Greetings to you all, briefly am going to be sharing with us all the Bitcointalk Untold Lore. stay with me shortly as you read through it all. starting from what Bitcointalk is all about.
Bitcointalk is not just a place for message boards, Bitcointalk is the very living museum of Bitcoin entire history. Right from the satoshi early technical debates to the very birthplace of terms we do make use of every day. Right from here in diffrent sub boards is were almost every major milestone in crypto started.
However as the forum comes to grows with time, millions of posts get buried as time passed. Allot of our new members do miss out on most of this incredible stories, the struggles and also the classic moments that have shaped and still shaping the community.
Am actually starting this thread as an ongoing
Untold Lore Series so to unearth, preserve and document the most iconic, hilarious and also historical threads from Bitcoin talk past.
Episode 1: The Drunken Birth of HODL (December 18, 2013) The ContextIn the late 2013 Bitcoin price has crashed hard from over $1,000 down to over $400. Smiles what a moment, the forum was actually in very full panic mood flooded with panic sellers and bear posts.
The Very Moment: As at 10:03:03 PM a user named
GameKyuubi posted a thread titled
I HOLD with the infamous typo in the title.
Key Excerpt from the Original PostI type d that tyitle twice because I knew it was wrong the first time. Still wrong. w/e. GF's out at a lesbian bar, BTC crashing WHY AM I HOLDING? I'LL TELL YOU WHY. It's because I'm a bad trader and I KNOW I'M A BAD TRADER. Yeah you good traders can spot the highs and the lows pit pat piffy wing wong wang just like that and make a millino bucks sure no problem bro.
[...]
You only sell in a bear market if you are a good day trader or an illusioned noob. The people inbetween hold. In a zero-sum game such as this, traders can only take your money if you sell.
so i've had some whiskey
actually on the bottle it's spelled whisky
w/e
sue me
(but only if it's payable in BTC)
Why it matters What actually started as a drunk rant after a very bad day of trading, turns out to become the very most famous slang word in the global cryptocurrency history. Within some hours members turn it into a meme and today it being use by Wall Street firms and global media.
How to Participate in this Lore IndexWe are going to be building a permanent community index in this thread , if you do remember any classic thread, iconic forum moments or even forgotten debate:
1.
Name the Thread/Event2.
Provide the Original Topic Link3.
Write 2 to 3 Sentences on why it really deserves a spot in the Untold Lore IndexEvery week am going to select one of the best submitted lore entry and am going to write a featured write up, and I will add it to the master table of contents in the post opening post.
Let hear from the forum veterans, what your favorite piece of Bitcointalk history?
