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‎xkcd.com/bitcoin

FaviFake at 10:21, 24 July 2023

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 ===Footnote===
-Between [https://web.archive.org/web/20130218163441/http://xkcd.com/ February 18th, 2013] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20130224073827/http://xkcd.com/ February 24, 2013], Randall edited the [[Footnote|footnote]] on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] and added a Bitcoin addresses. Over time, he changed them four times (before eventually removing it), but they were always displayed in this format:
+Between [https://web.archive.org/web/20130218163441/http://xkcd.com/ February 18th, 2013] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20130224073827/http://xkcd.com/ February 24, 2013], Randall edited the [[Footnote|footnote]] on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] and added a Bitcoin address. Over time, he changed the address four times, before eventually removing the first line altogether. They were always displayed in this format:
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 <noinclude>{{xkcd.com}}[[File:xkcd_bottom.png|thumb|right|250px|The [[Design of xkcd.com#Bottom section|Bottom section]] is one of the [[Design of xkcd.com|four main sections]] of the [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] website.]]
-Randall added many '''{{w|Bitcoin}} addresses''' to his website's frontpage and to [https://xkcd.com/bitcoin xkcd.com/bitcoin]. He updated the addresses frequently, using them as a modern tip jar for high-tech users. Here's a list of all the addresses mentioned in this article that have appeared in the [[Footnote|footnote]] on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] and on [https://xkcd.com/bitcoin xkcd.com/bitcoin], along with the earliest web archive available:
+Randall added many '''{{w|Bitcoin}} addresses''' to his website's frontpage and to [https://xkcd.com/bitcoin xkcd.com/bitcoin]. He updated the addresses frequently, using them as a modern tip jar for high-tech users. Here's a list of the six addresses mentioned in this article that have appeared on [https://xkcd.com/bitcoin xkcd.com/bitcoin] and in the [[Footnote|footnote]] on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com], along with the earliest web archive available:
 # [https://blockchain.info/address/1Lg2rvxbBPC8jp2YJoV5xL7sdyTjueMUot <code>1Lg2rvxbBPC8jp2YJoV5xL7sdyTjueMUot</code>] on [https://web.archive.org/web/20110414103726/http://xkcd.com/bitcoin April 14th, 2011]
 # [https://blockchain.info/address/14FHqYSgAi39CEJksUJJsK8JzJzyqFpLVk <code>14FHqYSgAi39CEJksUJJsK8JzJzyqFpLVk</code>] on [https://web.archive.org/web/20120115221445/http://xkcd.com:80/bitcoin January 15th, 2012]

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 <noinclude>{{xkcd.com}}[[File:xkcd_bottom.png|thumb|right|250px|The [[Design of xkcd.com#Bottom section|Bottom section]] is one of the [[Design of xkcd.com|four main sections]] of the [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] website.]]
-Randall added many '''Bitcoin addresses''' to his website's frontpage and {{w|Bitcoin}} page. He frequently updated the addresses, using them as a modern tip jar for high-tech users. Here's a list of all the addresses mentioned in this article that have appeared in the [[Footnote|footnote]] on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] and on [https://xkcd.com/bitcoin xkcd.com/bitcoin], along with the earliest web archive available:
+Randall added many '''{{w|Bitcoin}} addresses''' to his website's frontpage and to [https://xkcd.com/bitcoin xkcd.com/bitcoin]. He updated the addresses frequently, using them as a modern tip jar for high-tech users. Here's a list of all the addresses mentioned in this article that have appeared in the [[Footnote|footnote]] on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] and on [https://xkcd.com/bitcoin xkcd.com/bitcoin], along with the earliest web archive available:
-* [https://blockchain.info/address/1Lg2rvxbBPC8jp2YJoV5xL7sdyTjueMUot <code>1Lg2rvxbBPC8jp2YJoV5xL7sdyTjueMUot</code>], [https://web.archive.org/web/20110414103726/http://xkcd.com/bitcoin April 14th, 2011]
