@Pablo_Picasho

@Pablo_Picasho 23 March 2021

Corporations want to vacuum up BTC. Then, it gets put into the dustbin of history. Central banks are willing to pay.

@Pablo_Picasho 22 March 2021

You should understand the difference between Bitcoin supporters and Latter Day Bitcoin Supporters You should understand the difference between Bitcoin supporters and Latter Day Bitcoin Supporters. Bitcoin supporters: Bitcoin can work as a p2p cash system Bitcoin can scale! Bitcoin supply should remain capped to ~21M Bitcoin needs high transaction volume to succeed Bitcoin needs low fees to remain competitive Bitcoin can be energy efficient if it processes lots of transactions 0-conf is fine for certain payment cases (depends on amount, physical good or not, etc) Infrastructure costs will be low enough over time to enable Bitcoin to scale up on chain as demand increases Blind auction artificial fee market would severely harm or destroy retail adoption Not needing third parties (intermediaries) is a key strength of Bitcoin Latter Day Bitcoin Supporters: Bitcoin could not work as designed Bitcoin does not scale Bitcoin is a terrible payment system Retail payments is not an interesting use case Bitcoin is supposed to be store of value Bitcoin needs Lightning Network to work Bitcoin is digital gold first and foremost Bitcoin is more decentralized than any other crypto Bitcoin can succeed if people only HODL Bitcoin is not for poor people Bitcoin development is not centralized It's not bad that Bitcoin uses so much energy for very few transactions 0-conf is always insecure Bigger blocks would terminally centralize Bitcoin Lightning Network can scale Bitcoin adoption without big blocks Just use custodial services and don't worry [sponsors]

@Pablo_Picasho 18 November 2020

Ode to the Fallen Dictator of Ard Moné To the tune of "That's Amore" by Dean Martin Lead image: Photo by Alexandre Brondino on Unsplash https://unsplash.com/@brondia?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText https://unsplash.com/s/photos/versailles?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText Dean Martin photo: Original studio publicity photo of Dean Martin for the film *Bells Are Ringing* (1960), from Wikipedia: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dean_Martin_-_publicity.JPG

@Pablo_Picasho 5 November 2020

I couldn't believe ABC supporters are once again rehashing the old IFP chestnut about how it'll be funded by BTC and BSV miners. It's been clearly explained before that it'll end up being all coin *holders* who will foot the bill - not the other sides' miners. For my own piece of my mind: https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/jo8g3r/bch_competitors_will_be_footing_the_bill_for_over/

@Pablo_Picasho 16 December 2019

The claiming of the cucumber So long, not-a-cucumber, and thanks for all the fun! On December 15, 2019, Reddit user u/Bagatell_ became the first to crack the cucumber and find the secret (private) key hidden inside it. https://read.cash/@Pablo_Picasho/ceci-nest-pas-un-concombre-e3c26b38 https://en.bitcoinwiki.org/wiki/Private_key Congratulations! The SLP token in question [2] is a unique token on the Bitcoin Cash blockchain which is forever linked to this piece of work: https://simpleledger.info/#token/da879a9b4d54372db011f254554172a0b4b81a8124bfdfd06ec916f5326948e0 It identifies the work via a little abuse of the document URI field, which is set to the plain text '*Ceci n'est pas un concombre*'. There is a bit of a chicken and egg problem in constructing a URI for a work and then putting that in the token you want to create for the work. But it can be done better. For the cucumber, I liked the fact that the URI already gave away that this token was related to the name of the drawing. In future I'll probably do this a bit differently. We are here to experiment, right? There was also a small amount of Bitcoin Cash (BCH) deposited "on the cucumber", that is, on the BCH address which corresponds to the SLP token address. Every SLP address also has an associated BCH address (cashaddr). You can find these in a block explorer such as https://simpleledger.info if you click on an SLP address to view its details. At the bottom of the following explorer screenshot, you can see the cashaddr corresponding to the original SLP address where the 'satoshi1/1' token was before Bagatell_ claimed it. The token and the small amount of BCH have since been moved to an address which only Bagatell_ controls. I hope he doesn't lose those keys :-D Sneak peek at the inside of the cucumber This is part of the document contained inside. Only those who unlock the cucumber or share its pips with others, know what the rest is (but you can well guess from the extract). I am publishing this here so others can use it as a template in case they want to provide their own NFT-based art works. Also, I think it contains some half-decent advice (valid at the time of writing this) about the state of SLP token claiming on Bitcoin Cash. [5] Is this the end of the cucumber journey? No! You can of course track satoshi1/1 's further path on the blockchain. If you can identify its current owner, you can make them an offer if you want to purchase the token from them! If they do not want to sell, there is little you can do except raise your offer. However, you can still obtain the original cucumber image from behind the paywall at the original low, low price of 0.01200000 BCH! https://satoshiwall.cash/paywall/16103b3e-1a1a-11ea-8c19-0242c0a8c003 *I will now update the '**Making of**' post with a few more details on the creation the SLP token and the embedding of the data inside the image. That might take a while, so check back on that a bit later (I will announce the availability of the update in my Memo "art shop" and in the comments below, probably also in the linked Reddit threads).* https://read.cash/@Pablo_Picasho/the-making-of-ceci-nest-pas-un-concombre-8a38aa21 Is it still worth paying for the work even if you can't reclaim the unique token? I think so! You'll get: the full, framed 'Ceci n'est pas un concombre' original JPEG file https://read.cash/@Pablo_Picasho/ceci-nest-pas-un-concombre-e3c26b38 the ability to extract the original private key to it, which gives you an ability to sign statements demonstrating that you unlocked the cucumber yourself or are a pretty good social engineer/hacker (*since I won't publish the actual original private key except for where it is now, locked inside the cucumber and in the hands of all those who have unlocked it*) ability to find the embarassing typo(s) I made in the document which in contained in the cucumber :( a good feeling that you've supported my next crypto art project, and my writing on this platform to describe how the power of Bitcoin Cash and its token features can be used to benefit artists like me and you :) Whether you support me via the paywall, or in tips on read.cash or elsewhere (Memo, Reddit), thanks in advance. https://read.cash https://memo.cash *Yours cryptographically and learning together,* **Pablo Picasho** **Further Links** [1] Original "Spreewald gherkins with garlic" image by Kungfuman - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11598411 [2] https://simpleledger.info/#token/da879a9b4d54372db011f254554172a0b4b81a8124bfdfd06ec916f5326948e0 [3] https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/ebd1i1/the_cucumber_has_been_claimed_congratulations/?ref=share&ref_source=link [4] https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/eazlq5/cucumber_clue_2/fb3tarw/ [5] Note: *if you do come into possession of an SLP token private key and need to import / claim it, it's always worth testing it out with your software on some throwaway tokens which you can create yourself for almost free, before attempting it on the real thing. One small mistake can easily burn a token. Presumably the safety level of BCH wallets will increase over time to make this less of an issue, but this advice generally holds for everything you do in crypto - always try it out on some small, disposable amount or token.* [sponsors]

