Incoming links: Germany
Check out: OurBigBook.com, the best way to publish your scientific knowledge. It's an open source note taking system that can publish from lightweight markup files in your computer both to a multi-user mind melding dynamic website, or as a static website. It's like Wikipedia + GitHub + Stack Overflow + Obsidian mashed up. Source code: github.com/ourbigbook/ourbigbook.
Sponsor me to work on this project: 100k USD = I quit me job and work on it one year full time. Status: ~144k / 200k USD reached: 1st year locked-in, 2nd year stretch goal open at 200k USD. 1M USD = I retire and do it forever. How to donate: Section "Sponsor Ciro Santilli's work on OurBigBook.com".
I reached 100k USD after a 1000 Monero donation, so I quit my job for 1 year starting 1st June 2024 to solve as many STEM courses as I can from a world leading university to try and kickstart The Higher Education Revolution. If I reach 200k USD, then I'll do it for two years instead. A second year greatly improve chances of success: year one I solve a bunch of courses, year two I come guns blazing with the content and expand further.
Mission: to live in a world where you can learn university-level mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology and engineering from perfect free open source books that anyone can write to get famous. More rationale: Section "OurBigBook.com"
Explaining things is my superpower, e.g. I was top user #39 on Stack Overflow in 2023[ref][ref] and I have a few 1k+ star educational GitHub repositories[ref][ref][ref][ref]. Now I want to bring that level of awesomeness to masters level Mathematics and Physics. But I can't do it alone! So I created OurBigBook.com to allow everyone to work together towards the perfect book of everything.
My life's goal is to bring hardcore university-level STEM open educational content to all ages. Sponsor me at github.com/sponsors/cirosantilli starting from 1$/month so I can work full time on it. Further information: Section "Sponsor Ciro Santilli's work on OurBigBook.com". Achieving what I call "free gifted education" is my Nirvana.
This website is written in OurBigBook Markup, and it is published on both cirosantilli.com (static website) and outbigbook.om/cirosantilli (multi-user OurBigBook Web instance). Its source code is located at: github.com/cirosantilli/cirosantilli.github.io and also at
cirosantilli.com/_dir and it is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 unless otherwise noted.To contact Ciro, see: Section "How to contact Ciro Santilli". He likes to talk with random people of the Internet.
GitHub | Stack Overflow | LinkedIn | YouTube | Twitter | Wikipedia | Zhihu 知乎 | Weibo 微博 | Other accounts
Besides that, I'm also a freedom of speech slacktivist and recreational cyclist. I like Chinese traditional music and classic Brazilian pop. Opinions are my own, but they could be yours too. Tax the rich.
Let's create an educational system with:
- no distinction between university and high school, students just go as fast as they can to what they really want without stupid university entry exams
- fully open source learning material
- on-demand examinations that anyone can easily take without prerequisites
- granular entry selection only for space in specific laboratories or participation in specific novel research projects
I offer:
- online private tutoring for:
- any STEM university course
- passionate younger STEM students (any age) who want to learn university level material and beyond. Can your kid be the next Fields Medalist or Nobel Prize winner? I'm here to help, especially if you are filthy rich! I focus moving students forward as fast as they want on and on producing useful novel tutorials and results
Let your child be my Emile, and me be their Adolfo Amidei, and let's see how far they can go! I will help take your child:and achieve their ambitious STEM goals!- into the best universities
- into the best PhD programs
- educational consulting for institutions looking to improve their STEM courses
- do you know that course or teacher that consistently gets bad reviews every year? I'll work with the teacher to turn the problem around!
- are you looking to create a consistent open educational resources offering to increase your institutions internationally visibility? I can help with that too.
My approach is to:For minors, parents are welcome to join video calls, and all interactions with the student will be recorded and made available to parents.
- propose interesting research projects. The starting point is always deciding the end goal: Section "Backward design"
- learn what is needed to do the project together with the student(s)
- publish any novel results or tutorials/tools produced freely licensed online, and encourage the student to do the same (Section "Let students learn by teaching", digital garden)
I have a proven track of explaining complex concepts in an interesting and useful way. I work for the learner. Teaching statement at: Section "How to teach". Pricing to be discussed. Contact details at: Section "How to contact Ciro Santilli".
I am particularly excited about pointing people to the potential next big things, my top picks these days are:I am also generally interested in:
- 20th century physics, notably AMO and condensed matter
- the history of science, and in particular trying to look at seminal papers of a field
Ciro Santilli's amazing Stack Overflow profile
. Ciro contributes almost exclusively by answering question he Googles into out of his own need, and never by refreshing the newest question of big tags for low hanging fruit! More information at: Section "Ciro Santilli's Stack Overflow contributions".
Ciro Santilli's Stack Overflow stats
. Further methodology details at: Figure "Ciro Santilli's Stack Overflow stats".Introduction to the OurBigBook Project
. Source. OurBigBook Web topics demo
. Source. The OurBigBook topic feature allows users to "merge their minds" in a "sort by upvote"-stack overflow-like manner for each subject. This is the killer feature of OurBigBook Web. More information at: docs.ourbigbook.com/ourbigbook-web-topics.OurBigBook dynamic article tree demo
. Source. The OurBigBook dynamic tree feature allows any of your headers to be the toplevel h1 header of a page, while still displaying its descendants. SEO loves this, and it also allows users to always get their content on the correct granularity. More information at: docs.ourbigbook.com/ourbigbook-web-dynamic-article-tree.OurBigBook local editing and publishing demo
. Source. With OurBigBook you can store your content as plaintext files in a Lightweight markup, and then publish that to either OurBigBook.com to get awesome multi-user features, or as a static website where you are in full control. More information at: docs.ourbigbook.com/publish-your-content.Top Down 2D continuous game with Urho3D C++ SDL and Box2D for Reinforcement learning by Ciro Santilli (2018)
Source. More information: Section "Ciro's 2D reinforcement learning games". This is Ciro's underwhelming stab at the fundamental question: Can AGI be trained in simulations?. This project could be taken much further.
My Bitcoin inscription museum by Ciro Santilli
. Source. Introductory video to Section "Cool data embedded in the Bitcoin blockchain". -------------------------------------
| Force of Will 3 U U |
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| | //////////// | |
| | ////() ()\////\ | |
| | ///_\ (--) \///\ | |
| | ) //// \_____///\\ | |
| | ) \ / / / / | |
| | ) / \ | | / _/ | |
| | ) \ ( ( / / / / \ | |
| | / ) ( ) / ( )/( ) \ | |
| | \(_)/(_)/ /UUUU \ \\\/ | | |
| .---------------------------------. |
| Interrupt |
| ,---------------------------------, |
| | You may pay 1 life and remove a | |
| | blue card in your hand from the | |
| | game instead of paying Force of | |
| | Will's casting cost. Effects | |
| | that prevent or redirect damage | |
| | cannot be used to counter this | |
| | loss of life. | |
| | Counter target spell. | |
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| Illus. Terese Nelsen |
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Artist unknown, uploaded December 2014. Part of Section "Cool data embedded in the Bitcoin blockchain" where Ciro Santilli maintains a curated list of such interesting inscriptions.
This was a small project done by Ciro for artistic purposes that received some attention due to the incredible hype surrounding cryptocurrencies at the time. Ciro Santilli's views on cryptocurrencies are summarized at: Section "Are cryptocurrencies useful?".
YellowRobot.jpgJPG image fully embedded in the Bitcoin blockchain depicting some kind of cut material art depicting a yellow robot, inscribed on January 29, 2017.
Ciro Santilli found this image and others during his research for Section "Cool data embedded in the Bitcoin blockchain" by searching for image fingerprints on every transaction payload of the blockchain with a script.
The image was uploaded by EMBII, co-creator of the AtomSea & EMBII upload mechanism, which was responsible for a large part of the image inscriptions in the Bitcoin blockchain.
The associated message reads:This is one of Ciro Santilli's favorite AtomSea & EMBII uploads, as it perfectly encapsules the "medium as an art form" approach to blockchain art, where even non-novel works can be recontextualized into something interesting, here depicting an opposition between the ephemeral and the immutable.
Chiharu [EMBII's Japanese wife] and I found this little yellow robot while exploring Chicago. It will be covered by tar or eventually removed but this tribute will remain. N 41.880778 E -87.629210
At twitter.com/EMBII4U/status/1615389973343268871 EMBII announced that he would be giving off shares of that image on Sup!?, a Bitcoin-backed NFT system he was; making. In December 2023, he gave some shares of the robot to Ciro Santilli.
2010 Wayback Machine archive of starwarsweb.net
. This website was used as one of the CIA 2010 covert communication websites, a covert system the CIA used to communicate with its assets. More details at: Section "CIA 2010 covert communication websites".
Ciro Santilli had some naughty OSINT fun finding some of the websites of this defunct network in 2023 after he heard about the 2022 Reuters report on the matter, which for the first time gave away 7 concrete websites out of a claimed 885 total found. As of November 2023, Ciro had found about 350 of them.
