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  • Based on the article it looks like it wasn’t even actually being used for magic reasons anymore.

    Wang explained that he originally installed the chip to use in magic routines, but quickly discovered that scanning other people’s phones against his hand “really doesn’t come off super mysterious,” especially since many devices have their RFID readers disabled by default.

    Switching to his own phone removed the spectacle entirely, leaving the gimmick without much practical use.

    Later:

    Wang said he rewrote the chip several times to repurpose it. First, it held a Bitcoin address, which he said never came up in conversation, and later changed it to a link to a meme hosted on Imgur.

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