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September 08, 2012, 01:39:11 PM
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Hello, I was reading the BitInstant article about the Mitt Romney extortion over releasing his taxes, and the address 1HeF89wMjC48bWNgWvVo7Wu3RaLW8XVsE8 (http://blockchain.info/address/1HeF89wMjC48bWNgWvVo7Wu3RaLW8XVsE8) was revealed as the one that, if it hits $1m worth of Bitcoins first, will keep the tax information safe.

I checked out the address, and it would appear someone is sending some message encrypted in binary in transactions to that address, but my (very basic) attempts at decoding it have been unsuccessful. It is possible that when a number doesn't go out to 8 full satoshi's it means there are supposed to be zeroes there, or perhaps the encryption is to a different character set. Any ideas?

Post Note: it appears the other address (for releasing the tax info) is also receiving some sort of message... http://blockchain.info/address/12AP6iCwRNFQqKLStH3A4b4hw3SL6RaNgB.

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September 08, 2012, 01:41:38 PM
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And decryption of one message you refer to is given in comments to one of the articles linked in my signature.

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September 08, 2012, 01:44:08 PM
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And decryption of one message you refer to is given in comments to one of the articles linked in my signature.


Ahh, thank you! How did you decode the first one, inserting 0's where the places to satoshis should be, or was it a different character set/language symbols?

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September 08, 2012, 01:46:06 PM
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These are just binary representation of one byte ascii codes. It seems this is a de facto standard of sending public messages to a BTC address.

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September 08, 2012, 02:17:49 PM
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is not encrypted
rugmi.i//:ptth


these are the first 14 letters (in chronological order). I guess the link is split in multiple parts

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September 08, 2012, 04:51:22 PM
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is not encrypted
rugmi.i//:ptth


these are the first 14 letters (in chronological order). I guess the link is split in multiple parts

you have it backwards
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