+# [https://blockchain.info/address/1Lg2rvxbBPC8jp2YJoV5xL7sdyTjueMUot <code>1Lg2rvxbBPC8jp2YJoV5xL7sdyTjueMUot</code>] on [https://web.archive.org/web/20110414103726/http://xkcd.com/bitcoin April 14th, 2011]
-* [https://blockchain.info/address/14FHqYSgAi39CEJksUJJsK8JzJzyqFpLVk <code>14FHqYSgAi39CEJksUJJsK8JzJzyqFpLVk</code>], [https://web.archive.org/web/20120115221445/http://xkcd.com:80/bitcoin January 15th, 2012]
+# [https://blockchain.info/address/14FHqYSgAi39CEJksUJJsK8JzJzyqFpLVk <code>14FHqYSgAi39CEJksUJJsK8JzJzyqFpLVk</code>] on [https://web.archive.org/web/20120115221445/http://xkcd.com:80/bitcoin January 15th, 2012]
-* [https://blockchain.info/address/1NEPgrUmed3VyXpqbYZom7YVJ8MozYrNWx <code>1NEPgrUmed3VyXpqbYZom7YVJ8MozYrNWx</code>], [https://web.archive.org/web/20130428000254/http://xkcd.com/ April 28th, 2013]
+# [https://blockchain.info/address/1NEPgrUmed3VyXpqbYZom7YVJ8MozYrNWx <code>1NEPgrUmed3VyXpqbYZom7YVJ8MozYrNWx</code>] on [https://web.archive.org/web/20130428000254/http://xkcd.com/ April 28th, 2013]
-* [https://blockchain.info/address/14Tr4HaKkKuC1Lmpr2YMAuYVZRWqAdRTcr <code>14Tr4HaKkKuC1Lmpr2YMAuYVZRWqAdRTcr</code>], [https://web.archive.org/web/20130505042652/http://xkcd.com:80/bitcoin May 5th, 2013]
+# [https://blockchain.info/address/14Tr4HaKkKuC1Lmpr2YMAuYVZRWqAdRTcr <code>14Tr4HaKkKuC1Lmpr2YMAuYVZRWqAdRTcr</code>] on [https://web.archive.org/web/20130505042652/http://xkcd.com:80/bitcoin May 5th, 2013]
-* [https://blockchain.info/address/1NfBXWqseXc9rCBc3Cbbu6HjxYssFUgkH6 <code>1NfBXWqseXc9rCBc3Cbbu6HjxYssFUgkH6</code>], [https://web.archive.org/web/20130604104224/http://xkcd.com:80/ June 4th, 2013]
+# [https://blockchain.info/address/1NfBXWqseXc9rCBc3Cbbu6HjxYssFUgkH6 <code>1NfBXWqseXc9rCBc3Cbbu6HjxYssFUgkH6</code>] on [https://web.archive.org/web/20130604104224/http://xkcd.com:80/ June 4th, 2013]
-* [https://blockchain.info/address/1FhCLQK2ZXtCUQDtG98p6fVH7S6mxAsEey <code>1FhCLQK2ZXtCUQDtG98p6fVH7S6mxAsEey</code>], [https://web.archive.org/web/20140627024159/http://xkcd.com/ June 27th, 2014]
+# [https://blockchain.info/address/1FhCLQK2ZXtCUQDtG98p6fVH7S6mxAsEey <code>1FhCLQK2ZXtCUQDtG98p6fVH7S6mxAsEey</code>] on [https://web.archive.org/web/20140627024159/http://xkcd.com/ June 27th, 2014]
 ==History==

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 * [https://blockchain.info/address/1FhCLQK2ZXtCUQDtG98p6fVH7S6mxAsEey <code>1FhCLQK2ZXtCUQDtG98p6fVH7S6mxAsEey</code>], [https://web.archive.org/web/20140627024159/http://xkcd.com/ June 27th, 2014]
-==[https://xkcd.com/bitcoin xkcd.com/bitcoin]==
+==History==
 The first address was added to [https://xkcd.com/bitcoin xkcd.com/bitcoin], which today returns a 404 error. The first web archive of the page is dated [https://web.archive.org/web/20110414103726/http://xkcd.com/bitcoin April 14th, 2011], and its contents have been changed four times. On the [https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5686.5;wap2 #xkcd-bitcoin channel] on irc.foonetic.net, he explained why he created it:
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 The message was then removed before [https://web.archive.org/web/20110812095028/http://xkcd.com/bitcoin/ August 12th, 2011] and the page remained empty until a new address was added between August 12th, 2011 and [https://web.archive.org/web/20120115221445/http://xkcd.com:80/bitcoin January 15th, 2012]: [https://blockchain.info/address/14FHqYSgAi39CEJksUJJsK8JzJzyqFpLVk <code>14FHqYSgAi39CEJksUJJsK8JzJzyqFpLVk</code>]. It was then replaced by the last address to be shown on the page, [https://blockchain.info/address/14Tr4HaKkKuC1Lmpr2YMAuYVZRWqAdRTcr <code>14Tr4HaKkKuC1Lmpr2YMAuYVZRWqAdRTcr</code>], between [https://web.archive.org/web/20130316094344/http://www.xkcd.com:80/bitcoin/ March 16th, 2013] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20130505042652/http://xkcd.com:80/bitcoin May 5th, 2013]. It remained there until the page was shut down after [https://web.archive.org/web/20171124124330/https://xkcd.com/bitcoin/ November 24th, 2017].
