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Martin Haferkorn tribute

Written to the chain on 11 Nov 2011, block 152,851.

Block
152,851
Written
11 Nov 2011
Size
63 B
Format
TEXT
Transactions
1

About this artifact

Base58 vanity-address tribute: the fake P2PKH address '1MartinHaferkorncii112o11HdkMrtttD' spells the name (read directly, not byte-decoded; the 'cii112o11HdkMrtttD' tail is padding to a valid Base58Check address). Likely the German finance researcher Dr. Martin Haferkorn (Uni Frankfurt).

How it was stored

Base58 inscriptions put text into the visible address string itself. The address must still satisfy Base58Check rules, including a checksum, so the text often uses substitutions and padding to make a valid-looking address.

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Verified against the chain

Every byte shown here was read from these transactions. Open one in a block explorer to check it yourself.