{"id":12916,"date":"2024-04-25T10:58:17","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T07:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/iconic-buy-bitcoin-sign-fetches-16-btc-at-auction\/"},"modified":"2024-04-25T10:58:17","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T07:58:17","slug":"iconic-buy-bitcoin-sign-fetches-16-btc-at-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/iconic-buy-bitcoin-sign-fetches-16-btc-at-auction\/","title":{"rendered":"Iconic &#8216;Buy Bitcoin&#8217; Sign Fetches 16 BTC at Auction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A notebook bearing the now-iconic phrase &#8216;Buy Bitcoin&#8217; was <a href=\"https:\/\/scarce.city\/auctions\/buy-bitcoin\">sold<\/a> for 16 BTC (just over $1 million). The auction house Scarce.City, which conducted the sale, announced it as a record-breaking amount for them.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">And that&#8217;s a wrap on one of the most ICONIC pieces of Bitcoin history. ??<\/p>\n<p>Made a little history of our own \u2026 meet the official new <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rNz9DWL5WE\">https:\/\/t.co\/rNz9DWL5WE<\/a> record. ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3ixQmEHbd0\">pic.twitter.com\/3ixQmEHbd0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Scarce.City (@scarcedotcity) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/scarcedotcity\/status\/1783276861159829875?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The new owner of the notebook is an individual known by the pseudonym Squirrekkywrath. In the photo below, he stands to the left of the sign&#8217;s creator, Christian Langalis. Alex Thorn, head of research at Galaxy, remarked that Squirrekkywrath is a &#8220;Bitcoin veteran no one has ever heard of.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congratulations to Justin, A.K.A. Squirrekkywrath, winner of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BitcoinSignGuy?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BitcoinSignGuy<\/a> auction for 16 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BTC?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BTC<\/a>. ?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tpacchia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@tpacchia<\/a> Get this man a Whale! ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DPpczcEzkJ\">pic.twitter.com\/DPpczcEzkJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PUBKEY (@PubKey_NYC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PubKey_NYC\/status\/1783275932058296353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The proceeds will fund Langalis&#8217;s startup, Tirrel Corp, which is developing a Lightning wallet on Urbit.<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2017, Langalis held up the notebook with the &#8216;Buy Bitcoin&#8217; inscription during a speech by then-Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen in the House of Representatives. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-eu.googleusercontent.com\/JI4p1SQKygJmHZFhZntx64FNKHtnse2SnkHPF0u7LTVVJkQcVmoyMC5AUaaWtAZ9oT3Ej7uWHNLyhgJjpce6ifDL79NYZaewIZq7_hsDyvezetPdOjmxSHEClCu-rAc9zxMtFencj_6Va6t9dx_D1eI\" alt=\"\u0421\u0442\u0430\u0432\u0448\u0430\u044f \u043c\u0435\u043c\u043e\u043c \u043d\u0430\u0434\u043f\u0438\u0441\u044c Buy Bitcoin \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0434\u0430\u043d\u0430 \u0437\u0430 16 BTC\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: CNBC.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He was then escorted out of the building for violating committee rules, and the image went viral online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A notebook bearing the now-iconic phrase &#8216;Buy Bitcoin&#8217; was sold for 16 BTC (just over $1 million). The auction house Scarce.City, which conducted the sale, announced it as a record-breaking amount for them. And that&#8217;s a wrap on one of the most ICONIC pieces of Bitcoin history. ?? Made a little history of our own [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12915,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[526,18,1161],"class_list":["post-12916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-auction","tag-bitcoin","tag-memes"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"14","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}