Most crypto advocates are accustomed to the phrase “to the moon,” but some have considered going beyond the metaphorical and literally sending Bitcoin (BTC) to the Moon.
We have MrBeast, a vlogger with 50 million-plus followers – and a hair-brained plan to send BTC 30 (worth $988,000) to the surface of the Moon.
Renowned for his daring feats, including purchasing the entire contents of five stores, giving people USD 1m but only a minute to spend it in and building the world’s most prominent Lego tower, the 22-year-old American, real name Jimmy Donaldson, said, in a recent live stream, claimed Rocket Rundown,
“A company called Astrobotics and NASA are putting a lander on the Moon later this year and we managed to get space on their lander to put a hard drive. And I thought it would be fun to let you guys put whatever you want on that hard drive on the Moon.”
He asserted that for a price of USD 10, he would let all-comers send him a photo that he would save to the hard drive, which will be loaded aboard the would-be United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan rocket set to take to the skies in June forming what he termed “the universe’s first digital time capsule.”
But it appears photos alone will not provide enough sparkle for this project, and MrBeast wants to step up the intensity by sending about 30 bitcoins into the stratosphere and beyond, landing them on the Moon.
He stated that considering he “sells enough” USD 10 photo slots in the live stream, he will buy the BTC stash and save it to the hard drive.
A viewer watching the stream replied with a photo of an angry-looking dog, provoking one of MrBeast’s associates on the stream to joke, “That dog wants to dogecoin (DOGE) on the Moon!”
On Reddit, many bitcoiners were not amused, with one complaining,
“I hate this. It’s not amazing at all. The world is in crisis, people are experiencing poverty now more than ever then you get stupid stunts like this. For shame.”
But another claimed it could provide a boost for long-term HODLers, saying that it would be “huge” if MrBeast “made a video about this, gaining more attention to bitcoin, and also reducing the amount of bitcoin in circulation, driving the price up even more!”
Yet, another said that at current prices, BTC 30 being taken out of circulation would not even “dent” supply “at all.”
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