+2 more

@Pablo_Picasho 14 December 2019

Cucumber Clue #2 After Cucumber Clue #1 was released there was some good progress! https://read.cash/@Pablo_Picasho/cucumber-clue-1-74e2bf33 Reddit user u/shibe5 discovered an SLP token on the Bitcoin Cash blockchain. Reddit user u/Bagatell_ acquired the first cucumber, and started asking some useful questions. https://np.reddit.com/r/Bitcoincash/comments/eaigbr/cucumber_clue_1/fashi0z/ https://np.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/eai5zz/cucumber_clue_1/fas9sly/ We're getting warmer here. The cover image is supposed to suggest that we are approaching the juicy informational contents of the ("cyber") cucumber. **Will the second clue in this series help someone crack** **the cucumber****?** Have a look ! https://read.cash/@Pablo_Picasho/ceci-nest-pas-un-concombre-e3c26b38 WYSIWYG. If you like this series, please subscribe! And please leave comments below if you have questions or suggestions. Yours cryptographically and learning together, ***Pablo Picasho***

@Pablo_Picasho 13 December 2019

Cucumber Clue #1 Below is the first clue I will give out about the cucumber. ~~Maybe it's the last clue I~~ *~~need~~* ~~to give out, who knows?~~ There will be more. https://read.cash/@Pablo_Picasho/ceci-nest-pas-un-concombre-e3c26b38 *Clue #1: There are* *three Bitcoin BTC addresses with 1200546 satoshis* *on them (*), but the cucumber is to be found elsewhere.* https://blockchair.com/bitcoin/addresses?q=balance(1200546) No risk, no reward ;-) (*) at the time of writing (Dec 13, 2019, 17:00 UTC): https://satoshiwall.cash/paywall/16103b3e-1a1a-11ea-8c19-0242c0a8c003 **Opened my own Art Shop on Memo!** You can sometimes find me there (see link below). I'm too poor to afford a shopkeeper droid at the moment. https://memo.cash/topic/Picashos_Art_Shop Congratulations if you read this far. Here is a fresh link to Cucumber Clue #2 , just for you! https://read.cash/@Pablo_Picasho/cucumber-clue-2-2724523b