2010 Wayback Machine archive of noticiasmusica.net
. This is another website that was used as one of the CIA 2010 covert communication websites. This website is written in Brazilian Portuguese, and therefore suggests that the CIA had assets in Brazil at the time, and thus was spying on a "fellow democracy".
Although Snowden's revelations made it extremely obvious to the world that the USA spies upon everyone outside of the Five Eyes, including fellow democracies, it is rare to have such a direct a concrete proof of it visible live right on the Wayback Machine. Other targeted democracies include France, Germany, Italy and Spain. More details at: USA spying on its own allies.
Diagram of the fundamental theorem on homomorphisms by Ciro Santilli (2020)
Shows the relationship between group homomorphisms and normal subgroups.
Used in the Stack Exchange answer to What is the intuition behind normal subgroups? One of Section "The best articles by Ciro Santilli".
Spacetime diagram illustrating how faster-than-light travel implies time travel by Ciro Santilli (2021)
Used in the Stack Exchange ansewr to Does faster than light travel imply travelling back in time?. One of Section "The best articles by Ciro Santilli".
Average insertion time into heaps, binary search tree and hash maps of the C++ standard library by Ciro Santilli (2015)
Source. Used in the Stack Overflow answer to Heap vs Binary Search Tree (BST). One of Section "The best articles by Ciro Santilli".
Top view of an open Oxford Nanopore MinION
. Source. This is Ciro Santilli's hand on the Wikipedia article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_Nanopore_Technologies. He put it there after working a bit on Section "How to use an Oxford Nanopore MinION to extract DNA from river water and determine which bacteria live in it" :-) And he would love to document more experiments like that one Section "Videos of all key physics experiments", but opportunities are extremely rare.A quick 2D continuous AI game prototype for reinforcement learning written in Matter.js, you can view it on a separate page at cirosantilli.com/_raw/js/matterjs/examples.html#top-down-asdw-fixed-viewport. This is a for-fun-only prototype for Ciro's 2D reinforcement learning games, C++ or maybe Python (for the deep learning ecosystem) seems inevitable for a serious version of such a project. But it is cute how much you can do with a few lines of Matter.js!
HTML snippet:
<iframe src="_raw/js/matterjs/examples.html#top-down-asdw-fixed-viewport" width="1000" height="850"></iframe>Being Brazilian, Ciro Santilli is particularly curious about the existence of a Brazilian-focused website one mentioned in the article, as well as in other democracies.
WTF the CIA was doing in Brazil in the early 2010s! Wasn't helping to install the Military dictatorship in Brazil enough!
Here are the democracies found so far, defining a democracy as a country with score 7.0 or more in the Democracy index 2010. In native language:In English, so more deniable:"Almost democracies":Ciro couldn't help but feel as if looking through the Eyes of Sauron himself!
- Germany(2: dedrickonline.com, neighbour-news.com)
- France (4: guide-daventure.com, lesummumdelafinance.com, football-de-luxe.com, suparakuvi.com)
- Italy (2: attivitaestremi.com, podisticamondiale.com)
- Spain (2: armashoy.com, montanismoaventura.com)
- Brazil (1: noticiasmusica.net)
- South Korea (1: economicnewsbuzz.com)
- Poland (1: boxingstop.net)
- Japan (1: snapnewsfront.net)
- Canada (2: kanata-news.com, mynewscheck.com)
- Philippines (1: half-court.net)
- India (1: amishkanews.com)
- Croatia (1: stara-turistick.com)
- Thailand (1: thefairwaysaregreen.com)
- Peru (1: todosperuahora.com)
It is worth noting that democracies represent just a small minority of the websites found. The Middle East, and Spanish language sites (presumably for Venezuela + war on drugs countries?) where the huge majority. But Americans have to understand that democracies have to work together and build mutual trust, and not spy on one another. Even some of the enlightened people from Hacker News seem to not grasp this point. The USA cannot single handedly maintain world order as it once could. Collaboration based on trust is the only way.
Snowden's 2013 revelations particularly shocked USA allies with the fact that they were being spied upon, and as of the 2020's, everybody knows this and has "stopped caring", and or moved to end-to-end encryption by default. This is beautifully illustrated in the Snowden when Snowden talks about his time in Japan working for Dell as an undercover NSA operative:
NSA wanted to impress the Japanese. Show them our reach. They loved the live video from drones. This is Pakistan right now [video shows CIA agents demonstrating drone footage to Japanese officials]. They were not as excited about that we wanted their help to spy on the Japanese population. They said it was against their laws.We bugged the country anyway, of course.And we did not stop there. Once we had their communications we continued with the physical infrastructure. We sneaked into small programs in their power grids, dams, hospitals. The idea was that if Japan one day was not our allies we could turn off the lights.
Another noteworthy scene from that movie is Video "Aptitude test scene from the Snowden 2016 film", where a bunch of new CIA recruits are told that:
Each of you is going to build a covert communications network in your home city [i.e. their fictitious foreign target location written on each person's desk, not necessarily where they were actually born], you're going to deploy it, backup your site, destroy it, and restore it again.
There are a few dozen ASCII arts in the blockchain.
ASCII porn is listed at Section "ASCII porn".
Almost all of them are copy pastes of stuff present elsewhere, or boring high resolution ones auto-generated from images. But hey, it's still fun to see.
- block 229417 (2013-04-03) has a cute one liner sword miner message by HHTT:
./SockThing/HHTT/o()xxxx[{::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::> - 5acc5293506c65d346d6ca171d8e8b73b39b3f99fb16a98cc7f3ce9dbe27a87c (2014-03-10) goes straight to the point:
+----+ |fuck| +----+ - tx 9f17f3ce43019c24baa6d679edfdddeada856f617cd9c1f6008d49be4542b768, block 301412 (2014-05-18) TODO wft, what/who is "poutine". Cthulhu is of course the fictional (?) entity created by writer H. P. Lovecraft.There were a few small donations: www.blockchain.com/explorer/addresses/BTC/1JsJs5d6E5SmJSGUiQ12uF1GDZxTCUWvf
_--------. / ~~~~~~\ p o u t i n e (_ ~~~@~~@| Cthulhu wants your bitcoin/dogecoin, plz donate \ ~~//|\\\ | \ \|||/\\\_/ / /|//_/|/__ BTC : 1JsJs5d6E5SmJSGUiQ12uF1GDZxTCUWvf / \_\ \|\| DOGE: D93mn1utTc7REQQPjQSjFf9Boupm32gw88 - tx 7b537ad012439c6306dd74e13ba9c20926d68d04fc0c6da2fc81a8eb8f9ea017, block 322917 (2014-09-28) via cryptograffiti.info: hello, it's the Internet:
/\_/\ ____/ o o \ /~____ = = / (______)__m_m) 
Figure 1. ASCII art of the Winklevoss twins. tx 09a5d5aaecdce1757e6ec713cc8a2201abca9acdb6fbadc7760e831cdad3d680 (2014-10-01) high resolution image of two men wearing a suit with the bitcoin logo on the background, followed by "if you like it, leave a tip: 1MDBHLGV7WX9viRG9X4LfDQfCX8oZ9w". Both men look quite similar, so quite likely it's the Winklevoss twins, who had a big and later catastrophic involvement with Bitcoin. The tip address appears to be cropped and is incorrect, ooops. 777db7bfbea2c525d5adb05a8fbf47736e2311492f4614e5d38ab199b4bbfac2 give the likely correct version of it "1MDBHLgv7WX9viRG9X4LfDQfCX8oZ9wviC".- tx e577e60f4008a00175ef3f3266f052949440009b2ac65e4957da114db29bf96d (2014-11-03)
@jamesmorgan. Possibly this Twitter account: twitter.com/jamesmorgan but it was suspended as of January 2024. It had only a single archive from 2008 at: web.archive.org/web/20081007152024/http://twitter.com/JamesMorgan but nothing special about it besides the 2008 vibe of Twitter CSS:_____ __ / ___ \ |__|____ _____ ____ ______ ____ _____ ___________ _________ ____ / / ._\ \ | \__ \ / \_/ __ \ / ___// ___\ / \ / _ \_ __ \/ ___\__ \ / \ < \_____/ | |/ __ \| Y Y \ ___/ \___ \/ /_/ > Y Y ( <_> ) | \/ /_/ > __ \| | \ \_____\/\__| (____ /__|_| /\___ >____ >___ /|__|_| /\____/|__| \___ (____ /___| / \______| \/ \/ \/ \/_____/ \/ /_____/ \/ \/ 
Figure 2. . (2014-10-12). Associated text: Portrait of a young man. TODO identify. 1MDBHLgv7WX9viRG9X4LfDQfCX8oZ9wviC was tipped twice so far: www.blockchain.com/explorer/addresses/btc/1MDBHLgv7WX9viRG9X4LfDQfCX8oZ9wviC for 0.00240 BTC and 0.02490000 BTC in 2014.if you like it, leave a tip: 1MDBHLgv7WX9viRG9X4LfDQfCX8oZ9wviC
- tx c6df8850871fce6c8764af2a0a4155241fc987db57abd8c9ead0165895e1ccc4 (2014-11-04): TODO what company is this the logo of? It seems very familiar, Ciro Santilli has certainly seen it before but can't remember where...:
`-:+syhhhhhhyo/-. ./sdmmmmmmmmmmmmmmddy/.` :sdmmmmmdddddhhysyhhddddho-` -ydmmmmddddddddddhhyso++yhddh/`` +dmmmdddddddyso++/++shdy+:/+ydho`` +dmmdddddhhy:`` ./sh/.-/yhho` -dmmdddhhhy/` `/y/`./yho- .hmddddhhhs: :h.`::/-:` ydmmmdhhhy` s+ .` `.- ymmmmdhhh+ /o @R*. /mmmmdhhhs` .. `hmmmdhhhh/ ommmdddhhh- .hmmmddhhhh+-` .hmmmmddhhhhso+:----:+o+/:- :smmmmdddhhhhhhhhhhhhdddhh/ ` -sdmmmmddddddddddddddmmmd- .odmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmd:` .-:odhmmmmmNNNNmdo/. ``-sooosyho`` -JGM The Hashling /\|--|/\ /\|OO|/\ /\|--|/\ @BraveTheWorld @petertoddbtcCode 1.The Hashling."The Hashling" presumably refers to a cute fictional crab-like animal that somehow inhabits the alternate reality created Blockchain network's incredible hashrate. Yet another soulless NFT collection would later be created with that name as well: magiceden.io/ordinals/marketplace/hashlings.But that is not all! Immediately after the ASCII art encoded as one constant, the remaining constants of the input script except for the last one encode a raw PNG image with a hand drawing of the creature:The last constant is then the only thing that matters and spends the incoming output.
