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They would have to be geek.  They would have to like their fans.  I think these are the only two requirements for this question.

The reason why is this part of Youtipit (http://youtipit.org)

First, I want to point out how Youtipit does not capitalize the word facebook all the time, I like that :p  I really could see a geeky enough person who enjoys their fans, even though they might or might not have tried Bitcoin otherwise, would at the least take this donation, which will naturally mean if they themselves do not check into things, their assistant will.   Also, this would mean.. they are in!

Ashton Kutcher is the only person I can think of that fits this description perfectly, but other than that, who could this idea really work for?  Would you donate to try and make that happen?   You would be putting your hard earned Coin, giving it to somebody who probably has more money than all of us, literally paying them to check out this shit going on.

Penn & Teller!

mythbusters could bust some bitcoin myths.

or just blow something up.

Damn, first reply is actually a good one.   Is Penn not big into some of the ideals that go behind some positives of Bitcoin from that libertarian perspective.   The more I think of that, really really good suggestion imo.  

That retard Joe Rogan, who fancies himself as some sort of public intellectual.

Or the original Penn, Mr. Sean. He'd be a good endorsement.

I think someone not geeky--some type of professional should endorse them....Bernie Madoff maybe?

I don't know that he would be down, but it would be funny to hear that Owen Wilson uses bitcoin.

Jesse Ventura would totally be down with Bitcoins.

yeah, if the market crashes hopefully he will suceed in killing himself!  Shit or get off the pot...

I second Joe Rogan. Hed love it b/c of silk road. ;)

Howie Mandel could do it if he got his 'fro back.

Charlie Sheen would be awesome. He's a liberty oriented type of guy.

Neal Stephenson maybe? (author of Cryptonomicon)

+1

william gibson, china mieville, and neil gaiman too.

God damn it. My internet crashed literally seconds before I hit the post button. Then I got back online a few minutes later and you stole it from me! Damn you to hell!!  ;D

It would be awesome if the guys running TPB could feature us on their homepage for a bit. They tend to like and feature p2p-centric stuff like this.

Somebody already told Penn Jillette about it. Google it

They change their logo often to match certain special events. We should establish a bitcoin day and have a bunch of websites put up pictures of bitcoins. April 20th is good for me.

Obama

the girl in the bit-pay video is Alison Skipper.  She works for Fox Sports and she also plays the character "Chelsea" on TNA Wrestling on Spike TV.

http://www.alisonskipper.com (http://www.alisonskipper.com)

hey, it's a start, right?

Imagine how much blow he could get his hands on and he could single handedly increase the worth of bitcoins by buying them all for blow lol.

willie nelson  ;D

Also I met Dick Vitale last week (yes really).  let me find the pic.  I told him about bitcoins.  and he said

ITS AWESOME BABY!!!  WITH A CAPITAL A!!!

ah here it is.  that's me wearing the gay VIP pass

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g296/tonygal/267141_10150292400220861_515805860_9385460_6439414_o.jpg

Actually there's a podcast with him and some other dudes talking about Bitcoin and Silk Road and he wasn't very interested.

That sexy chick in 30 rock - Tina Fey - mmmm

Here is a list of celebrities who supposedly are libertarian:
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?48469-List-of-Libertarian-Celebrities

Take anyone from there who is not too old or too stupid to be able to understand Bitcoin and you have a good candidate.

Rupert from survivor for his little "Troubled Boys" funds would gladly look into something new like this for donations I bet.

richard simmons

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2J5KtWSIXnk/SGQgs2bENtI/AAAAAAAAAjo/ahBjD09jCW8/s400/Richard+Simmons.jpg

I think hes a jew to boot (jewfro)

could you possibly be any more offensive?

oh...


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Simmons

My first thought was, please.. let it NOT be Charlie Sheen :P

Adam Curry is on board. Not exactly A list, but he's not a nobody, either.

mmmph.

the Podfather of Bitcoin...

Will Wheaton -- That dude who played Wesley Crusher on ST:TNG. Used to frequent /. at least.

Grigori Perelman would love the pseudo anonymity but probably most people already forgot about him as he was only famous for a short period of time for the average person :D

Chuck Bartowsky! C'mon guys!
(Zachary Levi)

I second Jesse Ventura.

Only kids wear their pass openly.

