{"id":53508,"date":"2021-11-25T00:24:35","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T22:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=53508"},"modified":"2025-09-03T15:26:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T12:26:28","slug":"crypto-trading-hamster-mr-goxx-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/crypto-trading-hamster-mr-goxx-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"Crypto-trading hamster Mr. Goxx dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, November 22, a crypto-trading hamster named Mr. Goxx (real name Max) died, his owners said.<\/p>\n<figure class='wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter'>\n<div class='wp-block-embed__wrapper'>\n<blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-width='500' data-dnt='true'>\n<p lang='en' dir='ltr'>Thank you and rest in peace, Max (a.k.a Mr. Goxx).<br \/>You will be missed, and your memory will live forever on the blockchain. <a href='https:\/\/t.co\/Nd5zRzKKFd'>pic.twitter.com\/Nd5zRzKKFd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mr. Goxx (@mrgoxx) <a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/mrgoxx\/status\/1463434505688174592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw'>November 24, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src='https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8'><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<blockquote class='wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow'>\n<p>With deep sorrow, we must announce the loss of our beloved fluffy friend.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> they wrote.<\/p>\n<p>According to them, the rodent showed no signs of serious illness, but he suddenly stopped eating and fell asleep peacefully on Monday morning.<\/p>\n<blockquote class='wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow'>\n<p>He brought joy to people around the world and reminded us not to take life too seriously. We will miss you, Mr. Gox, and your memory will live forever on the blockchain,<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Fans of the hamster expressed their condolences on Twitter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class='wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow'>\n<p>&#8216;I copied your trades and was very pleased with your brilliant collabs,&#8217; <a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/GMxInfinity\/status\/1463442837702250497'>wrote<\/a> one of them.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Initially Mr. Goxx&#8217;s portfolio was valued at $390. According to the latest data, over his career the hamster earned just over \u20ac98, and his portfolio had grown by 19.72%.<\/p>\n<p>The creators of the Goxx Capital project said they do not plan to continue it.<\/p>\n<p>In June 2021, the hamster&#8217;s owner <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/hamster-on-twitch-trading-cryptocurrencies-from-his-cage\">built for him a special cage<\/a>, equipped with optical sensors connected to an Arduino Nano controller. This allowed the rodent to &#8216;trade&#8217; digital assets.<\/p>\n<p>By turning the running wheel, Mr. Goxx &#8216;selected&#8217; a particular cryptocurrency for trading. The program sold a coin when the rodent ran through the left tunnel, and bought when he passed through the right tunnel.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of September, the hamster&#8217;s portfolio at one point <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/crypto-trading-hamster-portfolio-outperforms-warren-buffetts-berkshire-hathaway\">outpaced Warren Buffett&#8217;s Berkshire Hathaway in returns<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Read ForkLog&#8217;s Bitcoin news in our <a href='https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog' target='_blank' rel='nofollow noopener'>Telegram<\/a> \u2014 cryptocurrency news, prices and analysis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, November 22, a crypto-trading hamster named Mr. Goxx (real name Max) died, his owners said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53509,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1267,1718],"class_list":["post-53508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-cryptocurrency-trading","tag-fun"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"75","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53508","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=53508"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53510,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53508\/revisions\/53510"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}