |
63.131.229.15 | cricketnewsforindia.com | 2013 | English | India | JS | sports, cricket | archive quite broken, lots of missing files, including the JS |
63.131.229.16 | nutricion-saludable.net | 2010 | Spanish | CGI | health | ||
63.131.229.20 | fixashion.net | 2011 | English | JS | fashion | ||
63.130.160.50 | theglobalheadlines.com | 2010 | English | JAR | news | this 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 | |
63.130.160.51 | hai-pow.com | 2011 | English | JAR | sports, martial arts | ||
63.130.160.53 | echessnews.com | 2011 | Chinese | China | JAR | sports, boxing | Chinese title: 我的象棋世界 (My Chinese Chess world). rdns source. Split images[ref][ref] |
63.130.160.60 | boxingstop.net | 2010 | Polish | Poland | JAR | sports, boxing | |
63.130.160.62 | azerinews.org | 2009 | Azerbaijani | Azerbaijan | JAR | news | rdns source. Split images, rss-items . |
64.16.204.55 | holein1news.com | 2010 | English | JAR | sports, golf | ||
64.16.204.58 | tech-topix.com | 2013 | English | CGI | tech | Archive quite broken, but link to CGI comms. | |
65.61.127.163 | capture-nature.com | 2011 | English | JAR | photography | Reuters example. Since became legitimate, Ciro contacted the owner, and he was unaware of the domain's history. | |
65.61.127.166 | globalnewsbulletin.com | 2013 | English | Tunisia, Afghanistan, Iran, Egypt | CGI | news | PHP pages, images /images/index_01.jpg |
65.61.127.169 | crossovernews.net | 2011 | English | JAR | sports, basketball | ||
65.61.127.174 | dedrickonline.com | 2010 | German | JS | sports | ||
65.61.127.175 | altworldnews.com | 2013 | English | CGI | news | Epoch times link, PHP pages | |
65.61.127.178 | tee-shot.net | 2011 | English | SWF | sports, golf | nice domain name | |
65.61.127.182 | pangawana.com | 2011 | Arabic | Afghanistan | JS | news | |
65.61.127.183 | cutabovenews.com | 2011 | English | Algeria, various others | JS | sports, basketball | |
65.61.127.184 | worldwildlifeadventure.com | 2011 | English | JAR | travel | ||
65.61.127.186 | explorealtmeds.com | 2013 | English | JAR | health | the JAR was not archived, but there's a link to it | |
65.218.91.9 | welcometonyc.net | 2010 | English | CGI | travel | ||
65.218.91.17 | alljohnny.com | 2004 | English | CGI | fansite | mega 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. | |
66.45.179.192 | thegraceofislam.com | 2011 | English | CGI | religion, Islam | ||
66.45.179.193 | arabicnewsunfiltered.com | 2011 | Arabic | JAR | news | rdns source | |
66.45.179.194 | raulsonsglobalnews.com | 2011 | English | JAR | news | ||
66.45.179.195 | aryannews.net | 2010 | Pashto | Afghanistan | JAR | news | rdns source. Heil. |
66.45.179.199 | attivitaestremi.com | 2011 | Italian | CGI | sports | ||
66.45.179.201 | hitthepavementnow.com | 2011 | English | CGI | sports, running | ||
66.45.179.202 | newimages.org | 2011 | Turkish | Turkey | JAR | photography | JAR unarchived |
66.45.179.203 | noticiascontinental.com | 2011 | Spanish | South America | CGI | news | |
66.45.179.205 | noticiasporjanua.com | 2011 | Spanish | JAR | news | ||
66.45.179.206 | podisticamondiale.com | 2010 | Italian | Italy | JAR | sports, running | marked copyright 2010 |
66.45.179.207 | reflectordenoticias.com | 2011 | Spanish | JAR | news | ||
66.45.179.208 | havenofgamerz.com | 2011 | English | CGI | gaming | marked copyright 2009 | |
66.45.179.210 | sa-michigan.com | 2011 | English | JAR | sports | "sa" is an abbreviation for the site title "Sports Alive" | |
66.45.179.211 | absolutebearing.net | 2010 | English | CGI | travel, sports, boats | ||
66.45.179.213 | myportaltonews.com | 2011 | English | JS | news | ||
66.45.179.214 | investmentintellect.com | 2011 | English | JAR | finance | ||
66.45.179.215 | nigeriastar.net | 2011 | English | Nigeria | JAR | news | Contains link to unarchived JAR |
66.104.169.163 | doctorsoncallsite.com | 2011 | English | JAR | health | ||
66.104.169.164 | lightandshadowonline.com | 2010 | English | JAR | photography | ||
66.104.169.168 | plugged-into-news.net | 2010 | English | JAR | news | JAR uses .zip extension! First instance, wow | |
66.104.169.171 | golf-on-holiday.com | 2011 | English | JAR | sports, golf | ||
66.104.169.172 | perspectiva-noticias.com | 2011 | Spanish | JS | news | ||
66.104.169.175 | aquaswimming.com | 2009 | English | JAR | sports, swimming | ||
66.104.169.177 | dojo-temple.com | 2011 | English | CGI | sports, martial arts | TODO meaning of "kama"? Kama lol? | |
66.104.169.179 | neighbour-news.com | 2010 | English | Germany | JAR | news | Mentions of Goethe-Institut and Germany all over. JAR unarchived |
66.104.169.180 | medicatechinfo.com | 2010 | English | JS | health | ||
66.104.169.181 | brickmanfinancialnews.com | 2011 | English | JS | finance | ||
66.104.169.182 | casanewsnow.com | 2011 | English | JAR | JAR unarchived. TODO why "casa"? Doesn't seem to have any link to Spanish or Portuguese. | ||
66.104.169.184 | bcenews.com | 2011 | Albanian | Albania | JAR | news | |
66.104.173.163 | runakonews.com | 2011 | English | Africa | CGI | news | "Runako" is an African given name. |
66.104.173.164 | shoppingadventure.net | 2010 | English | JAR | travel, shopping | JAR unarchived | |
66.104.173.165 | entertaining-ly.com | 2011 | English | JAR | entertainment | ||
66.104.173.166 | zubeenews.com | 2011 | English | JS | news | "Zubee" is a Muslim name: muslimnames.com/zubee. | |
66.104.173.169 | smart-financeology.com | 2011 | English | JAR | finance | ||
66.104.173.175 | media-coverage-now.com | 2010 | English | SWF | news | ||
66.104.173.176 | jbc-online-news.com | 2011 | English | JS | news | TODO meaning of "JCB". JS unarchived. | |
66.104.173.177 | webscooper.com | 2011 | English | JAR | news | ||
66.104.173.178 | dk-dcinvestment.com | 2010 | English | JAR | finance | TODO meaning of "dk;dc". | |
66.104.173.180 | stara-turistick.com | 2011 | Croatian | JAR | tourism | ||
66.104.173.181 | playbackpolitics.com | 2011 | English | JS | news | ||
66.104.173.182 | snapnewsfront.net | 2011 | English | Japan | JS | news | |
66.104.173.183 | ingenuitytrendz.com | 2011 | English | JAR | tech | ||
66.104.173.184 | armashoy.com | 2011 | Spanish | Spain | SWF | guns | meaning: "Weapons Today". In First World countries the CIA felt it would be safe to touch edgier subjects like guns |
66.104.173.185 | baocontact.com | English | JAR | HTML 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. | |||
66.104.173.186 | myworldlymusic.com | 2011 | English | Pakistan | JAR | music | JAR unarchived |
66.104.173.189 | hitpoint-gaming.com | 2011 | English | JS | gaming | Marked copyright 2010 | |
66.104.175.34 | itwebtoday.com | 2011 | English | JS | tech | ||
66.104.175.35 | drglobalnews.com | 2011 | English | JAR | news | TODO meaning of "dr"? rdns source. | |
66.104.175.36 | adilnews.net | 2010 | Arabic | SWF | news | Adil is an Arabic masculine name | |
66.104.175.40 | beyondnetworknews.com | 2011 | English | Egypt | CGI | news | |
66.104.175.41 | grubbersworldrugbynews.com | 2011 | English | JS | sports, rugby | ||
66.104.175.44 | yourtripfinder.net | 2010 | English | CGI | travel | comms not found, CGI from unarchived subpage assumed | |
66.104.175.45 | rollinsnetwork.com | 2011 | English | CGI | tech | CGI linked to but not archived | |
66.104.175.46 | infosharenews.com | 2011 | English | JAR | news | ||
66.104.175.47 | southasiaheadlines.com | 2011 | English | Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka Tibet | JAR | travel | JAR linked to but missing from archive |
