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Chuck Rhoades : "For what, so your multitude of computers and servers could solve some abstract math equations resulting in the mining of Bitcoin. Worth millions right now, whoopee, but backed by what? Nada, nix, zot"

the Bitcoiner : "What's a dollar backed by, since we went off the gold standard?"

Boom!

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Good find OP :)
Love it when bitcoin is mentioned on TV! Normally it’s in quite a negative way, but this little segment definitely promotes it . Happy dayz

In addition to that, here[1] our some of other Bitcoin scene in television shows.

First one was aired on January 2012 when bitcoin worth $33. Damnnnn!

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[1] https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Bitcoin_references_in_TV_Shows

Woww, never knew bitcoin had some exposure on national televisions those days. And I am guessing you did not trust the system enough to buy enough to hold. I heard about cryptocurrencies in 2014 but did not give it much attention till 2018. :( I guess I missed the glory days already :-[

Apart from the TV, I have been hearing about bitcoin from even teenagers this year. The population of bitcoin user is increasing. I was surprised such teenagers also called the etheruem coin too.


Nobody missed the glory days because it was in the presence of those who knew about it then but they didn't have the drive to invest then. As we are now, some other coins that is not bitcoin would leave their growing and cheap stage in the next five your. Then , they could run into hundreds while still under a dollar now. Is about the mind to believe in cryptocurrency.

Nice new OP, it is really good to hear that bitcoin or cryptoworld has mentioned in the TV show because it shows that bitcoin is being known by many countries all over the world. Bitcoin becomes so prominent in a way that most of the people tend to use it anywhere and anytime and if this things continue to happen, there would be more miners, investors and traders of cryptocurrency which will affects the price of the bitcoin or other cryptocurrency.

Well said mate, its good you found out that news. It was really great reading and watching TV shows related to cryptocurrency, which makes it more popular over the world.

There are more known tv shows/movies where bitcoin showed up just like in Deadpool by Marvel, you cannot see it with a first glance but looking to it in more detailed way you'll be smiling when you see the bitcoin logo in the background of the bar, and it's safe to assume that the bar basically accepts bitcoin payment. I guess small things like this could impact largely to the community, it is really appreciating when you see a thing that you've been in for a long time in television, that hits us very good.

Not only bitcoin but also cryptocurrency as a whole has been mentioned in a lot of shows and even movies now. And I think it's good since it can inform people about bitcoin and crypto. This is like a simple promotion or advertisement for bitcoin although not all shows or movie that is mentioning bitcoin and crypto is always positive.

But with this, it can really gain attention from the viewers of a certain show. Since bitcoin is still at the phase of mass recognition, I hope more positive insights about bitcoin will be mentioned on TV shows. We tend to see a lot of negative sides of bitcoin or crypto on TV but there's also way more positive aspects it can bring us.

Bitcoin is everywhere on the internet, many bloggers have chosen to promote their blog by making bitcoin a hot topic of discussion, in schools students gather round and discuss about bitcoin. And now that the halving is close, I think nearly anyone who has connection to the internet and data must have heard about it(the halving)and in the process bitcoin. Bitcoin being mentioned on TV(which isn't the first time)is no different from all this other mediums and that billions of people over the world have heard a thing or two on it

It's typically how people perceive things that they have less knowledge about. Once they understand why it was made for and what it could bring to society, it's worth to have Bitcoin, for sure. Just like what happened in that TV show, the lack of understanding or the view with what currencies are is the reason why people take Bitcoin negatively at first. I think educating people would be the best idea for inviting people to become enthusiasts as well.

That is the easiest way for some people to attack Bitcoin. If not the intrinsic value, they will ask what is backing Bitcoin or its value? What does 1 Bitcoin represent? How does it acquire value when it is just an online currency?

Look, dude, what is your money? A piece of paper? A toilet paper has more intrinsic value than a dollar bill.

this will add another good advertisement for our Beloved Bitcoin and having this exposure is more meaning of popularization .
even what the show means here?the important thing is they have mentioned Bitcoin,remember that even if that is a Bad publicity still it is a publicity.

Definitely a win! We're so used to bitcoin being mentioned as something used illegally. This episode is once in a blue moon, I hope more of this in the future. I guess the writer is into bitcoin? or is he/she is just fully aware of what bitcoin is? but still, that single simple question can make others think twice too! Aheks.

