“ and Friends” searches for Satoshi, sliding into a crypto shill’s DMs, and let’s not have tech be the next Beanie Babies, okay?
It’s Friday, March 29, everybody! It was the first official full week of spring, and this special time of year got me thinking about that famous Easter Bunny quote: “Once, every spring, the will rise up and flex their political .” Now, I have more good for those who aren’t ready to wake up from our fever dream reality, because ETHNews is here with Having A Gas, our weekly roundup of some of the lighter stories you may have missed in crypto and .
B’s YouTube Debut
The eight-part animated YouTube series “ and Friends” aired its (NSFW warning) this week, which follows an anthropomorphized named B who, with help from an ice cream man and a gamer named Mitalik, is searching for its father. The episode features plenty of sneaky Easter eggs. Despite B’s down-in-the-dumps demeanor, the coin can’t help but be transparent about what’s on its mind, like the transparency of a . B even vomits up tiny versions of itself, a reference to the block rewards that create new bitcoins.
All of the little references make me wonder what else about or its history is going to be a part of the show? Spoiler alert, the first episode already Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto, so that’s off the board. Still, at some point, B will have to buy some , and I’m sure the show won’t be afraid to get super meta with a Roger Ver YouTube on a YouTube show. But who will be B’s father, aka Satoshi Nakamoto?
My money is on it being – both in “ and Friends” and in real life.
Shill into Your DMs
This week, software developer Luke Childs the release of Coinflict of Interest, a browser extension that estimates a Twitter user’s bias toward , , , and cash and tells you which one they’re most likely to shill. The uses data from , which ranks crypto-centric Twitter users on their influence by measuring the amount of attention generated by tweets.
Childs that the data isn’t perfect but says it’s at least accurate enough to be helpful. But what, exactly, does Childs mean by “helpful”? Is it actually helpful to know Roger Ver is likely to for cash, or that Vitalik Buterin has a for ? I think what Childs meant by “helpful” was that Coinflict of Interest can provide the cryptosphere with its very own tool for .
Have a thing for wide-eyed theorists looking to prove themselves? That cash advocate’s DMs are wide open. Perhaps you’re looking for someone more established, but generally useless overall. Find that shill and slither on over.
Bid Bounty
Ivan Komar, the owner of the -based “decentralized sponsorship platform,” , attempted to his startup on eBay this week. Touted as already having more than 10,000 likes on Facebook and 8,000 followers on Twitter, Komar’s eBay listing stated Sponsy has already been audited by an investment firm and comes with a “software solution enabling ICO/STO funds collection.”
Sponsy only ended up receiving for its original listing price, which was far from the $200,000 figure Komar the Financial Times would be the ideal selling price. The poor outing on eBay could signal something unsettling about the nascent technology. Sure, blockchains are practically linked to everything nowadays – from and to and – but clearly the popularity didn’t carry over to the discerning eBay crowd, and I think I know why.
Remember Beanie Babies – the stuffed animal collectables that saw their market in the early 2000s after oversaturation killed the novelty, leaving a 99 cent in their wake? Well, ETHNews already asked for your in not letting be the next Burning Man, but I think we’re going to have to ask one more thing of you:
Don’t let technology become the next Beanie Babies!
That’s it for Having A Gas. Join us next week, and remember, [insert clever catchphrase here].
Nicholas Ruggieri studied English with an emphasis in creative writing at the University of Nevada, Reno. When he’s not quoting Vines at anyone who’s willing to listen, you’ll find him listening to too many podcasts, reading too many books, and crocheting too many sweaters for his , RT and Peterman.
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Published at Sat, 30 Mar 2019 14:10:24 +0000
