21 BTCBitcoin fixes this
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In plain words
Reply to any problem in the world with “Bitcoin fixes this”: half serious (sound money changes incentives), half self-parody. Podcaster Stephan Livera announced it on 26 July 2019 with “New meme born: Bitcoin Fixes This”; Jimmy Song later named a podcast after it.
Origin story
Reply to any problem in the world with “Bitcoin fixes this”: half serious (sound money changes incentives), half self-parody. Podcaster Stephan Livera announced it on 26 July 2019 with “New meme born: Bitcoin Fixes This”; Jimmy Song later named a podcast after it.
See also
- HODLDuring a crash, a BitcoinTalk user admitted he was a bad trader, a little drunk, and simply holding. He misspelled “holding” in the title.
- Laser eyesAs bitcoin crossed $50,000, a few accounts added red laser beams to their profile pictures with the rule: keep them until $100K. Soon members of Congress, Saylor and much of Bitcoin Twitter joined; El Salvador's president followed.
- Michael SaylorMichael Saylor is the co-founder and executive chairman of Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy), the company that holds more bitcoin than any other. Since 2020 he has been bitcoin's loudest corporate advocate, known for his quotes and memes.
- Orange pillA riff on the red pill from The Matrix (1999), in Bitcoin orange: the moment someone “gets” Bitcoin, or the act of explaining it to a friend (“I orange-pilled my dad”). We built a whole page for doing it kindly.
References
- X, 26 Jul 2019 x.com
- Jimmy Song jimmysong.substack.com