@Pablo_Picasho 10 December 2019

The making of 'Ceci n'est pas un concombre' In this post I reveal more about the making of *"**Ceci n'est pas un concombre**"* ("*This is not a cucumber*"), a crypto artwork with a mystery twist which has recently been uncovered. https://read.cash/@Pablo_Picasho/ceci-nest-pas-un-concombre-e3c26b38 https://read.cash/@Pablo_Picasho/the-claiming-of-the-cucumber-b2941245 Tools Basic drawing The basic cucumber and handwriting was painted on a **Nintendo DS Lite** using the awesome Colors! drawing program. https://www.colorslive.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_DS_Lite You can see the drawing being made at the link below. The *Colors!* application records each step. https://www.colorslive.com/details/4386053 https://www.colorslive.com/details/4386053 I heartily recommend you check out that *Colors!* site if you have some time. You can watch some crazy skilled people at work creating lovely art! The PNG image you see for 'Ceci' on the *Colors!* site is not the same as I used in my original post here on read.cash . It is also not exactly the same as is behind the paywall - there are some extra steps I took to produce the final image, some of which I will reveal here already, some of which I will add later to this article (*if I don't get hit by a bus*). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Network_Graphics https://read.cash/@Pablo_Picasho/ceci-nest-pas-un-concombre-e3c26b38 Post processing The PNG was lifted off the Micro-SD card of the DSLite, and processed in Gimp to increase the canvas size, center the image, and add a "picture frame" with somewhat matching colors. The result was exported as a JPEG file - I wonder if you can guess why? 😊 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JPEG A quality- and size-reduced version of the JPEG file was created for the "cover post" here on read.cash, and the original JPEG received some "special treatment" on its metadata (using the 'exif' program on Linux). Some extra sauce was added to the cucumber JPEG before finally uploading it to SatoshiWall (the paywall site where people have to pay a little Bitcoin Cash to be able to access this final image). https://satoshiwall.cash/paywall/16103b3e-1a1a-11ea-8c19-0242c0a8c003 Checking the paywall image is what people should be getting After putting up the paywall, I am able to download the image for free from behind the paywall, since I am the creator. Great! In this way I could check that the content served by the paywall is *the exact same image data* that I uploaded. Why that matters will be described later! It has to do with the title of the work. Timestamping (using the blockchain as a notary service) I timestamped the SHA-256 checksum of the original image using an account I created on Memo.cash, the social networking platform built on the Bitcoin Cash blockchain. https://memo.cash/post/4449f2fba8f7cbb333f9af4b8f4c550cf1d6bfefc8ee10194baeea8fecdc9e6f This provides a tamper-proof independent location where the integrity checksum of the work can be verified. Just in case someone hacks into SatoshiWall and starts serving up a rotten cucumber! 😉 Notarizing also sort of proves that I created the work, although I should have probably timestamped the original Nintendo DS drawing file (which contains the drawing history). Anyhow, there is a better way I can prove I created it, but more on that later! For now, I am happy that the paywall works fine. Publishing on Read.cash Last step is to create the cover article to announce the work and provide a link to the paywalled cucumber and to the notarized checksum for those who want to find out what's really inside it. The checksum will help people to verify that they got the right data from the paywall, and alert me if something fishy happened and they got the wrong data. In that case I can always send them the right file if they prove they purchased it. https://read.cash/@Pablo_Picasho/ceci-nest-pas-un-concombre-e3c26b38 https://satoshiwall.cash/paywall/16103b3e-1a1a-11ea-8c19-0242c0a8c003 As I said already, there will be more to come on this article. It depends on how people enjoy the cucumber. I hope you liked this post, and feel free to ask any questions in the comments! Yours cryptographically and learning together, ***Pablo Picasho*** [sponsors]

@Pablo_Picasho 9 December 2019

Ceci n'est pas un concombre Hello! My name is *Pablo Picasho*, and this is my first post here. I present you a reduced version of my first artwork on the blockchain: If you like it the general idea, you have a chance to find out why this is not just a cucumber, and also obtain the original full framed JPEG image, behind the following paywall (sorry, but art is also work!) https://satoshiwall.cash/paywall/16103b3e-1a1a-11ea-8c19-0242c0a8c003 I do not wish to give away too much about the work, so let's just enjoy together. Feel free to leave any comments below. Yours cryptographically and learning together, ***Pablo Picasho*** *Note: If you purchased the work via the satoshiwall.cash site, the SHA-256 checksum of the JPEG image file should be* *as recorded here**. (p.s. you can also ask me questions on Memo)* *If the checksum does not match, you have been served a different file - please notify me in the comments!* https://memo.cash/post/4449f2fba8f7cbb333f9af4b8f4c550cf1d6bfefc8ee10194baeea8fecdc9e6f P.S. I have written an article describing how this work was made. See "*The making of 'Ceci n'est pas un concombre'*". https://read.cash/@Pablo_Picasho/the-making-of-ceci-nest-pas-un-concombre-8a38aa21 Update December 13: A clue #1 has been released, you will want to read this. https://read.cash/@Pablo_Picasho/cucumber-clue-1-74e2bf33 Update December 14: Clue #2 has been released [sponsors] https://read.cash/@Pablo_Picasho/cucumber-clue-2-42ae3f73