In Search for True Identity of @GrumpyCat

The story of a search in Steem Chain

After discovering the mysterious 200k SP delegation of @MisterDelegation to @checkthisout ( @grumpycat's main account), I had written an Open Question to @MrDelegation post, looking for a reply of at least one question.

Who is @GrumpyCat and and why did @MrDelegation delegate SP to him 200kSP for one week.

The only reply to the question I asked was an illuminating! one by @GrumpyCat.

Why am I searching for the true identity of @GrumpyCat? What's in it for me?

As most of you have realized, @GrumpyCat seems to be following a code that is truth for him zealotly.
On his quest, hiding behind the mask of the cat, he is not listening to any arguments, even not talking.

@zipporah - the ziplomat - invited him to a live panel on Discord but the reply was basic as always :

she has a very well written post on this

Only maybe if we would reveal his true identity, the active account, he may be persuaded to participate to such a live panel and we might have a chance to talk with the man behind the cat mask.

How anonymous is @AnonSteem

@checkthisout is an account that is purchased from @anonsteem.
This means that, someone should have sent some money to @anonsteem at the day, close to time that @checkthisout account is created.

A good way to start is finding the exact time @checkthisout account is created.

@Steemd is a good place to start.
looking at the link : https://steemd.com/@checkthisout?page=9 we can read the following data.

So the account is created on 2017-11-10 20:43:45

Learning this, I decided to check all the transfers that is done to @anonsteem on this day.
The account creation should be slightly ( approximately 2 minutes ) after transfer is achieved.

@steemdb is a very good tool for this.

Checking all the transfers with this link : https://steemdb.com/@anonsteem/transfers i have reached to the below result :

Since the transfer should have been done before account opening, we had 5 accounts that would possibly be @checkthisout ( i was so noob to think so, which will come later)

One name flashing : @zeartul, the old owner of @bellyrub bot whose account was allegedly hacked...

Would @grumpycat be infact @zeartul? Would he be in an act of revenge?

Well, to much reason to suspect him, he would have money, he would have motivation but no facts and data.
I had to find exactly which other accounts @anonsteem have created this day and match it with the transfers.

This way, we could reach who created @checkthisout realy.

Some scripting begins...

Checking through steem.js API library, discussing with @We-Resist bot developer @r351574nc3, the following script is found :

steem.api.getAccountHistory(account, from, limit, function(err, result) {
console.log(err, result);
});

This way we can get to the account history with all the transactions.
The confusing part is the FROM. We thought that this is the DATE but as we put the DATE we got parse error.
It is obviously , FROM is not DATE.

Thanks to @yabapmatt, the maker of famous SteemBotTracker he was online on discord and he corrected my mistake.
FROM is not time but it is transaction number.
Since the transactions start from "0" he recomended me to put "-1" and get the 10 000 results.

At the end the script look like this :

steem.api.getAccountHistory('anonsteem', -1, 10000, function(err,result) {
console.log(err,result);
});

which would give us the first 10 000 transaction details to and from @anonsteem.

And it worked!

Now we can see the details of transfers.

This is the details of the Steem transfer of @zeartul to @anonsteem

and this is the details of the account created right after the transfer made.

It was not @checkthisout, but another name...

Here comes the frustration

@Zeartul, I owe you an open apology for thinking that you would have been @GrumpyCat.

But who was @checkthisout then?

I found the transaction that he was created.

There was no transaction of STEEM to @anonsteem at the time of this account creation!

Possible?
Yes... thanks to the experienced people in The-Resistance discord, i am awakend that STEEM is not the only way to buy account from @anonsteem.
If you buy the account with BTC or LTC you are not visible in the steem chain since the transfer is not done to @anonsteem but to a BTC or LTC wallet directly.

And, @GrumpyCat was clever (in an evil way! ) enough to keep the anonimity to the maximum limit.
He either paid by BTC or LTC directly to the wallet.

Lesson learned : If you want to be really anonymous at your account, pay with BTC or LTC to anonsteem!

Questions are still open!

• Why did @misterdelegation gave 200kSP delegation to @checkthisout (@grumpycat)?
• Is @GrumpyCat a shark put in the fish pool to keep the fishes active?
• Is he a rule enforcer put in the system instead of directly putting the rules?
• Are we a part of an experiment that we don't know?
• Is The Resistance in fact resisting an operation of Steemit Inc?

I hope we will find a better answer than a simple "PING!"

@GrumpyCat,we are not resisting your cause.

It is only your tactics WE-RESIST!

@The-Resistance
Discord: https://discord.gg/qMWCbWR

FD.