doctorjsmith

A photograph of SCP-XXXX-1 during a period of activation

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Euclid Thaumiel

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX must be secured in its server room when not undergoing testing, and access may be scheduled by any staff of Level 2 or greater clearance. All personnel below Level 2 clearance must remain at least 6 meters from the device for their own safety, as following Incident 0 and the subsequent tests, no traces of absorbed persons have been found, and as such, Dr. █████, and all further personnel lost in this manner are to be presumed dead.

Thus far ███ civilians have been able to access SCP-XXXX-1 successfully after September ██, 2002. Because of this, SCP-XXXX-1 requires an Internet based misinformation campaign on various message boards and social media to ensure that the public believes any reference to SCP-XXXX-1 is merely a part of a fictional horror narrative.

Extreme caution is required when using intelligence from SCP-XXXX-1, as the information is incomplete and it is possible to trigger the event that is trying to be avoided. (want to say that differently)

All necessary resources must be allocated to the deciphering of the messages from SCP-XXXX-1. Additional funding has been approved and Operation Fool's Gold is in progress. People will 'mine' 'Bitcoin' by decoding data blocks in return for financial gain, without actually knowing what they are decrypting. this initial decryption is incomplete to protect foundation secrets, and a final pass of decryption software on SCP-XXXX is required to yield usable data. while SCP-XXXX is a powerful supercomputer, it's own power source doesn't allow operation at peak performance for more than 4 hours per day.

( idea. The foundation invented a way to decipher the deleted information, but it was so resource intensive that they couldn't effectively use their normal computer systems to decrypt the messages. So they outsourced the bulk of the work to civilians in the form of bitcoin mining. To keep secrecy the information is only 90% decrypted and requires a final pass of some macguffin invented by the foundation to do the last bit. Because the information contained in scp-xxxx-1 is so valuable they don't have any trouble funding the bitcoin economy. Staff are not permitted to participate in bitcoin mining for personal gain. Give it a fancy name like operation fools gold, since the foundation controls the price and really the whole bitcoin economy as a sort of carrot on a stick for people to decrypt the data a la folding @ home for seti, etc. )

Description: SCP-XXXX outwardly appears to be a standard IBM rack-mounted server cluster from the early 2000's. Internally, SCP-XXXX appears to be a type of hybrid quantum computer of a highly advanced nature which appears to be powered through anomalous means, and acts as a server for an anomalous website, SCP-XXXX-1. The information it stores can be accessed by any electronic device with a web browser, regardless of its network connectivity or distance from SCP-XXXX.

SCP-XXXX was located on September ██, 2002, when, according to Site 15's CCTV records, it appeared through unknown means, replacing a redundant backup server. The object was then disconnected from the Foundation network, classified as an anomalous object, and placed under closer observation. On march 16, 2004 the source of SCP-XXXX-1's IP address was traced to the same server room in Site 15. Further anomalous behavior was discovered when a Level 1 research assistant, Dr. ████ was absorbed into the structure of the device while performing routine maintenance on nearby servers . Objects reclassified as SCP-XXXX and SCP-XXXX-1.

The accidental absorption of Dr. █████ and tests using D-class personnel have indicated the following; When an individual possessing less than Level 2 Clearance within the Foundation approaches within 5 meters of SCP-XXXX, strands of what appear to be Ethernet cabling emerge from SCP-XXXX, constrict any unauthorized personnel, and either absorb them into its internal structure, or throw them outside its radius of influence. Research as to whether there is a pattern to this behavior is ongoing.

SCP-XXXX-1 was originally created on January ██, 1999 as a whimsical attempt to aid time travelers in navigating current events by posting relevant information, such as recent news and winning lottery numbers. On September ██, 2002 The nature of the information changed to a genuinely prophetic nature, and information has been shown to be correct in approximately 9█% of all cases.

The website first came to the Foundation's attention via data crawlers on [REDACTED].com. A user posted what was originally believed to be a fictional horror story and listed SCP-XXXX-1 as the source of the described events.

