Julian Assange Proves He’s Alive Using The Bitcoin Blockchain

Julian Assange Proves He’s Alive Using The Bitcoin Blockchain

Julian Assange used the Bitcoin Blockchain to prove that he’s alive and well, being the first person to provide a blockchain-based “proof of life.” Assange is Alive and Well, Says Bitcoin. After being presumed dead by several internet fans, Julian Assange, editor-in-chief of the WikiLeaks organization, decided to prove his well-being by reading out block #447506 and its hash, which is a string of numbers and letters that are unique to that specific block and impossible to predict. The block number and its hash were read out during a during a live feed on a Reddit AMA (Ask me Anything)....


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