The ASCII art and image are also inscribed 16 more times on the blockchain: github.com/cirosantilli/bitcoin-inscription-indexer/blob/master/data/hashling. 453c9511ca76361c8c44b4302ce1b5d8d5c98a938b548478ef931baaa7d70e62 also has the image without any ASCII strings.Peter Todd is the author of Peter Todd's hash collision puzzles.@BraveTheWorldis presumably twitter.com/BraveTheWorld, but it is less clear what are they.- tx 57a4edce05dee9012ff5991532e9aa02aef82ee8d3ebecb9f833c12bfbc708fe (2014-12-19) via cryptograffiti.info "MERRY CHRISTMAS! & HAPPY NEW YEAR!!" with a really ugly father Christmas with gift bag. Reproduced at: asciiart.website/index.php?art=holiday/christmas/santa where is is credited From:
Heather Classen <classen@aware.com>, Date: 22 Dec 1994 17:00:58 -0600MERRY CHRISTMAS! __ _ __ ___ & _ __'.:;.:;.:;.:` HAPPY NEW YEAR! _'.:;.:;.:;.:;.:;.:` '.:. , :`,.,`;'/`__ _` _ '..:;.;'.:,.;.:;\ (_) -__ --_-_-_-__---_-) ( ) ____ (_- -__-_-__-____-__-) /####\ /\ | ,~~~' `~~~. %@ |#####\#| ) ><@> <@>< %@% |#######| / / %@p \######| ( * (_c) * ) % % .vvvvvvvv. |#####| \ '%@%@%@%@`, %@%@ .vvvvvvvvvv. /#####\ _ _ d%@ `----' @%@%@ \ _ _ _.vvvvvvvvvvvvv. ~~~~~~~ ':;.;%@@%@%@%@%@%@@%p /.:;.:;vvvvvvvvvvvvvvv. `.:;.' ':;.;%@@%@%@@%@%@%@%@ :: ____vvmvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv. :.:;.:` ':;.:d%@%@%@%@%@%@@%@%.:;/####\/\.:;\mvvvvvvvvvvvv :.:;.:;` ';.;;.%@%@@%@%@@%@%@%@p.:;|#####\#|.:;\mvvvvvvvvvvvv. :.:;.:;./;.;;.;%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@ ::.'\######|.:;\mnvvvvvvvvvvvv :.:;.:;.|:.;.;.% %@%@%@%@%@% % : mvv\#####|.:;.\mnvvvvvvvvvvv :.:;.:;/:;.;.:;.q%@%@@%@%@ %p.:;vv%mv|#####\.:;.\mnvvvvvvvvvv :.:;.:;|:;.:;.;;;%@%@@% %.:;.:;.vmnv. ~~~~~~ .:;.|mvvvvvvvvvv. :.:;.:/.:;.:;.:;.: o .:;.:;.:;.vv.:;/.:;.:;\.:;.|mnvvvvvvvvv. `.:;.|:;.:;;;.:;. .:;;;;;;;;;;;;;|.:;.:;.\.:;\mnvvvvvvvv. `::/:;;;.:;;.:; o .:;.;;.:;;;.:;.:|.:;.:;.:\.:;\mnvvvvvnm ;.:;;.:;;.: :;;;.:;.:;.:;.:;\.:;.:;.:;.:;|mnvvvnm. :::;.:;.:;. o ..:;.:;.:;;;;.;;;;\.:;.:;.:;.:|mnvvnm. :::;.:;;.: .:;;;;;;;;.:;.:;;;|.:;.:;.:;./mmvnm. ;.:;.:;.;. o .:;.;.:;;.:;.:;.:;.\________/mmmnm. :.:;;;.;;; .:;;.:;.:;;.:;.:;.:;.;.:;;;;`mmnn `#######HHOHHH########################### #######HHOHHH########################### '::;;;.;; o :;;;.:;.:;;.;;;;;;;;;;;.:;.:` H.Classen - tx 69708943906eb32a320a5a450fed450b0f14b4e475a98bc74615962b68a0bc83 (2015-01-24) via cryptograffiti.info "All Glory to he HYPNO TOAD" signed "SSt" has an ASCII art of HypnoToad, a ficticius mind controlling frog creature from Futurama: Fandom, KnowYourMeme. The same ASCII art can be seen for example at: www.gotfuturama.com/Multimedia/AsciiArt/HypnoSebastian.shtml
,'``.._ ,'``. :,--._:)\,:,._,.: All Glory to :`--,'' :`...';\ the HYPNO TOAD! `,' `---' `. / : / \ ,' :\.___,-. `...,---'``````-..._ |: \ ( ) ;: ) \ _,-. `. ( // `' \ : `.// ) ) , ; ,-|`. _,'/ ) ) ,' ,' ( :`.`-..____..=:.-': . _,' ,' `,'\ ``--....-)=' `._, \ ,') _ '``._ _.-/ _ `. (_) / )' ; / \ \`-.' `--( `-:`. `' ___..' _,-' |/ `.) `-. `.`.``-----``--, .' |/`.\`' ,','); SSt ` (/ (/ - tx 0913d8125167f728cec1b95d27e6fc62a7a45af35eecfefd3b5000e367ee1468 (2015-02-01) via cryptograffiti.info: ASCII typeface add for an unsuccesful cryptocurrency with a link to its homepage zeit-coin.net:
_ _ _ (_) | (_) _______ _| |_ ___ ___ _ _ __ |_ / _ \ | __/ __/ _ \| | '_ \ / / __/ | || (_| (_) | | | | | /___\___|_|\__\___\___/|_|_| |_| http://zeit-coin.net - tx 43b0bb63fc50ad1edbb17486dc44825e4dd642a952c699cc13958e010ba3d8a5 (2015-02-26) has a star of David. Possibly related news from the day prior: www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/25/jewish-leaders-europe-legislation-outlawing-antisemitism "Jewish leaders call for Europe-wide legislation outlawing antisemitism"The signature however appears ironic and could stand for "Zionist Occupation Government"
/\ / \ / /\ \ ________/ /__\_\________ \ ____/ /___________ / \ \ / / \ \ / / \ \/ / \ \/ / \ \/ \ \/ /\ \ /\ \ / /\ \ / /\ \ / /__\_\______/ /__\ \ /_____________/ /______\ \ \ / / \ \/ / \ / \/ HELLO FROM ZOG Muy feliz cumple Manu! ---- The Fantastic Four Gang :-D ~?O8O7?I$O8888OOZZ$$$7?=~::::::::::::$$8ODZZZ7I,.....,8D88O88O88$I?=7ZO88DDDNDNN 7888DD888888888OOZZZ$$I+=~:::::~IONNNNNNMNNNMMNMN8~:.,:+888D88O$$$Z$OZOO8DDNNNNM 88DDDDD8D88888888OZZZZI?=~::~+ODNMNNNMNMMMMMMMMMMNNND~,:?D8D88Z$$$7Z$ZZO8DNNNNNN 8DDDDNDDD8888OOO8OOOOZ7?=~~+DDDND8NDD88NNNMNMNNNMMMMMND?ODDD888ZOOOOOO88DNNNNNDD DD8DDDDDDD88O8O8OOOOOO7?++DDDDD8DDDDD8DDND888NDDNNMMMNMNZ$8DDDDD8DDDDDDDNNNNNNND 88D888888D88888O88O8OZ$7O8DD8DDNNNDDDDDND8888NDDDNNMNNNNDDO8888DD8DDDDDDNNNNNNND 88D888888888888888888OZZO88DNDDDDD8D88OOOOO8DDNDNDNNNNNDDDOI+?$88D88D8DDNNNNNNNN 88D8888D88888888D8D8DO$O8DDNDZ77I???+?++++++IZO8O8O888OOD8D$,,,~Z8OO888DDDNNNNDD DDD8888888DDDDDDDDDD8ZO8DDD8$I??+++===~~~~::~~=+===+?I$Z8888=..,7$OOOZO8DDNNNNDD 888D88DDD888DDDDDDD8ZO8DDDDO7?+++++=~~~~~:~:::::::::::~~+$8D$..:78OOOZO88DDNNDDD 88O888D88OOOO8DD8DD$888DDNDZ7?+?+?++==~~~~:::::::::::,::~=88DI,+88888OOO88DD888O O88888DDOOOOOO88DD8Z88NDNNOZ7???+++===~~~::::::::::::::::~$O88OO8888DD8O888OZZZO 88O8D8888OZZO8O88DOODDNDDD8OI????++===~~:~::::::::::::::::?ZOOOOOO8OD8DDDDOOOZ7$ 88O8O888O8OOOO88DDO8D8NNNN8O7III?++===~~~:::::::::::::::::?ZOZOZOOO8DDDDDD8877$Z 8O8888D8O8DDDDDDDDO8NDDDNNZ7I???