BIG HOT NEWSโ โ ๐ฅ
Notebook with "Buy Bitcoin" Meme Sold for 16 $BTC
๐ A notebook inscribed with "Buy Bitcoin," which became a meme, has been sold ๐ for 16 #BTC (just over $1 million). The auction house Scarce.City, which handled the transaction, announced this as a record amount.
๐คต๐ปโโ๏ธThe new owner of the notebook is someone known by the pseudonym Squirrekkywrath. In the photo, they are standing to the left of the inscription's author, Christian Langalis. Squirrekkywrath is a ๐ณ Bitcoin veteran who was previously ๐unheard of.
โ๏ธ The proceeds will go towards funding Langalis's startup, Tirrel Corp, which is developing a Lightning wallet on Urbit.
โ Langalis raised the "Buy #bitcoin " notebook during a 2017 speech by then-US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen at the House of Representatives.He was escorted out for violating committee rules, and the ๐ผ image went viral online.
