A text/file upload system.
http://bitfossil.org/ is the website system to view live indexed images, it has an abuse report to unindex presumably. TODO source? Local extraction script?
Each AtomSea payload has a toplevel transaction which links to other transactions. All the linked transactions together make up the payload. The most common payload type is a text plus image, as is the case of nelson-Mandela.jpg, which can be seen at http://bitfossil.com/78f0e6de0ce007f4dd4a09085e649d7e354f70bc7da06d697b167f353f115b8e/ where
78f0e6de0ce007f4dd4a09085e649d7e354f70bc7da06d697b167f353f115b8e is the toplevel transaction ID: https://www.blockchain.com/btc/tx/78f0e6de0ce007f4dd4a09085e649d7e354f70bc7da06d697b167f353f115b8eSee Section 2. "Nelson-Mandela.jpg" for a detailed reverse engineering of the format, and Section 1. "AtomSea & EMBII data format" for a summary of it.
Holy crap, they actually support:
- multipage setups:
The Mahabharatahttp://bitfossil.com/0618f12af65a4e82f8e7b41f8578721dfeb109e9a73ff71aebdbc982696e3720/ - image galleries: http://bitfossil.org/ae8d3b46b934bedc363e11abe8c8607171994470957c286274f699a0b3a9bbd7/index.htm
- audio:
Spock_Live_Long_And_Prosper.mp3http://bitfossil.org/1bc87dbff1ff5831287f62ac7cf95579794e4386688479bab66174963f9a4a0c/index.htm - author photo below post via signture!!! http://bitfossil.org/738ab32bf82e3e0d4d2b29e40ad194cbbef6685d0116e94371e3cef4992349c8/index.htm (testnet) See the
SIGNED BYwith EMBII's photo!
http://apertus.io/ is the system to upload/index locally, and therefore likely part of the backend of bitfossil: https://github.com/HugPuddle/Apertus
The system shows the messages and the images on a single page: http://bitfossil.org/4cbb32cd27b5b5edc12d3559bdffc1355ac2a210463d5cfaadc7ce9b06675b2b/index.htm It is basically a blockchain-based Twitter.
Hidden surprises in the Bitcoin blockchain by Ken Shirriff (2014) suggests that AtomSea & EMBII are the creator's aliases.
The following online profiles of the creators feel authentic:Tried saying hi to them at: https://twitter.com/cirosantilli/status/1382080760774033415
- AtomSea:
- EMBII:
- https://github.com/embiimob
- Real name: likely "Eric Bobby" according to:
- https://twitter.com/EMBII4U
- HugPuddle
The first upload that we could find with https://github.com/cirosantilli/bitcoin-strings-with-txid#atomsea was http://bitfossil.org/c9d1363ea517cd463950f83168ce8242ef917d99cd6518995bd1af927d335828/ on block 272577 (2013-12-02). It reads:
I WONDER WHAT HISTORY WILL THINK ABOUT THESE FIRST FEW BUGS...HA HA HA. NOBODY IS PERFECT.which is perhaps a reference to a possible previous failed upload http://bitfossil.org/4b72a223007eab8a951d43edc171befeabc7b5dca4213770c88e09ba5b936e17/ This illustrates the beauty of the blockchain very well: unlike with version control, you don't just see selected snapshots: you see actual debug logs!!!
The second one is
WeAreStarStuff.jpg http://bitfossil.org/8d1b3c094b782198deb7381efb57b1208244375e7a1029ec159306d6a8fd25d8 showingAtomSea and EMBII together.Then comes a boring test
HugPuddle.jpg http://bitfossil.org/86a0e565ba2698d4abc03253b9de47e88d3de4f62ee90722e6e7845a1c8e3aa7/ And then we meet Chiharu, EMBII's partner, with her hair painted blond :-) iLoveYouMore.jpg
Somewhat related projects:
Hidden surprises in the Bitcoin blockchain by Ken Shirriff (2014) actually has some images with matching names (see HTML names of the image), so we could use those as reference to reverse engineer the data.
Other interesting EMBII formatted images:
- several interesting uploads were made around block 318836:
Shiemaa&Vincent.jpgblock 318836 http://bitfossil.org/36d0d77acd760f0aa549b6b314f0c1e9690baa6bcc2d0f07ea9f3167f4a5ec99/index.htmRedRaven.jpgblock 318836 http://bitfossil.org/e17b83234402d85f3a18207eec11bc5c4397f88aa880aae4fb7d15802806a971/index.htmEarth3Archive.jpghttp://bitfossil.org/ae8d3b46b934bedc363e11abe8c8607171994470957c286274f699a0b3a9bbd7/index.htmSkyEarth5Archive.jpghttp://bitfossil.org/ae8d3b46b934bedc363e11abe8c8607171994470957c286274f699a0b3a9bbd7/index.htmYellowRobot.jpghttp://bitfossil.org/4cbb32cd27b5b5edc12d3559bdffc1355ac2a210463d5cfaadc7ce9b06675b2b/index.htm with with text:
Chiharu 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
This is the cutest thing ever! More Chiharu stalking at: iLoveYouMore.jpg. - http://bitfossil.org/2c4b9497af8c0c0eb9383357b40c3de33dba0b4f481099a32719f2b9036da8e7/ Bike Lady by Allen Vandever, cool
Loraine.jpgblock 448352 http://bitfossil.org/b4b8fe752a258f95b191b8c5426319ee0e8d41d5db53ea2ae18beed141cbb9bd/index.htm "In loving memory of Loraine Elizabeth White", EMBII's mum died :-(Arecibo_message.svgblock 337874 http://bitfossil.org/c6d2e535cd2ba4659e954a61198c66fd98c60f6475cf8ff92a404f3fe3a16c4b/index.htm Arecibo message. The parallels with crypto graffiti are striking. Besides the SVG, when properly cut at the newlines, the 1's and 0's shown in that page also draw the message as ASCII art!
