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Prayer Wars (Eligius prayers + interruptions)

[139690] prayer       Eligius/Benedictus Deus. Benedictum Nomen Sanctum eius.
[139717] prayer       Eligius/Benedictus Deus. Benedictum Nomen Sanctum eius.
[139758] interruption ***************************************************
[139792] prayer       Benedictus Iesus Christus, verus Deus et verus homo.
[139831] prayer       Benedictum Nomen Iesu.
[139838] interruption I LIKE TURTLES
[139898] prayer       Benedictum Cor eius sacratissimum.
[139904] prayer       Benedictus Sanguis eius pretiosissimus.
[139921] prayer       Benedictus Iesus in sanctissimo altaris Sacramento.
[139942] prayer       Benedictus Sanctus Spiritus, Paraclitus.
[139954] interruption C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER
[139977] prayer       Benedicta excelsa Mater Dei, Maria sanctissima.
[139990] prayer       Benedicta sancta eius et immaculata Conceptio.
[140181] prayer       In nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti. Amen.
[141460] interruption LUKE-JR IS A PEDOPHILE! Oh, and god isn't real, sucka. Stop polluting the blockchain with your nonsense.
[142547] interruption A yandere game is starting in 60 seconds! Please type "]yandere" to join.
[142946] interruption FFS Luke-Jr leave the blockchain alone!
[143822] prayer       ... the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth labourers into his harvest.

Eligius pool (Luke Dashjr) inscribed the Latin Divine Praises and other Catholic prayers one verse per coinbase across blocks 139690-143822 (2011); opponents replied with meme/atheist graffiti in tx scripts.

The 'prayer war' (2011-08-05 to 09-03): Luke Dashjr set the 'random' coinbase data of his Eligius pool to prayers - the Divine Praises, then the Trinitarian formula, Act of Contrition, Act of Hope, etc. - roughly one verse per Eligius block from 139690 to ~143822. Opponents (also via Eligius's contributor-string system) inserted memes/atheist replies in tx output/input scripts. This entry lists the 12 identified prayer coinbase txs + 6 interruptions in block order. Further documented interruptions whose txids aren't located here: 142573 'Militant atheists, bit.ly/... happy now?' (an early Rickroll), 142596 '<cjdelisle> ran out of prayers?! That explains the price drop', and 142640 tonal-system numerals. The feat ended once pools began routine ad tags (Slush, block 163970).