Never heard of the show Billions and BTC and crypto being mentioned in TV shows and movies and is nothing new. Mr.Robot, Dope etc are just some of the shows and movies where it has been mentioned before.

Never observed this though I have watched the Deadpool movies multiple times. I don't think something barely noticeable would create any impact in this case whatsoever.

Bitcoin is getting more exposure in the mainstream and as expected, there will be more of it soon. Although, I haven't heard of the show but as long as it's getting an airtime and even for a split seconds, it's already a contribution to bitcoin.
I think these shows, movies and other talks by popular hosts and celebrities can get a better way to attract viewers by just even including bitcoin on their topic.

When bitcoin is mentioned or entered into a conversation script about bitcoin it will certainly give a good stimulus and provide an explanation to the audience.

When Chuck Rhoades asked about bitcoin backed by

The question was refuted by the question "What's a dollar backed by"

if you have to answer about Bitcoin backed by anyone, the answer is like this:
Bitcoin is backed by a protocol that is based on fair and decentralized concessions. backed by the most powerful supercomputer network in the world.

Well, that already shows acceptance and promotion of bitcoins to the public. It only signifies that little by little people are starting to embrace the crypto world and they begin to realize that bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies will be the future for any form of transaction and trading. Soon bitcoins will be included in television advertisements as people even businesses are starting to adopt this as a way of payment then businesses can advertise it for a mode of payment to show easy transactions to their business.

That's definitely some change right there on mainstream television. Usually they depict bitcoin as something sinister and dark that using it will taint your soul. It's a good refresher that a TV show talking about basically money has somewhat praised bitcoin--or given it a new light--in front of potentially millions of audiences. That scene would surely ignite some curious minds to search the web for answers on what backs USD after the gold standard was released by Nixon for good.

Mentioned on TV should be the most important thing to me.right now than the said question raised by the anchor of that show. They are always in attack when it come to Bitcoin as the currency of the people, we're okay with this online money which is not backed by anything. Hope their shit papers are backed by something which is of great importance to mankind? The same papers money are now  be printed on daily basis, still yet the lingering instability of the government economy. Hope they wake up from their slumber before the economy fall on them.

I am fond of movies especially when it is really a good one, but here is one thing that I noticed in a movie when they are including bitcoin or some kind of cryptography. It always depict the bad, every time I see bitcoin in a movie it is always used in some kind of criminal actions like buying illegal stuffs on deep web, form of terrorist ransom and the worst I've seen is that it is even used to scam people which will probably impact to people's mind that bitcoin is made for it.  :-[

I think you are over-estimating the effect here in my opinion. Firstly, billions is not the most popular show in the world(Never heard of it before) which is why it probably would influence a small portion of the population.

BTC has been discussed in far more popular shows and movies in the past and that had negligible impact basically.

Shows and movies do help promote crypto in a small way. People need to actually use BTC on a day to day basis for it to achieve mainstream popularity.

We are propagating into social media, the new's line, and the forum itself. Well, we are happy to think that awareness had spread across and surely it catches more attention especially when we hit another ATH just like what it did last 2017 Bullrun. As we go through television, the more it helps the adoption development. If they could appreciate it, then it is possible that they will come to us. But much appreciate if someone could show his/her total crypto holdings on the TV in order to stop the doubts.

Its good to be optimistic but lets go to the realistic thing and we all know that everything would takes time for it to be recognized or adopted but there are people who do really have that much positive outlook into things
which is unlikely to happen because all will vary on the demand.Exposure in TV is good but it will depend on the scope or numbers of people who do able to watch that but doesnt signify that they would definitely switch up.
Of course, everything would needed experience for them to know on whats bitcoin is all about.Most of the time if those people who do able to watch it out and doesnt even know the basics then they will surely
ignore it unless if it do sparks out their interest and curiosity.

Television media is very good for promoting bitcoin, I really hope that in the future bitcoin can often appear on television shows.
This is very important for the development of bitcoin, a very good example in my opinion bitcoin is mentioned in the tv show billions.
Moreover, the billions tv show a pretty good rating, which has a very large audience. This is one of the golden opportunities for bitcoin
to be famous. Hopefully this tv show billions can make bitcoin more popular and be able to attract new investors to invest in bitcoin.

Billions is one of the TV series that has a good rating. This means that many watch this series. When bitcoin is mentioned in one conversation, people who already know Bitcoin will surely be enthusiastic and smile proudly: "I've used it", while those who don't know BTC will definitely be curious and try to find out. Especially for fans of one of the characters in this series, will definitely be more enthusiastic to follow what his idols do. Hmm ... effective enough to attract public attention. The same is true when BTC is mentioned in one episode of The Simpsons.