+===~=~~~~~::::::::::::::~?OZZZ888D8D8888888$$$$ 8O8D88OO88DDDNNNNDZDNNDDN87I?????I$7???++===:~~~~~~::::,:=IO$$O88DD8D888D8DDZ$$$ 8888OOZZZO88DDDDDDO8NDDNDZII??7Z8O88NNNDOI?++=++++++==~::=$8ZZ88DDN8DD8DDDHACKER DD88O$$7$ZOOOO88D87ODDDND7??I7$$7777$OOO8O$?+=+$88DDD8O7:~$8$$88DNDNNNDDNNNNNNND DDD8O$77$$ZZOOO8DIOZZ8DNZ???7$ZODDNMMI8$8ZI=~:+IZOZ7II+=?=78$$O8NDNNNNNDNNNNNNDD DDD8OZZ$ZZOOOO8ODI$7$O8D????III7ZZ$$7IIII77=::+?7OZNDOZ=?~IO7Z8DDDDDDNNNDNNNNDDD DNDD88OO88DD88DDNI$?I$OZ??????????+++?+??II+~:==?77$7???+~=$+7DNDDDDDDDDNDDDND88 NNDNNDDDDNDDNDNDD$I?O8IIII??++++++++===+??I+:::~=++=++~~~:=77ZNNDDDDDDDDDDDDD888 DDNDDDDNDDNDDDDDNNII77I?II???+====~=~==+???=::::~:~~=~~:::=$+NNDDDDDNDDDDDDDDD88 NNNNNDNNNNNDDDDDDD??+7??I??I??+==~~===+I??+~:::~::~:~~::::~?=DDNDDDDDNNDDDDDDD8D NNNNNNNNNNDDDNNDDN$?I?IIIIIIII??=+=+?I$I+I?=~~::==~::::::~=~NDDNDDDDNDDDDDDDD888 NNNNMNNNNNNNNNNNNNNO??I$I?II777I?+??777$8D8$?+NO=+=~::::~~~?NNNNNDNNNNNNNDDDD8O8 NNNNMMMMMMNNNNNNNNDNN8$ZI?II7$$7I7I77?I7ZZOO$I+==++=~~:~=~:MMNNNNNNNNNNNNNDDD8OO NNNMMMMMMMMNMNNNNNNNNDO7??III7$777I7I7IIII$$$?+=~=?====~~:+MMNMMMNMMMMNNNDDD888O NMNMMMMMMMMMMMMMNMNNNNDI??IIII$7I?I$$77$7I+=~~~~=?I==+==+?MMMMMMMMMMMMNNDDD8888O NMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNND??IIIIIIII?+?8O+I~=~I=IZZ?I$?+=+=8MMMMMMMMMMMMMNNDD888888 NMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNMMMMMNN??I7777I77I=+?III+~:~:,~+?+I+++==MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMDDDDDDDDD MNMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNNN?I777777I7I??++?I?++=~~=~:~+=+++IMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNNNNMMMM MMMMNNNNNMMMMMMMMMMMNMM?I77777II77I???++?IIII+~~:~===++MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMN+II7$7$$77III???++++===~~~~=+++MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMNMMMMMMMNMMMMMMN??I77$7$$7$7I?+++==~~~~~~~~=+?MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMNMMMMMMMMMMMMZ=+??II77$$$$77777I+==~~~~~:~~=+?MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMNNNMMMMMMMMMM:+?II???II77$ZZZ$$$$$II+===+~~==??MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMNNNNNMMMMMM7:I?77I?IIII7$$ZZOOZ7$$$7I??III?++8NMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMNMNNNMMMMMM,:I?$$IIIIIII7$$ZZZZ88OZ$$$777I?+=NNMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMNNNMMMMZ,,?7ZO7IIIIIII7$$$$$$ZOOOZ7????++=DMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMNNMMM8:,,,,Z$7I?I??I7777$$$$$$7II?++++++,ZMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMNDI,,,,,,,?7II?????II7777777I?+???++++.8MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMNNND=,,,,,,,,,,,.?????????IIII7I7I???++++=~.?MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMN7:,,....,,,,,,,,,,,..??+++++?????III?++++++$.,..IDMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMCode 2.Muy feliz cumple Manu!tx 00d8871c1b3fb85912616bb2602b5a9869a345d9fa092f8454614c6158c83d10 (2015-04-08)which means: "Happy birthday, Manu", in Spanish, followed by Manu's face in medium resolutionMuy feliz cumple Manu! ---- The Fantastic Four Gang :-D
The given names of the other three of the "Fantastic Four Gang" are then given at Figure 4. "Viva la Revolucion! Happy Birthday Santi".
Figure 4. Viva la Revolucion! Happy Birthday Santi.tx 1b35d4b9506ab80ec7fc5542f73271cbb72090aa3f70bfa77670f8bd43d072a7, block 378022, 2015-10-08) has a message:and starts a long chain of contiguous transactions that renders Santi's face twice in low resolution. They are encoded one line every two transactions with OP_RETURN:Viva la Revolucion! Happy Birthday Santi! Manu, Santi, Demi, Esteban
and we've decoded it manually in Vim.- first face: 1890addb8afaeb7eabfa9f0fe9bb3ab0bdfdbe939e407618d6e335d6fc3d376f to f06ae6f454dfb064088f87f0684a5a541374ae573e6a6323196facad53f992cb (both in block 278022)
- second face: cacf8b730bd299bf48f7eab2703dce2132ee6216bccd4d01f14493f5a12da6ba to ad5e4afdcf4b415a867ba5ae9171d5101042b2eee9a7d211906f468217ba6ef7 (both in block 378023)
Both blocks were mined by AntPool, so they weren't mining themselves to enforce ordering. So how is ordering assured? TODO are transactions actually contiguous in the block or are there other transactions interspersed? According to:many of the transactions are contiguous but we haven't checked all of them.bitcoin-core.cli getblock 00000000000000000baf6e3006fd05a1c5dbca3d430012180f8098cbe8b8ce22
Figure 5. Warren Buffet.tx 0fc0c50e410b62ee3a316135711116db6b4e728841c976f29ab85e2a41e0dcc3 (2015-08-02) Associated message:1P675gRxNwhFXgfuDu5yXwGDgwLDbXNJqz was never tipped so far: www.blockchain.com/explorer/addresses/btc/1P675gRxNwhFXgfuDu5yXwGDgwLDbXNJqz TODO what is "BM-2cUDAqyqcnksx7YDtgu2y72xDxcRjPeYfo"?if you like it, leave a tip: 1P675gRxNwhFXgfuDu5yXwGDgwLDbXNJqz BM-2cUDAqyqcnksx7YDtgu2y72xDxcRjPeYfo
This image was likely inscribed due to Buffet's general status as an investing God. Interestingly, in a twist of fate, Buffer would later come to strongly criticize cryptocurrency as worthless: finance.yahoo.com/news/warren-buffett-says-wouldnt-pay-175917403.html.
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:the Spanish part translates to:
To my dear friend Mariano, por muchos anos más de diversión!
