How is the year almost over already?!

We’re celebrating Thanksgiving today actually

“just by chance” the p2pkh address being awarded the coins from the genesis block starts with A1. How fitting for a genesis. Yes, satoshi was already thinking in p2pkh as he showed one such address to Hal as an example with his initials in Jan 2009. “just by chance” an address he had started with NS, the initials for Nakamoto Satoshi. And Satoshi said that that one could brute force initials to create vanity addresses. He “just thought” of it. “Just by chance.” all just by chance i’m sure. nothing to look into or look at. just random

Trying to post a photo using the new Primal app and it uploads but doesn’t attach?

Back in Ireland!

"If you don't believe me or don't get it, I don't have time to try to convince you, sorry"

I’m not sure if you still look at twitter/X @jack . I think what i’ve found is quite compelling along with everything else. Surely bitcoin is what you were born to do either way. Respect to you.

Best and final answer @jack Satoshi Nakamoto’s decoded message from HomeFTP (Cryptonomicon)

A Secret Message in Bitcoin's first ever Transaction Satoshi is in San Francisco The first ever bitcoin transaction sent from Satoshi to Hal Finney on January 11, 2009 has a secret code embedded in Satoshi's address. Specifically, Satoshi tells Hal hours after he sends the coins that one can brute force addresses to get vanity messages. He uses an example address that includes his initials "NS" in the address. While most people interpret that to mean Nakamoto Satoshi or as a hint that it was really Nick Szabo, I've previously said it was further tribute to Neal Stephenson (since the White Paper came out on Stephenson's birthday) and it's not the message itself that was even supposed to be relevant, it's supposed to be the key to Hal (and the world) to look for the message in the first transaction itself! Hint hint. Specifically Satoshi sends 10 btc from 12cbQLTFMXRnSzktFkuoG3eHoMeFtpTu3S in block 170 Which indeed has a vanity message. It says HomeFTP. Which could mean anything or be a coincidental alignment of characters which would be even more coincidental since Satoshi literally just told Hal about vanity addresses. Except it's not coincidence because like so many other Bitcoin references I say came from Stephenson's Cryptonomicon novel, HomeFTP comes from Cryptonomicon. "Another thing he did this morning was to download the current version of the Cryptonomicon from the ftp server where it lives in San Francisco," is a quote and information presented in the novel itself that the Home FTP Server of Cryptonomicon is in San Francisco. Satoshi lived in San Francisco. @jack

Heading to Ireland tomorrow to be on site for the launch party of the journal my Irish research paper is in!

This year is flying by

Well that’s interesting @jack

Decrypting Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon Solitaire Cipher gives you... Jack Dorsey as Satoshi Nakamoto? Cryptonomicon Solitaire Cipher Opening Top card: 53 Bottom card: 11 (a Jack) Satoshi's first transaction: 1/11 Jack's mom's birthday: 1/11 Satoshi's last mined block: 5/3 Jack's dad's birthday: 5/3 The use of real innovative cryptography from Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon was the introduction of the Solitaire Cipher using a deck of cards (look it up. It was made just for this book). In the story, the author sets up the formula to decrypt the code by grabbing the Joker at the top of the deck with a value of 53, and he says to count down 53 cards from the top of the deck to the last card... "And that card happens to be the Jack of Clubs, with a value of 11. Eleven, then is the first number in the keystream," the author says. Thus, the introduction to the cipher is plain as day. A value of 53 counted down to the value of 11 reveals a... Jack.

A Deepness in the Sky

So is bitcoin officially digital gold now? I liked it better when it was digital cash for spending.

modulo 26

I like this better than farcaster for some reason

the solitaire cipher

ok i got primal 2.0