Magic Money Digital Cash System
The Old Days
Pr0duct Cypher
Pseudonymous cypherpunk developer
- Recorded
- February 4, 1994
- Invocation №
- 1
- Accession
- MIM.2026.0001
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Exhibition
Origins of Magic Internet Money
1994–2014
Precursors, Early Usage, and Canonical Iconography
Curatorial statement
The record in context
An examination of the preserved public record, from the Magic Money digital-cash precursor through early uses of the exact phrase and the imagery that carried it into wider internet culture.
Included Invocations
Selected records from the collection
Ira (bearbones) and I were chatting today. We've come up with a new slogan which should be made the official slogan of Bitcoin: Bitcoin Magic Computer Money So the new strategy i…
Collection Pending
Erik Voorhees
Bitcoin entrepreneur and writer
- Recorded
- July 24, 2012
- Invocation №
- 2
- Accession
- MIM.2026.0002
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We're still in 'early adopter' phase and a high fraction of people who join now will be interested in the tech and details of bitcoin. But later on a vanishing fraction will be abl…
Collection Pending
FreeMoney
Pseudonymous Bitcointalk participant
- Recorded
- July 24, 2012
- Invocation №
- 3
- Accession
- MIM.2026.0003
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Speaking of accounting, do you employ an outside accountant for tax preparation? If so, what was his/her take on that "Magic Computer Money"?
Collection Pending
SMTB1963
Pseudonymous Bitcointalk participant
- Recorded
- July 28, 2012
- Invocation №
- 4
- Accession
- MIM.2026.0004
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As if any law enforcement agency in the world has a Cryptocoin Recovery Division, or cares in the least about their Magic Internet Money.
Collection Pending
iCEBREAKER
Pseudonymous Bitcointalk participant
- Recorded
- July 29, 2012
- Invocation №
- 5
- Accession
- MIM.2026.0005
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[Police Guy] Um, why would you give your magic internet money to someone who you've never met named pirate?
Collection Pending
iCEBREAKER
Pseudonymous Bitcointalk participant
- Recorded
- August 23, 2012
- Invocation №
- 6
- Accession
- MIM.2026.0006
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Magic Internet Money
Collection Pending
ErebusBat
Pseudonymous Bitcointalk participant
- Recorded
- September 9, 2012
- Invocation №
- 7
- Accession
- MIM.2026.0007
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What employment income? Last I checked you were a jobless do-nothing, sitting on his couch all day actively declining job offers relying on internet magic money to make you rich.
Collection Pending
greyhawk
Pseudonymous Bitcointalk participant
- Recorded
- October 3, 2012
- Invocation №
- 8
- Accession
- MIM.2026.0008
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Bitcoin: Magic Internet Money
Collection Pending
mavensbot
Pseudonymous Reddit artist
- Recorded
- February 18, 2013
- Invocation №
- 9
- Accession
- MIM.2026.0009
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Bitcoin: Magic Internet Money.
Collection Pending
Holliday
Pseudonymous Bitcointalk participant
- Recorded
- September 24, 2013
- Invocation №
- 10
- Accession
- MIM.2026.0010
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TL;DR - magic internet money!
Collection Pending
dwaltrip
Pseudonymous Hacker News participant
- Recorded
- November 7, 2013
- Invocation №
- 11
- Accession
- MIM.2026.0011
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♦ [ ANN ][ MIM ] ♦ Magic Internet Money ♦ Do you belive in magic? ♦
Collection Pending
scottii
Pseudonymous Bitcointalk project announcer
- Recorded
- February 13, 2014
- Invocation №
- 12
- Accession
- MIM.2026.0012
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End of exhibition