Unexplained hidden character in trust.txt.xz. Solved!

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Quote from: LoyceV on January 25, 2019, 06:12:21 AM

~~I found those, I'm looking for "ÂCraven"'s userID. That one doesn't exist.~~

there is no user ""ÂCraven"

on my pc it shows -Craven

i get the same result regadless of where i view on, even on word file
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viewing Razerglass trust list on my browser shows this

Razerglass
mascotte
-Craven
manole91
Vod
test
Blazed
rby
kevin1234a
abhishek.g

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however it's not a dash symbol (-) it doesn't show up when i search for -

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He probably used a no-break space when registering his username. The name appears as though it's one word but there is a space between Â and Craven represented by a set of characters

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Quote from: khaled0111 on January 25, 2019, 06:49:56 AM

Go to this page: https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/craven-21885
View its source code and copy paste any line containing the username Craven
Delete chars backwards one by one, you will notice there is a hidden char before the C letter.

Thanks, that explains it. For some reason the forum Members search didn't give me this account, I only found userID 698186 (Craven).

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Craven registred back in 2011, I don't know if this feauture is still supported by the forum.

As far as I know, it's not allowed anymore.

My question is answered. I'll lock this thread soon.

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It does seem to be that profile: https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/craven-21885

If I copy the username from the profile, and paste into an ascii converter I get: 194 173 67 114 97 118 101 110
Now the ascii(194) is not capital "C" (that is ascii(67)).
If I select on SQL ascii(194) it shows as Â.

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I think the username contain a special char that doesn't appear in the browser.

Go to this page: https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/craven-21885
View its source code and copy paste any line containing the username Craven
Delete chars backwards one by one, you will notice there is a hidden char before the C letter.
Craven registred back in 2011, I don't know if this feauture is still supported by the forum.

You can also use this website to see the hidden char:
https://www.soscisurvey.de/tools/view-chars.php

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Quote from: LoyceV on January 25, 2019, 06:12:21 AM

Quote from: SplitBirb on January 25, 2019, 05:44:49 AM

Here is Razerglass and Craven user id’s:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/razerglass-360915
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/craven-21885

I found those, I'm looking for "ÂCraven"'s userID. That one doesn't exist.

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Not sure why it’s showing Craven next to Razerglass though.

Razerglass included him.

I don’t think it exists according to @vod website: https://bpip.org/search.aspx?q=Craven

Unless it’s a deleted account by admins.

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Quote from: SplitBirb on January 25, 2019, 05:44:49 AM

Here is Razerglass and Craven user id’s:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/razerglass-360915
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/craven-21885

~~I found those, I'm looking for "ÂCraven"'s userID. That one doesn't exist.~~

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Not sure why it’s showing Craven next to Razerglass though.

Razerglass included him.

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Here is Razerglass and Craven user id’s:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/razerglass-360915
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/craven-21885

Not sure why it’s showing Craven next to Razerglass though.

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Every Saturday, theymos updates http://bitcointalk.org/trust.txt.xz. This file has all trust connections from all users, but shows usernames instead of userIDs.

I found most usernames with weird characters after a quick manual search, but there's one line I can't figure out.
In a text editor it looks like this:

Code:

Razerglass->Craven

In a browser it looks like this:

Code:

Razerglass->ÂCraven

I can't find a userID for this user. Is this a bug?

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