21 BTCRunning bitcoin
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In plain words
Two words from cryptographer Hal Finney, a week after the genesis block. He was one of the first people to run the software and received the first bitcoin transaction from Satoshi.
Origin story
Two words from cryptographer Hal Finney, a week after the genesis block. He was one of the first people to run the software and received the first bitcoin transaction from Satoshi. Finney died of ALS in 2014; “Running bitcoin” became a tribute and a fundraising challenge for ALS research.
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, 11 Jan 2009 03:33 UTC x.com