-==Footnote==
+===Footnote===
 Between [https://web.archive.org/web/20130218163441/http://xkcd.com/ February 18th, 2013] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20130224073827/http://xkcd.com/ February 24, 2013], Randall edited the [[Footnote|footnote]] on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] and added a Bitcoin addresses. Over time, he changed them four times (before eventually removing it), but they were always displayed in this format:

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-:BTC 1FhCLQK2ZXtCUQDtG98p6fVH7S6mxAsEey
+:BTC 1FhCLQK2ZXtCUQDtG98p6fVH7S6mxAsEey</div><noinclude>
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		+	<noinclude>{{xkcd.com}}[[File:xkcd_bottom.png\|thumb\|right\|250px\|The [[Design of xkcd.com#Bottom section\|Bottom section]] is one of the [[Design of xkcd.com\|four main sections]] of the [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] website.]]
		+
	Randall added many '''Bitcoin addresses''' to his website's frontpage and {{w\|Bitcoin}} page. He frequently updated the addresses, using them as a modern tip jar for high-tech users. Here's a list of all the addresses mentioned in this article that have appeared in the [[Footnote\|footnote]] on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] and on [https://xkcd.com/bitcoin xkcd.com/bitcoin], along with the earliest web archive available:		Randall added many '''Bitcoin addresses''' to his website's frontpage and {{w\|Bitcoin}} page. He frequently updated the addresses, using them as a modern tip jar for high-tech users. Here's a list of all the addresses mentioned in this article that have appeared in the [[Footnote\|footnote]] on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] and on [https://xkcd.com/bitcoin xkcd.com/bitcoin], along with the earliest web archive available:
	* [https://blockchain.info/address/1Lg2rvxbBPC8jp2YJoV5xL7sdyTjueMUot <code>1Lg2rvxbBPC8jp2YJoV5xL7sdyTjueMUot</code>], [https://web.archive.org/web/20110414103726/http://xkcd.com/bitcoin April 14th, 2011]		* [https://blockchain.info/address/1Lg2rvxbBPC8jp2YJoV5xL7sdyTjueMUot <code>1Lg2rvxbBPC8jp2YJoV5xL7sdyTjueMUot</code>], [https://web.archive.org/web/20110414103726/http://xkcd.com/bitcoin April 14th, 2011]

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 Between [https://web.archive.org/web/20130218163441/http://xkcd.com/ February 18th, 2013] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20130224073827/http://xkcd.com/ February 24, 2013], Randall edited the [[Footnote|footnote]] on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] and added a Bitcoin addresses. Over time, he changed them four times (before eventually removing it), but they were always displayed in this format:
-:<small><b><i>BTC 14FHqYSgAi39CEJksUJJsK8JzJzyqFpLVk</i></b></small>
+</noinclude><div style="width: 70%; font-size: 6px; font-style: italic; font-variant: small-caps; font-weight: 800; margin: 0; padding: 0; text-align: -webkit-center; display: block; Unicode-bidi: isolate;" class="plainlinks">
 The first address to be added to the footnote was [https://blockchain.info/address/14FHqYSgAi39CEJksUJJsK8JzJzyqFpLVk <code>14FHqYSgAi39CEJksUJJsK8JzJzyqFpLVk</code>], which was also the second address to appear on [https://xkcd.com/bitcoin xkcd.com/bitcoin]. It was added between [https://web.archive.org/web/20130218163441/http://xkcd.com:80/ February 18th, 2013] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20130224073827/http://xkcd.com/ February 24th, 2013], months after it was initially introduced on the Bitcoin page.
