{"id":3343,"date":"2017-12-23T19:30:14","date_gmt":"2017-12-23T19:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/?p=3343"},"modified":"2017-12-24T12:23:59","modified_gmt":"2017-12-24T12:23:59","slug":"news-christmas-meme-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/2017\/12\/23\/news-christmas-meme-roundup\/","title":{"rendered":"News: Christmas meme roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Rory Cellan-Jones&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-42454876\">end of year roundup on Bitcoin<\/a>, with a nice plug for the book. &#8220;Over on Reddit on Friday, there was a sudden dawning of awareness that markets can go down as well as up.&#8221;<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My life &#8211; stopped as I walk back from doing vox pops outside the Apple Store by a guy wanting to pitch me his crypto currency scheme<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rory Cellan-Jones (@ruskin147) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ruskin147\/status\/943889566544605185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 21, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Private Eye ran &#8220;FitBitCoin&#8221; in their Christmas edition. Unfortunately, they forgot Rule 21 Million: &#8220;there is no joke you can make about crypto that doesn&#8217;t already have multiple real-life implementations.&#8221; (HT <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WaldorfSixpence\/status\/944391937041281025\">@WaldorfSixpence<\/a>)<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/2017\/12\/23\/news-christmas-meme-roundup\/fitbitcoin-sweatcoin\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3355\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/fitbitcoin-sweatcoin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"80%\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/fitbitcoin-sweatcoin.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/fitbitcoin-sweatcoin-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/fitbitcoin-sweatcoin-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>dictionary.com being particularly savage with Friday&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dictionary.com\/wordoftheday\/2017\/12\/22\/abubble\">word of the day<\/a>:<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/2017\/12\/23\/news-christmas-meme-roundup\/abubble\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3349\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/abubble.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"80%\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/abubble.jpg 964w, https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/abubble-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/abubble-768x441.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 964px) 100vw, 964px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Totally NOT A CULT, more, uh, Bitcoin Thought with Cultlike Characteristics. (<a href=\"https:\/\/np.reddit.com\/r\/Bitcoin\/comments\/7lem4d\/im_out_guys_its_been_a_good_run_but_ive_decided\/\">Deleted original<\/a>.)<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/2017\/12\/23\/news-christmas-meme-roundup\/r-bitcoin-im-out-guys\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3364\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/r-bitcoin-im-out-guys.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"80%\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/r-bitcoin-im-out-guys.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/r-bitcoin-im-out-guys-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/r-bitcoin-im-out-guys-768x437.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/steemit.com\/bitcoin\/@nocturnal\/book-review-attack-of-the-50-foot-blockchain\">Blog review<\/a> of &#8220;Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain&#8221; by crypto fan Nocturnal: &#8220;I recommend it to those who are interested in cryptocurrency, but not so enamored with it that they can&#8217;t tolerate to peruse a few critical perspectives.&#8221;<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>And now, the weather:<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/sanddisliker\/status\/943270551375810560<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Better watch out: there&#39;s an integer overflow in Bitcoin&#39;s price where after $65,535 it wraps around back over to $0.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tony \u201cAbolish (Pol)ICE\u201d Arcieri \ud83e\udd80 (@bascule) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bascule\/status\/943525077093462018?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 20, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">How to ruin a Christmas party:<\/p>\n<p>1) invite a bitcoin enthusiast. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gJyaDC9wNn\">pic.twitter.com\/gJyaDC9wNn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Buttcoin (@ButtCoin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ButtCoin\/status\/944626917948428289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 23, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Gw2e1yPYZJ\">pic.twitter.com\/Gw2e1yPYZJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Buttcoin (@ButtCoin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ButtCoin\/status\/944346981840965637?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 22, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<br><br><div align=\"center\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/bePatron?u=8420236\"><img src=\"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/become_a_patron_button.svg\" alt=\"Become a Patron!\" title=\"Become a Patron!\" width=217 height=51><\/a><br><p style=\"align:center;\" class=\"patreon-badge\"><i>Your subscriptions keep this site going. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/bePatron?u=8420236\">Sign up today!<\/a><\/i><\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What a fun week it&#8217;s been in the land of Bitcoin!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[315,6,313,312,314],"class_list":["post-3343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised","tag-dictionary-com","tag-links","tag-private-eye","tag-rory-cellan-jones","tag-sweatcoin"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3343"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3367,"href":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3343\/revisions\/3367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}