This post also exists in audio form if you'd prefer to listen. A brief history of crypto memes. "A peer-to-peer electronic cash." Satoshi chose this phrase to encapsulate Bitcoin, distilling a collection of distributed system advancements into a concise summary. The pitch was socially refined further, eventually emerging “digital gold”, a metaphor that more succinctly reflects the behavior surrounding Bitcoin’s usage. Bitcoin’s simplicity lends to the minimalism of its narratives: a scarce rock