What is bitcoin funny?

Bitcoin isn't usually considered a "funny" kind of thing, but some of the ways people talk about it can be amusing. Here are a few examples:

  • HODL: This is a misspelling of "hold" that became a meme in the early days of Bitcoin. An enthusiastic user posted a drunken message on a forum saying he was holding onto his Bitcoin, even though the price was crashing. He misspelled "hold" as "hodl" and it caught on as a way to encourage long-term investment.

  • Cryptocurrency crash memes: Whenever the price of Bitcoin (or other cryptocurrencies) takes a big hit, you can count on some clever memes to surface. One popular one shows a character from The Simpsons lounging on a couch while the room burns around him - the caption reads "Me during a crypto crash."

  • Bitcoin pizza: One of the first real-world transactions ever made using Bitcoin was someone buying two pizzas for 10,000 BTC (which would be worth tens of millions of dollars today). This event is now celebrated on May 22 as "Bitcoin Pizza Day."

  • Crypto bro culture: Some people find the way that some cryptocurrency enthusiasts talk and act to be pretty funny (or annoying, depending on your perspective). The "lambo" meme, for example, jokes about people who expect to get rich quick from cryptocurrency buying a Lamborghini as soon as possible. There's also a lot of talk about "moonshots" (a crypto that skyrockets in value) and "FOMO" (fear of missing out).