Eight Years Since The Meme Was Born, We’re Still HODLing Bitcoin
Eight years ago today, an infamous, whiskey-soaked Bitcointalk post gave birth to the HODL meme, still the best investment philosophy in Bitcoin history.“I type d that tyitle twice because I knew it was wrong the first time. Still wrong. w/e.”Eight years ago today, in a now infamous, whiskey-soaked Bitcointalk post, a meme was born.“so i’ve had some whiskyactually on the bottle it’s spelled whiskyw/esue me(but only if it’s payable in BTC)”Starting 2013 at around $15, the bitcoin price had just risen to an all-time high over $1,100 when the message was posted, and little did its author,....
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