For the longest time, Bitcoin has been branded “magical internet money” by both its critics and proponents.<\/p>\n
While this moniker is mostly used in a joking context, the crypto community got an injection of magic last week when J.K. Rowling \u2014 the billionaire author behind the young-adult novel series “Harry Potter” \u2014 talked about Bitcoin for the first time.<\/p>\n
Although Rowling first seemed genuinely interested in cryptocurrency<\/a>, her interest quickly turned into trolling as she tried to grapple with the barrage of BTC-related comments she was receiving.<\/p>\n “People are now explaining Bitcoin to me, and honestly, it\u2019s blah blah blah collectibles (My Little Pony?) blah blah blah computers (got one of those) blah blah blah crypto (sounds creepy) blah blah blah understand the risk (I don\u2019t, though.),” Rowling wrote, trolling the cryptocurrency community after they spent hours trying to convince her of BTC.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n While some saw this as a blow to crypto in that Rowling made the industry look foolish and immature, there’s a silver lining to the famous author’s foray into Crypto Twitter.<\/p>\n As prominent Bitcoin commentator and proponent Vijay Boyapati pointed out,<\/a> Rowling may not understand Bitcoin but she “spent the last few days giving many of her 14.6 million followers their first exposure to it.”<\/p>\n This week I'm following @jk_rowling<\/a>. She professes not to understand #Bitcoin<\/a> but she has spent the last few days giving many of her 14.6 million followers their first exposure to it. Thank you.https:\/\/t.co\/Qr0vJJB5Lg<\/a><\/p>\n — Vijay Boyapati \ud83e\udda2 (@real_vijay) May 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\nRelated Reading: Crypto Tidbits: Bitcoin Halving, Reddit Using Ethereum, JP Morgan Dabbles in Crypto<\/a><\/h6>\n
J.K. Rowling’s Bitcoin Tirade Has a Silver Lining<\/h2>\n
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