It isn't the first time that a TV show has talked about bitcoin. I remember seeing many other shows that briefly speaks about bitcoin but mostly in sarcastic way. If I recall correctly, there was one whole episode about bitcoin on the big bang theory (oh I miss TBBT!) and then there was silicon valley tv show. The company piped piper runs their own ICO and creates piped piper coin! Check this out - Hooli  (http://www.hooli.com/)and Pied Piper (http://www.piedpiper.com/)!

Don't be naive to think billionaires who never speak of bitcoin in the public are not secretly investing in bitcoin. Currently, I have a multimillionaire in my country who sneaks to my office and house, and we occasionally meet at a joint to lecture him about bitcoin and help him buy for the future. He doesn't want his friends to know what he's into neither does he tweet or post about bitcoin.

Burned! Bitcoin isn't only backed by a dollar but backed with value. Ther are some bitcoin enthusiasts that sell bitcoin in exchange for a real estate asset. So if a person doesn't value bitcoin, it is not reasonable for them to think about bitcoin being worthless because nothing backed it. Maybe they aren't technologically inclined to updates about security and what the backbone of bitcoin is.

Though this isn't the issue about OP, I like the way the bitcoiner burned the statement of the interviewer, it is one form of inviting people into bitcoin thus, a way to increase bitcoin adoption.

Nothing gives me joy than hearing people talking about bitcoin on air. It's a fantastic experience of seeing it happened. I would love to see what happens after. When the bitcoin price skyrocket after the halving. By then, there will be much discussing topic and trending highlights on the internet about bitcoin and other altcoin

Bitcoin is a part of the pop culture.Mentioning BTC in TV shows,movies,songs,social media has become pretty common.Don't be surprised if BTC gets mentioned more often on TV.We shouldn't celebrate every time,when that happens
Anyway,the oldschool mentality of some people is hilarious.Money has to always be backed to gold,in order to have value.Well,should gold be backed by something,in order to have value?The gold value is backed by supply,demand and production costs.The Bitcoin value is backed by supply/demand and production costs as well.
Fiat money are backed by supply,demand and government promises. ;D

Considering the rating and the viewers who are reached by this tv show, Bitcoin expand its popularity and let people know that is is definitely not a scam. It would benefit the crypto industry once again and people will take their curiosity here. More users, more hope that Bitcoin could be accepted by the society.

Wow. It was really do fascinating that even before have soar high, it has already been publicized through television way back 2012 wherein it's price is too far away beyond from the current price it have right now. Who would have thought that as time passes by, Bitcoin started its price as base of $33 would grow into thousand of dollars at this time. It is just awesome that even before the popularity it have right now, it has already been known to televisions. Well, exposing or mentioning Bitcoin at show like Billions will be a good thing to let more people know about Bitcoin's existence because even if it has already been well-known, still lots of people certainly do not know about it. Publicizing Bitcoin through television is a good thing to popularize it so that many people will consider getting into it.

Well, if you look at it that way, you might as well say that the Gold is not backed by anything. Lol, seriously, let's imagine that we are still making use of gold by now, what exactly is it backed by and what's the worth?

If not what we say it is? As for the US dollar and fiat in general, they used to be backed by gold and silver, but now they are mostly being backed by debt. Then as for Bitcoin, a lot of things have been said about what's really backing Bitcoin; some have said that Bitcoin is backed by scarcity and utility, and a lot has been said. But according to the FAQ on Bitcoin.org which is the official Bitcoin site, Bitcoin is backed by mathematics and all that is required for it to have value is trust and adoption.

You are absolutely right here.
Because all of us started from newbies with hesitations at first.
I don't think we all started liking bitcoin or crypto at the very first time we heard it.
For sure, most of us had hesitation how it works, or does it really work or any of that sort.
Education is the key to address the ignorance of most noncrypto users who up until now have negative perception on crypto.
And in this regard, I believe media can help us on this endeavour. If only there is a specific segment or program, discussing all about crypto.
Most of the TV shows are only partly mentioning about crypto or bitcoin, but no in depth discussion is presented.

Good to hear that but it's not new bitcoin has been mentioned for several movies but still it doesn't even gain enough attention since majority of movie watcher doesn't even know what bitcoin, but I can still call it a big success since as I've seen the word bitcoin is slowly spreading and might the words about it will spread like a virus in future.


