Elon Musk And Vitalik Buterin Together Couldn’t Once Convince Harry Potter Author JK Rowling On Bitcoin: ‘I Don’t Think I Trust This’
J.K. Rowling, the creator of the popular and critically acclaimed Harry Potter series of novels, once expressed genuine confusion about Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), inviting a flood of explanations from prominent figures across the cryptocurrency world.
Crypto Community Explains BTC To Rowling
Back on May 15, 2020, Rowling was tagged in a Bitcoin-related post on Twitter, now called X.
“I don’t understand Bitcoin. Please explain it to me,” the British novelist asked inquisitively. This post quickly went viral, eliciting thousands of responses from cryptocurrency enthusiasts.
Among the many responders was Vitalik Buterin, early blockchain pioneer and co-founder of Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH).
“It’s a digital currency. There’s ~18m units of it. It’s not backed by anything, it’s just valuable because it is, like collectibles,” Buterin explained.
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