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 The three addresses that followed were all never present on the Bitcoin page and only appeared on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com]. First, it was replaced by [https://blockchain.info/address/1NEPgrUmed3VyXpqbYZom7YVJ8MozYrNWx <code>1NEPgrUmed3VyXpqbYZom7YVJ8MozYrNWx</code>] between [https://web.archive.org/web/20130423213215/http://xkcd.com/ April 23rd, 2013] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20130428000254/http://xkcd.com/ April 28th, 2013], which was then changed into [https://blockchain.info/address/1NfBXWqseXc9rCBc3Cbbu6HjxYssFUgkH6 <code>1NfBXWqseXc9rCBc3Cbbu6HjxYssFUgkH6</code>] between [https://web.archive.org/web/20130601200048/http://xkcd.com:80/ June 1st, 2013] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20130604104224/http://xkcd.com:80/ June 4th, 2013]. Finally, either on [https://web.archive.org/web/20140626022915/http://xkcd.com/ June 26th, 2014] or [https://web.archive.org/web/20140627024159/http://xkcd.com/ June 27th, 2014], it would be changed for the last time into [https://blockchain.info/address/1FhCLQK2ZXtCUQDtG98p6fVH7S6mxAsEey <code>1FhCLQK2ZXtCUQDtG98p6fVH7S6mxAsEey</code>].
-The footnote containing the Bitcoin address would be removed entirely, along with the [[Warning|warning]] above it, on [https://web.archive.org/web/20160912204204/http://xkcd.com/ September 12th, 2016], when [[1732: Earth Temperature Timeline]] was the frontpage comic. They were probably removed to not scare potential new fans away, given the [[1732#Popularity_of_comic|popularity of the comic]].
+The footnote containing the Bitcoin address would be removed entirely, along with the [[Warning|warning]] above it, on [https://web.archive.org/web/20160912204204/http://xkcd.com/ September 12th, 2016], when [[1732: Earth Temperature Timeline]] was the frontpage comic. They were probably removed to not scare potential new fans away, given the [[1732#Popularity of comic|popularity of the comic]]. For 22 days, from September 12th, 2016 until [https://web.archive.org/web/20161004055648/http://xkcd.com/ October 4th, 2016], there was no footnote on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com], and thus no Bitcoin address. The [[Footnote#top|most recent footnote]], added either on [https://web.archive.org/web/20161004143542/http://xkcd.com/ October 4th, 2016] or on [https://web.archive.org/web/20161005090723/http://xkcd.com/ October 5th, 2016], doesn't include any Bitcoin addresses and has remained on the site ever since.
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 The first address was added to [https://xkcd.com/bitcoin xkcd.com/bitcoin], which today returns a 404 error. The first web archive of the page is dated [https://web.archive.org/web/20110414103726/http://xkcd.com/bitcoin April 14th, 2011], and its contents have been changed four times. On the [https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5686.5;wap2 #xkcd-bitcoin channel] on irc.foonetic.net, he explained why he created it:
-{{Quote|We don't have donations of any kind, actually.  I mean, there are prints you can buy, and you can pay more if you want. I only learned about bitcoins a month or so ago. I don't solicit donations on my website, and I have avoided soliciting donations through various systems where I hadn't decided to actively promote those systems (i.e. flattr and bitcoin). [...]
+{{Quote|<Randall> We don't have donations of any kind, actually.  I mean, there are prints you can buy, and you can pay more if you want.<br><Randall> I only learned about bitcoins a month or so ago.<br><Randall> I don't solicit donations on my website, and I have avoided soliciting donations through various systems where I hadn't decided to actively promote those systems (i.e. flattr and bitcoin).<br><Randall> Like, a lot of people contact me and are like "can you sign up for $PROJECT and we'll get a button on your page and people can donate to you!" and I feel like the main effect of my doing that would be promoting $PROJECT.<br><Randall> Which isn't really something I do on solicitation, if only because the  moment I did, I'd be flooded with more solicitations.<br><Randall> And email is hard :(<br><Randall> here's how far I'll go: if anyone types this URL, they can see a black hole into which they can deposit bitcoins: <nowiki>http://xkcd.com/bitcoin/</nowiki><br><Randall> it'll be interesting to see if anyone stumbles on it.<br><Randall> I am probably legally obligated to let you know that I am not a charity and will probably be spending the money on extremely unwise things (i.e. gin)<br><Randall> Hooray!  I have some bitcoins now.<br><ThomasV_> if you can convince some gin seller to accept bitcoins without converting them to usd, you'll be a hero<br><Randall> and then the bitcoin community will collapse into drunken brawls
-''Here's how far I'll go: if anyone types this URL, they can see a black hole into which they can deposit bitcoins: http://xkcd.com/bitcoin/. it'll be interesting to see if anyone stumbles on it. I am probably legally obligated to let you know that I am not a charity and will probably be spending the money on extremely unwise things (i.e. gin).
