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− | Randall added | + | Randall added a {{w|Bitcoin}} address to two pages of his site and changed it many times over the years, as a high-tech equivalent of a tip-jar. |
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==[https://xkcd.com/bitcoin xkcd.com/bitcoin]== | ==[https://xkcd.com/bitcoin xkcd.com/bitcoin]== | ||
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''Hooray! I have some bitcoins now.|[[Randall Munroe]]|[https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5686.5;wap2 Source]}} | ''Hooray! I have some bitcoins now.|[[Randall Munroe]]|[https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5686.5;wap2 Source]}} | ||
− | The original address was [https://blockchain.info/address/1Lg2rvxbBPC8jp2YJoV5xL7sdyTjueMUot <code>1Lg2rvxbBPC8jp2YJoV5xL7sdyTjueMUot</code>], but between April 14th, 2011 and [https://web.archive.org/web/20110601013953/http://www.xkcd.com/bitcoin/ June 1st, 2011], Randall replaced it with a message explaining why he decided to remove | + | The original address was [https://blockchain.info/address/1Lg2rvxbBPC8jp2YJoV5xL7sdyTjueMUot <code>1Lg2rvxbBPC8jp2YJoV5xL7sdyTjueMUot</code>], but between April 14th, 2011 and [https://web.archive.org/web/20110601013953/http://www.xkcd.com/bitcoin/ June 1st, 2011], Randall replaced it with a message explaining why he decided to remove the address: |
{{Quote|Thank you for all the kind donations! I took down my address because I would prefer to experiment with Bitcoin as a regular, anonymous user. I put up an address here because someone on IRC asked, but I don't want an xkcd.com donation address to be seen as an endorsement of Bitcoin to xkcd readers. | {{Quote|Thank you for all the kind donations! I took down my address because I would prefer to experiment with Bitcoin as a regular, anonymous user. I put up an address here because someone on IRC asked, but I don't want an xkcd.com donation address to be seen as an endorsement of Bitcoin to xkcd readers. | ||
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==Footnote== | ==Footnote== | ||
− | Between [https://web.archive.org/web/20130218163441/http://xkcd.com/ February 18th, 2013] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20130224073827/http://xkcd.com/ February 24, 2013], Randall edited the on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] and added a Bitcoin addresses. Over time, he changed them four times (before eventually removing it), but they were always displayed in this format: | + | Between [https://web.archive.org/web/20130218163441/http://xkcd.com/ February 18th, 2013] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20130224073827/http://xkcd.com/ February 24, 2013], Randall edited the [[footnote]] on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] and added a Bitcoin addresses. Over time, he changed them four times (before eventually removing it), but they were always displayed in this format: |
:<small><b><i>BTC 14FHqYSgAi39CEJksUJJsK8JzJzyqFpLVk</i></b></small> | :<small><b><i>BTC 14FHqYSgAi39CEJksUJJsK8JzJzyqFpLVk</i></b></small> | ||
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The first address to be added to the footnote was [https://blockchain.info/address/14FHqYSgAi39CEJksUJJsK8JzJzyqFpLVk <code>14FHqYSgAi39CEJksUJJsK8JzJzyqFpLVk</code>], which was also the second address to appear on [https://xkcd.com/bitcoin xkcd.com/bitcoin]. It was added between [https://web.archive.org/web/20130218163441/http://xkcd.com:80/ February 18th, 2013] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20130224073827/http://xkcd.com/ February 24th, 2013], months after it was initially introduced on the Bitcoin page. | The first address to be added to the footnote was [https://blockchain.info/address/14FHqYSgAi39CEJksUJJsK8JzJzyqFpLVk <code>14FHqYSgAi39CEJksUJJsK8JzJzyqFpLVk</code>], which was also the second address to appear on [https://xkcd.com/bitcoin xkcd.com/bitcoin]. It was added between [https://web.archive.org/web/20130218163441/http://xkcd.com:80/ February 18th, 2013] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20130224073827/http://xkcd.com/ February 24th, 2013], months after it was initially introduced on the Bitcoin page. | ||
− | The three addresses that followed were | + | The three addresses that followed were both never present on the Bitcoin page and only appeared on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com]. First, it was replaced by [https://blockchain.info/address/1NEPgrUmed3VyXpqbYZom7YVJ8MozYrNWx <code>1NEPgrUmed3VyXpqbYZom7YVJ8MozYrNWx</code>] between [https://web.archive.org/web/20130423213215/http://xkcd.com/ April 23rd, 2013] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20130428000254/http://xkcd.com/ April 28th, 2013], which was then changed into [https://blockchain.info/address/1NfBXWqseXc9rCBc3Cbbu6HjxYssFUgkH6 <code>1NfBXWqseXc9rCBc3Cbbu6HjxYssFUgkH6</code>] between [https://web.archive.org/web/20130601200048/http://xkcd.com:80/ June 1st, 2013] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20130604104224/http://xkcd.com:80/ June 4th, 2013]. Finally, either on [https://web.archive.org/web/20140626022915/http://xkcd.com/ June 26th, 2014] or [https://web.archive.org/web/20140627024159/http://xkcd.com/ June 27th, 2014], it would be changed for the last time into [https://blockchain.info/address/1FhCLQK2ZXtCUQDtG98p6fVH7S6mxAsEey <code>1FhCLQK2ZXtCUQDtG98p6fVH7S6mxAsEey</code>]. |
− | The footnote containing the Bitcoin address would be removed entirely, along with the [[ | + | The footnote containing the Bitcoin address would be removed entirely, along with the [[xkcd warning]] above it, on [https://web.archive.org/web/20160912204204/http://xkcd.com/ September 12th, 2016], when [[1732: Earth Temperature Timeline]] was the frontpage comic. They were probably removed to not scare potential new fans away, given the [[1732#Popularity_of_comic|popularity of the comic]]. |
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