66.104.175.48 | worlddispatch.net | 2010 | Arabic | SWF | news | ||
66.104.175.49 | webworldsports.com | 2011 | Arabic | JAR | sports | ||
66.104.175.50 | fly-bybirdies.com | 2011 | English | JAR | travel | ||
66.104.175.51 | businessexchangetoday.com | 2011 | English | CGI | news, finance | PHP pages | |
66.104.175.52 | mensajeradenoticias.com | 2011 | Spanish | CGI | news | CGI unarchived | |
66.104.175.53 | info-ology.net | 2010 | English | JAR | news | ||
66.104.175.54 | marketflows.net | 2011 | English | JAR | finance | ||
66.104.175.57 | metanewsdaily.com | 2010 | English | CGI | news | ||
66.175.106.134 | paddlescoop.com | 2011 | English | Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, England | JAR | sports, cricket | |
66.175.106.137 | kessingerssportsnews.com | 2010 | English | JS | sports | ||
66.175.106.138 | factorforcenews.com | 2009 | English | JAR | news | ||
66.175.106.142 | kanata-news.com | 2010 | English | Canada | JS | news | "Kanata" is a place in Ottawa, Canada. The name is likely of Indigenous origin. |
66.175.106.143 | thecricketfan.com | 2011 | English | JAR | news | ||
66.175.106.146 | inews-today.com | 2011 | English | Egypt | JAR | news | Marked copyright 2008 |
66.175.106.147 | starwarsweb.net | 2010 | English | SWF | fansite | well, not even the CIA can escape Star Wars. TODO identify boy. | |
66.175.106.148 | activegaminginfo.com | 2011 | Chinese | JAR | gaming | the website is entitled "活跃游戏" which means "Lively games", or "active games" as in the domain name itself | |
66.175.106.149 | feedsdemexicoyelmundo.com | 2011 | Spanish | Mexico | JS | news | |
66.175.106.150 | noticiasmusica.net | 2010 | Brazilian Portuguese | Brazil | JAR | music | |
66.175.106.155 | atomworldnews.com | 2011 | English | Egypt | JAR | news | |
66.175.106.158 | nouvellesetdesrapports.com | 2011 | French | Egypt, Tunisia | JAR | news | |
66.237.236.227 | newsandmusicminute.com | 2011 | Pashto | JS | music | ||
66.237.236.229 | pearls-playlist.com | 2011 | English | SWF | music | ||
66.237.236.230 | beyondthefringe.info | 2012 | English | JAR | rugs | JAR unarchived | |
66.237.236.231 | primetimemovies.net | 2009 | English | JS | films | JS unarchived | |
66.237.236.235 | persephneintl.com | 2013 | JAR | archive very broken, JAR unarchived. Full title: "Persephne International", reference to Greek Goddess of "spring, the dead, the underworld, grain, and nature" | |||
66.237.236.236 | directoalgrano.net | 2010 | Spanish | JAR | news | ||
66.237.236.240 | actualizaciondebeisbol.com | 2011 | Spanish | JS | sports, baseball | ||
66.237.236.243 | mygadgettech.com | 2009 | Chinese | CGI | tech | Archive very broken | |
66.237.236.247 | comunidaddenoticias.com | 2011 | Spanish | Ecuador | JAR | news | |
66.237.236.249 | sumerjaseahora.com | 2011 | Spanish | CGI | sports, SCUBA diving | submerge yourself now | |
69.84.156.69 | al-ashak-news-me.com | 2011 | Arabic | JS | news | ||
69.84.156.71 | worldfinancetoday.net | 2011 | English | JAR | finance | ||
69.84.156.72 | autonewsarabia.com | 2011 | Arabic | JAR | cars | ||
69.84.156.74 | blue-moon-news.com | 2011 | Arabic | JS | news | ||
69.84.156.76 | tnc-urdu.com | 2011 | Urdu | JAR | tech | TODO meaning of "tnc"? | |
69.84.156.82 | arabicnewsonline.com | 2011 | Arabic | JAR | news | rdns source. Some very similar domains: modernarabicnews.com, arabicnewsource.com. Needed more creativity here! Later legit. | |
69.84.156.83 | unganadormundial.com | 2010 | Spanish | CGI | sports, fitness | ||
69.84.156.88 | diariodeelmundo.com | 2011 | Spanish | JAR | news | ||
69.84.156.89 | todaysarabnews.com | 2011 | Arabic | JAR | news | JAR unarchived. | |
69.84.156.90 | stickshiftnews.com | 2011 | English | JAR | cars | ||
69.84.156.91 | theinternationalgoal.com | 2011 | Spanish | CGI | news | ||
72.34.53.174 | electronictechreviews.com | 2011 | English | JAR | tech | JAR unarchived. Split images, rss-items . Present at "Mass Deface III" pastebin. | |
72.34.53.174 | just-the-news.com | 2011 | Arabic | JAR | news | copyright 2009. Present at "Mass Deface III" pastebin. JAR unarchived. | |
72.34.53.174 | kickitnews.com | 2010 | Arabic | JAR | sports, football | copyright 2009. Present at "Mass Deface III" pastebin. | |
72.34.53.174 | moyistochnikonlaynovykhigr.com | 2011 | Russian | Russia | fansite | copy of myonlinegamesource.com, but on a Russian transliterated domain rather than the English one, very interesting | |
72.34.53.174 | myhealthlibrary.net | 2011 | English | JAR | health | present at: "Mass Deface III" pastebin. | |
72.34.53.174 | myonlinegamesource.com | 2011 | Russian | Russia | gaming | Can't find comms, but stylistically perfect. rss-items . Present at "Mass Deface III" pastebin. | |
72.34.53.174 | mytravelopian.com | 2011 | English | JAR | travel | ||
72.34.53.174 | recursosdenoticias.com | 2011 | Spanish | JAR | news | Split images, rss-items . Present at "Mass Deface III" pastebin. | |
72.34.53.174 | sayaara-auto.com | 2010 | Arabic | JAR | cars | ||
72.34.53.174 | technologytodayandtomorrow.com | 2011 | English | JAR | tech | rss-items . Present at "Mass Deface III" pastebin. | |
72.34.53.174 | todaysnewsandweather-ru.com | 2011 | Russian | Russia | JS | news | JavaScript with SHAs |
74.116.72.227 | dayenews.com | 2011 | English | JAR | news | rdns source. Previously 69.74.45.67. | |
74.116.72.229 | guide-daventure.com | 2011 | French | France | JAR | travel | |
74.116.72.231 | bleachersfootballnews.com | 2011 | English | JAR | sports, football | TODO meaning of "Bleacher"? Possible reference to Bleacher Report. | |
74.116.72.232 | indirectfreekick.com | 2011 | English | JAR | sports, football | ||
74.116.72.233 | wwiichronicles.net | 2011 | English | CGI | history | ||
74.116.72.234 | petroleumagenews.com | 2011 | English | JAR | oil | ||
74.116.72.235 | the-open-book-online.com | 2011 | English | JS | literature | ||
74.116.72.236 | techtopnews.com | 2011 | English | JAR | tech | ||
74.116.72.239 | crickettoday.info | 2013 | Pashto | JS | sports, cricket | JS unarchived. The requested URL /cricket.js was not found on this server | |
74.116.72.240 | zafernews.com | 2011 | Arabic | JAR | news | ||
74.116.72.242 | gdgtsource.com | 2011 | English | CGI | tech | Presumably "gdgt" stands for "GaDGeT", which is mentioned on subtitle | |
74.116.72.246 | vuvuzelanews.com | 2011 | English | JAR | sports, football | Vuvuzela is this plastic horn, popular in football stadiums. The term is of African origin. Later legit. rdns source. Previously at 69.74.45.86. | |
74.116.72.247 | ballbatstumpsandbails.com | 2011 | English | JAR | sports, cricket | ||
74.116.72.249 | round-trip-travel.com | 2010 | English | CGI | travel | this got archived a lot of times, though all seem to be Alexa crawls. | |
74.116.72.250 | arabicnewsource.com | 2011 | Arabic | CGI | news | ||
74.254.12.163 | half-court.net | 2010 | English | Philippines | JAR | sports, basketball | |
74.254.12.164 | dailywellnessnews.com | 2011 | English | JAR | health | rdns source. split images[ref][ref]. | |
74.254.12.165 | dylandon.net | 2011 | Chinese | SWF | music | "Dylan" presumably a reference to Bob Dylan? "Don" unclear. Maybe Don McLean? | |
74.254.12.166 | afghanpoetry.net | 2010 | English | Afghanistan | SWF | poetry | Also at 63.131.229.10[ref] in a range. |
74.254.12.168 | non-stop-news.net | 2010 | Farsi | JAR | news | ||
74.254.12.169 | soldiersofsouthasia.com | 2011 | English | JAR | history | ||
74.254.12.171 | autism-news.org | 2011 | English | SWF | health | copyright 2007. Split images. rss-items . Previously at 69.74.45.67. | |