+The original address was [https://blockchain.info/address/1Lg2rvxbBPC8jp2YJoV5xL7sdyTjueMUot <code>1Lg2rvxbBPC8jp2YJoV5xL7sdyTjueMUot</code>], but between April 14th, 2011 and [https://web.archive.org/web/20110601013953/http://www.xkcd.com/bitcoin/ June 1st, 2011], Randall replaced it with a message explaining why he decided to remove it:
-''Hooray!  I have some bitcoins now.|[[Randall Munroe]]|[https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic{{=}}5686.5;wap2 Source]}}
+{{Quote|Thank you for all the kind donations!
-The original address was [https://blockchain.info/address/1Lg2rvxbBPC8jp2YJoV5xL7sdyTjueMUot <code>1Lg2rvxbBPC8jp2YJoV5xL7sdyTjueMUot</code>], but between April 14th, 2011 and [https://web.archive.org/web/20110601013953/http://www.xkcd.com/bitcoin/ June 1st, 2011], Randall replaced it with a message explaining why he decided to remove it:
+''I took down my address because I would prefer to experiment with Bitcoin as a regular, anonymous user.''
-{{Quote|Thank you for all the kind donations! I took down my address because I would prefer to experiment with Bitcoin as a regular, anonymous user. I put up an address here because someone on IRC asked, but I don't want an xkcd.com donation address to be seen as an endorsement of Bitcoin to xkcd readers.
+''As a bitcoin user, I stand to profit from encouraging waves of new adopters who drive up bitcoin prices. I'm uneasy about this conflict of interest; for the moment, I'd rather stay a normal user.''
-''As a bitcoin user, I stand to profit from encouraging waves of new adopters who drive up bitcoin prices. I'm uneasy about this conflict of interest; for the moment, I'd rather stay a normal user. Again, thank you to everyone who sent me bitcoins before I took this down! I'll try to use them for something fun and geeky.''
+''Again, thank you to everyone who sent me bitcoins before I took this down! I'll try to use them for something fun and geeky.''
-''<3 Randall|[[Randall Munroe]]|[https://web.archive.org/web/20110601013953/http://www.xkcd.com/bitcoin Source]}}
+''<3 Randall''|[[Randall Munroe]]|[https://web.archive.org/web/20110601013953/http://www.xkcd.com/bitcoin Source]}}
 The message was then removed before [https://web.archive.org/web/20110812095028/http://xkcd.com/bitcoin/ August 12th, 2011] and the page remained empty until a new address was added between August 12th, 2011 and [https://web.archive.org/web/20120115221445/http://xkcd.com:80/bitcoin January 15th, 2012]: [https://blockchain.info/address/14FHqYSgAi39CEJksUJJsK8JzJzyqFpLVk <code>14FHqYSgAi39CEJksUJJsK8JzJzyqFpLVk</code>]. It was then replaced by the last address to be shown on the page, [https://blockchain.info/address/14Tr4HaKkKuC1Lmpr2YMAuYVZRWqAdRTcr <code>14Tr4HaKkKuC1Lmpr2YMAuYVZRWqAdRTcr</code>], between [https://web.archive.org/web/20130316094344/http://www.xkcd.com:80/bitcoin/ March 16th, 2013] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20130505042652/http://xkcd.com:80/bitcoin May 5th, 2013]. It remained there until the page was shut down after [https://web.archive.org/web/20171124124330/https://xkcd.com/bitcoin/ November 24th, 2017].
 ==Footnote==
-Between [https://web.archive.org/web/20130218163441/http://xkcd.com/ February 18th, 2013] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20130224073827/http://xkcd.com/ February 24, 2013], Randall edited the on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] and added a Bitcoin addresses. Over time, he changed them four times (before eventually removing it), but they were always displayed in this format:
+Between [https://web.archive.org/web/20130218163441/http://xkcd.com/ February 18th, 2013] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20130224073827/http://xkcd.com/ February 24, 2013], Randall edited the [[Footnote|footnote]] on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] and added a Bitcoin addresses. Over time, he changed them four times (before eventually removing it), but they were always displayed in this format:
 :<small><b><i>BTC 14FHqYSgAi39CEJksUJJsK8JzJzyqFpLVk</i></b></small>