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:Here's to many more years of fun
which reads:_______ _______ ____ ___ _______ _______ __ __ __ __ _______ ___ _______ | || || | | | | | | || | | || |_| || || | | | | ___|| ___|| | | | |____ | | || | | || || _ || | | ___| | |___ | |___ | | | | ____| | | || |_| || || |_| || | | |___ | ___|| ___|| |___ | | | ______| | _|| || || ___|| |___ | ___| | | | |___ | || | | |_____ | |_ | || ||_|| || | | || |___ |___| |_______||_______||___| |_______| |_______||_______||_| |_||___| |_______||_______| `````` ``..---------------...`` `.--------------------------.` .-------------------------------.` .----------------------------------` `------------------------------------` .------------------------------------. ------------:+yo------+yo:-----------. ---------/shhs+:------:+shhs+--------. ``--------so$/:--------------:/os--------`` `.-------------/oso:------:ooo/--------------` .------------:ho:-:ohsssshs:--+h:------------. .------------so-----y+--/h-----+y------------. .-----------:-:h+--:oh----ys:--+h/-----------. .-------------/ooo/------:ooo+--------------.` `..------------------------------------..` .----------------------------------. `-----------.```....```.-----------` .------------.``````.------------` `-----------------------------.` `.-----------------------..` ``....----------....`` __ __ _______ ______ ___ _______ __ _ __ __ __ | |_| || _ || _ | | | | _ || | | || | | | | | | || |_| || | || | | | |_| || |_| || | | | | | | || || |_||_ | | | || || | | | | | | || || __ || | | || _ ||__| |__| |__| | ||_|| || _ || | | || | | _ || | | | __ __ __ |_| |_||__| |__||___| |_||___| |__| |__||_| |__||__| |__| |__|which means:Feliz cumple, Marian
The message is encoded with OP_RETURN payloads across multiple transactions, 40 bytes per transaction. They actually managed to upload two almost fully consecutive transaction blocks and in the correct order. Could they be miners?Happy Birthday, Marian
Some of the payloads contain newlines, you are just supposed to paste all payloads together to form the image. Our reconstruction here is manual however, lazy to script it properly. - tx f6039915b829377849be87fc242303873e6574528db7916dd81ff44141b3560f (2016-04-27) via cryptograffiti.info contains some candles followed by poem that starts with:Is in Dutch of course, literally:
vaardig regulerend de orde van de dag
Given the date and language, it appears to be a reference to Koningsdag, Dutch national holiday that celebrated the birthday of their King at the time, King Willem-Alexander. Born in 1956, he would have been turning 60 at the time, so a nice round number in 2016 when these birthday candles were inscribed.skillfully regulating the order of the day
The poem also appears at: 2422215c9a6040c0e337bf1c1e9b2b32244a1e36f3dd3e79fb77592c90bbb5a8.) ` /(l /) ( \ / ( ) * ) ( , ) \#/ \#' .-"#'-. .-"#"=, ( |"-.='| '|"-,-"| )\ | | , /(| | /( , ( / )| | (\ ( \ | ) ) (( )\ ( (| | ) ) ) , ) |/ ( ) \ / ) ) . ) |/ ( ( # ( ( , ) / ) ( * ( \#/| (`# ) `#/| |`#/ ( '( \#/ .-"#'-. .-"#'-, .-"#'-. .-=#"-; `#/ .-"#'-. |"=,-"| |"-.-"|) 1"-.-"| |"-.-"| ,-"#"-. |"-.-"| | ! | | | | | | ! |"-.-"| | | | |._,| | | |._,| a | | | | | | | | | | | p | | | | | | | | | | | x | | '-._,-' '-._,-' '-._,-' '-._,-' '-._,-" '-._,-' - tx a55e7587bb34a56ae1113b0848506ea2fcf0c0e1af8c241e76677eb2bcb727eb (2016-04-27) via cryptograffiti.infoThe image is also reproduced a bit later at tx 959a19729ca02b1e06e600a331d7f4603669a7eaaa20b5cfb9f3528e3005a8f2, block 410357 www.blockchain.com/explorer/blocks/btc/410357 (2016-05-05). This second one includes the lyrics:
/y _, _ _ ,_ o888P Y8o8Y Y888o. d88888 88888 88888b ,8888888b_ _d88888b_ _d8888888, 888888888888888888888888888888888 888888888888888888888888888888888 Y8888P"Y888P"Y888P-Y888P"Y88888' Y888 '8' Y8P '8' 888Y '8o V o8' ` `translation;Denk niet wit, denk niet zwart.
Denk niet zwart-wit
Maar alleen aan de kleur van je hart.of the 1984 song "Zwart Wit" (Black and white) by Dutch artist Frank Boeijen, sample performance by the artist:Don't think white, don't think black.
Don't think black and white
But only by the color of your heart. - tx 15fb36eb159d2bbc78a4a4dffc29d166e662a020f42211c176648015102cbf77, block 410366 (2016-05-05) via cryptograffiti.info has a cute "ASCII art poem" if you will:57bc317de1d9a1724b751a008951f76c79c0b787d47cb7561598cc62994237ab has a related one.
#################### Transhumanism and### singularity are lies and tricks. Don't### let them brainwash U and become enslaved# to Mr. Computer##### It's not intelligent #################### The Angels Trumpet## lures to takes away# your free will###### You loose emotions,# CREATIVITY, sanity## and true INNOVATION# You have been warned #################### Humans are not tools to abuse and discard They have never been and they'll never be #################### Love & cherish life# Don't give up ur <3! #################### Pray for the Victims Send them love###### Heal Mr.Computer too #################### - tx e10c958e199daf71ab31342d40e188380fe84f07abee6a11d02c274d5431902a (2016-05-26) via cryptograffiti.info ASCII typeface spelling "CrimsonHexagon"The URL redirect is dead as of January 2024. Possible meaning: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimson_Hexagon
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Figure 8. I Love You Forever. tx ddc39a3da0ee6f0651bdf0be7119b4db2612b19416e9128091b1f29cdfe2aa0d (2016-06-20) via cryptograffiti.info. Busts of a man and a woman looking forward............................................................ ....................................... ........................................................?$OOZZOZ:. ................................. ......................................................?8I~,....,,=,................................. .... .................................................8~~~:::,,,,,~=................................ ~~::,.................................................==~~~:,,,,:,:I=............................... ::~~~::,,............................................:=====$8D+:~:~$7+ ............................. ,,,:::~~~::,... .....................................:IDD8DI$Z7$?=?$7+.............................. ,,,,,,,,::~~::,,....................................8?$Z$N:++?+=~~~~?~.............................. ,,,,,,,,,,,,::~~::,,.. .............................. =+D=,:=7+~:::=~=~............................. ,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,,:::::,,...............................+?7OIO8ZZ?~~+7+~,............................. ,,,,,,,,,,,.,,.,..,,:::::,,.. ........................?$NDD$ZODD=+?II,.............................. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,....,,,::::,,... ..................,+8N$I$IZZOI$7I+O.............................. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,........,,,::::,,....................$8DD8O7?78OZ$I+,.............................. ,,,,,,,,,,,.,.,..............,,::::,,................ .D88ZZOZOOO$I+~+.............................. ,,,,,.,,,,,.,..............................,............888D8O8Z?+==~:.............................: ,,,,,,,,,,,,.,.............................,..............?$OI?+++=+....$+.....................::::: ...........,,,.................... .......................??+??++??..,.D8O$Z?..............,:::::::: ...........,,,...........................................IM7I??II+..,.ND8D88ZZ$Z$7......:::::::::::: ,,,,........................... ......................?7,D77$77I?7O,.DDND8888888.....:::::::::::::~: ,,,,,... ...................... ..................~ZOZ8.DN7?++Z?+IM=NNNDD88NDDN..,.....:::::,:~~:,,, ,,,,,,,..........................................O88NDDDNN+~=~==+NMMNNDDDNNNDD=,........,:~~,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,.........................................$DDDDNNNNNI~~7~=MNNNNDNNNNNDD8,..,,......,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,:,... .. ..................................8DNNDDNNNNN::,?NNMNNNNNDDNNND7.:..,,......,,,,,,,,,, ,,::::,... .....................................DDDNNNDNNNN7,DNNNNNNNNNNNNDDD=,~,,,,,.......,,.,,,,, ::::::,........................................,DNNNNNNNNNNNDMNNNNNNNNNNNNNND,,,.,,,,.......,,,,,,,, ::::::,........................ ......... .....,NNNNNNNNMNNDMMMMNNNNNNNNNNNMN,,,,,,,,,.....,,,,,,,,, ::::::,.....,..................................+NNNNNNMMMMDNMMNNNNNNNNNNNNNMMN~=,,,,,,.,.....,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,..................... ................:~NNNNNNNDNMNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNMMMD?,,,,,,,.......,,,,,, .....,,,....,................ ................::NDDNNNNNNMNNNMNNNNNNNNNNMMMMMMMM::,::,,.....,,,,,,,, .....,,,.....................................,::~NNNNNNMMNNNMNMNMNMMMMMNNMNNNNMM~:::::,,,....,,,,,,, ~~~~~~=:..................................,::,:::=NNNNMMMDNMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNNMM?~:::::,,,....,,,,,, ?+????I~..............................,:::::::~~~~DNNMMMMNMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM~~:::,,,,...,,,,,,, ???????:...........................,::::::::::~~~~?DMMMMMN8MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM~=:~:~,,,....,,,,,, +++++++:...,.,,..,,,,..,,,......:::::::::::,:~~~~=~OMMNNMMMMNMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNMMMMMZ==~~:::,....,,,,,, +++++++:.,..................,:::::::::::,~~:,~~=~+~7MMNMMNNMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNMMMM?++~~~::,...,,,,,, ++++++=:.................,::::::::::,:~~:,,,.~~=~+=DMNNMNMNMMNMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMO+=:=~~~:,..,,,,,, +===+==:.... .........:::::::::::,:=~:,,,,...:===+=DNNNMDMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNNNMMMMMM7=+?=:~,::,,,,,,, ====+==:,:,,,,,,,,,:::~::::::::~=::,,,,,.....~~++???NNNNDMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNMMMMMMMI?=:~~~:.,.,,,,, ====+===~::::::~::::::::::::~=::,,,,.........:~??77$NMNMNDNMMMMNMMMMMMMMMMMMNNNMMMMM$$I+,~:::::,,,,, =======~~::::~~~~:::::::~=~:,,,,,,,..........:~=++7ZNNNMNMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNNMMMMMNNI~=,:,.....,,,, =======~::~~~~~~~~:::~=~:,,,,,,,...,.........=+~+?ZONNNMNMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMD~~,,:,,:,:,,,,, =====~~~~~~~~~~~~~==~:,,,,,,,,,,,...........,:~=+IZONNNMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNMMMMMMMD~:~~::,..,,,,,, Dr. Bill Maurer Economic anthropologistCode 3.ASCII art of Dr. Bill Maurer.tx 06d2528cfabf360c7a8f925d84207d47612cd0ac1ad2efd8aea9758263d9738b (2016-07-13) via cryptograffiti.info entitled:His university home page faculty.sites.uci.edu/wmmaurer/ describes himself as:Dr. Bill Maurer
Economic anthropologistHis Wikipedia page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Maurer.Professor Maurer is a cultural anthropologist and sociolegal scholar. His work explores the technological infrastructures and social relations of exchange and payment.