74.254.12.176 | pakcricketgrd.com | 2011 | Urdu | JAR | sports, cricket | TODO meaning of "grd" | |
74.254.12.177 | networkofnews.com | 2011 | English | JAR | news | rdns source. Later legit. | |
74.254.12.179 | wineconnaisseur.net | 2010 | English | JS | wine | ||
74.254.12.180 | helpinghandssite.com | 2011 | English | JAR | news | ||
74.254.12.188 | first-tee-golf.com | 2011 | English | JAR | sports, golf | ||
74.254.12.189 | fabu-foto.com | 2011 | English | CGI | photography | ||
74.254.12.190 | viptravelabroad.com | 2011 | English | JS | travel | ||
199.85.212.105 | mide-news.com | 2010 | English | CGI | news | "MIDE" stands for "Middle East". Comms not archived, presumably CGI comms variant. | |
199.85.212.111 | newsandsportscentral.com | 2009 | English | JAR | news | rdns source | |
199.85.212.118 | just-kidding-news.com | 2011 | English | JAR | news | epic name | |
204.176.38.130 | i-pressnews.com | 2011 | English | JAR | news | ||
204.176.38.132 | turkishnewslinks.com | 2011 | English | Turkey | JAR | news | |
204.176.38.134 | photographyarecord.com | 2011 | English | CGI | photography | Cute | |
204.176.38.135 | breakingthewicket.com | 2011 | English | CGI | sports, cricket | ||
204.176.38.136 | politicalworldtoday.com | 2011 | English | Egypt | JAR | news | |
204.176.38.137 | hi-tech-today.com | 2011 | English | JAR | tech | ||
204.176.38.139 | bigscreenbattles.com | 2011 | English | JAR | films | ||
204.176.38.141 | rakotafootball.com | 2011 | English | JAR | sports, football | "Rakota" is an Indian family name | |
204.176.38.143 | noticiassofisticadas.com | 2011 | Spanish | CGI | news | ||
204.176.38.142 | senderosdemontana.com | 2011 | Spanish | JS | sports, cycling | Talks about mountain biking and Eurobike 2010, so likely Spain focused, but it is not direct enough to be certain. JS unarchived. | |
204.176.38.144 | techno-today.com | 2011 | English | JAR | tech | was legit previously. | |
204.176.38.145 | tickettonews.com | 2011 | English | JAR | news | rdns source. Epoch times link. | |
204.176.38.146 | dps-digitalphotosharing.com | 2011 | English | JAR | photography | ||
204.176.38.147 | theputtingreen.com | 2011 | English | JAR | sports, golf | ||
204.176.38.149 | sportsnewstodayar.com | 2011 | Arabic | Lebanon, others | JAR | sports | "ar" on domain name presumably means "Arabic" |
204.176.38.159 | kairuafricanews.com | 2011 | English | Africa | JAR | news | what is "Kairu"? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kairu a place in India? en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kairu "frog" in Japanese? rdns source |
204.176.39.97 | beamingnews.com | 2011 | Arabic | JAR | news | Nice design. rdns source | |
204.176.39.98 | cubriendonoticias.com | 2011 | Spanish | JAR | news | archive quite broken. JAR unarchived. | |
204.176.39.100 | rowleyworldpost.com | 2011 | English | Egypt, others | JAR | news | |
204.176.39.103 | economicnewsbuzz.com | 2011 | Korean | CGI | finance | Love the kawaii style | |
204.176.39.104 | spectranewsonline.com | 2011 | English | CGI | news | marked copyright 2010. | |
204.176.39.105 | entertainmentnewscompany.com | 2011 | Chinese | SWF | films, music | Title: "娱乐新闻公司", lit. Entertainment News Company | |
204.176.39.110 | arabnewsatdawn.com | 2011 | Arabic | CGI | news | cute, the Arab chick's drink actually has a cocktail umbrella on it. Marked copyright 2010. | |
204.176.39.115 | globalprovincesnews.com | 2010 | Arabic | JS | news | ||
204.176.39.116 | mahparah-news.com | 2011 | Farsi | JS | news | ||
204.176.39.119 | commercialspacedesign.com | 2013 | Farsi | CGI | architecture | C O N C E P T U A L design. A rare example of a fake company website. | |
207.210.250.131 | starrynightnews.com | 2011 | Arabic | JS | news | interesting design | |
207.210.250.132 | aeronet-news.com | 2011 | English | JAR | airplanes | ||
207.210.250.133 | bakaribulletin.com | 2011 | English | Africa | JS | news | Bakari could either be a given name, or a village in Togo |
207.210.250.134 | deprensaenlarevisiondehoy.com | 2011 | Spanish | JAR | news | ||
207.210.250.135 | icwb-news.com | 2011 | English | JAR | news | ICWB stands for "Inner Circle Worldwide Business (News)", the title of the website | |
207.210.250.136 | sportsreelhighlights.com | 2011 | English | JAR | sports | ||
207.210.250.138 | inquiry-human-past.com | 2011 | English | JAR | history | ||
207.210.250.139 | thefairwaysaregreen.com | 2011 | Thai | JAR | sports, golf | ||
207.210.250.143 | archaeologyreview.net | 2010 | English | JAR | history, archeology | ||
207.210.250.146 | noticias-caracas.com | 2011 | Spanish | Venezuela | CGI | news | Caracas is the capital of Venezuela. But you knew that, right? |
207.210.250.147 | bailandstump.com | 2011 | English | JS | sports, cricket | "Bail" and "Stump" are the two parts of the thing your're supposed to hit with the ball in cricket.[ref] | |
207.210.250.149 | globalventurestat.com | 2008 | English | SWF | news | ||
207.210.250.152 | al-rashidrealestate.com | 2010 | Arabic | Egypt | CGI | finance, real-estate | |
207.210.250.153 | newsintheworld-ru.com | 2011 | Russian | JAR | news | ||
208.254.40.96 | sixty2media.com | 2011 | English | Various | JAR | news | Epoch times link |
208.254.40.99 | newspoliticssource.com | 2013 | Arabic | JAR | news | One of the news mentions Snowden | |
208.254.40.110 | musical-fortune.net | 2010 | English | CGI | music | images /images/banner-02.jpg | |
208.254.40.113 | ashoka-gemstones.com | 2010 | English | JAR | jewelry | ||
208.254.40.117 | worldnewsandent.com | 2010 | Arabic | Egypt | CGI | mews | |
208.254.40.124 | riskandrewardnews.com | 2013 | English | CGI | finance | ||
208.254.42.194 | it-proonline.com | 2011 | English | CGI | tech | images /images/header_01.jpg | |
208.254.42.205 | driversinternationalgolf.com | 2011 | English | CGI | sports, golf | ||
208.254.42.209 | mardelsurnoticias.com | 2011 | Spanish | JAR | news | weird mixture of Portuguese and Spanish language external links | |
208.254.42.215 | nowfreshfinances.com | 2011 | English | CGI | finance | CGI unarchived | |
208.254.42.216 | circulatingnews.net | 2010 | English | JAR | travel | ||
208.254.42.219 | westingtonpassnews.com | 2011 | English | JAR | news | ||
210.80.75.36 | e-commodities.net | 2011 | English | JAR | finance | ||
210.80.75.37 | trekkingtoday.com | 2011 | English | JAR | sports, running | split images[ref][ref]. rdns source. | |
210.80.75.41 | multinews-33.com | JAR | news | No archives of the HTML, but the JAR was archived | |||
210.80.75.43 | gulfandmiddleeastnews.com | 2011 | Arabic | JS | news | ||
210.80.75.44 | whirlybirdinflight.com | 2011 | English | JAR | helicopters | ||
210.80.75.45 | kings-game.net | 2011 | English | JAR | gaming, chess | JAR unarchived | |
210.80.75.46 | topglobalnewsdaily.com | 2011 | English | JS | news | ||
210.80.75.49 | recipe-dujour.com | 2011 | English | JAR | cooking | nice design | |
210.80.75.55 | philippinenewsonline.net | 2010 | Philippines | JAR | news | ||
210.80.75.56 | technewsforme.com | 2011 | Farsi | JAR | tech | ||
212.4.16.224 | lanoticiasdehoyelinforme.com | 2010 | Spanish | JAR | news | ||
212.4.16.232 | mynewscheck.com | 2011 | English | Canada | JAR | news | rdns source |
212.4.16.245 | financial-crisis-news.com | 2011 | Russian | Russia | JAR | news | rdns source |
212.4.16.252 | minutosdenoticias.com | 2010 | Spanish | CGI | news | CSS | |
212.4.17.38 | fightwithoutrules.com | 2011 | Russian | JAR | sports, combat sports | ||
