LAS VEGAS — “We often talk about baseball games as a metric for where we are, and we’re literally in the first inning,” one of the Winklevoss twins gloats. “And this game’s going to overtime.” It’s the first day of Bitcoin 2025, industry day here at the largest cryptocurrency conference in the world. This Winklevoss…
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If I had to pick a particular tidbit, I’d go with the indifference/disrespect Bone Thugs-n-Harmony got in their surprise set there - in any other context, that shit would have had people going fucking wild.
As Patrick himself notes, its a perfect visual metaphor for the bitcoin bros’ relation to art and culture, or more accurately the utter black hole of vapidity and soullessness that defines the community’s tastes.
What a horror show! With sick fascination, I read all the way through to the end.
There’s no tidbits to quote because it’s all tidbits, trays of eyeballs, olives and paper-thin prosciutto skewered on cocktail sticks.
PS: HODL always reminds me of Hodor, or Hold The Door, as it is horrifyingly explained in one episode.
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If I had to pick a particular tidbit, I’d go with the indifference/disrespect Bone Thugs-n-Harmony got in their surprise set there - in any other context, that shit would have had people going fucking wild.
As Patrick himself notes, its a perfect visual metaphor for the bitcoin bros’ relation to art and culture, or more accurately the utter black hole of vapidity and soullessness that defines the community’s tastes.