I saw a Weibo today, which was sent by the British actress Maisie Williams who played Arya Stark in "Game of Thrones". The original text is: "should I go long on bitcoin?"

The literal translation is: Am I going to buy more bitcoins? So the extension is whether to buy and hold Bitcoin.

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Coins from Game of Thrones

Today we use the story of "Game of Thrones" to expand the content.

This is a still photo, without PS (probably in the tenth episode of the fourth season). The English meaning in the picture is: "What is this?" "This is a valuable coin"

The conversation at that time was like this, as shown in the figure below:

The simple translation is: Erya didn't understand the value of this coin, so she asked Jagan (the uncle in the picture): Can I use this coin to buy a horse? The uncle said, this is not for you to buy a horse. This is a pass that allows you to find me. You only need to take this coin and tell others a sentence "Dig the history of Mentougou" ("Everyone is mortal"). Then the other party will know that you are a person with status, and you can get help.

With this coin, Arya started a trip to Braavos (a magical place where one can learn skills), and experienced cruel and rigorous training at the Black and White Academy (where Erya learned various sorcery and killing techniques) , Then the Taoist priest went down the mountain to avenge his parents, assisted his elder brother and sister to achieve supremacy, and personally killed the leader of the northern nomads ("Night King"), becoming the key figure in turning the tide of battle in "Game of Thrones".

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This coin is very close to Bitcoin

It can be seen that the coins given to Erya by Jia Gen (handsome uncle) do not seem to be able to buy things, but they are of great value. The value is getting tickets to this place of Braavos, and it is also a stepping stone to enter Black and White Academy.

Features of this coin:

First, scarcity, if this coin is everywhere, then basically there is no uniqueness;

Second, this currency is a kind of identity;

Third, it has purchasing power: Uncle Shuai said that this currency is not for you to buy horses, not that you can’t buy horses, but that you can buy a lot of things, and it would be too wasteful to exchange for a horse;

Fourth, this currency has a strong consensus. Everyone who has heard of this coin, such as captains, college deans, etc., recognizes this coin. Because Erya had to pay the captain, but the captain didn’t want it. However, after taking out the value coins, the captain said directly, let’s go together and arrange a private room for you.

If you change this coin into Bitcoin, there is no sense of violation:

At a certain time in the future, if you want to board the ship and say, I have US dollars, people say that there is no land, and it is useless to have US dollars. Then you remembered what Uncle Zeng said, you showed your bitcoin wallet, and the other party saw that you had bitcoins and said, "Why do you have..."

Then you interrupt the other person and say: "long bitcoin" (long bitcoin)

The captain replied: "short the world" (short the world).

Then the captain said, "Of course, you have a cabin."

(Of course, if the consistency of pronunciation is pursued, the dialogue can be like this, you interrupt the captain and say: "Dig the history of Mentougou" Captain Valar morghulis said: "I was all killed" Valar dohaseris)

Because the characteristics of the value coin given to Erya by Jagan in "Game of Thrones" are very similar to Bitcoin or some other encrypted assets, four characteristics have been listed above: scarcity, identity, purchasing power, and consensus.

Therefore, the topic says that the currency Erya got is actually Bitcoin.

This article is slightly ridiculed, and aims to use familiar film and television dramas to explain the basic characteristics of Bitcoin. Going back to the beginning of the article, the actor who played Arya initiated a vote on Twitter to hold Bitcoin, giving me a sense of time travel inside and outside the drama. Feel. This feeling is very strange, because when I was watching this drama, I saw the handsome uncle give Erya a coin and said that sentence: "This is a valuable coin", and I suddenly laughed.

If someone asks you about the characteristics of Bitcoin, and you can't explain clearly, you can recall several characteristics of Erya's currency in "Game of Thrones", and there is no problem in answering it this way.