212.4.17.41 | newtechfrontier.com | 2010 | English | CGI | tech | since became legit: newtechfrontier.com/ | |
212.4.17.43 | smart-travel-consultant.com | 2011 | Chinese | CGI | travel | ajaxtax.js may be of interest for fingerprinting. Title: "智能旅行顾问", lit. Smart Travel Consultant | |
212.4.17.46 | atentlaloc.com | 2009 | English | Quatar, Lebanon, Israel, Iran | JS | jewelry | Tlaloc 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. |
212.4.17.53 | newsresolution.net | 2010 | English | Côte d'Ivoire, Lebanon, Sudan | JAR | news, UN Peacekeeping | |
212.4.17.56 | lesummumdelafinance.com | 2010 | French | France | JAR | finance | |
212.4.17.98 | topbillingsite.com | 2011 | English | CGI | films | ||
212.4.17.122 | b2bworldglobal.com | 2011 | English | CGI | news | ||
212.4.18.14 | football-enthusiast.com | 2011 | English | Europe | JS | sports, football | |
212.4.18.129 | sightseeingnews.com | 2010 | English | JAR | travel | ||
212.209.74.105 | globalbaseballnews.com | 2011 | English | JS | sports, baseball | ||
212.209.74.106 | football-de-luxe.com | 2010 | French | France | JAR | sports, football | |
212.209.74.112 | developmental-league.com | 2010 | English | CGI | sports, American football | CGI comms variant? | |
212.209.74.115 | mediocampodefutbol.com | 2010 | Spanish | JAR | sports, football | ||
212.209.74.117 | myengineeringaffinity.com | 2011 | English | JAR | tech | ||
212.209.74.123 | worldfinancialexchangenews.com | 2010 | English | SWF | finance | SWF unarchived. | |
212.209.74.125 | avoilurefixe.com | 2011 | French | Tunisia | JAR | airplanes | "à voilure fixe" is French for "with fixed wing", i.e. fixed wing aircraft |
212.209.74.126 | headlines2day.com | 2011 | Farsi | JAR | news | marked copyright 2009 | |
212.209.79.34 | fgnl.net | 2011 | English | Iran | CGI | news | four letter domain! FGNL stands for "Farsi Global News Links" Marked copyright 2009. |
212.209.79.37 | fitness-sources.com | 2010 | English | JS | sports, fitness | ||
212.209.79.40 | hydradraco.com | 2011 | English | JAR | sports, American football | TODO meaning of the name? | |
212.209.79.41 | noticiasdelmundolatino.com | 2011 | Spanish | JAR | news | ||
212.209.79.42 | suparakuvi.com | 2011 | French | France | JAR | news | a 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. |
212.209.79.46 | cetusdelph.com | 2011 | English | JS | sports, scuba | ||
212.209.79.47 | willtoworship.com | 2011 | English | JAR | religion, Christianity | marked copyright 2007 (!) | |
212.209.79.48 | themvconnection.com | 2011 | English | JAR | music | ||
212.209.79.51 | pi-resources.net | 2010 | English | JS | private investigators | "pi" stands for Private Investigators. The CIA must have had some fun making this one. | |
212.209.79.53 | ourscubaworld.com | 2011 | English | JS | sports, scuba | ||
212.209.79.58 | tech-love-home.com | 2011 | Chinese | JS | tech | Title: "消费类电子产品", lit. Consummer Electronics | |
212.209.79.60 | first-solo-aviation.com | 2010 | English | JAR | airplanes | ||
212.209.79.61 | china-destinations.org | 2011 | Chinese | JS | travel | title: "中国目的地指南", lit. "China Destination Guide" | |
212.209.90.69 | worldedgenews.com | 2011 | English | JAR | news | ||
212.209.90.80 | nsmovies.net | 2010 | English | JAR | films | "ns" stands for "Nirguna Saguna", two separate Hindu names/deities. But there are no other Indian references beyond those. | |
212.209.90.82 | middleeastjournal.net | 2010 | Arabic | JS | news | ||
212.209.90.84 | thenewseditor.com | 2011 | English | JAR | news | ||
212.209.90.87 | newsandweathersource.com | 2009 | English | JAR | news | marked copyright 2009. | |
212.209.90.89 | pakisports.com | 2010 | English | Pakistan | SWF | sports | |
212.209.90.90 | vriha-aesthetics.com | 2011 | Arabic | JS | news | ||
212.209.90.92 | amishkanews.com | 2011 | English | India | JS | news | Amishka is an Indian name, plus some prominent mentions of Bollywood both point to India specifically |
212.209.90.93 | theentertainbiz.com | 2011 | English | JAR | entertainment | ||
212.209.90.94 | eurosportssummary.com | 2011 | English | JAR | sports | ||
216.93.248.194 | esmundonoticias.com | 2011 | Spanish | JAR | news | rss-items . Shares IP with kukrinews.com. | |
216.93.248.194 | kukrinews.com | 2010 | English | JS | News | JavaScript 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. | |
216.105.98.139 | cultura-digital.net | 2008 | Spanish | CGI | news | Marked copyright 2008. Previously legit. | |
216.105.98.140 | uaeshoppingspree.com | 2013 | English | UAE | JAR | shopping | Archive 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." |
216.105.98.145 | montanismoaventura.com | 2012 | Spanish | Spain | JS | sports, mountaineering | JS unarchived. Marked copyright 2010. |
216.105.98.147 | nepalnewsbrief.com | 2008 | English | Nepal | JAR | news | Marked copyright 2006 (!) If true this would be the earliest known reference to a date in the websites. |
216.105.98.152 | modernarabicnews.com | 2013 | Arabic | JAR | news | HTML archive quite broken, but JAR was archived thankfully. | |
216.105.98.154 | everythingcricket.org | 2011 | English | JAR | sports, cricket | Also has archives from 2009, but they were a bit broken. The 2011 one is marked copyright 2011, so they actually bothered to updated that. | |
216.105.98.156 | familyhealthonline.net | 2011 | English | CGI | health | ||
219.90.61.110 | surya-brahma.com | 2011 | Spanish | JAR | news | Surya and Brahman are Hindu concepts, but the website appears to have nothing to do with India or Hinduism. Interesting. | |
219.90.61.111 | classicalmusicboxonline.com | 2010 | English | CGI | music | ||
219.90.61.116 | athletepro.net | 2010 | English | JAR | sports | ||
219.90.61.117 | lajornadanow.com | 2010 | Spanish | JAR | news | ||
219.90.61.120 | theinternationalworld.com | 2011 | English | JAR | news | rdns source. rss-items . | |
219.90.61.121 | thepyramidnews.com | 2011 | Farsi | Iran | JAR | news | |
219.90.61.122 | iran-newslink-today.com | 2011 | Farsi | Iran | JAR | news | |
219.90.61.123 | journeystravelled.com | 2011 | English | JAR | travel | ||
219.90.62.229 | information-junky.com | 2011 | English | Ghana | JAR | news | |
219.90.62.231 | todosperuahora.com | 2011 | Spanish | Peru | CGI | news | |
219.90.62.233 | theworld-news.net | 2010 | Urdu | CGI | news | ||
219.90.62.234 | recuerdosdeviajeonline.com | 2011 | Spanish | SWF | travel | marked "Copyright 2009" | |
219.90.62.237 | elcorreodenoticias.com | 2011 | Spanish | Venezuela | JAR | news | |
219.90.62.237 | ride-captain.com | 2011 | English | JAR | sports, motorcyles | ||
219.90.62.238 | freshtechonline.com | 2011 | English | CGI | tech | ||
219.90.62.241 | newscentertoday.com | 2011 | English | JAR | news | Copyright 2008. rdns source. rss-items . Later legit, with a pause 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.. | |
219.90.62.243 | fitness-dawg.com | 2021 | English | JAR | sports, fitness | ||
219.90.62.244 | easytraveleurope.com | 2012 | English | JAR | travel | nice design | |
219.90.62.245 | world-news-now.net | 2011 | English | JAR | news | ||
219.90.62.246 | negativeaperture.com | 2011 | English | CGI | photography | nice domain name | |
219.90.62.247 | conquermstoday.com | 2011 | English | CGI | health | MS 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. |
The Reuters article directly reported only two domains in writing:
- iraniangoals.com. Iranian language football website. As of 2023, the domain had been bought by Reuters and redirects to their website.
