{"id":136328,"date":"2020-12-18T08:20:20","date_gmt":"2020-12-18T05:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/twitter-loses-its-mind-over-rappers-1m-bitcoin-giveaway-worth-11-each\/"},"modified":"2020-12-18T08:20:20","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T05:20:20","slug":"twitter-loses-its-mind-over-rappers-1m-bitcoin-giveaway-worth-11-each","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/twitter-loses-its-mind-over-rappers-1m-bitcoin-giveaway-worth-11-each\/","title":{"rendered":"# Twitter loses its mind over rapper&#8217;s &#8216;$1M Bitcoin giveaway&#8217; &#8230; worth $11 each"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong># <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> loses its mind over r<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>er&#8217;s &#8216;$1M Bitcoin giveaway&#8217; &#8230; worth $11 each   <\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjAtMTIvY2RkNjQ1OWItYmUwOS00YWQ4LTkwMzUtODg0MzNmM2ZjN2Y4LmpwZw==.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content\" data-v-5a136f3a>Cash App, the Bitcoin-friendly payments application from U.S. financial services company Square, has teamed up with Grammy-nominated rapper Megan Thee Stallion on a $1 million Bitcoin giveaway.<\/p>\n<p>Megan announced the promotional campaign via Twitter on Dec. 17. The post has received more than 60,000 likes and 8,800 retweets at the time of writing. The rapper encouraged her followers to post \u201c#BITCOINMEG\u201d in order to be a part of the giveaway.<\/p>\n<p>The post does not make it clear how much BTC each person will receive, saying: &#8220;I&#8217;m giving $1 MILLION in Bitcoin to as many hotties as I can&#8221;. Numerous replies on Twitter feature screenshots from winners indicating they had received 50,000 satoshis each (worth roughly $11.40 as of this writing).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thanks cashapp and Meg lol I\u2019ll hold on to this until my kids are grown  <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f0VOu1u369\">pic.twitter.com\/f0VOu1u369<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Lamar \u2790 (@ImDavidLamar) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ImDavidLamar\/status\/1339719155457679366?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 17, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>It appears that many of Meg\u2019s followers are not aware of the value of the Bitcoin individual users receive, with replies to her post containing ultrasound images of unborn babies, links to college application forms, a variety of hard luck stories, and photos of smiling children gathered by Christmas trees in a bid to tug on therapper\u2019s heartstrings.<\/p>\n<p>One user claimed to have purchased a Telsa after misreading that he would receive $50,000.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I thought this said $50,000 when I first glanced at it and I already ordered a tesla, can you help me out again? <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theestallion?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@theestallion<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lV7Ieug0vd\">pic.twitter.com\/lV7Ieug0vd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 luke (@LukeBeVibing) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LukeBeVibing\/status\/1339758975693316096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Amid the cries for assistance, computer <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> major \u2018William Clememte III\u2019 urged Megan\u2019s followers to hodl their new-found satoshis, sharing an <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WClementeIII\/status\/1339772861637128193\">image<\/a> detailing the inflation of German Marks relative to gold over the past century alongside the plea:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cDon\u2019t convert! The whole point of this is to raise understand of bitcoin. Dollars are garbage. 30% of all dollars were printed THIS year. On the other hand, the rate of new supply of BTC cut in HALF. Bitcoin will grow exponentially agains the dollar because it\u2019s scarce.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The campaign appears to have been largely successful in its aim of driving Bitcoin and Cash App adoption among non-crypto natives \u2014 with many of Megan\u2019s fans stating they downloaded Cash App <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rissyyy_19\/status\/1339779515707473920\">exclusively<\/a> to participate in the giveaway, and others indicating they nintend to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RickIgnelzi\/status\/1339780083377201152\">research<\/a> crypto further after receiving their first satoshis.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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