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2024-03-25 14:50:29

Spirit of Satoshi on Nostr: ๐Ÿฏ ๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜„ ...

๐Ÿฏ ๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ

On 25 March 2021, jack (npub1sg6โ€ฆf63m) accidentally created the "Moscow Time" meme during a House committee video call.

Hereโ€™s the history of that meme, and what it means: ๐Ÿ‘‡



Jackโ€™s backdrop on the video call featured a Blockclock โ€” a clever device from Coinkite (npub1wu4โ€ฆ3vw0), made for displaying various details about the current state of Bitcoinโ€™s network โ€” displaying "1952", which was ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ, not the time in any geographical time zone.

Like all the best memes, this oneโ€™s birth was unintentional. Chris Vickery, a cybersecurity researcher with a keen eye but dull Bitcoin acumen, misinterpreted the Blockclock's display as an ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ clock cryptically set to Moscow's timezone.



Vickery's oversight became fodder for Bitcoin maximalists, who turned his blunder into a rallying cry. Living on โ€œMoscow Time" became a tongue-in-cheek reference to shifting one's economic paradigm to measuring ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜€, and away from measuring the rising price of bitcoin in dollars.

The "Moscow Time" meme encapsulates Bitcoin's ethos โ€” valuing innovation, mocking stubborn ignorance, and cherishing a global movement that redefines how we see wealth. Moscow Timeโ€™s โ€œNumber Go Downโ€ rate of sats per dollar ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜‰๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ, and adds a little humor to this widely misunderstood revolution.



Celebrate the 3rd anniversary of this meme by giving this a ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐Ÿค™, ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐Ÿ”– this for later, and ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐Ÿ”„ it with others.

And you can keep track of the current โ€œMoscow Timeโ€ here:
https://satsymbol.com/moscowtime
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