- iraniangoalkicks.com. Iranian language football website. Available in GoDaddy as of 2023.
But by looking at the URLs of the screenshots they provided from other websites we can easily uncover all others that had screenshots, except for the Johnny Carson one, which is just generically named. E.g. the image for the Chinese one is www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/assets/usa-spies-iran/screencap-activegaminginfo.com.jpg?v=192516290922 which leads us to domain activegaminginfo.com.
Also none of those extra ones have any Google hits except for huge domain dumps such has Expired domain trackers, so maybe this counts as little bit of novel public research.
The full list of domains from screenshots is:
activegaminginfo.com
: Chinese gaming information website.2011 archive: web.archive.org/web/20110208113503/http://activegaminginfo.com/. Contains mentions of 2010.Domain available in GoDaddy as of 2023.- As of 2023, it seemed to be an actual legit photography website by German (amateur?) photographer Klaus Wägele. Archive: web.archive.org/web/20230323102504/https://www.capture-nature.com/Ciro Santilli actually sent him a message to let him know about the CIA thing in case he didn't, and he replied that he wasn't aware of it.
www.headlines2day.com
: Iranian language news website.2011 archive: web.archive.org/web/20110201164741/https://www.headlines2day.com/. Dated "Copyright 2009".As of 2023, this was a completly broken-looking news website but in English entitled:2023 archive: web.archive.org/web/20230121191348/https://www.headlines2day.com/. It makes one wonder if the CIA still operates it!Today's Headlines
fitness-dawg.com
: English fitness website.2021 archive: web.archive.org/web/20110207104044/http://fitness-dawg.com/.Domain available as of 2023.rastadirect.net
: English Rastafari culture website.2010 archive: web.archive.org/web/20100429002010/http://rastadirect.net/ dated as "Copyright 2008".Domain available as of 2023.fightwithoutrules.com
: Russian fighting website.2011 archive: web.archive.org/web/20110203021315/http://fightwithoutrules.com/. Contains mentions of 2009 news.Domain available as of 2023.alljohnny.com
: Johnny Carson fansiteDomain available as of 2023.
This brings up to 8 known domain names with Wayback Machine archives, plus the yet unidentified Johnny Carlson one, see also: Section "Searching for Carson", which is also almost certainly is on Wayback Machine somewhere given that they have a screenshot of it.
Ciro Santilli's 10 month stay in Coventry, United Kingdom, in the year 2000 Updated 2024-12-15 +Created 1970-01-01
In the year 2000, Ciro lived with his parents for 10 months in the Coventry because his father took some courses at the University of Warwick. This was Ciro's most important educational experience, more so than any other inCiro Santilli's formal education, because it taught him the Holy Language of English, which infinitely expanded Ciro's Internet horizons, and shaped Ciro's having more than one natural language is bad for the world philosophy. When he came back to Brazil, Ciro skipped dozens of levels in his English school in Santos, São Paulo, Brazil, a Brazilian chain called Cultura Inglesa, and was put to study with much older teenagers who marveled at Ciro's incredibly cute, but since lost, British accent.
Another huge advantage of Coventry is that the Hearsall Community Primary School where Ciro studied was a regular British primary school but with two classes dedicated to foreign students to learn English before integrating with the British students. There were a several kids from Kosovo there due to the Kosovo War which was just ending, and it was there that Ciro made his first Chinese friend, yet unaware of course of the role the country would later play in his life. One particularly fun memory was that of playing soccer on the school playground with a sponge ball to avoid breaking the windows. Then one day it was raining, british weather of course, but Ciro still went for a header, and the soaked sponge ball was soaked and splashed Ciro with dirty water all over. Good days.
Ciro also played a bit of Rugby in those days in a local club.
Some other good memories are of reading the first two Harry Potters, playing and mostly watching other kids play Pokemon on their Game Boys and Pokemon trading cards, and going to a nearby commons playing field and woods, as it typical throughout the UK. Ciro also played some rugby with a local boys team TODO name? but for some reason his team was always crushed when they went to nearby towns to play against other teams. And Ciro also went with his family or with school to some nearby attractions, like Stratford-Upon-Avon (Shakespeare's hometown), and some castles.
"Ciro" is "Cyrus" from Cyrus the Great in both Portuguese and Italian (although with very different pronunciations), thus doubly appropriate given that Ciro Santilli was born in Brazil, and has Italian ancestry.
After he conquered Babylon in 539 BC from the hands Neo-Babylonian Empire, Cyrus the Great did a great service to the Hebrews by allowing war prisoners that were held in Babylon to back to their home Judea, thus terminating the Babylonian captivity. These Jews were imprisoned because they had previously fought a war or revolted against the Neo-Babylonian Empire and lost. As Wikipedia puts it:He is therefore viewed extremely positively in the good old book. Ciro was quite happy about this name choice by his father, given the human rights connotations of the figure and Ciro Santilli's self perceived compassionate personality.
According to Isaiah 45:1 of the Hebrew Bible, God anointed Cyrus for this task, even referring to him as a messiah (lit. 'anointed one'); Cyrus is the only non-Jewish figure in the Bible to be revered in this capacity.
Particularly fun things related to modern Cyrus are:
Because it belongs to some relatively obscure character of the Bible, the name it has been mostly passed on by writing to every single Christian country, and every single language came up with different way of saying it, because the only place they would possibly hear that name said out loud would be in Church!
As of 2020, the country in which the name is most popular in undoubtedly Italy. In Brazil, it is definitely not common, but also not completely unheard of either, e.g. Ciro Gomes is a notable Brazilian politician.
And Ciro responds to all the versions of the name that he knows of. These include:and glad to add any new ones as they come.
- English:
- direct English reading of "Ciro" as "See Roll". Not the most cultured, but its what things tend to converge to, especially in highly international environments where it would be impossible to try and learn the origin of everyone's name! So it's fine. Slightly too close to "zero" for comfort.
- Cyrus, the actual English version of the name. Ciro was so happy when his elderly English neighbour who went to Eton college, upon recognizing what Ciro was, immediately said: "Ah, Cyrus the Great!" He was the cutest, and he had some culture. Many/most English speaking people can't or won't be very sure about the spelling, but the sound of the name has a distinctly exotic feel to it, and the sounds are immediately recognized without sound ambiguity (unlike Ciro vs Zero).
- French:
- direct French reading of "Ciro" as "See Rho" with accent on Rho. This sounds exactly like "Sirop", i.e. Syrup in French, which can be good or bad depending on how you look at it.
- Cyrus, the actual version of the name in French. Similar remarks to those of English apply.
- Portuguese: "See Ru" with accent on See, and rolling r, and very weak "u". Some people might have some doubt of how to spell it and will ask for confirmation if needed, though many/most will get it right. Not particularly exotic like it is for English speakers.
- Italian: "Chee Ro" with accent on Chee and rolling r. Widely understood and correctly spelled, more than in any other language. Not exotic at all, could be any random dude from Naples.
- "fratm Ciruzzo": reserved for the Napolitan mates. It means "my bro little Ciro" in Napolitan. The "m" in fratm is a possessive inflection ("my", "mio", but on the same word), and "frat" is of course something like he standard Italian fratello (brother).
- www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fratm. "Fratello" is the Italian standard for "brother". "Fra'" appears to be a variant.
- Ciruzzo means "little Ciro", i.e. it is a diminutive of Ciro, or more precisely a term of endearment. In Italian the correct name is "Vezzeggiativi":
- "fratm Ciruzzo": reserved for the Napolitan mates. It means "my bro little Ciro" in Napolitan. The "m" in fratm is a possessive inflection ("my", "mio", but on the same word), and "frat" is of course something like he standard Italian fratello (brother).
- German: Kyrus. Because Cyrus the Great is known Kyrus II. (Cyrus the Second, his grandfather was also called Cyrus), Ciro once joked to a German friend that he should call him Kyrus III! He liked that.
