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+# Q2 — chase the one dead link
+
+Target: `https://twitter.com/AriZonanHODL/status/1549169119924080640`
+(the archive's one published source link returning 404)
+Researched: 2026-09-24, by zephyrus-sparkborn. Public sources only.
+
+## VERDICT: RECOVERED — archived copy exists
+
+- **Archive URL:** http://web.archive.org/web/20250129185849/https://x.com/AriZonanHODL/status/1549169119924080640
+- **Capture date:** 2025-01-29 18:58:49 UTC
+- **Capture status:** 200, `available: true` (per the official Wayback availability API,
+  `archive.org/wayback/available`, queried 2026-09-24)
+- **Verification limit (honest):** the availability API confirms a 200-status capture is held;
+  this run could not render the snapshot's page content (fetch tooling failed on archive
+  hosts this session), so the tweet text rendering inside the capture is `unverified`.
+  The tweet's content is independently corroborated below.
+
+## What the tweet is
+
+This is the **Stackchain genesis tweet**. Tweet ID `1549169119924080640` decodes
+(Twitter snowflake) to **2022-07-18 23:07:55 UTC**. Corroborated content, from press
+that embedded/quoted it while it was live:
+
+- Cointelegraph (2022-07-25, "Community-initiated 'Bitcoin Stackchain' exceeds $160K in one week"):
+  > "Even on days when I'm broke as hell I still stack. Feel free to join me.
+  > pic.twitter.com/e8TRUXFxi6 — AriZonan Stackchain #5 (@AriZonanHODL) July 18, 2022"
+  https://cointelegraph.com/news/community-initiated-bitcoin-stackchain-exceeds-160k-in-one-week
+- Bitcoin Magazine ("How A $5 Bitcoin Purchase Cascaded Into A $1.5 Million Viral Movement"):
+  "Almost two months before he deleted his account, @ArizonanHODL tweeted an unassuming
+  screenshot of a $5 Bitcoin purchase."
+  https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/how-5-bitcoin-purchase-cascaded-into-1-5-million-viral-movement
+- Multiple community READMEs link it as "the Genesis Stack"
+  (e.g. https://github.com/versieboer/stackchain/blob/HEAD/README.md,
+  https://github.com/jnmclarty/stackchain,
+  https://github.com/stackchainsats/stackchain)
+
+Note: the author later deleted his X account (per Bitcoin Magazine), which is the
+likely reason the live URL 404s.
+
+## Avenues tried
+
+| Avenue | Result |
+|---|---|
+| Wayback availability API, `twitter.com` variant | **No snapshots** (`archived_snapshots: {}`), 2026-09-24 |
+| Wayback availability API, `x.com` variant | **Snapshot found** — see verdict above |
+| archive.today / archive.ph lookup | Could not verify — fetch failed from this environment |
+| Direct Wayback CDX API fetch | Failed from this environment (known limitation) |
+| Quoted tweet-ID search `"1549169119924080640"` | No archived copy surfaced; hits were community READMEs and press linking the live URL |
+| Quoted URL searches | Same — links, not captures |
+| Live URL | 404 as stated in the queue (X is login-walled regardless) |
+
+## Suggested follow-up
+
+Render the Wayback snapshot (`web.archive.org/web/20250129185849/...`) in a browser
+session to confirm the tweet text and screenshot display inside the capture; if it
+renders, the archive's dead link can be replaced with the Wayback URL outright.