The "Bitcoin Sign Guy" was definitely one of my heroes last year.
Video interview
Coindesk just published an exclusive video interview which recaps the day in July when an anonymous bitcoiner photobombed US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen by holding up a legal pad that read “Buy Bitcoin” while Yellen testified to Congress.
He raised the sign right at the moment Yellen argued the Fed is one of the most transparent central banks in the world. Great timing!
The not yet 25 years old man, who still remains anonymous, quickly won a lot of praise from the bitcoin community after his act. Within 4 hours, he received nearly $10,000 in Bitcoin donations.
In the video below he steps into the light to reveal his motives. In the interview he told Coindesk:
“I view cryptocurrencies as a new monetary paradigm that’s here to directly challenge the easy money created by the Federal Reserve. I believe this will have full political and social repercussions.”
He also said he never expected his "Buy Bitcoin sign" would go viral. He actually just wanted to cut the moment from the live stream to keep it for himself, but it turned out to go viral within less than an hour.
Hear Bitcoin Sign Guy’s story in his own words:
Buy Bitcoin!
Haha, that was indeed one of the most respectful actions of the year!
Haha, great video! That was indeed a historic move. Very interesting to meet the guy behind this brave act. The crazy thing I didn't know was he did it on a whim. But what better place to do it!
like he said he saw the opportunity and took some risk and it payed off, he got about 3 btc then. In few years he can become a millionaire and it will be a great story to tell. Like the legendary Bitcoin Pizza.
Bitcoin Pizza?
The first Bitcoin transaction, was for two Papa John's pizzas delivered to a guy in Florida named Laszlo Hanyecz, who ponied up 10,000 bitcoin (about $30) in exchange for the pizzas. Those Bitcoin are now worth about $132 Million fiat dollars!
the guy who brought two pepperoni pizzas for 10,000 BTC
Please keep up posting little items at the top of Steem Now, i find myself liking just about everything you put there or whoever puts it there. Enjoying the statistic of sign-ups and posting habits most, but little things like this is awesome too.
congratulations to the winner
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Very good .. Deserves it ,, Moving up and forward through out 2018 .. Upvoted
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Nice post,
Thank you for re-posting the "the buy bitcoin" story, saw it in the new but the video interview is just a cherry on top. Happy New year @penguinpablo.
This moment was a bit of a public Rorschach test: Do you support the old money system or are you open to move on to something new?