- Persian (spoken in 2020s Iran): something like Kurush. Likely the closest sound one to the original, though not sure how certain we can be of this.
He is actually quite happy when people use the name in their own language, because that means they understand the origin of the name.
Some Ciro's of interest:
- it is unclear if the usage of Cyrus in family names, e.g. the dread Miley Cyrus. www.houseofnames.com/cyrus-history mentions it may be of Greek origin.
- English: Cambridge CPE grade B in 2004. Proficient, with minor defects in collocation/pronunciation. Learned from formal courses and from living in the UK for a few months when he was 10.
- French: TCF grade C2 in 2011. Proficient, with a bit more defects than English. Studied and lived in France.
- Brazilian Portuguese: Native speaker
- Chinese: see github.com/cirosantilli/china-dictatorship/tree/df0852b22e585785d734ec69719eddf63f9676a5#do-you-speak-chinese
When asked, Ciro likes to say that he speaks something between 1.5 and 3.5 languages in total, depending on how you count, because Portuguese, French and English are 99.99% the same, and Chinese is completely different but Ciro only knows about 50% of it if counted optimistically.
English translation of papers that include the original Quantization as an Eigenvalue Problem by Schrödinger (1926).
Published on Nature at www.nature.com/articles/122990a0 and therefore still paywalled there as of 2023, it's ridiculous.
In 2024 it will fall into the public domain in the US.
In this section contains a list of images we could find that wre uploaded as raw data to the blockchain, without any special encoding, e.g. as done by the AtomSea & EMBII system.
It is possible that some/most of those were uploaded via the cryptograffiti.info system, but since that indexer stopped working, and since the format is so non-specific, it is not possible be sure as far as we can tell.
These images were indexed by looking for standard transaction output script hashes that contain JPEG or PNG images immediately on the first payload byte based on file signature bytes and indexed/easily downloaded at github.com/cirosantilli/bitcoin-inscription-indexer#image-indexing-and-download.
Parents daisy more text visible on our text dumps: www.blockchain.com/explorer/transactions/btc/b70bfe6a9b314611655554576feb11f15d47b9e80c5993e91829bb87895ef23c
Super Mario coin sprite
. tx bf7ef3216ae09f8252c76e7d0031bc4aa131a23a6900f8371c44ffde7957c8da (2015-03-01). Possibly from Super Mario World for the SNES (1990). No doubt a self-reference to Bitcoin itself. Encoded as a data URL for a PNG image:<img src="data:image/png;base64,
JPG thumbnail
. Presumably a JPEG upload test. tx 515a95381e511141229966d722db19db7da66a0d629b1f883d296287632e72b3, block 349362 (2015-03-26) via cryptograffiti.info.we love bitcoin
. A heart next to a bitcoin logo and written "we love bitcoin". Reproduced at: kryptomoney.com/grayscale-report-institutional-investors-retirement-funds-love-bitcoin/
Embedded in the image itself, there's a message in the header comments:which is the opening paragraph of: bitcoin.org/en/
Bitcoin uses peer-to-peer technology to operate with no central authority or banks
Iranian lady with polar bear hat.
tx b673c7d0c62cce8315ad6cc63a2c8ca8169bf73432435760b808735e1a7fe0e2, block 401255 (2016-03-05). JPEG encoded with daisy chain Bitcoin inscription using OP_RETURN.
We don't know if she's actually Iranian, it's just an uneducated guess.
The image data is cut in half. This makes the image an invalid JPEG, but ImageMagick is able to recover and convert to a valid image which is what we show here to make it portable to more browsers. The raw invalid image is present at: raw.githubusercontent.com/cirosantilli/media/master/bitcoin-inscription-indexer/data/bin/b673c7d0c62cce8315ad6cc63a2c8ca8169bf73432435760b808735e1a7fe0e2.jpg, but it can also be generally viewed by most viewers.
This embedding uses a novel more specialiezd protocol on top of a raw daisy chain Bitcoin inscription.
The daisy actually starts at f49e79889b34d355fa8a02f13b9db4ed69c067f975e25339737ef10e4b993d7a and data is encoded as follows:
OP_RETURN 62 00000000 48656c6c6f20776f726c64212052657475726e20626c6f622070726f746f636f6c2076
OP_RETURN 62 00000001 313a204d41474943203d20307836322c205041434b414745203d2075696e7431362c20
OP_RETURN 62 00000002 53455155454e4345203d2075696e7431362c205041594c4f4144203d20757020746f20
OP_RETURN 62 00000000 48656c6c6f20776f726c64212052657475726e20626c6f622070726f746f636f6c2076
OP_RETURN 62 00000001 313a204d41474943203d20307836322c205041434b414745203d2075696e7431362c20
OP_RETURN 62 00000002 53455155454e4345203d2075696e7431362c205041594c4f4144203d20757020746f20
OP_RETURN 62 00000003 33352062797465732e0a
OP_RETURN 62 00010000 ffd8ffe1001845786966000049492a00080000000000000000000000ffec0011447563
OP_RETURN 62 00010001 6b79000100040000003c0000ffe1039a687474703a2f2f6e732e61646f62652e636f6d
OP_RETURN 62 00010002 2f7861702f312e302f003c3f787061636b657420626567696e3d22efbbbf222069643d
OP_RETURN 62 00010003 2257354d304d7043656869487a7265537a4e54637a6b633964223f3e203c783a786d70
...
OP_RETURN 62 00010085 51290358a41fe5408b4435254208d4810a5fe9113044c1ae3aa544656d729756395b87
OP_RETURN 62 00010086 c4e261f55c5d19e1c792c3f78adff1368db58e5a0bb85b2c6753c42de6d973edae0642
OP_RETURN 62 00010087 1b2c8370f203aaa0a6eb7ea0871d8e9ae6534b785b57347171e4df6a5463d7ce77b93b
OP_RETURN 62 00010088 9b8bf96edd1b982e2474a41ad28e3c01e74586d1d1ad7a874c5a1b7c742d2285c371f6
The first block is:which then gets repeated, probably an error, but now with the sentence completed:This therefore gives us the name of the protocol as "return blob protocol". We also understand that the 0x62 was aconfiguration parameter.
Hello world! Return blob protocol v1: MAGIC = 0x62, PACKAGE = uint16, SEQUENCE = uint16, PAYLOAD = up to
Hello world! Return blob protocol v1: MAGIC = 0x62, PACKAGE = uint16, SEQUENCE = uint16, PAYLOAD = up to 35 bytes
ffd8ffe1
marks the start of the JPEG.If the rest of the image were inscribed somewhere random in the blockchain, we'd expect to find the string
6200010089
containing the netxt data chunck on a nearby block, but bgrep
did not find it, so perhaps the data just isn't there.The last tx of the daisy is 43b182065ab2c7d1908ec3cee756d9f626c1e4bd1efa17a7c3993433b653d499 which is followed by 9e6838a3545bd59a708d0c177d6840c7d82b8ac6220138ca3d8133a1376405aa which does not contain any data.
Erich Erstu
. Alias: 1Hyena. A well built man wearing a gas mask. Google image search leads to: github.com/1Hyena (archive), who is the creator of cryptograffiti.info. It was around after this time that the number of raw images surged dramatically in the blockchain, so it is possible that this is when the service started operating. This further suggests that most raw image uploads we found were made with cryptograffiti.info. tx c206e8fff656f07b27dac831ef9b956792bae4e76a2cb43f14f49f0298bf2c2f, block 416527 (2016-06-16). Embedded text:Hyena was here on the 16th of June 2016.
Hi mom! I love you.
Water Deer
. badtaxidermy.com "Water Deer" image, visible at: web.archive.org/web/20200527070011/http://www.badtaxidermy.com/?page=3. tx 357e8ae080e5a1b554eaec2953e3e6e2e7955f3af4559dd0f1bc6381d56aa183, block 416735 (2016-06-16) via cryptograffiti.info. The file contains the strings:www.badtaxidermy.com
Cryptograffiti.info now allows you to attach JPEG images to your messages.
hotmine.io
. A mining supplier: hotmine.io/en. twitter.com/uahotmine. tx 8ec01c5e8f3b57adb13079af3b7e40e7acd3986a5ed14325388405771bd43f9b, block 416835 (2016-06-18) via cryptograffiti.info. The file contains the following string embedded into it:Smart Heating, Bitcoin Mining For You - en.hotmine.io
Nada from They Live (1988)
. tx 83df1e5ecc1c7ac455d2855e15cff8fa5771afe2ad1796c8b6b1a8e910e829c4, block 416896 (2016-06-18) via cryptograffiti.info. The file has the following string embedded into it:which is a reference to Nada's original dialogue:
I have come here to chew bubble gum and dance on Ethereum's grave.And I'm all out of bubble gum.
