There is not a lot of comedy to be found in the cryptocurrency space. At least not since Dogecoin somehow sponsored a freaking NASCAR driver and covered his car in Doge memes. But that was way back in 2014. Remember when magical internet money used to be fun? I think it is time we all stopped taking the scaling debate and everything else so seriously and just have some fun.
Brian Hoffman, best known for founding OpenBazaar[1], is doing his best to inject some humor into the trollish hell scape that the cryptocurrency space has become. And it is fucking hilarious. Part Bad lip reading, part sketch comedy, Hoffman takes aim at nearly everyone in the cryptocurrency space. From Onecoin to Bitcoin Cash supporters to Core developers to himself, no one is off limits. He hits everyone from every side.
The whole channel is immature, stupid and mostly pointless and that is what makes it so great. That isn’t to say it doesn’t occasionally tackle issues. Its video poking fun at the Epicenter Bitcoin podcast showcases how blurry the lines have gotten with advertisers and scams in the bitcoin space.
I’m not sure if Hoffman was trying to make any kind of point with that video, or if he was just trying to be funny. Either way, it showcases the conundrum cryptocurrency media finds itself in. With almost anything likely to turn into a scam at any time, how does the media make money without finding itself supporting something it would rather not? Especially when scams have more motivation to spend money on advertising than products.
And on the subject of scams, they do seem to be his favorite target. Consistently targeting Bitconnect and OneCoin.
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