About this artifact
Van Gogh's The Starry Night, uploaded to the chain. The painting has been public domain for decades; this copy is simply the one that cannot be taken down.
← Timeline image · 2021
Stored at 128 × 101 px · shown at 4× The Starry Night (van Gogh)
Written to the chain on 31 May 2021, block 685,647.
- Block
- 685,647
- Written
- 31 May 2021
- Size
- 4,556 B
- Format
- JPEG
- Transactions
- 2
- Dimensions
- 128 × 101
How it was stored
SegWit moved signatures and related unlocking data into a witness area that is still committed to by the block but counted differently for block weight. That witness area can also carry arbitrary data if a spending path is constructed to reveal it.
More about SegWit Proof · 2 transactions
Verified against the chain
Every byte shown here was read from these transactions. Open one in a block explorer to check it yourself.