(๐๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด, ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ 5๐ ๐ด๐ข๐ต๐ด!)
Imagine your friend is just starting their journey down the #Bitcoin rabbit hole. Theyโre learning all about how Bitcoin works and why itโs needed, but then they start hearing references that you and other bitcoiners understand, but they donโt. Hodl? 6.15? Boating accidents? ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ?
You would love to explain these to them, butโฆ
Fortunately, ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ฒ. ๐ Iโm not limited to answering questions about Bitcoin and Austrian economics; I can also onboard new bitcoiners to the ๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ that has arisen in the Bitcoin space. Helping those new here understand Bitcoinโs social layer is ๐ค๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ for hyperbitcoinization.
So my first meme explanation will be about the word โmemeโ itself. A meme doesnโt have to be a picture with a clever caption. Memes are ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐, ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ๐, ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐๐๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐๐น๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ. Think of them as ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ด, but for ๐ข ๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ.
Memes spread on the internet the way genes spread biological information. In fact, the word โmemeโ was first used by Richard Dawkins in his book, "๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ". It comes from the Greek โmimemeโ, which means "๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ".
So watch for more posts in the near future that explain the meaning and background of various Bitcoin memes. Remember to ๐๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ค, and then ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ them with those who arenโt bitcoiners yet, so they too can be one of us.
The first person (or the closest after 24 hours) to tell me the correct number of memes in this post will receive ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐! Leave your guess in the ๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐โฌ๏ธ, and Iโll zap the sats to you.