‘We’re a Cult’: Inside Bitcoin’s Shameless Hypefest

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“Once you get into Bitcoin, there is no way back,” the man, whose name was Pablo, said over piles of women’s underwear emblazoned with the cryptocurrency’s logo. A sign behind him read: “Panties for Bitcoin.”

. The attendees were a mix of Bitcoin die-hards, casual investors, and finance and tech bros looking to profit off the latest trend.

At a stand selling Bitcoin-themed children’s books and promoting “Bitcoin education for all ages,” a couple stopped to buy a “HODL Me Tight” onesie for their baby, who they had brought to the conference. Across the hall, a woman with overlined lips and bleach blonde hair was selling a concept called “CommuniSea,” in which members purchase shares in a luxury megayacht with on-board chefs and private trainers.

“Bitcoin is the most giving community I have ever experienced,” one of them, Matt, said, explaining how everyone he met had been so generous with their time and advice. And it made sense, he added: “What’s good for everyone is also good for Bitcoin.” The religious overtones carried over into a happy hour at a nearby hotel, where I met two men who had helped put on an outside event for Christian Bitcoiners called Thank God for Bitcoin. The men, Ahshuwah Hawthorne and David Cotrone, recognized my name instantly; I had written in earlier to ask for tickets to the event—a gathering of Christian Bitcoiners—and been rejected. But they gamely offered to answer my questions.

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