From Laser Eyes to Upside-Down Pics: The New Bitcoin Campaign to Flip Gold
Well, my dear Bitcoiners, it seems weve done it. The unthinkable has been thought, the improbable achieved, and the utterly ridiculous made reality: Bitcoin has surpassed $100,000! But now, as the laser eyes dim and the confetti settles, the question looms: What next?
Never fear, for Bitcoins restless, meme-loving army has a new missionand its as ambitious as it is bonkers. Our target? Flipping golds market cap on its antiquated, shiny head and sending Bitcoin hurtling toward a cool $1 million per coin. Because, lets be honest, who needs gold when youve got digital treasure?
A Flashback to the Laser Eyes Phenomenon
Before we dive into our latest antics, lets take a moment to tip our hats (or perhaps don our monocles) to the #LaserEyesTill100K campaign. Back in the halcyon days of 2021, a Bitcoin enthusiast named Chairforceyes, thats a real person, not a Transformerhad the brilliant idea to Photoshop laser beams onto Twitter avatars. Why? Because nothing screams "financial revolution" quite like looking like a superhero in a Marvel knockoff.
The movement was a hit. Politicians joined in. Celebrities too. Even your Uncle Geoff with his dodgy internet connection managed to slap some laser eyes on his profile pic. The campaigns goal? To keep those lasers burning bright until Bitcoin hit $100K. And three years later, in December 2024, it finally happened. For the full backstory, you can read all about it in the excellent Bitcoin Magazine piece, "The Origins of Bitcoin Laser Eyes".
But now that Bitcoin is sitting pretty in the six-figure club, its time to retire the lasers (you can stop frightening the family cat now) and set our sights on a new frontier.
The New Mission: Flipping Gold
Ah, goldthe shiny, yellow relic that people have been hoarding for centuries. While its lovely for necklaces, teeth, and pirate treasure chests, its time for Bitcoin to knock it off its gilded pedestal. Currently, Bitcoins market cap is $2.018 trillion, a respectable 11.36% of golds $17.765 trillion. Not bad, but weve got bigger plans.
In 2024, Bitcoins market cap surpassed silver, which was a bit like overtaking your slower cousin in a three-legged race. But heres the kicker: BlackRock, the financial behemoth, launched a Bitcoin ETF last year, and its already outperformed their Gold ETF. Yes, you read that right. The demand for Bitcoin is growing faster than a queue for free tea and biscuits.
The next step? 2025 could be the year Bitcoin flips golds market cap, finally proving to the world that digital trumps physical. And, of course, we need a campaign to match this monumental goal.
Introducing #PicFlipTillGoldFlip
Now, lets talk about campaigns. After the roaring success of laser eyes, the Bitcoin community needed something fresh, bold, and devilishly simple. My first idea was #GoldGrillTill1Mill, where users would Photoshop gold teeth onto their profile pics. But then I remembered two things: 1) Not everyone has the graphic design skills of Picasso, and 2) Some of us still have nightmares about Kanyes dental bling.
Then it hit meKISS: Keep It Simple, Stupid. And so, the #PicFlipTillGoldFlip campaign was born. The idea is delightfully daft: flip your profile picture upside down. Thats it. No lasers, no gold teeth, no expensive software. Just rotate your image and voilà, youre part of the movement.
#Bitcoin has hit $100K, but the journey isnt over.
Mark Mason | markmason.btc (@MarkMoneyMason) January 7, 2025
From laser eyes to upside-down pics, its time to turn the financial world on its headliterally.
Will you join me? - #PicFlipTillGoldFlip #FlipItForBitcoin pic.twitter.com/aI2wTwWonn
This symbolizes Bitcoins current position below golds market cap. The image is upside down because Bitcoin hasnt flipped goldyet. But when it does, well flip those images right-side up faster than you can say store of value.
Will You Join the Movement?
Social media campaigns like this arent just about having a laugh (though, lets face it, the laughs are a bonus). They create community, spread awareness, and remind everyone that Bitcoins potential is, quite literally, out of this world.
The laser eyes campaign rallied Bitcoiners from $50K to $100K in just three years. The question now is: how long will it take to flip gold? One year? Two? A decade? However long it takes, the momentum is with us. Bitcoin is no longer the scrappy underdogits the digital heavyweight, poised to take the crown from the king of shiny rocks.
So, dear reader, will you flip your pic for Bitcoin? Will you take part in #PicFlipTillGoldFlip and join us on this absurdly exciting journey to $1 million? Or do you have an even better idea for a campaign? If so, speak up! The Bitcoin community is always up for a bit of mischief.
Until then, Ill see you upside down. Cheers!
#PicFlipTillGoldFlip
#FlipItForBitcoin
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