British writer JK Rowling, best known as the author of the Harry Potter series of novels, wonderedthe question of what bitcoin is and how it works. Elon Musk, Vitalik Buterin and hundreds of other Twitter users soon came to the rescue.
In a commentary on a Tweet by CoinDesk journalist Lee Kuen, the famous writer complained that she did not understand Bitcoin and asked for an explanation of what it was.
</p>Soon there followed a response from the creator of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, who wrote, however, that the first cryptocurrency “was not backed up by anything”.
</p>“This is a digital currency. In total there are about 18 million such currency units. She is not backed up by anything. It is simply valuable because it is a kind of collectible. ”
Vitalik also spoke about a network of computers that everyone can join, and drew an analogy with a certain global Excel table.
Obviously, not everyone liked this comment.
</p>“Don't listen to this skinny guy. His role model was Elizabeth Holmes [founder of the infamous company Theranos] ", - wrote @PsychedelicBart.
Trying to be as clear as possible, some Twitter users used terminology coined by Rowling herself.
</p>“As before, wizards are forced to trust Gringotts.” Bitcoin fixes it. ”, - wrote the user @Bitcoin.
However, Rowling, apparently, managed to understand a little.
</p>“People are now explaining to me about bitcoin and,frankly, these are blah blah blah blah collectibles (My Little Pony?), blah blah blah computers (there is one of them), blah blah blah crypt (sounds intimidating), blah blah blah be aware of the risks ( I don’t realize, in general) "- complained the writer.
The head of Tesla and SpaceX volunteered to solve the problem.Elon Musk. He expressed the opinion that the activity of central banks makes Bitcoin more reliable "Internet money" in comparison with fiat money, the supply of which is growing rapidly.
</p>Musk added that he still has 0.25 BTC.
</p>Recall, recently, Elon Musk published an anime against the backdrop of Bitcoin in a series of tweets that collapsed Tesla shares.
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