Topic: April Fools Day in Crypto industry (Read 710 times)

Latest April Fools jokes by individuals and companies amazed me a lot. Thanks for creating such amazing thread, I didn't manage to go through all the news but you did massive job which through I close with all of these news. I perform forum NFTs and it was truly insane.

Many jokes occured on twitter on 1st of April , I could mention two of them i remember :

Peter Schiff tweeting "I was wrong about #Bitcoin"       

https://twitter.com/PeterSchiff/status/1377626254619328524

and

Jeremy Allaire spreading the news about usdc adopted by both us federal reserve and us treasury.

https://twitter.com/jerallaire?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1377644569144217606%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechstory.in%2Fapril-fools-joke-pushes-stable-coin-usdc-upwards%2F

Good ones, i thought 

I was cautious not to get fooled in the recent April 1st fun, not because I was too wise but, I just choose not to be in the fun because, I would have found a had time deciphering which is a trick and which isn. It was so real on this forum with the series of tricks displayed in this exercise of April 1st and you guys really put in a resources to take the fun to a whole new level. With lots of persons so focused on what they hope to archive from the promising opportunities it April 1st presented, it took only someone not having the requirements needed not to participate.

Lol, nice. I have also few jokes (about Binance hack for example) but they mostly from russian crypto community, so many of you here will not get it just because of language barrier.

But anyway, this is nice that April Fools day in crypto (and especially on this forum) is very important day 

It's not the most advanced joke, but it gave me a good laugh. There is a Twitter account @DidbitcoinDie where every day there is a tweet from this account just saying "No".

And yesterday :


Simple and easy.

April Fools Day 2021

As a part of my own tradition i want to sort all known (for me) pranks from different crypto services.

1. Forum NFT
Here is main topic - https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/introducing-nfts-for-forum-members-5327661

This time Theymos prepared seriously for April Fools and created for us fully operable fNFT exchange. Active users owned personal (like johhnyUA-V nft at start with something like 1000 btc for use  . They could buy random nft for 50 btc, sell their own and buy for asked price.

I think this one of the best April fools here, at forum


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2. MyEtherWallet

As they often do, it was just a simple visual joke: It had few iterations and for honest i just clicked on "I love vintage" so I'm not sure about another choices
This how it was (in the same sequence):

1. It was like you initially redirecting to old, vintage version

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3. Binance

That was enough simple. On their main account was a funny tweet:


4. Trust Wallet

Also, tweet:

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That's what i found. As i remember, there was some joke on coinmarketcap, with positions of altcoins in the list, but with all that pump i don't see anything funny in the statement that "Filecoin above Litecoin". This is what can happen with ease 

So if you have what to add to my list, i will be very appreciated 

Thank you for that answer.

This confirms me in my opinion that there is nothing certain and that this remains an assumption (date of April 1, no graph and personal feeling).

 This remains of little importance, however, and the most important is that the exchanges see their number of new registrants increasing undeniably. (further clarified here by Kraken: 'Everyday, [we’re seeing] more sign-ups, more verification requests, more people funding their accounts, and that to us is a signal that things are heating up.'

https://blog.kraken.com/post/4376/kraken-ceo-jesse-powell-talks-company-hiring-spree-in-new-forbes-interview/

Sure

- They tweeted that on April 1st.
- They didn't mention that the so-called record belongs to which period.
- It lacks proof or even a simple infographic of some sort.
- Personally, I find it hard to believe that there will be a 300% increase in regard to the number of people going through the KYC process ^{[I already considered the current ongoing situation]}.

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I'm sure there will be an increase but not that significant.

Hi

Could you please provide something on what you base your assumption of 'april fool' ? I really think it's not one, in part due to this kind of article : https://www.forbes.com/sites/billybambrough/2020/04/04/bitcoins-huge-surge-this-week-could-be-the-tip-of-the-iceberg-as-traders-recall-2017-gold-rush/#51b6311b5d40

''Bitcoin exchanges Kraken, OKex, Bitfinex, Paxful, and Luno have all said they've seen an influx of new users since the coronavirus lockdown started, speaking to bitcoin and crypto news website Decrypt earlier this week.

