The British writer Joan Rowling, best known as the author of a series of novels about Harry Potter, wondered what bitcoin is and how it works. Elon Musk, Vitalik Buterin and hundreds of other Twitter users soon came to the rescue.
In a commentary on a Tweet by CoinDesk journalist Lee Kuen, the famous writer complained that she did not understand Bitcoin and asked for an explanation of what it was.
I don’t understand bitcoin. Please explain it to me.
– J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) May 15, 2020
Soon followed by a response from the creator of Ethereum Vitalik Buterin, who wrote, however, that the first cryptocurrency “is not backed up by anything”.
It’s a digital currency. There’s ~ 18m units of it. It’s not backed by anything, it’s just valuable because it is, like collectibles.
There’s a network of computers (which anyone can join) that maintains a decentralized global excel spreadsheet of how many coins each person has.
– vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) May 15, 2020
“This is a digital currency. In total there are about 18 million such currency units. She is not backed up by anything. It is simply valuable because it is a kind of collectible. ”
Vitalik also talked about a network of computers that everyone can join, and drew an analogy with a certain global Excel table.
Obviously, not everyone liked this comment.
Don’t listen to this malnourished guy. His role model was Elizabeth “Theranos” Holmes.
– Psychedelic El ₿arto (@PsychedelicBart) May 15, 2020
“Don’t listen to this skinny guy. His role model was Elizabeth Holmes. [основательница скандально известной компании Theranos]”, – wrote @PsychedelicBart.
Trying to be as clear as possible, some Twitter users used terminology coined by Rowling herself.
I don’t think I trust this. https://t.co/ziZzKg1aS0
– J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) May 15, 2020
“As before, wizards are forced to trust Gringotts.” Bitcoin fixes it. ”, – wrote the user @Bitcoin.
However, Rowling, apparently, managed to understand a little.
People are now explaining Bitcoin to me, and honestly, it’s blah blah blah collectibles (My Little Pony?) Blah blah blah computers (got one of those) blah blah blah crypto (sounds creepy) blah blah blah understand the risk (I don ‘ t, though.)
– J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) May 15, 2020
“People are now explaining to me about bitcoin and, frankly, these are blah blah blah collectibles (My Little Pony?), Blah blah blah computers (there is one of them), blah blah blah crypt (sounds awesome) , blah blah blah, be aware of the risks (I don’t realize, in general) ”– complained the writer.
The head of Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Musk, volunteered to solve the problem. He expressed the opinion that the activity of central banks makes Bitcoin more reliable “Internet money” in comparison with fiat money, the supply of which is growing rapidly.
Pretty much, although massive currency issuance by govt central banks is making Bitcoin Internet ???? money look solid by comparison
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 15, 2020
Musk added that he still has 0.25 BTC.
I still only own 0.25 Bitcoins btw
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 15, 2020
Recall, recently, Elon Musk published an anime against the backdrop of Bitcoin in a series of tweets that collapsed Tesla shares.
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