Idk how old this is, but that's the first time seeing it, and it's hilarious 😂

How can you send $5 to a Bitcoin wallet? I always assumed you can only send Bitcoin and maybe some Layer 2 crypto tokens (do Layer 2 crypto currencies exist on Bitcoin?)

@happygimp0 You can't, but people commonly say that meaning "I sent $x worth of bitcoins to this wallet".

@AlmondSauce Why, that makes no sense. I also don't use my native currency to express a amount in a foreign currency.

Lets assume that was on 2017-05-05, since the oldest posts i found mentioned this story was shortly after that. The price of this Bitcoin did go up a lot compared to currencies that use the term dollar:

79 SGD

81 CAD

82 USD

82 HKD

95 AUD

....

So, if you write that now, which amount should you use? Still $5? Or is it now $80?

@happygimp0 huh, why does that matter, it's a joke..

or how would you explain the existence of cmalw-lib-2.0 🤣🤣

edit: i also just notice, that the font on my phone makes the dashes have different heights depending on their circumstance. Didn't expect it on here tbh

Might as well open a PR since he's at it lol

@happygimp0 Hey, I didn't come up with it, just explaining what he meant 🤷‍♂️

@happygimp0 they're using USD as a default global currency. Something Americans do quite a bit.

I'm Canadian for instance and specify CAD / USD when I'm talking online because we're used to the confusion this causes, but Americans generally are not aware of it. Probably because the majority of English speaking internet users are AI... I mean American.

@lungdart My question was more about BTC vs $ rather than the different currencies $ can mean.

Anyway. It is a funny post, i didn't know that story before.

@happygimp0 because 0,000038BTC doesn't really roll off the tongue all that easily.

@hjk101 38 µBTC? Or 38 Microbitcoin?