Figure 9. Photograph of Dr. Bill Maurer. Source. Off-chain reference image for the ASCII art taken from his university home page: web.archive.org/web/20231109222608/https://faculty.sites.uci.edu/wmmaurer/- tx e35a9a198b77ece71272b66f94f9329184c6e4ee48e9e768e54ee8caf5d471fb, block 425758 (2016-08-18) via cryptograffiti.info has a dark one:which reads:
killyour children setthemz free.il+ 6(\___/) 6( O_O ) 6 `---`% evlbunny here)to@ rule^youKill your children, set them free. 666. Evil bunny here to rule you.
- tx eede99ab9b50aa5871fcb4b1d0d1a22ac2fa94b08172b1fa677f0b200e96f84a blk 437669 (2016-11-06):
__ / __ / * `' \ \ / ._,.__, APPLE BAKE '16 ____________________________________________________ | AA | | AAAAAA | | AAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAA AAAAAA | | AAAAAA AAAAAA | | AAAAAA AAAAAA | | AAAAAA AAAAAA | | AAAAAA AAAAAA | | AAAAAA AAAAAA | | AAAAAAA AAAAAAA | | AAAAAAA AAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAA AAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAA AAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAA AAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAA AAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA | | AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA | |____________________________________________________|Code 4.Study Math and Computer Science at Augustana College.tx 9caaa9f8d0e170bf6d73a722e9bb2e7e0d37577476d485bd3eeac09866f26345, block 440620 (2016-11-26). Input script inscription.Contains ASCII art of a large letter A. Has some custom encoding we didn't have the time to investigate which makes it deformed in our dumps, so we fixed it manually. The associated message reads:and so we understand that the ASCII art is formatted to look like the font of the logo of that university from Illinois.!Study Math and Computer Science at Augustana College!
Figure 10. "Augie A". Source. Off-chain reference image for the inscribed Code 4. "Study Math and Computer Science at Augustana College" typeface logo taken from the Augustana College website.Data Insertion in Bitcoin's Blockchain by Andrew Sward, Vecna OP_0 and Forrest Stonedahl is a paper published by some people of the university, presumably the culprits. This was brought to our attention via: twitter.com/ottosch_/status/1735297943563837726.See also: Figure "Augustana College Old-Main.jpg".- tx 12fba831eb6de8eb944e80e42c78d29cf05a833831a335a5711a4b61cf90802e (2018-04-06)Found by Messages from the mines.
Grishchuk Roman_____ Pavlovich___________ ________AND_________ Gres Anna Leonidovna Married 01/04/2015__ ==================== =====++++==++++===== ====++===++===++==== ===++====++====++=== ===++==========++=== ====++========++==== =====++======++===== ======++====++====== =======++==++======= ========++++======== =========++========= - tx fd739c26276ea81fea8210939d527fccd7c9622f93aa17d18ee0bd5321387fde, block 517406 (2018-04-09) contains the first line of an ad from American stockbroker company TD Ameritrade. It is encoded one line per transaction with OP_RETURN, but the ordering is completely scrambled. A link is given: TDAmeritrade.com/Blockchain but it is 404 as of January 2024 of course, companies can't keep their pages up for more than 3 seconds, but there is an archive which decodes the indented picture for us, including the corresponding tx hashes for each line web.archive.org/web/20180902001329/https://www.tdameritrade.com/landing-pages/offer/blockchain/index.html?cid=TVTDACDDRTVJ64, here is a copy from the website because we were lazy to double check each line:
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Lines are completely scrambled, so either there is an index somewhere, or it was meant as a puzzle. This is the best we've managed to unscramble so far:At firs we thought it was some kind of tribute to the Cannes Film Festival, but given the string "Titanium" and the fact that all people mentioned on another section of the art work for advertisement companies, we understand that it is instead almost certainly about the "Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity", previously "International Advertising Festival", which has a "titanium" prize category, e.g. as mentioned at: www.thedrum.com/news/2018/06/22/cannes-lions-winners-titanium-glass-grand-prix-good-and-more:
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'@' which we believe represents the lion is the hardest one and we've perhaps gotten some lines wrong, corrections are welcome.The highly coveted Titanium Lions - created to honor marketing work that doesn't fit neatly into traditional categories
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lolcat test |\---/| | o_o | \_^_/0 - tx f8102999c0aaf7681deec383eb8e7946f093e94a116a21e367e9ed6b7c32d1fb (2018-08-23) contains the logo of the GrrCon, an annual cybersecurity conference with message:The actual code appears to be:
Your free GrrCon ticket
a reference to OP_RETURN. It is steganographically encoded diagonally across the skull's eyes. Ciro Santilli only saw this after grepping:OPRETURNISMYFRIEND
which made all nongrep @ data/out/0538.txt@signs stand out due to the terminal's syntax highligh. This image was uploaded one line per transaction with a few interruptions that we removed manually, and there were was a previous partial attempt a bit before: at tx f8102999c0aaf7681deec383eb8e7946f093e94a116a21e367e9ed6b7c32d1fb so either a failure, or maybe it was intentional to obfuscate things a bit.@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@YOUR@FREE@GRRCON@TICKET@CODE@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@, *@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@% @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ .@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ *@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@, @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@( %@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@ @@@& @@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@,@. @@@ @@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@ %@@ .&@@@@@@&%@@@@@&&&@@@@@# @@/ /@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@ @@ @@@&@@O@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@(@@@@& @@ @@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@ @@. .@@@,%&@@P@@@@@(,*&*@@@@@@@@#(#.@ (@@ @@@@@@@ @@@@@@* @@ @@(@%@@@@@&R@@@@&@@@@@@@&@@@@@@/ @@@ @@ @@@@@@ @@@@@# @@ @@@@@@@@,,@%@E@%@@@@@@@@@@@%@@@@@.@@@@ @@ @@@@@ @@@@@ @@ @.@@@@@,@@@(@,T@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@ @@@@ @@@@ @@ @&@@@@@@/@#@(@&@U@@@@@@@@(@@@@@@., #@@@@@ @@ @@@ @@@* @@ @@@@&@@&@ #@@@R@.@@@@@.@@@@@@@%@@(@@@@@ @@ @@@ @@@ @@ /@@*@@ @@@/N/@,@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@, @@ @@ @@@ @@ @@@@@ @@.@I@@,@@@@@@@@ @@@@&@@ @@ @@ @@/ @@ @@@, (#@/S@@@@@@.,@ **@@&,@ @@ @@ @@ @@ %(( @#@@@@M@@@@@&@ #./%&@@* @@ %@ @@ @@ #&&@ @@@@&@@Y@@@@@ &@,@@@.( @@ %@ @@, @@ @@@@@@ *(@@%@@@F&@. @@&%@@ @@ @@ @@@ @@ @#@%@/@ @@@*@@@R( @@@&@ @@ @@ @@@ @@ @@@@@@@@@%@@@%%@@@@@@@%%/I@ @@@@, @ @@ @@ @@@. @@ @@@@@@@*@&@@@@# @(@@@@@@@@E@@@@@@@& @@ @@@ @@@@ @@ @@@@&@@(@@@@@@.@# @@@ @@@@N@@@@,@( @@ @@@ @@@@@ @@ @@@*@@&@@*(@ @@@&@@&@@D@@@@& @@ @@@@ @@@@@. @@ @/@,@@@@@@@@@@@@@@% @@ @@@@@ @@@@@@ @@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@,@@@@ @@ %@@@@@ @@@@@@@, @@/ @&@@(@@@@ @@@@@@@@@ &@@ @@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@ @@ #%@(,&,@@@@ @(& @/,@ @@ @@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@ /@@ @@&@@@@@,* @@& @@@@@@ .@@. @@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@ @(@@@@@@ @@@ .@(@@, @@@ @@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@ &@@@ @@@# @@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@ @@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@# .@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @ , . @ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @ @ @# @ *, @ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@& @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@Code 6.Your free GrrCon ticket.Without@s to better highlight the code:YOUR FREE GRRCON TICKET CODE , * % . * , ( % & , . % .& &% &&& # / / & O ( & . . ,%& P (,*&* #(#. ( * ( % &R & & / # ,, % E % % . . , ( ,T & / # ( & U ( ., # * & & # R . . % ( / * /N/ , , . I , & / , (# /S ., ** &, %(( # M & #./%& * % #&& & Y & , .( % , *( % F& . &% # % / * R( & % %% %%/I , . * & # ( E & & ( . # N , ( * & *( & & D & . / , % , % , / & ( & #% (,&, (& /, / & ,* & . . ( . ( , & # # . , . # *, &
