This article comes from | BENZINGA
Citing References | NewsBTC, TS2
Translator | Odaily Odaily Azuma
Editor's note:
On September 12, Elon Musk's personal biography "Elon Musk Biography" written by American biographer Walter Isaacson was officially published. As the richest and most popular super KOL in the world, Musk himself has always maintained a subtle relationship with Dogecoin . Therefore, many people in the industry are curious whether Dogecoin will be mentioned in the book, and if so, in what form it will be described. .
According to the compilation of BENZINGA, NewsBTC, TS 2 and other foreign media, Musk did mention Dogecoin many times in this personal biography, and even disclosed many "secrets" that were not known before. For example, SBF once gave Musk " To make suggestions," Musk himself has continued to fund the development of Dogecoin and so on.
BENZINGA found a total of four records about Dogecoin in the book.
Record 1: About Dogecoin and Twitter
The first recording mainly focuses on the idea of integrating Degecoin into social media platforms. The original text is as follows:
Kimbal (Musk's younger brother) believes that his brother (Musk) should start his own social media platform based on blockchain. The platform can consider integrating payment systems including Dogecoin, and Elon fell into deep thought.
After lunch, Musk sent several text messages to Kimbal, detailing his vision for "a blockchain-based social media system that can both make payments and send messages like Twitter."
Because (the system) has no centralized server, there is no "throat that can be grabbed," so freedom of speech will be guaranteed.
Musk went on to say that the alternative would be to not just join Twitter's board of directors, but acquire it outright...
As can be seen from the above, Musk seriously discussed the idea of integrating Degecoin into the social media platform with his brother Kimbal. Kimbal was the first to propose the idea, but Musk gave more detailed thinking.
However, this idea ultimately failed to materialize, so Musk chose to acquire Twitter as an alternative.
Record 2: Suggestions on SBF
The now-infamous SBF once had an encounter with Musk, and even suggested that Musk restructure Twitter. The original text is as follows:
Another person eager to get in on the deal is Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), the founder of now-defunct cryptocurrency trading platform FTX , who believes Twitter could be reimagined on the blockchain.
Musk has discussed using blockchain as the underlying layer of Twitter with Kimbal and others. However, although Musk is interested in cryptocurrencies such as Dogecoin, he is not a fan of blockchain technology. Musk believes that blockchain is too slow to support Twitter's fast-paced content frequency.
As can be seen from the above, on the road to using blockchain to reform social media, SBF once suggested that Musk adopt a more radical approach, but Musk was still skeptical about the efficiency of today's blockchain processing, so he did not adopt it. The suggestion.
Record Three: About the “Real Doge”
Musk just sent a private plane to pick up his new Shiba Inu Floki, which happens to be the logo image of Dogecoin.
Musk also brought his other dog, Marvin, but Marvin and Floki didn't get along well. Neither of them was trained to handle their physical needs at home, which resulted in Maye's (Musk's mother) apartment becoming a two-bedroom apartment. circus.
The book mentions that Musk liked Floki very much. Once he flew from Texas to New York to participate in a charity event, and took Floki with him to live together in the small apartment of Grimes's (Musk's ex-girlfriend) mother.
Record 4: About Dogecoin elements in life
…Kimbal helped organize a drone show, and the images displayed in the night sky included Nikola Tesla, the father of alternating current, the Dogecoin logo, and an electric pickup truck Cybertruck… Celebrities present included Harrison Ford, Spike Lee, and NFT artist Beeple.
Other records: Regarding funding the development of Dogecoin
In addition to these four direct records of BENZINGA, NewsBTC and TS2 also found that Musk also admitted his funding for the development of Dogecoin in the book. Therefore, the author Isaacson described Dogecoin like this - "He (Musk) has always Quietly funding the development of semi-serious cryptocurrencies.”
summary
All in all, the description of Dogecoin does appear many times in Musk's biography, but objectively speaking it does not occupy much space.
It is not difficult to understand. The reason why Musk has such a charismatic personality is because of his innovative and pioneering capabilities in many cutting-edge fields with wide spans, such as new energy, aerospace, and brain-computer interaction. As for how to view it? Dogecoin, Isaacson’s “semi-serious” description may not be more appropriate.
Looking forward to the future, Musk will inevitably mention Dogecoin frequently due to personal preferences, but no one can give a final conclusion as to whether it will be integrated into specific businesses.
After all, who can predict Musk?