When an individual who currently posses, or will posses Level 2 clearance at some future date attempts to load the website, a number of articles listing the dates of future events, and a number of direct messages whose contents were unknown as only the title and date remained intact. Conversely, when an individual below clearance Level 2 attempts to access SCP-XXXX-1 in a web browser, an invalid domain error will be reported, and the web browser will crash. It is unknown how SCP-XXXX-1 determines the validity of the users' credentials at this time. Efforts to recover the deleted articles are ongoing.

Addendum: The original website's creator, Dr. ███████ Thomas , who was the first of the few civilians to use the website successfully after the activating event in 2002, was recruited as a Level 2 research assistant due to his extensive experience with the anomaly and an apparent connection with whatever entity is sending messages via SCP-XXXX.

- Level 2 Access Required - Enter Security Credentials - - ACCESS GRANTED - Account of Dr. ███████ Thomas - Level 2 Research Assistant 15-03-04

Formerly posted on [REDACTED].com So on a lark I started a website. People, myself included, love to muse about time » travel. Especially on [REDACTED], every week someone will post a thread asking what one would » do if they were able to travel into the past. I was just as intrigued as everyone else. As my mind » wandered with the possibilities, I hit a wall. One of the most popular responses is always that » someone would play the lotto numbers of the time that they landed and live the rest of their days » in unchecked hedonism. The second most popular response is that they would prevent some sort » of national/international tragedy. Not half bad ideas. However, where are you going to find useful information such as the » actual lotto numbers or a point of entry to inform the proper authorities to prevent something like » 9/11? These seemed like major obstacles to potential time travelers. How to remedy this? » Create a forum for other “time travelers” to inform their “colleagues” about the lotto numbers of » their intended destination, detailed floor plans of sites of disaster, and potential pratfalls, that » could befall someone traveling to the past. The website started out small and remained as such. People would post the lotto » numbers of somewhere like Michigan on 12/28/1998. Or the chain of command of people to » inform on 4/19/1995 to prevent the Oklahoma City bombing. It was an exercise in whimsy and wish fulfillment. And that was all it was intended to » be. It went on like this for a few months. Then things got weird. Posts started coming in that were cryptic at best and disturbing at worst. A post started appearing everywhere standing out like a sore thumb among the posts » of, for example, numbers of the Mega Millions sometime in 2003. > BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH At first, I thought it was cute, the all caps urgency so fucking perfect. All of these cryptic posts were dated to the future. How neat, someone flipped the » script and began to date their posts as coming from 2016, 2020, 2023, etc. (Why didn't I think of » this?!). These posts would soon be deleted after that. I thought that someone was taking my » original idea and doing something even more interesting with it. The fact that they were hastily » deleted was such a nice touch. I just figured someone was doing it for dramatic effect. The » thought that they were being systematically silenced never once crossed my mind. > THEY WILL MAKE IT ALL END BEFORE THEY BEGIN The pattern became so succinct. Someone would post something not about the past » but alluding to something in the future. People would chime in from 2014 and beyond, but I could » never read their posts. However, the occasional gem would seep through before it disappeared. > THEY KNOW AND WILL ERASE More often than not, they would appear as “deleted”, but the time stamp would remain. » 2015, 2018, 2019, 2022. Posters from a few years in the future trying to impart a message » deleted before I could read it. I found it amusing and didn't mind the fact that people were taking » my concept and taking a dark turn with it. However, this went on for months. It was beginning to » unnerve me. One particular post was the tipping point into full blown panic. I received it this » morning. > ███████, ITS OVER. ALL OF IT. WE TRIED TO WARN. THEY ARE CHAOS. THEY ERASE. » THEY’RE COMING. NOW, AND THEN. RUN!!! This one was dated to 3/14/2025. I refreshed, and it was gone. None of you are going to believe me. I've made my peace with that. There was never a post past 3/15/2025.