Audio:
alien.wavblock 318638 http://bitfossil.org/a3a24d6ea01ce481a50346818b8977220687f3ba385838fe8894ce61c9718bbc/OneGiantLeapForMankind.mp3at tx 4f5b25fa8021c67235423930580e69121aa0d2c2bb779f75139bf442f8dc7297 EMBII-indexed at 743f3286b00fc96c13db4b16d5aead8a1e059fee9ce775b1761be9be5bdc2501 and then indexed at: 0427ec598df38b7d7dc75721316c0bbdec54de4871e11aff8ea64f3717c07efbThe toplevel index does appear on Bitfossil: http://bitfossil.org/0427ec598df38b7d7dc75721316c0bbdec54de4871e11aff8ea64f3717c07efb/index.htm but the audio is not there as it was for Spock below, maybe a bug on upload/Bitfossil?Spock_Live_Long_And_Prosper.mp3block 345858 http://bitfossil.org/1bc87dbff1ff5831287f62ac7cf95579794e4386688479bab66174963f9a4a0c/index.htmHe sleeps in a temple.jpgblock 360565 http://bitfossil.org/460ed23bea89176cdfe18e13fce51ad5386ad8e3e1f7d6f5b4711b3be97b0502 TODO identifyOuterSpace.mp3block 409471 http://bitfossil.org/c14c1bd862bab6269052bf0a2cda7a35940d7a2d9c3415d4fb8fb8dcb9394fae/ "Outer Space by embii 4MB Large file storage test Apertus 0.3.5-beta" OMG, I don't want to calculate how much it cost to upload this, it will make me sad.
Interesting text:
- block 273522 http://bitfossil.org/70fd289901bae0409f27237506c330588d917716944c6359a8711b0ad6b4ce76/index.htm pi to 1000+ decimal digits:
- http://bitfossil.org/8522787e7e49f3f3b6a9f9e86bc30336d26a3acbaecc93809d2e8b4bb1c4d611/ "Antarctic Ice Cores Revised 800KYr CO2 Data" evidence for global warming
- http://bitfossil.org/ffa6893a70bcde9b940df9823e0f597f0b6cff964c78473c77db838655e1aeb5/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laudato_si', global warming related
HTML pages:
- block 335290 http://bitfossil.org/0166db6053f1969c28de8b1f9a8fa4ec890cc4bdfee7602757993b306bb7f295/ JavaScript animated timer clock counting down until the start of the next year
- block 340379 http://bitfossil.org/062990d54045a9c316110fb713009d1313b2f64c4b216d66891c7284d6c1ca0e/ links to http://bitfossil.org/062990d54045a9c316110fb713009d1313b2f64c4b216d66891c7284d6c1ca0e/bong-ball.html and has a working JavaScript Pong
- block 328445
tom-signature.jpghttp://bitfossil.org/daa050bf8ac22752e40412c9265b4533f68ab8e6ed26d2db1eeee6710e7d9e4b/index.htm Unrendered HTML of:Likely an obituary for: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_and_Ray_Magliozzi. Images show fine though.- https://www.cartalk.com/content/tom-and-rays-bios-photos-2
- https://www.cartalk.com/content/rant-and-rave-36 "The New Theory of Learning" which agrees perfectly with backward design
- block 401648 http://bitfossil.com/31c5e5336512568e4a1deb4bbf0e57c3565c32094c0e1a118c48e7929ab49e35/bong-ball.html another one! This one is full-screen, and does not have JavaScript
alerts :-) - block 401657 http://bitfossil.org/03cb74f270d498302d4dd9cbe82c090d801c8840ab6cb26b71d862489b981db8/ has a JavaScript Pac-Man
- http://bitfossil.com/6bf7c945623b1571571369769285dd350832703b880fa6978cdfd08db77398d8/
Other:
- http://bitfossil.org/bcc522a4ef06fc713c7a78bf90fe7d941433364b1b4efb15d1b7128fdd1f5c38/ leads to "403 - Forbidden: Access is denied. You do not have permission to view this directory or page using the credentials that you supplied.". This is different than all other regular false positives.