Enter the Machine

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bitcoin.pdf

Bitcoin white paper, written pseudonymous by Satoshi Nakimato in 2008

The Subject of this Portrait

At the time this portrait was created, the subject was available online at bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf 

Screenshot of the Bitcoin white paper which begins, ‘Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System Satoshi Nakamoto satoshin@gmx.com www.bitcoin.org Abstract. A purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash would allow online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial institution.’
Excerpt from the Bitcoin white paper: bitcoin.pdf
Screenshot of the Bitcoin white paper that begins ‘2. Transactions: We define an electronic coin as a chain of digital signatures. Each owner transfers the coin to the next by digitally signing a hash of the previous transaction and the public key of the next owner and adding these to the end of the coin.’
Excerpt from the Bitcoin white paper: bitcoin.pdf
Screenshot of the Bitcoin white paper that begins, ‘4. Proof-of-Work: To implement a distributed timestamp server on a peer-to-peer basis, we will need to use a proof-of-work system similar to Adam Back's Hashcash [6], rather than newspaper or Usenet posts…’
Excerpt from the Bitcoin white paper: bitcoin.pdf

Attributes

Subject Name
bitcoin.pdf
Subject Creation Date
10/31/2008
Subject Weight
184,292 bytes (184 KB)
Subject Location
bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf
Entities in Portrait
1 File
Entity Types in Portrait
PDF
Portrait Type
Individual

Portrait Details

Algorithmically generated image showing a conical yellow-to-purple conical gradient which emanates a yellow beam originating at its center and is angled at about 270 degrees framed by a suite of orange-yellowish pixelated clusters which form a somewhat coherence frame around the yellow beam
Portrait detail
Close up of an algorithmically created hill-like cluster of yellowish green pixels generated from the ground up
Portrait detail
Algorithmically generated image of a greenish, yellowish, orange-ish organically formed cluster of pixels emanating from the left side of the frame against a deep blue background
Portrait detail
Close up of an algorithmically generated image of a conical yellow-to-purple gradient in the center, with a yellow beam originating from the center of the image at a 45 degree angle loosely surrounded by a half-frame of pinkish and yellow digital clusters
Portrait detail

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Permalink
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Format
video/quicktime
Resolution
1296 x 2304
Duration
6'39
Transaction
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Artist
Eric Corriel
Sound Design
Chris Child

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