- Level 4 Access Required - Enter Security Credentials - - ACCESS GRANTED - From: Dr. ███████ Thomas; Site 15 Deputy Director 14-3-25

To: Dr. ███████ Thomas; Site 15 Research Assistant 14-3-04 It's been over 20 years since the Foundation recruited me. At first it was great. How often does a » Comp Sci PhD get to help save the world? Apparently a lot, I learned. I had no idea what I was » getting myself into.,.,

[̢̺͚̻̙̳̇͛̔͛̉͘ ̙̞͙̫̟̜͒̌̂̍͗͠DATA CORRUPTED]̨̛̗̰̺͇͕̈́̈́͝͝

,nMainly I was assigned to SCP-XXXX for the first few years, recovering the deleted messages, » 'Small things with big consequences', as the higher ups used to say.y.,

[̢̺͚̻̙̳̇͛̔͛̉͘ ̙̞͙̫̟̜͒̌̂̍͗͠DATA CORRUPTED]̨̛̗̰̺͇͕̈́̈́͝͝

oiIt's been 5 years since everything went wrong. More wrong than usual for the Foundation,

even.n,..

foundation lead to us playing with forces we couldn't hope to comprehend, andd.dd..,.,d.

[̢̺͚̻̙̳̇͛̔͛̉͘ ̙̞͙̫̟̜͒̌̂̍͗͠DATA CORRUPTED]̨̛̗̰̺͇͕̈́̈́͝͝

ttAt first they didn't approve it, but after tens of thousands of multiplying, cooperating 2875-A's overran Yellowstone and all the nearby facilities, the surviving O5's » were quick to approve cross-testing before we lost contact. Thankfully we were temporarily

housing SCP-914, otherwise our job would have been impossible, instead of just » mostly impossibleEEee.,,.

[̢̺͚̻̙̳̇͛̔͛̉͘ ̙̞͙̫̟̜͒̌̂̍͗͠DATA CORRUPTED]̨̛̗̰̺͇͕̈́̈́͝͝

We used the components and information we gathered from several SCPs to create an armed

transceiver device and send it back to 2002 to broadcast warnings abouttttry

[̢̺͚̻̙̳̇͛̔͛̉͘ ͒̌̂͠DATA CORRUPTED]̨̛̗̰̺͇͕̈́̈́͝͝

qwWe weren't ready then, but perhaps we are now. Maybe we can change wghat

[̢̺͚̻̙̳̇͛̔͛̉͘ ̙̞͙̫̟͒̌̂̍͗͠DATA CORRUPTED]̨̛̗̰̺͇͕̈́̈́͝͝

aaqand send back information that may prevent the tragedy from occurring in the first place.

Thankfully I got the SRA's I requisitioned up and running before the event, or else Site 15 would be gone just like (I assume) all the others are. I'm going to try to cobble together a makeshift XACTS, and hopefully that will be enough to negate most erasures or paradoxes that would be caused by deliberately changing my own past. There are only a few calculatioooo

[̨̛̱͉̪͖̫̗̻̬͎̗̮̣̇͐͒̐͊̐͛͆͂͂̾͆DATA CORRUPTED]̢̩̲͇̙͈̞͚̻̰̘̱͇͛̆̌̈̏̈͌͑̀̌̐͠͝ ̟̱ T̜̞h̩̟͔̼e̥̼͙̩͖̱ͅ ̠͖̤̪̯̯̗Begi̭n͓ni̤̗̝͈̰n͍̪̯͍͔̝g ͉͙̗I̻͔͉̙̳̜͍s͉ t̙͍ͅh͓̜̥e͚̠̝̮̗͈ ̩̬E̯͍̬̩̭̺ͅn̠͈̜d͖ I̬̝̝̪͔̬s ̩̦̹̭̫̪ͅth̪͓͍̺e̞̰̭ ͇̬̤̥̮ͅB̩e͉̝g̤͓̠i̯̯̳̺̰͖̣n̠nͅi̳̞̲͉͈n̼̜͇͍̭g̯͎ ̸͢ (zalgo, or no zalgo? is there some other way to make text look corrupted w/o doing it manually?)

- Level 5 Clearance - Enter Security Credentials - - ACCESS GRANTED - (something goes here about how the foundation used bitcoin mining to decipher corrupted messages) Afterward by O5-12 O5-12: We went too far, again… Whoops!