That will surely happens if we can see more mentioned and also together with word of mouth spread for sure we will see a good impact with adoption.

Yes I agree, but it tends to have this kind of good publicity for BTC. I still remember 2017-2018 when there are a lot of personalities, Hollywood actors and actresses and even Hip-hop figures like Emimen mentioning bitcoin in their songs.

So it sort of creates an awareness from the public, and we might see bitcoin going mainstream, for all we know when people are going to hear it the first time.

When I joined in this forum and started in researching & learning about bitcoin. There was a national broadcast that I saw in my tv. I was really glad when I saw bitcoin hyping in the news. But then, it was just temporarily because after I saw good news like FOMO or about this new technology, the following news was already talked about how bitcoin being used in scam and online illegal gambling.

I've seen bitcoin and cryptocurrency has a lot of exposure in movies these days I think it is a good help when it comes to mass adoption and influencing cryptocurrency to many countries.

You could also try Crypto (film) for some Crime/Drama genre or Bitcoin Heist. To be honest, I think cryptocurrency movies have a great story most of the movies that I watch are really great.

It is really not surprising to see bitcoin and crypto in a lot of films as the cryptocurrency or bitcoin is already so popular plus we have a pandemic that keeps on spreading around and for sure it might stay in a lot of countries for years. Because of that digital payment, cryptocurrency, etc. is becoming more popular and more reliable for every transaction it would not be surprising to see bitcoin to be a popular currency that every country is going to use and this time of a pandemic.

I'm bored of these casual mentions.

I want to see a movie that features cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin in a meaningful way, without necessarily denigrating it or doing so with negative connotations.

The vast majority of movies tend to mention Bitcoin in the context of some sort of criminal activity. Even billions did the same, since the guy mentioning Bitcoin was being interviewed by an attorney in an interrogation room.

I think that Cyberpunk 2077 will have a major crypto element to it, but that's not out for some time yet, so it remains to be seen whether it will also be in association with undesirable activities.

There have been a lot of TV shows and movies that mentioned Bitcoin. The topic has been everywhere, although most of them I see are negative, there are still some that are positive. They usually make it seem like it's a bubble or something like that where people can lose their money. But, I still believe that the publicity is needed.

Once people hear them mention Bitcoin a few times, they will be curious to know what Bitcoin is all about, and when they have taken the time to read about it, they might come to understand that it's not really what most of the media is making it seem like.

I am too seeing the same level of possibilities. By late 90's online chatting and internet based scenes were treated like all new thing in movies or TV serials but now a days everyone is using Facebook by being part of internet. I guess same level of growth we can expect in coming years in bitcoin adoptions.

This is unavoidable. Everyone has a different perspective. It could be that the film production team is on the opposition side of bitcoin, so there are only innuendos and the like. I think that true bitcoin lovers don't have time to think of ways for others to have the same opinion with them, just by maximizing this good opportunity.

These films are full of hyperbole, many things are exaggerated and dramatized to make the story more interesting. What's more, it's just fiction, we have to understand that :)

I like to watch bitcoin documentaries as well, because movies are somehow exaggerated, but documentaries possess more realistic idea of what the status of bitcoin is. For example, bitcoin documentary in a particular country, how they cope up with it, what is its status in terms of government tolerance. And also, how people handle bitcoins as if it has an effect to fiat usage.

Though, bitcoin in movies is also interesting, especially if they will look at the brighter side of its characteristics, and not always showing silkroad and its bad history.

I know on the past has movie about Bitcoin

1. Banking On Bitcoin (https://youtu.be/tmxqlSevtkQ)


2. Bitcoin Heist (https://youtu.be/LCqUB58LnhE)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4911780/plotsummary

3. Bitcoin: The End Of Money As We Know It (https://youtu.be/lUF6klWuB38)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4654844/plotsummary

4, The Rise And Rise Of Bitcoin (https://youtu.be/gcwnpvODd-8)


5. The Bitcoin Story (https://youtu.be/pOyO_GMO4Ww)

6. I Am Satoshi (https://youtu.be/sX-9Cyk1nkM)

7. Magic Money: The Bitcoin Revolution (https://youtu.be/vEPfzQQB3oU)

source from site (https://www.seputarforex.com/amp/artikel/10-film-tentang-bitcoin-yang-informatif-284142-38)

The reference bitcoin shows are :-
1. The Good Wife
2. The Simpons
3. Family War
4. Silicon Valley and many more but these four are the most popular and most important shows about bitcoin.
As it is a fictional show and the topic of cryptocurrency has also been appeared like Mr. Robot etc.
Not only shows there are even movies about bitcoin which makes bitcoin still popular.

