Alright we are missing a big opportunity here we still didn’t have a SINGLE 8 figure runner for a Bitcoin paired token. WE IN CRYPTO WE WANNA STACK BTC NOT STOCKS
How about we launch the earliest bitcoin meme? Let me tell you the full lore
Feb 10, 2011 — “Do Alpacas Really Wear Socks?”
A Slashdot article lists alpaca socks as something purchasable with Bitcoin.
Commenters sarcastically ask: “Do alpacas really wear socks?”
The joke explodes across Bitcointalk, forums, and IRC.
It becomes Bitcoin’s first viral inside meme celebrating real-world BTC usage while mocking skeptics who thought it was all nonsense.
Feb 19, 2013 — “Magic Internet Money”
The iconic wizard appears.
The phrase “Magic Internet Money” spreads everywhere, capturing how Bitcoin felt to outsiders absurd, mysterious, and somehow working.
This becomes Bitcoin’s second major meme moment, pushing BTC culture beyond niche forums.
2013 — “HODL”
Born from a drunken Bitcointalk post.
What started as a typo became a philosophy:
conviction through volatility.
“HODL” outgrew meme status and turned into Bitcoin’s core ethos.
2014 — Bitcoin Pizza becomes a meme
On May 22, 2010, 10,000 BTC bought two pizzas.
But it didn’t become a meme until years later, when people looked back and understood what that moment really meant.