// permanently inscribed in Bitcoin block 666,666
January 18, 2021
"Do not be overcome by evil,but overcome evil with good."
$OVERCOME
Block 666666
On January 18, 2021, someone used Bitcoin's OP_RETURN to permanently inscribe this verse into the blockchain.
They paid 5x normal fees to guarantee inclusion. The transaction links to wallets named "GoD" and "BibLE".
Once written, it can never be deleted.
A message of hope, preserved forever in code.
// scriptPubKey (asm)
OP_RETURN OP_PUSHBYTES_70 446f206e6f74206265206f76657263 6f6d65206279206576696c2c206275742c206f76657263636f6d65 206576696c207769746820676f6f64202d20526f6d616e732031323a3231
// scriptPubKey (hex)
6a46446f206e6f74206265206f766572636f6d65206279206576696c 2c20627574206f766572636f6d65206576696c207769746820676f6f64 202d20526f6d616e732031323a3231
// decoded
"Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good - Romans 12:21"
12 Years of Noise. 70 Bytes of Signal.
block 0
"Chancellor on brink of second bailout"
Satoshi mines the genesis block. bitcoin begins.
block ~57,043
10,000 BTC traded for two pizzas
first real-world transaction. btc ≈ $0.003
block ~290,000
Mt. Gox collapses. 850,000 BTC gone.
"bitcoin is dead." again.
block ~500,000
btc hits $20,000. ICO mania.
everyone's a genius. then 84% crash.
block ~625,000
covid crash to $3,800. then recovery.
institutions start buying. "digital gold."
block 666,666
"Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good"
anonymous. 70 bytes. 5x fees. wallets named GoD and BibLE. permanent.
block ~710,000
btc hits $69,000. crashes to $16k.
FTX, Luna, 3AC. "bitcoin is dead."
block ~830,000
btc hits $100k. etf approved.
wall street arrives. halving #4.
every headline faded. every crash recovered. the 70 bytes in block 666,666 haven't changed once.
// $OVERCOME on Solana
B7UsbFre8TFijp2sbqTbtWfZaXVyrmXEWiybpXWepumpwritten once. permanent forever.
block 666,666 • Romans 12:21 • $OVERCOME