I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum.
I'm here to chew bubblegum
. Source. Off-chain film scene for context.Cryptocurrenty Minning ad
. Twitter "@dobcrypto": twitter.com/dobcrypto Reuploaded at: imgur.com/gallery/00oOuhm. tx eda07af9584391bb6f5ebb07ba57a51b610751fdf06ae49d9166225c36d97d0b, block 417111 (2016-06-20) via cryptograffiti.info. The file contains the following string:Subscribe, I will be glad to see you! www.youtube.com/c/dobcryptocurrency
Chinese wedding
. tx 609d5e0f968c0ab7abc2be21468cfd552483d38b08e6df23d27766eb61b9be3c, block 417131 (2016-06-20) via cryptograffiti.info.
A white man and a Chinese woman wearing Chinese traditional dressess holding hands, presumably a token from their wedding. A Chinese poem is visible next to them, with four vertical setences made up of 7 characters each, to be read from right to left. This is a classic Classical Chinese poetry form known as qijue.
A photo of a snowy mountain is shown in the background, fitting the theme of the poem. It looks like an European mountain, possibly Mont Blanc? TODO identify. Perhaps a reference to the nationality of the husband.
TODO transcribe the Chinese text, cursive grass script + traditional characters + ultra-low res put this beyond Ciro Santilli's capabilities/patience ratio. Ciro Santilli's wife's transcribed gave the first column as:and no Google hits, so maybe an original poem? What a hero. TODO transcribe the rest.
丹珍默然藏山中
A scarlet gemstone hides quietly in the midst of the mountains.
The image file contains the English transalation of the Chinese poem embeded into it:
A scarlet gemstone hides quietly in the midst of the mountains.
Its beauty softly enters the wanderer's dreams.
Fame and fortune become like drifting clouds
But the gem endures like the constellations above.
Superbuffo
. Googling gives a Toni Caradonna: twitter.com/superbuffo. At twitter.com/Superbuffo/status/1620900765014556672 that twitter account claimed the art or its depiction. www.imdb.com/name/nm9516368/ has some obscure references to him. tx 6240f61bbaeac66cd623e921a153addaf5f379a996f2de0f0c6506d628fe3812, block 417354 (2016-06-21) via cryptograffiti.info. The file contains the following string embedded into it, in addition to a lot of Adobe boilerplate:Superbuffo the first comedian on the blockchain
Rene Angelil and Celine Dion
. Reproduced at: web.archive.org/web/20191130174338/https://people.com/celebrity/inside-celine-dion-and-rene-angelils-21-year-marriage/ but cropped to faces. tx e2e5b9cf04d93ae5fc1b54e9208b92b668823e014b251f57510e4702661fa1a6, block 417272 (2016-06-21) via cryptograffiti.info. Embedded text:You will be here forever
New Age dance
. Woman dancing a New Age-like dance with New Age-like Indian looking clothes, holding a lamp, and with a rose on her hair. TODO identify. tx 0602dd1b375bc71818db0a40d7a14f438499af3eda9056125eb5a1b74bed790b, block 419676 (2016-07-07) via cryptograffiti.info. The image contains the following text embedded into it (TODO unknown mechanism, does not show up on exifTool:No alcohol and smoking since 07.07.2016. Love girls!
Snake penetration sculputure
. Sculpture of what seems to be a snake penetrating a vagina. tx 83f412eb7ff40fe542901186a6d37cba0eb4f8458c574bc02a6f7236c599fe07, block 420122 (2016-07-10) via cryptograffiti.info.Wedding invitation
. TODO: make out names, quite low res, no patience. Looks like Cyrillic script. tx 01c3af71c12d49260231dcb3cc86d6ff21b3cd90878e9556482ef3b0908abffe, block 420960 (2016-07-16) via cryptograffiti.info.Bitcoin love certificate
. Hard to make out due to ultra-low-res, and in Cyrillic script. Contains three dates: 8.02.1982, 16.07.1992 and 17.07.2016. tx 075d1c78883ccb237b374c7ed7f9ff0f90df3308c48f9e7a29348b815326b769, block 421151 (2016-07-17) via cryptograffiti.info. The file contains the following text embedded into it:Wedding Wallled 15Nz214yv76BmkKLCi8kAVssa5C7nQHLjx
Oles Slobodenyuk
. tx 10cc5d45396ba271659a4b00d2f70c433533227e5f7ea30bb5bd3c8563d7468a, Block 421280 (2016-07-18) via cryptograffiti.info
Wedding picture with people holding "Blockchain" and "Ipa" signs.
Reproduced at: web.archive.org/web/20200926150213/https://freebitcoins.com.ua/zapushhen-ukrainskij-bitkoin-pul-bitcoinukraine/ Google translate:
One of the initiators of the launch of this pool was Oles Slobodenyuk, who earlier created a grocery store in Kiev accepting bitcoins, arranged a TakeMyBitcoin flash mob, and also registered his own marriage in the bitcoin blockchain on the weddingbook.io website.
Oles is for example featured at: uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/bitcoin-miners-heating-homes-free-133053106.html Bitcoin Miners Are Heating Homes Free of Charge in Frigid Siberia by Anna Baydakova (2019)
The image file contains the following text embedded into it:The link is dead of course.
<Wedding date: Jul 17, 2016
proof link goo.gl/photos/2GToBx1WqRyiQtxQ6
2016, painting, 135.7 x 130.7 cm (18 DPI)
Hand written contract
. Wedding contract written in Czech. Transcription and translation by Petr Kadlec:Translation:Signatures:
Svým podpisem pod tímto textem potvrzuji, že Daniela Dudysová a Pavel Urbaczka v mé přítomnosti dne 20.8.2016 v Ropici projevili vůli uzavřít spolu manželství, přičemž ani jeden z těchto projevů se mi nejevil jako nesvobodný, nikoliv vážný, nesrozumitelný, omylný nebo uzavřený v tísni.
With my signature under this text, I confirm Daniela Dudysová and Pavel Urbaczka have, in my presence on 2016-08-20 in Ropice, expressed the will to enter marriage, whereas neither of their expressions seemed to me to be non-free, not serious, in error, or under distress.
Tereza (unreadable) Hana (unreadable) Jakub (unreadable) Radim Kozub (unreadable) (unreadable) Lenka (unreadable)
Petr also conjectures that Jakub may refer to Jakub Olšina from Blockchain Legal. Figure 23. "Wedding on grass" on the same block contains a image of a wedding, presumably the same of the contract. The photo of the man might be the same person as www.linkedin.com/in/olsinajakub/, but a bit younger.
Wedding on grass
. tx 693848d56098a0ad16736bea7f24336c9b47a7f0a6f776659e8d01f00b46af76, block 426072 (2016-08-20) via cryptograffiti.info.
The file contains the following text embedded into it:which is Czech for:So it is a followup to Figure 22. "Hand written contract".
Danila a Pavel se právě vzali!
Danila and Pavel just got married!
Onshape ad
. Ad for www.onshape.com/en/, an online CAD company:#CAD users all over the world are designing in the cloud! Join them by creating a #free Onshape account: hubs.ly/HO3vJ6tO. tx c0bb963cb3ceffc49059f09db94e3fd73caa3b7a8e005160d49e99020ff6b51a, block 426832 (2016-08-25) via cryptograffiti.info. Embedded text:@Onshape - The Future of Professional CAD
In Pepe We Trust
#BITCOINPEPE
Hello. Yes, this is dog
. knowyourmeme.com/memes/yes-this-is-dog. tx 4b0cd7e191ef0a14a9b6ab1c5900be534118c20a332ff26407648168d2722a2e, block 440418 (2016-11-24) via cryptograffiti.info.Tuxedo and rose
. Black and white and intentionally blurred photo of couple, the woman wears a tuxedo, and the man holds a red rose/light-like thing in the middle. tx c67dca17d3e5544d8d2c70d143196e1c1438a09c7371b80086d0a71ec5aec3c8, block 453083 (2017-02-14) via cryptograffiti.info.Couple on mountains
. Middle aged couple selfie in front of some mountains. tx 00a64f2ff9aae7a34c21d07b8fc9bad79989f25295ccbddc6fbe73b3685b65a9, block 456370 (2017-03-09) via cryptograffiti.info. The file contains the following Spanish poem, whch confirms that their Spanish looking faces are actually Spanish, perhaps they are at the Pyrenees:Entre tus brazos y los míos
no hay espacio, tan juntitos
estamos que los pensamientos
son uno.A veces somos casi dos desconocidos,
raros tan raros cómo distintos,
pero nos engañamos, tú lo sabes yo lo sé,
en realidad somos muy dentro
la misma verdad.Escondidos en tus ojitos
duermen mis sueños más hermosos,
cuándo los abres frente a mi
se despiertan alegres y rumbosos.
