Biblical message found in Bitcoin block 666,666

An unknown person added a quote from the sixth book of the New Testament to Bitcoin block 666,666.

“Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good,” reads a quotation from Romans 12:21 in the Epistle to the Romans.

This message was embedded in the 666,666th block of #Bitcoin pic.twitter.com/HpnPWrCjyW

— Documenting Bitcoin 📄 (@DocumentBitcoin) January 19, 2021

Amounts totaling about $160 in the first cryptocurrency were sent to two addresses, the first characters of which spell the words “God” and “Bible” in English.

Transaction addresses. Data: Blockchain.com.

The sender paid more than $50 in fees — five times the day\’s peak average transaction fee, according to Bitinfocharts. The elevated fee was likely intended to guarantee inclusion of the transaction in a block.

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