Cool data embedded in the Bitcoin blockchain / Mt. Gox' shutdown (February 2014)

Mt. Gox was the first Cryptocurrency exchange in existence, and when it shutdowon in Febrauary 2014 because the website was crap and they got hacked, some people were not happy at all about their missing funds!

tx 0540b5dda23ee870330c6b1e18a88c592cf8d847c47f1dc1d5328f46115b12b3 (2014-02-25)

2014-02-25: The day Mt.Gox shut down. Farewell, may even you rest in peace!

tx 2374f8575f65763caf6909551c131d3ae45399a73aee638bcbccaebdb1219d67 (2014-02-25):

Fuck you MtGox
Fuck you MtGox
R

tx c00a4a04905a2e8d8dee8a768165aa6bdf842413a8a648462a6349db89cd77f2 (2014-02-27) has an ASCII art of a seal, TODO understand meme:

        o
      / |
      | \
  .   |  |
.'\`  | \|
  | \_/ \ \
  \____/\/
<3 You Seals!

There are also a few Base58 messages referring to Mt Gox, the nicest and most expensive one being to burn addres:

1FuckMtGoxFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUQXW5ik

which as of 2025 holds 0.014537 BTC burnt on:

14x 0.001 BTC transactions starting at tx b170551d4df68d714fa98189c73f61b0c2bc54cafe33a2953fcc0bc11f6aa72a block 287826 (2014-02-26)
plus one 0.001337 BTC transaction in the middle at tx 6b878716d1d9af0f50de441f318da68121261a5778fd541def4408c0aac531f6 block 287868 (2014-02-26), why not.

Many of these transactions also contain other quick messages, e.g.:

tx e6d4cfbbc45b5e3cfcfa36613b04a8732c7b4606f5dbbd8af3ba06d8f3899fc2 also features a Rickrolling instance.
tx 10a9bb0625447df044410cf9cd74742ec0bf334d48b4b1f93c10a4a60748bb5d also features Nigger inside a spendable vanity address: 1Niggerw15VezU6rA7jRBuJt9ceg9VL1jh

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Cool data embedded in the Bitcoin blockchain