U.S.-based Kraken reported an 83% increase in users'

Found another three:

• Bitrefill announces rebranding to Brrrrefill
  
  Quote from: https://twitter.com/bitrefill/status/1245104727198699520
  Announcement: Aiming to move the Gift Card industry forward, Bitrefill rebrands as Brrrrefill.
  
  http://Brrrrefill.com CEO: “we were limiting ourselves too much, now we simply use the computer to mark up the size of the account, we can produce an infinite amount of giftcards.”
• Kraken's 83% rise in signups and a 300% increase in verifications
  
  Quote from: https://twitter.com/krakenfx/status/1245340135408816129
  "Kraken recorded an 83% rise in signups, and a 300% increase in verifications—those who went through the KYC process to deposit fiat money instantly."
  
  Our @pierre_rochard discusses the recent surge in #Bitcoin exchange activity w/ @decryptmedia
• Wyre's introducing monopoly money as its latest fiat option
  
  Quote from: https://twitter.com/sendwyre/status/1245360630594404358
  Today we're excited to introduce $MONOPOLY as the lastest fiat currency to the Wyre platform!
  
  To make a purchase, mail us Monopoly money along with the price of #BTC at the time of the mailing and your receiving address. Thanks!

Maybe its good if someone can make a memes of this topic about him not using Bitcoin forum with a caption Forgot password so I cant access it. damn wright! He is spending a lot of times on social media with buzzers keeping him from spreading his wings to dozen of bullshit. I dont know why even publisher uploading this type of news. Clearly many writers are still dont have a tiny bit of information about the real deal of bitcoin. Too sad! Maybe we need to endorsed to register all crypto enthusiasts here prior before engaging on crypto activity.

I felt no offense, at least not on my side, besides a little disappointment that I don't get a chance to join one of the best paid sig campaigns out here!

To be honest, I was so sleepy when I found your thread that if you had posted rules and everything like a normal campaign, I would've most likely written a participation reply without even knowing it's the 1st of April Don't worry, I can help you prank the forum next year but make sure you don't tell anyone

Thanks for the mentioned but actually it wasn't planned or well planned per se (to be specific) since I couldn't get a signatures and avatar uploaded on the thread neither where there terms and conditions etc to make the thread look more authentic yet it still drew in a lot of audience mostly since the payout were very mouthwatering and all visible.

Thought about the prank minutes after I got infected with the forum viruse and had few minutes to come up with everything before I got on with my daily routines. I love the safety/prevention message I was able to pass across and glad no one took offense of the prank as everyone laughed. Also used the thread to spread some smerit love to all those that contributed in giving the thread more audience since it got many attention as more forum users were contributing (they must have thought, it was them applying for a slot).

Ahaha, "what a story Mark!" 

I will definitely add this to the OP post. Shit, really cringe. So, if it's not him, so who? Someone who, like a terminator, returned himself into the past to create account here to substitute Craig? I think Craig spent to much time in Columbia 

Hi OP I think this one should be added also.


On a serious note. Craig Wright now saying he (Satoshi) doesnt use account here on forum. Wow this is the biggest April Fool I ever heard. This is the top 1. I thought it was ended yesterday but they still publishing fools articles.

Almost forgot that!

I wanted to join, but he wasn't paying in Toilet Paper Tokens which I needed really badly during these times

And I thought CMC and BTCTalk were the only ones! Apparently most websites & services have prepared a little prank for each of us

Great to see a little humor out here during these saddening pandemic times. I guess we all deserve a little smile or laugh right now. Gave you all a little merit for putting a smile on my face with these pranks. Now I gotta keep them & stake them up - I don't like running out of sMerits to give!

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On a little sidenote.. is nobody going to mention CryptopreneurBrainboss' new insanely well paid Signature Campaign? 

Thanks to all, i will add all of this to the OP post soon! What i personally liked most of all, is Casascius bot prank 



I will merit you later, after i'll get at least one to do that   

There are lots of crypto pranks that has been seen. Take a look on this site for all the ones that not on the list. The best pranks of april fools day in the bitcoin  and crypto space

Not to mentioned these tweet.
Trump Pushes Google to Mine

I am just sad that Google doesnt have an actual fools due to the pandemic virus. Anyway crypto has a lot of it, and lets just enjoy it. I like the virus activity that spread here yesterday. Still seeing some infected but probably will be gone on some days.

