I’ve been digging into @HerbertRSim, one of the earliest and loudest Bitcoin adopters and found something pretty wild. On his own website, there’s a blog post from years ago featuring concept art he personally worked on: “The Blade of Bitcoin” a massive greatsword wielded by a knight he calls the Slayer of Shitcoins. What’s crazy is the date attached to the sketch. He says he drew this character back in 2011. Think about that for a second: - In 2011 Bitcoin was still obscure ( check image below, red circle is when this post was published ) - Almost no one was talking about altcoins - The term “shitcoin” wasn’t a mainstream insult - Ethereum didn’t even exist yet - The entire memecoin culture was years away from becoming what it is today Yet his artwork already depicts a full-on Bitcoin paladin, carrying a holy blade designed specifically to slay shitcoins — long before the crypto industry actually became flooded with them. It’s almost prophetic. Seeing someone conceptualize “shitcoin slaying” over a decade ago, before the word even had cultural weight, is kind of insane. ...