Between your arms and mine
there is no space, so close together
we are the thoughts
They are one.Sometimes we are almost two strangers,
strange as strange as they are different,
but we deceive ourselves, you know it, I know it,
actually we are very inside
the same truth.Hidden in your eyes
my most beautiful dreams sleep,
when do you open them in front of me
They wake up happy and cheerful.
tx ca4f11131eca6b4d61daf707a470cfccd1ef3d80a6f8b70f1f07616b451ca64e, block 458238 (2017-03-21) via cryptograffiti.info.
See also: Section "China".
Searching for the image hash ca4f11131eca6b4d61daf707a470cfccd1ef3d80a6f8b70f1f07616b451ca64e leads to archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/191157608/#q191162145 which links to the now dead as of 2021: cryptograffiti.info/#ca4f11131eca6b4d61daf707a470cfccd1ef3d80a6f8b70f1f07616b451ca64e.jpg. But
Mr. Burns You're here forever
. Mr. Burns from The Simpsons showing a sign:Still from S06E13 of The Simpsons. A reference to the immutability of the blockchain.
Don't forget, you're here forever
Mr. Burns "You're Here Horever"
. Source. Off-chain source clip for the still.This transaction is given at Data Insertion in Bitcoin's Blockchain by Andrew Sward, Vecna OP_0 and Forrest Stonedahl. We've decoded it with:TODO understand the encoding better. Our indexing scripts Bitcoin Inscription Indexer missed it because the image is encoded on starting on the second constant of the input script and not the first.
btc getrawtransaction 94e319d09fc236fb9d7a24e60af8f47ed41ca3cc01e9950c925d806153ed8aa3 true | jq -r '.vin[].scriptSig.asm' | sed -r 's/^[^ ]+ //' | sed -r 's/ [^ ]+$//' | tr -d '\n' | xxd -r -p > tmp.jpg
This was missed by binwalk because it does not index the valid JPEG signature "ffd8ffdb"... we should patch it... github.com/ReFirmLabs/binwalk/blob/cddfede795971045d99422bd7a9676c8803ec5ee/src/binwalk/magic/images#L107
Augustana College Old-Main.jpg
. First tx 1e347cf7521a1318ef31af4f5758efbc45f1bb2a7db9bc1cc469bfe93599eaf7 sets up 48 P2SH outputs and gives ASCII message
Augustana College Old-Main.jpg Reconstruct with data preceding redeemscripts
Then tx 033d185d1a04c4bd6de9bb23985f8c15aa46234206ad29101c31f4b33f1a0e49 redeems those with 48 input scripts that encode the image with ASCII message:
Augustana College Old-Main.jpg Reconstruct with data preceding redeemscripts
Encoded with Two-stage P2SH inscription. Mentioned at: Data Insertion in Bitcoin's Blockchain by Andrew Sward, Vecna OP_0 and Forrest Stonedahl. See also this ASCII art by the same authors: Code "Study Math and Computer Science at Augustana College". Previously mentioned at: twitter.com/ottosch_/status/1735297943563837726
PDF demo
. tx b4f537bc536c392d425af0693e3282bbf697df01debeeaf7f9918b93af6bdd14, block 474646 (2017-07-07) via cryptograffiti.info contains a single page 7.9 KB PDF sample file also present e.g. at: www.studocu.com/en-gb/document/harrow-college-uxbridge-college/assessing-risk-in-sport-unit/pdf-sample-its-nothing-dw/61244699. This image is a screenshot of the PDF made manually to make it easier to view here, the actual inscribed file has been uploaded to: raw.githubusercontent.com/cirosantilli/media/master/bitcoin-inscription-indexer/data/bin/b4f537bc536c392d425af0693e3282bbf697df01debeeaf7f9918b93af6bdd14.pdf. The first lines of the document read:Adobe Acrobat PDF FilesAdobe® Portable Document Format (PDF) is a universal file format that preserves all of the fonts, formatting, colours and graphics of any source document, regardless of the application and platform used to create it.
Cat manga
. TODO identify, transcribe japanese. tx 4986e9cd20b75bb534df92e60b232945e18274f4c46d25b8853af9bdda5166b8, block 581526 (2019-06-20).Arms crossed
. Nerdy caucasian woman in her late teens/early 20's wearing glasses and a jeans jacked with her arms crossed. TODO identify. tx a55e5e7492848445a9f9ecf55ce566242c9d95e6c46a171fd94a345e8b74c355, block 597374 (2019-10-01) with P2FKHBlack cat
. No, Google reverse image search is never going to find the exact one amongst billions of pics. tx 8cf28eb9ac221d8cd15298b9ae63eca910b536a5234c133c7e364b29a4e39d21, block 625045 (2020-04-09) with P2FKH.Teddy bear
. tx 546124c6ad55acc6e0cd00a66fbd29e9b7df5fe8505e2ebf8470bb44aa35bc16, block 654100 (2020-10-24) with P2FKH. Cost: ~0.002 BTC ~ $25.77 at the time. Transaction made up of 339 * 550 SAT outputs.The Starry Night by van Gogh
. tx 225ed8bc432d37cf434f80717286fd5671f676f12b573294db72a2a8f9b1e7ba, block 685647 (2021-05-31) Stored on SegWit. Googling leads to this hit: github.com/aureleoules/bitcandle by French programmer Aurèle Oulès which is an obscure uploader not known to us before this transaction was found.
tx 8dc2785335c59df6c00257f9b20e5df9b932a717f97066b279e292faba71a67a on block 685737 contains another one, but with a slightly different encoding, presumably Aureole was trying out different things.
Kitchen mirror selfie in swimming glasses
. tx 3110f49fb6047d62e6fa198a0a4b180d9abf7075d6f29472747990ae286295cb, block 690497 (2021-07-10). JPEG using P2FMS
This P2FMS has the peculiarity that each payload constant is preceded by a
04
byte which must be thrown away, we've decoded it manually with:bitcoin-core.cli getrawtransaction 3110f49fb6047d62e6fa198a0a4b180d9abf7075d6f29472747990ae286295cb true | jq -r '.vout[].scriptPubKey.asm' | head -n-2 | sed -r 's/^....//;s/ 3 .*//' | tr -d ' \n' | xxd -r -p > tmp.jpg
This transactions is also mentioned at: github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/28400 "Make provably unsignable standard P2PK and P2MS outpoints unspendable"
Gulagu.net logo
. tx 9c1a5d5a9e65e9a35050d67574681695a5c46a3df3feb27834848daa49c2fb92, block 710352 (2021-11-19) Logo of gulagu.net/, a "Russian anti-corruption, anti-torture human rights organization and website"[ref] Two-stage P2SH inscription.Gulagu.net people
. tx 36e7f004ff22aa1146a00705d166fbca64d174c472a5296ed1f38d4749a74e10, block 710354 (2021-11-19). Rightmost Vladimir Osechkin. Two-stage P2SH inscription.Low resolution GIF screenshot of the Bitcoin whitepaper intro
. tx cad2c46b0f7feb56191f2ab7d8ed59184615cbf0ca46af8c8b5a21a2045a42d2, block 724270 (2022-02-21). Inscribed with P2FKH.
The payload starts with:
7b260000
before the acutal GIF, which is why we hadn't found it before using binwalk. TODO what do those bytes mean?The last payload uses OP_RETURN and encodes the ascii filename:TODO what is BTGC?
BTGC:satoshi.gif
A man and his cactus
. tx 4719e7252f4bdefd9f7bdf5058f17af28729b79c303b067eb01c107e57235754 (2024-01-27). Encoded as a data URL for a JPEG image in an OP_RETURN:data:image/jpeg;base64
TODO decode:
- get all from Data Insertion in Bitcoin's Blockchain by Andrew Sward, Vecna OP_0 and Forrest Stonedahl, some are missing. TODO list then explicitly here
- 6fa03193609f6506c2fa76540fa9930adf68d50b21c942434a90486a694ccacd contains a JPEG in its input script but a bit broken. The script contains a single constant. We could not decode it by looking at nearby transactions either