the word "selfie" does pretty accurately describe what's going on culturally though.. everyone wants to be famous, to show pics of what they had for lunch, or any inane musing they have in their mind.. all for the sake of being popular among your friends.
Exactly! Soon, the mantra will be, "I have more bitcoins than you!" To prove they truly do have access to a particular address, they send a bitcent to the one that doubts them. Care to guess what such a transaction could be referred to as? Hint: Bitfie.
SOB! Upon penning that last word, I thought, "Surely not!" And, NOT! But, now:
http://who.godaddy.com/whois.aspx?domain=bitfie.com&prog_id=GoDaddySo, what is a Bitfie? A Bitfie is a minute Bitcoin transaction, usually under a US cent (penny) in
BTC, but can be upwards to $.99 USD at the exchange rate at the time of the transaction, thus proving that one truly is a Bitcoiner. If the lowest Bitfie (under a US cent/penny) is sent, one is considered a Shrimpie, whereas one sending the highest allowable Bitfie (within 10% of the max) is considered a Whalie. All those sending a Bitfie in between the two extremes are dubbed a Guppie (no "s").
Taking the above one step further, one sending a $.69 USD Bitfie could be referred to as a Sextie-ninie. I'm sure other words could be coined to coincide with other Bitfie amounts.
To illustrate how powerful the above could be, consider Twitter. How many woman on Twitter, having mega male followers, would love to have a percentage of said base send them a Sextie-ninie--$.69--via Bitcoin if they want to truly show their love?
Great idea, but how do you monetize such a site? Thinking! ... Got it! Register a user name on the site after you send your very first Bitfie, only supplying proof of the/a "block chain" tx and an email address, then the proper title (Shrimpie, Guppie or Whalie) will be automatically (via API) affixed next to your moniker. The higher the status one is, the higher the discount one is entitled to from the growing list of entities that accepts Bitcoin payments, simply because they're a Bitfie'er (perhaps, may need to re-coin that one, but it will suffice for now). The site makes money via either or all of the following: Affiliate programs; Membership fee from the advertisers; Banner ads; Email marketing.
And, to hedge my bit:
https://twitter.com/Bitfie~TMI
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PS: Thank you, Oxford.