21 BTCHave fun staying poor (HFSP)
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In plain words
The rude cousin of “stay humble”. Developer Udi Wertheimer started replying it to altcoin and DeFi promoters in September 2020 and repeated it hundreds of times until it stuck, often shortened to HFSP.
Origin story
The rude cousin of “stay humble”. Developer Udi Wertheimer started replying it to altcoin and DeFi promoters in September 2020 and repeated it hundreds of times until it stuck, often shortened to HFSP. Funny on Twitter, not great for actually convincing anyone.
The phrase existed before; its Bitcoin use is credited to Wertheimer.
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
- CoinDesk, Mar 2021 coindesk.com
- Jameson Lopp blog.lopp.net