HOLY SHIT! I just found out this goes so much deeper!

Don't Trust, verify. Right?

So I loaded @MichaelDunwort1 's key into Bitcoin Core and discovered a whole new realm of madness.

Follow along.

This is an amazing piece of Bitcoin History, almost lost in obscurity.

https://twitter.com/FractalEncrypt/status/1767595846898421973

Hear the story of how @MichaelDunwort1 donated half a bitcoin to @PeterMcCormack, who never got it because Michael also uploaded the Private Key to Github as part of an "astronomical clock thing" he's building - this video is part 1 of 2, what comes next is insane.

But this got me thinking...maybe I should load this key into Core and see what happens.

The private key to a full Bitcoin is engraved into this sculpture.

Everyone can see it, it is not hidden;

But no one on the planet alive today will be able to spend this bitcoin.

It's time-locked until Block 7,140,000, approximately the year 2144.

Curious to learn more? 👇





@MichaelDunwort1 is the madman responsible for this experiment and he lays out the framework in this amazing article. How, why, and when do you timelock an entire bitcoin for over a century? Find out here ->



But keep going, I have a lot more below...bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/bitcoi…

I want to show you an elliptic curve torus I hid in the book cover design, but shhh, don't tell no one...

https://twitter.com/level39/status/1606366937381945344

2D torus 360/3

I got to visit The Coral Castle the other day, it's a modern-day megalithic structure built in secret at night by one man who claimed he knew the secrets of how the Egyptians built the pyramids. Let's jump into the Mysteries of Coral Castle the Number 21 and #Bitcoin. Built in the 1930s and 40s in S. Florida by Ed Leedskalnin, and much mystery surrounds its purpose, creation, and message. Many doubt it is possible that such a megalithic structure of solid stone could be built by a single small man. Sounds a little like the Legend of Satoshi...

I'm a little overwhelmed with the super powers that AI gives you. Just generated 210 Bitcoin taproot vanity keypairs, converted them to 630 QR codes that are organized and labeled using self sovereign software I wrote with ChatGPT for a graphic novel I wrote with Midjourney. I won't get too into it now but each step of the process was difficult and I almost quit a million times. To put things in perspective, I tried to generate 210 keypairs a year ago, I only got about 60. This time I got them all, and to a much higher precision.

The US Government stole $3.6 Billion in #Bitcoin from Bitcointalk user Loaded, who stole it from Silk Road in 2012.

My man held 50k BTC through EVERY bear market, in Aug 2017 maxi dumps ALL his forked bcash for bitcoin, & HODLs that too! Let's dig into exactly what happened... First off, how'd he get the 50k BTC? The government says he was a very sophisticated hacker who exploited a vulnerability in Silk Road's site.

Then they describe his technique:
Make fake acct. Deposit BTC to exchange. Request withdrawal. Request withdrawal again. 🤣😂😅

"The Mirror, like #Bitcoin is one of man's most powerful technologies. It allows us to see the world as it truly is, not as we'd like it to be."
Preview of The Bitcoin Full Node Sculpture 7 of 10, made entirely out of mirror.

I'm bringing this to @TheBitcoinConf @scarcedotcity. I used a lot of new techniques, and even invented some to pull this off. Probably one of the most complicated things I've ever done. Due to some of the changes, I find the artwork comes out truer to my original design intentions than my previous pieces. Detail off the charts.

The Bitcoin Full Node Sculpture, A Cypherpunk Chronometer.

#5 of 10 was hand delivered yesterday & I wanted to compile a GIGA-THREAD compiling photos, videos, explainers, and podcasts all into one place 👇

Let's go back into time and down the rabbit hole and see #1 -4 Mega Explainer tweet thread takes you deep down the rabbit hole, through all 21 layers of the full node sculpture. Get into all the details here 👇

https://twitter.com/FractalEncrypt/status/1358061013359353858?s=20

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Such an honor to talk #Art & #Bitcoin under a sound money standard with @saifedean on his seminar today. Here's a thread to enjoy along with the episode.

Let's go down the rabbit hole of Fiat Art, Ethereum art, & #BitcoinArt.

1st, "Saif’s recipe for creating great art"👇 2/n
Artists should cultivate a very low time preference and the patience to work for months, years, or even decades, for the completion of masterpieces meant to survive for centuries.

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Layer 12: The Halving Ruler
This ruler tracks every 2,016 blocks between each difficulty adjustment, and every 210,000 blocks between Halvings.
Calendar Years: 132 (green )
Difficulty Adjustments: 3,437 (blue )
Reward Eras: 34 (purple )
Block Height: 7,000,000 (red ) 27/n
Layer 13: Satoshi’s Equations
This ring contains all of the mathematical equations found in the Bitcoin white paper.

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Follow me down the #Bitcoin rabbit hole in this tweet thread and we'll break down all 21 layers in the Bitcoin Full Node Sculpture 4.0 A Cypherpunk Chronometer.

Full Explainer Article @BitcoinMagazine -bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/decod…
Video walkthrough - 2/n
The Bitcoin Full Node Sculpture is a cypherpunk chronometer, designed to work as a fully-functioning bitcoin full node and block explorer. Modeled after the ancient navigation tool, the astrolabe, it acts as a compass for the humble bitcoiner to set to true north.