Bitcoin back in billions mentioned in bitcoin in mainstream media.

Actually this show Billions is a great show, it shows how big players manipulations, and how they sacrifice innocent for their own games. When I started watching I suggest this show to some of my friends, we don't know much about billionaires, what do they do and how they do it, this is a nice way to get some idea about it.
In last few comments I didn't see Mr Robot. I think we will see a lot more about crypto on TV in many forms. 2014 that was a really big thing to see bitcoin mentioned somewhere, but as it seems its becoming a normal thing, that shows the progress crypto is making, it's more popular every year.

Actually bitcoin is getting more and more acknowledgement from TV shows, series and movies
Like Mr robot, billions and today I was watching an episode of series called "blindspot" if you are familiar with
But the problem is that not always bitcoin is introduced as something revolutionary but sometimes it's portrayed as a tool or a resource that criminals or fugitives use when they are in the run.

What is this series about? Anyone? Is it any good? It seems ridiculous.

"For what, so your multitude of computers and servers could solve some abstract math equations resulting in the mining of Bitcoin. Worth millions right now, whoopee, but backed by what? Nada, nix, zot"

Is this person serious? They just told us bitcoin is backed by a "multitude of computers and servers could solve some abstract math equations" Then in the very next sentence claim it's backed by nothing.
Hilarious!!! I wonder if he knows how stupid he sounds?  :D ::)

This is good and I believe it is just a function of time and the whole world will have no other option than coming to the understanding that Bitcoin and the crypto space has come to stay while helping to change the future. One thing about good innovations is that, it can't be suppressed for a long time and the time for Bitcoin and the crypto space to be heard and massively used is just close by. This is really good, although they are not the first but it is wonderful knowing that the attention is growing rapidly.

Surprisingly, bitcoin was mentioned on TV Shows all over the world. Here in the Philippines, bitcoin and cryptocurrency were also have been mentioned. Still, it turns out bitcoin and crypto are bad in the eyes of the people that they are reporting that bitcoin is a scheme to scam people to invest their money, and scammers are using famous people for attracting more investors just to scam them. It is disappointing that bitcoin is troublesome in some people's points of view that they can't accept bitcoin and crypto as a currency due to illegal activities like scams.

This is some of the news and TV shows that have been broadcast in the Philippines about Bitcoin is a scam:

Tito Boy does not endorse cryptocurrency auto-trading program (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFtbT1j4WnQ)
Filipino couple amasses at least P900M in alleged Bitcoin scam
 (https://www.rappler.com/nation/199915-filipino-couple-amasses-millions-bitcoin-scam)Failon Ngayon: Bitcoin Scam (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx4-vDGxP3k)

The funniest mention of Bitcoins on any TV show would be the one in the Big Bang Theory

They actually summarized problems of some people , they used to have Bitcoins back in 2009-2010 , then unfortunately did not know how high it would go . They forgot the wallet , where it is , where they had put the Bitcoins and searched every single computer for the Bitcoins.

They would have been millionaires but they did not care for the Bitcoins back then .
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Back in the day I used to own some Bitcoins when the price wasn't significant , there were many faucets sites which would give you some significant amount on sign-up. Funny thing , I gambled it all away on games I did not even know how to play 😂✋
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Commercialization through TV shows is very effective, humans tend to watch more of them rather than read an article about cryptocurrencies and other things . Since ages it have proven to be effective in selling even the products which are not efficient , effective or even safe.

I do think people watching it would actually search for Bitcoins and then stumble on the forum.

This statement actually supports the crypto and also insults the Dollar at the same time which is pretty amazing. I have found that many a times on the television crypto gets related with the darknet which defames the crypto as people think that crypto is always used for illicit activities and if they invest in it then they will also become the ones who helps the criminals in laundering the money, but guess what... The US dollar is also amongst the most widely used currency for the purposes of laundering and illicit activities.

About economics, it's good to learning about economics system. By the way it's just movie. where character of person not real as life. and who has made this scenario know about Bitcoin and nice moment to mention into his movie series, who's know he invested Bitcoin before.