I think we need Robert Foster to make a video about bitcoin. His intelligence and messages very convincing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6O6sM2Shok

Rober Foster
RAP NEWS 8: Osamacide
The Juice News

Perhaps we should get Notch onboard with this? He has a wide audience, and if the video game industry starts accepting it, others may follow. An indie dev would be ideal, because they'd have the fewest contracts getting in the way.

Rage Against the Machine.  Benefit concert. 

This. Times 1000.

Randall Munroe (xkcd.com).  One of my earliest bitcoin-related thoughts was that he is going to make a fortune as soon as he puts up a bitcoin receiving address.

[Edit: looks like Randall is way ahead of me: http://xkcd.com/bitcoin/ (http://xkcd.com/bitcoin/) -- too bad]


Wil Wheaton (Westley from ST:TNG).  Respected (yes, really), huge geek fanboy following (e.g. on Twitter).


Joss Whedon (creator of Firefly, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, others).  If he puts bitcoin into one of his stories, the fight is over.  Game, set, match.


We should send them letters...  Lots of letters.

Good.

Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails).

Richard D. James (Aphex Twin).

joss whedon - yes.  those sci-fi guys are always looking for something new to call the currency used in the worlds they create.

also... what about Serj Tankian?

i vote penn and teller (tv not vegas)

You do understand that they're the same people?

We need to convince Randall Monroe (the xkcd guy) to support bitcoins openly. He is still not sure about "endorsing" it.  He used to have a donation address up, but took it down.

http://xkcd.com/bitcoin/

Lindsey Lohan will do it for 15k LOL she will do any commercial for that

Keep in mind that endorsements are one thing, active support is another. We need someone that sells stuff, so let's keep it to musicians, software, and possibly some other stuff.

Is there an echo in here?  :-)

I'm changing my vote to Lindsay Lohan.

I nominate:
http://www.exposay.com/celebrity-photos2/paris-hilton-37th-fifi-awards-9Ijx4u.jpg

Oh hell yes!   Given the wikileaks connection, and that they're accepting bitcoin donations - it wouldn't surprise me if bitcoin made at least a token appearance in a rap news episode soon :)

:o
hehehe

Reviving a very old thread here but this post isn't really worth starting a new one.

Dwolla just got a nice boost, showing up in Google Trends (below) thanks to the revelation that Ashton Kutcher was an investor.

https://i.imgur.com/BQheG.png (http://www.google.com/trends/?q=bitcoin,+dwolla&ctab=0&geo=all&date=mtd&sort=0)

 - http://www.google.com/trends/?q=bitcoin,+dwolla&ctab=0&geo=all&date=mtd&sort=0


Right. The celebrity's job is doing what celebrities do ... not pumping their own investments.

Otherwise, the restaurant chains at which Kutcher is the main celebrity investor would be switching over to Dwolla ...
  http://www.dolcegroup.com/new-files/website-files/Dolce_Group_-_main/gift_cards.html (http://www.dolcegroup.com/new-files/website-files/Dolce_Group_-_main/gift_cards.html)  <-- PayPal only!

But the free press certainly didn't hurt Dwolla.

Someone needs to get Joe Rogan aboard. He's got one of the most popular podcasts on the web and a huge loyal following of people many of whom would be interested in Bitcoin.

http://ibelieveinhumans.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/joe-rogan.jpg

Do we think we can somehow integrate Bitcoin in to a good celebrity sex tape???


I was thinking Mark Cuban.  Not for the sex tape.  Just a regular ...benefactor. 

Just think if instead of it being the Canadian Mint issuing MintChips it was Oprah issuing OWNCoins (same technology, different brand).

Or how about a simple celebrity-owned coin relay ..  you send 1.1 BTC and get back 1.0 BTC from Bieber!   Think of it as like getting an autograph.

Felicia Day would be just about perfect.

He's actually running for governor of Indiana as a Libertarian.  Donations in Bitcoin to his campaign would be pretty cool.

http://rupertforgovernor.com/ (http://rupertforgovernor.com/)

3rd for Joe Rogan, he has a large podcast following and sells products on his show. Also his producer Brian Redban regularly solicits donations for his other podcasts.

I like this idea! Here's a thread on Justin Bieber: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=37520.0

~Bruno~

Michael Moore - If he likes the idea, he could plan his come back making a story about bitcoin

other than that:
The geeks from Big Bang Theory

Louis CK, sells his material independently online via paypal