Most crypto advocates are familiar with the expression “to the moon,” but few have contemplated going beyond the figurative and actually putting bitcoin (BTC) on the Earth’s satellite. Enter MrBeast, a YouTuber with 50 million-plus followers – and a seemingly hair-brained plan to send BTC 30 (USD 988,000) worth of the world’s most popular digital coin to the surface of the moon.
Famous for his audacious stunts, including buying the entire contents of five stores, giving people USD 1m but only a minute to spend it in and building the world’s biggest Lego tower, the 22-year-old American, real name Jimmy Donaldson, said, in a recent livestream, per Rocket Rundown,
MrBeast: “I Want to Put a Million Dollars Worth of Bitcoin on the Moon” from r/Bitcoin
A viewer watching the stream responded with a photo of an angry-looking dog, prompting one of MrBeast’s associates on the stream to quip, “That dog wants to dogecoin (DOGE) on the Moon!”
On Reddit, many bitcoiners were not amused, with one complaining,
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