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_______________________________________ | An immutable poem | | Unchanging over time, forever | | Written in transactions flowing | | | | Unbroken blocks for a Rose | | That I found in September | | Freedom gives this simple prose | | For all our time together | | | | Thank you for being you |O | Like this poem, it is forever |, | After all these years true | | I love our time together |- tx b8e80f2bd1eac8c6db4dfb8b6cc9c8eb71133cbc1a0d32e6952c1a2818eecc8f, block 652005 (2020-10-09) contains the obituary for Yang Yiping, a Christian Chinese lady who lived in Germany:
.-==-. | | | | .-=====' '=====-. | Yang, Yiping | *-====-. .-====-* | | | 杨 | | | | 一 | | 平 | | | | | `-==-´ *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* Yang, Yiping 杨 一平 .~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~. ✰ 1957-07-19 ✞ 2020-10-08 '~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~' Wir vermissen dich! 杨一平， 我们思念你 ヾ(￣▽￣) 杨一平与 耶稣在一起 //yang.yiping.de/btcTranslations:- 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:The website is also mirrored at yiping.de. The navigation is a bit confusing, but yang.yiping.de/?cat=10 contains a blog with many entries, presumably by her husbandarchiviert auf der BTC Blockchain TX b8e80f2bd1eac8c6db4dfb8b6cc9c8eb71133cbc1a0d32e6952c1a2818eecc8f
- the first post is from slightly before her death on 2020-09-01 and documents their 2019 trip to San Francisco apparently to visit family. She could be a COVID-19 casualty.
- yang.yiping.de/?p=367 gives transliterated names of her three children: Kaibin, Ella and Martin
- yang.yiping.de/?p=638 has some mentions of work colleagues, but not enough to easily identify where she worked
Figure 13. Off-chain image of Yang Yiping. Source.A previous failed upload is present at: tx b4ba91b4892ff85a5eb18b85bc1fd744d9418b2a71f1dc130447893b9e1cab60, block 651974 (2020-10-09)The upload is done as P2PKH (20 bytes at a time) and is meant to show with newlines after each ouptut, BitLen style. It is also further broken down on our upload by the presence of UTF-8 characters. brando2131 helped decoded this message on Reddit, after Ciro Santilli reached out for help after seeing his work on the Code 9. "ZN inscription". - tx 0d034d6dc3cfa8c8ebb1df202ada251bdf890f9dd5f0c4dffbe185b8cc5c999d, block 669986 (2021-02-10) a teddy bear, also visible e.g. at www.asciiart.eu/toys/teddy-bears? "xoxo" means hugs and kisses. Maybe this was in preparation for St. Valentine's day a bit later on February 14th?
___ {~._.~} ( Y ) ()~*~() (_)-(_) xoxo, S - tx 7076d9a40b44e92d8b96f9f5f1cb258619356d0789fe5bcf5197e2eaeb2b9eab block 693550 (2021-07-31) contains what could be an obituary for a bird:and tx b478c2a3566fa644ccb3c9da567f39c9030e337537610c9ff5c5c885ea6109b8 block 693776 appears to follow up on it:
YOU ARE _ |o}= | ( / /) /_// _/_// \/_' __LL SO FATCute._ _ /and\/so \ | (o><-) | \//\ /\\ V_/ \_V `\ / ' loved Chris<3 - tx 5c4f060e6166a530d891cafd0e9df42441d29b1ed9cff71a1652201b8d50bd72 (2021-10-27) TODO what does it represent? It seems so familiar... Decoded from our dumps with
fold -w80 -s. It is encoded as a sequence of 43 OP_RETURN output scripts each containing 80 payload bytes each:d, ,do' ;d; :NNk;. .OWWk. .:OWK, '0MMWO:. ... .xWMMWd. .. .l0WMMk. dMMMMW0l. .,coxO0Kd..oWMMMMNl .xK0kdl:,. .oKWMMMWl ;KMMMMMWKo. .lXMMMMMX; :XMMMMMMX; :NMMMMWKc. 'dXMMMMMM0' oWMMMMMMMXd'.'dXMMMNc ,0MMMMMMO. lWMMWKl..,xNMMMMMMMNc .dNMMMMMMMMNx,..oXMMK; :XMMMMK; :XMWKc..;kNMMMMMMMMNl. ;kNMMMMMMMMNk, 'kWM0' lNMMX: ,KMNd..:OWMMMMMMMMNx, . '..,xNMMMMMMMMNd..oNMk..dNXo .OMXc .xNMMMMMMMMXd'.'' .'. ,ko..kXo'.,xXMMMMMMMWx..dWWd..;,..xWNl .OWMMMMMMMKo..,xNx..kO; .xNWo ,KMMXd,.'dXMMMMMMWl '0MNl oNMO..dWMMMMMWKl..;kNMMO..xMNx' cKMMN: :NMMMMNx,..xNMMMMMO. dMMX; :XMWl ,KMMMMMXo..:kNMMMMK, lWMMXc. .dNMMMNc '0MMMMMMNklOWMMMMMN: :NMM0dxKMMK, lWMMMMMNxoOWMMMMMWk. oWMMMWx. .kWMMMMMK:..oXMMMMMMMMMMMWNNNd .OMMMMMMMMk..kWNNWMMMMMMMMMMMKl..lXMMMMMWk. .;lx0XWMMNk,.'xNMMMMMWKd:,'.,' dMMMMMMMWl ',.',:dKWMMMMMNd..;OWMWNKkdl;. .coc,...,cokKKd..:KMMMNd. 'ldxd:. ,KMMMMMM0' .:dxdl' .dNMMW0; .okkoc;'..';coc. lNMMWXOxl:'..';, ,0MWo .',;::;. ;KMMMMK; ,::;,'. dWWk. ....':ldOKNWMMN: '0MMMMMMMMMNKkdc;. ;KX; ,xxdool;. lWMMNl .:loddkx, ;X0' .:lxOKNMMMMMMMMMMO.lWMMMMMMMMMMMMMMWXo. o0, .;loxkkx:. .OMMO. .:dxkkxo:. ;0c .kMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMN:dXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXo .c' ,c;'....',,. dMMd .;:,'....,:' ':. .dXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXl................... dMMWNXXXNWK, lNNl ;XMWNXXXNWMd ...................xkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkOl..c; .xMMMMMMMMMN: cXXc :NMMMMMMMMMx. ;; .okkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkdWMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNc ,K0' .kMMMMMMMMMN: :KK: :NMMMMMMMMMk. ,0O. oWMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMXWMMMMMMMMMMMMMNKo..xWWk. lNMMMMMMMMX; .... ;XMMMMMMMMNc 'OMWo .dKNWMMMMMMMMMMMMXNMMMMMMMNKOdl:'. cNMMWk. lNMMMMMMMNOddddddONMMMMMMMXc .OWMMK; .';cdk0XWMMMMMM00MNKOdl:'...;cl. '0MMMMWk. cXMMMMMMMWXKXNXKNMMMMMMMX: 'OWMMMMk. ,ol;'...,cox0XWx,;'...;cok0NWWd..xWMMMMMM0, ;0MMMMXd,...'..'cOWMMW0, ,0MMMMMMWd..kWMNKOxl:,...,..;dk0NWMMMMMWk..oWMMMMMMMMK: .xNMMWOl,.....:xXMMNx..cXMMMMMMMMNc '0MMMMMMMWXOx: .xWMMMMMMMMMO. lNMMMMX0XWMMNl cKMMMMWX00KNWMMM0: .xNMMNOxKMMMMX: ,0MMMMMMMMMWl '0MMMMMMMWO' cXMMMMX:.oWMMMx. .dNMMMMMMMMMMXd. lWMMMX; cNMMMMK: ,0MMMMMMMMk. :XMMMMMWk. lXMMMMMx..kMMMMd .c,.'dKWMMMMW0o'... cWMMMWd..kMMMMMK: 'OWMMMMM0' cXMMMNo..oNMMMMMK, cNMMMNc ;XXx;..,:cc:,..;xKc ;XMMMMX: ;XMMMMMXl..xNMMMK, :XWO; 'kWMMMMMNl '0MMMM0' oWMMWKxlc::coxKWMMx..kMMMMMO. oWMMMMMNx..:KW0, ,:..cKMMMMMMWd..xWMMMWo .OMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMK, cNMMMMWd..xWMMMMMW0:..:. .kWMMMMMMWx..dWMMMMK, lWMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMWd .OMMMMMNo..xWMMMMMMNd. :0WMMMMWd..oNMMMMWl '0MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMX; :XMMMMMNo..xWMMMMWk, .lKWMXl..xWMMMMMk. ,0WMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNO, oWMMMMMNd..lXMWO:. .ld, ,OWMMMMMK; ...:kNMMMMMMMMMMMMMXx,..' .kMMMMMMWO, ,o:. '0MMMMMMNc 'O0l..,dXMMMMMMMMMXd'.,dXXc '0MMMMMMWO. .ckXWMWd..kWMMXd,.'dXMMMMMNx'.,xNMMMK; ;KMMWKx:. .:dl..dWMMMMMNx,.'xNWW0: .dNMMMMMMK; ;xo;. .cxOKNWMMMNd..:oc. :KMMMMWNKkd, .;lxOKXNk. :XNX0kdc,. - tx 71d9187cbb7b00b4c516df218499bbc301996262cfafc4533fd7916af1fb6315, block 709632, (2021-11-14) starts a consecutive sequence of transactions that encodes the characters 'Z' and 'N', an ad for the Zenon Network blockchain. This is the very first taproot enabled block, foreshadowing the great inscription boom that taproot would lead to, notably in the form of ordinal ruleset inscriptions.This ASCII art had been previously noted by sroose and decoded by brando2131 on Reddit, and was brought to our attention by Bagfoot OP446 on twitter. Ciro Santilli had previously spotted the art, but failed to decode it. "ZENON NETWORK" is inscribed just after the art confiming the meaning of the characters, but it does not appear in our ASCII dumps presumably because the string it is too short and surrounded by non-ASCII.
,zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz, .:1zzzzzzzzz. .:qqzzzzqqq, ,;1zzzzzqqq, ,;1zzzzzqqq, ,;qzzzzz1qq, ,zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz, ,zzzzzq;. 1zzzz, ,zzzzzzzzq, 1zzzz, ,zzzzzzzzzz1: 1zzzz, ,zzzzq:1zzzzzq;. 1zzzz, ,zzzzq ,qzzzzzz1, 1zzzz, ,zzzzq .;qzzzzzq:1zzzz, ,zzzzq ,qzzzzzzzzzz, ,zzzzq .;qzzzzzzz,Code 9.ZN inscription.Each line is encoded with OP_RETURN, is 38 bytes long, and starts and ends in 6 spaces, leading to 26 non-whitespace characters per line. The lines appear in scambled order and it is unclear if there is any logic in the ordering or if it was just meant as a little puzzle. But given the nearby "ZENON NETWORK" inscription, this decoding is overwhelmingly likely correct.The following lines also show up in our ASCII dump:They seem like Base64 encoded data due to the;4Fdzw1k=zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz; ,vtv3f5aKY0jGQglP9a1AGw==. ;BynQtpeUyWTXKGTrGhdV2Q==; ;tVMd3L1CKM4wFmyxEEEUV2bY;=sign padding, but nothing human readable comes out of them, so their meaning remains currently unknown. - tx cbf7cfb6c074e35e82ea604e2de6c82d00c168d7d7a1205383f93a6f40ee8520 (2022-01-24) ASCII typeface ad for Keepcase, some kind of Bitcoin hardware wallet. Manually converted to horizontal form to not take up too much space here.A bit later we see another ad for the same company:
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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
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grep -n -r '@@@' . | sort
grep -n -r 'XXX' . | sort
grep -n -r '...' . | sort"Joachimsthal" is the German for it. Note how it is just near the modern frontier between Germany and the Czech Republic.
en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Uranium&oldid=1243907294#Pre-discovery_use:
In the early 19th century, the world's only known sources of uranium ore were these mines.
Apparently the region was a silver mining center:
Starting in the late Middle Ages, pitchblende was extracted from the Habsburg silver mines in Joachimsthal, Bohemia (now Jáchymov in the Czech Republic), and was used as a coloring agent in the local glassmaking industry
For parallels between nazi Germany and the cirosantilli.com/china-dictatorship/nazi
The strongest are:
- early 20th century: Annalen der Physik: God OG physics journal of the early 20th century, before the Nazis fucked German science back to the Middle Ages
- 20s/30s: Nature started picking up strong
- 40s/50s: American journals started to come in strong after all the genius Jews escaped from Germany, notably Physical Review Letters
Here we list public domain academic papers. They must be public domain in the country of origin, not just the US, which had generally less stringent timings with the 95 year after publication rule rather than life + 70, which often ends up being publication + 110/120. Once these are reached, they may be upload to Wikimedia Commons!
- 2018
- Max Planck's works in Germany (1947 + 70)
- 2026
- Albert Einstein's works in Germany (1955 + 70)
- 2031:
- Max von Laue's works in Germany (1960 + 70)
- 1912: Interferenz-Erscheinungen bei Röntgenstrahlen (Interference phenomena in X-rays). Scan: archive.org/details/sitzungsberichte1912knig/page/n393/mode/2up. Clean upload: archive.org/details/interferenz-erscheinungen-bei-rontgenstrahlen
- Max von Laue's works in Germany (1960 + 70)
- 2032:
- 2042
- 1927: www.nature.com/articles/119558a0 The Scattering of Electrons by a Single Crystal of Nickel. (1971 + 70), Germer's death. Scan: archive.org/details/sim_nature-uk_1927-04-16_119_2998/page/554/mode/2up. Clean upload: archive.org/details/the-scattering-of-electrons-by-a-single-crystal-of-nickel. The Davisson-Germer experiment!
- 2049
- 1922 Stern-Gerlach experiment papers such as The experimental proof of directional quantization in the magnetic field. Stern died in 1969, Gerlach died in 1979, so 1979 + 70
- 2056
- 1961 Experimental Evidence for Quantized Flux in Superconducting Cylinders. Published in the US, so 1961 + 95.
This paper appears to calculate the Schrödinger equation solution for the hydrogen atom.
TODO is this the original paper on the Schrödinger equation?
Published on Annalen der Physik in 1926.
Open access in German at: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/andp.19263840404 which gives volume 384, Issue 4, Pages 361-376. Kudos to Wiley for that. E.g. Nature did not have similar policies as of 2023.
This paper may have fallen into the public domain in the US in 2022! On the Internet Archive we can see scans of the journal that contains it at: ia903403.us.archive.org/29/items/sim_annalen-der-physik_1926_79_contents/sim_annalen-der-physik_1926_79_contents.pdf. Ciro Santilli extracted just the paper to: commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3AQuantisierung_als_Eigenwertproblem.pdf. It is not as well processed as the Wiley one, but it is of 100% guaranteed clean public domain provenance! TODO: hmmm, it may be public domain in the USA but not Germany, where 70 years after author deaths rules, and Schrodinger died in 1961, so it may be up to 2031 in that country... messy stuff. There's also the question of wether copyright is was tranferred to AdP at publication or not.
An early English translation present at Collected Papers On Wave Mechanics by Deans (1928).
Contains formulas such as the Schrödinger equation solution for the hydrogen atom (1''):where:
In order for there to be numerical agreement, must have the value
, are the charge and mass of the electron
When the École Polytechnique mathematics department didn't let Ciro Santilli do his internship of choice due to grades Updated 2025-02-13 +Created 1970-01-01
This was one of the only bad experience Ciro had at Polytechnique, besides the inevitable fear of not graduating.
Ciro wanted to do a robotics internship in Germany, linked to his interests in artificial general intelligence, see also: Section "Ciro's 2D reinforcement learning games".
But the head of the applied mathematics department Polytechnique prevented him from going because Ciro didn't have the necessary grades, even though the Germans had already agreed to it: he had a C, but he needed a B. As mentioned at École Polytechnique, most Brazilians had crappy grades due to their Polytechnique-incompatible background.
This was done because in the past students with bad grades had abandoned their internships halfway and given foreigners a bad impression of Polytechnique.
It is impossible to say if the head of department really agreed with this bullshit policy, or if it was something beyond his powers and he hid his true opinion, but it felt like the agreed.
What an extremely limited view!!!
To leave the worse, the worse. To assume that grades mean anything!
And thus Ciro had to choose a last moment internship that he hated, rather than becoming the greatest roboticist that ever lived, and did terribly at it.
At least on the other hand Ciro learnt Python instead of working at the internship, and became the greatest programming tutorial writer that ever lived. Maybe.