Tweet by Casascius Coin Tracker
S1- Cas Coin redeemed - 1000 BTC - Thankfully an April Fool Prank



https://twitter.com/casasciusbot/status/1245282263312429056?s=21

I've always loved this prank, so I'm self-indulgently tooting my own horn here (a trick I learned from the great John McAfee)




https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/april-fools-1009201

CW false victory in court and thus his recognition as Satoshi Nakamoto

https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/news/craig-wright-victorious-in-kleiman-case-after-signing-with-satoshis-key/

Trust wallet also posted a tweet that they are going to support the Toilet Paper Token and that they'll distributing the TPT tokens during the scheduled Airplop as a prank.

While everyone were playing April Fool Pranks, Yobit saw this as an opportunity to scam and created a shitcoin in name of TPT and listed it to their exchange with a trading volume of over 800 BTC. Discussion regarding this is ongoing on here

Also this one is my favorite prank.

Coming from Trust Wallet Tweet

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Also this one that says Craig Wright already won the case on Kleiman Case after signing with one of the wallets associated by Satoshi.

Craig wrights now proven his identity as Satoshi

Im thinking if thats so easy then this will not be an April Fools day gag story. Thumbs up to writers of this compiling it like a real story.

Coindesk had a worthy April 1st news too. The title is already pretty cool.

GitHub Is Burying Bitcoin Code Inside an Arctic Mountain to Ride Out the Next 1,000 Years

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Edit: I've just noticed another April 1st prank in another thread. It tells that CSW proved himself as Satoshi (lol!). I'll just paste it here, it's not my merit.

There are a lot of crypto communities who had prank during this April fool's Day.

We know that recently Porn hub accepts Bitcoin as a form of payment and now they had prank of having launched their own token called "$PORN" token.


Source

I'm pretty sure those experienced home quarantine and get bored, this site is the best place for them to watch.

1. Cryptopotato claimed that Satoshi Nakamoto predicted COVID 19 in the Bitcoin White Paper - https://cryptopotato.com/did-satoshi-nakamoto-predict-the-outbreak-of-covid-19-in-bitcoins-whitepaper-back-in-2008/

2. An allegation that Satoshi Nakamoto also created Monero - https://www.monerooutreach.org/stories/satoshi-van-saberhagen.html

Bitfinex was selling a new energy drink.

That toilet coin in Conimarketcap just made my day! hahaha!

Electrum giveaway on Loyce.club


Archive (1)

And if you clicked on it, you would see the following page.
Archive (2)

I had a bad feeling that the guy with pneumonia will not make it and after the resolution of this epidemics, his symptoms (post) will remain like that. It is hard to cure such situation without sequelae
BTW nice, i wasn't aware CMC is fooling people too! It is unfortunate that TPT is out of stock but looks at the GRAPH lol

Hello, since i have a lot of time due to quarantine, i want to create a thread, where year by year I'd collect fun pranks in crypto. Not only on our forum, but more wide, in most services which belongs to crypto industry.

So, let's start! This will be about 2020

1. Bitcointalk.org

Bitcointalks was also affected by virus this year  



Many user was affected by virus, but with different symptoms. From easy, like text sneezing, to hard, like text unreadable pneumonia



hard case :



Even moderators, were affected despite survival masks which they received from Theymos (thermos were infected too!)  



2. Coinmarketcap

Because all this situation with coronavirus, many things like stocks or oil experienced a hard market fall (even gold) (EVEN BITCOIN!!1). Except only one important resource, which i would personally call one of the pillar of civilization, a TOILET PAPER. And Coinmarketcap created a crypto which supported by Toilet paper standard (which is more ancient even than gold standard) - Toilet Paper Token based on proof-of-wipe chain (but beware, you should go through Know-Your-Colon (KYC) process before buying it on your buks!)

Lol, it's already on Yobit  



You can read about this magnificent startup (which is more valuable than most startups) here - https://blog.coinmarketcap.com/2020/04/01/toilet-paper-token-wipe-paper/ (or archived her)

1. MEW WOOF wallet





Really paw-friendly with really smart pups, believe me!

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Afterwards:
I checked many sites belongs to crypto, and sometimes i do not even know is it april's joke or not



However, i really liked that three main services is still keep joking year by year, despite all this pandemia stuff. Yeah, there is not good times, but without jokes and chilling it can be much worse for people. Thx to all, i'll go and buy some toilet paper  

After Afterwards:
Maybe i missed something, you're free to add here any april fools stuff from crypto (and not only   )