Topic: Seeking BitPay employee or someone close to the company , special request.. (Read 84 times)

This was the biggest bitcoin public event to date when it happened, and either which way BitPay was behind it and a lot of early day adoption efforts. - https://www.inverse.com/article/39766-bitcoin-bowl-college-football-cryptocurrency-st-petersburg

I did my part. Simply being the first finance guy on the Raymond James trading floor who introduced the alternative investment team, options team, and other high level execs at the firm to btc.  Only one person had really ever heard of crypto. I’d sit there day in and day out reading Mastering Bitcoin, each page, 5-6 times over as I’m not programmer, but it got me started and many others. One guy who had heard of crypto came up to me and said he owned litecoin. This was years before getting to know @coblee but shared in his excitement, and mentioned even he should own both, as that Charlie guy said LTC is “Bitcoin silver” , to bitcoins “gold” and remember him (and about 20 traders messaging me when btc hit 20k “bro, I thought you were crazy”  I pushed for btc options (just for fun), tried getting my buddies who ran the alt desk to create a btc equity linked note …I was pushing first at what’s now a F500 financial firm (the most ethical firm
In finance)..feel kinda cool about that

Anyway my collecting days are winding down and this is important history to me, hopefully someone can do me a solid, I’d be forever grateful 🙏

10 years ago, considering the timeline this was a huge marketing for Bitcoin. I am not a fan of BitPay, I guess they became too BCH centric as they became bigger but this video reminds me the past and the respect for the brand. Bitcoin is going to touch $100k soon. Everything that was contributed all these past years made bitcoin that is today.

In 2014 when BitPay put on the Bowl Game in St Pete I was just 2-3 miles down the street. This event hold more meaning to me than probably most anyone as as not only was it right when I found btc , but St Pete was home and and both mean a lot to me (hence my recent charity auction in response to the hurricanes), when I read Mastering BTC at RJ financial HO and all the traders gave me shit and on and on..

Ive got a Cas Bowl game coin
Both yBitcoin Mags featuring the event on the cover
A game program
A T-shirt
A polo shirt
A classic “Bitcoin Accepted Here” blue sticker with Bitpay written at the bottom (these were stuck on local businesses like famed sorts bar outside Tropicana and remember seeing it and paying for my dinner in btc there )
An ESPN mag featuring the event
And have SCOURED THE WEB for a ticket stub

I’ve DMd everyone on insta,fbook, twitter , you name it for a ticket stub…Came close once or twice but people are leery of random DMs. I’ve emailed Tropicana Field, my buddies at RJ who went to school at UFC, asked UFC and NC state Reddit /Discord channels (typically getting banned shortly after etc etc etc

Heading to FL in Jan and was going to stop by the Trop, but after the hurricanes, now that seems a lost cause.
I KNOW there’s some members here who could lend me a hand. Whether BitcoinPay employees or those w some “pull”.  My collecting days are winding down but this is something I’ve got a to have!

I recognize BitPay as a pioneer/leader in the space and someone who’s gone well out of their well to help with btc and the community, was hoping someone could throw my a bone here. I know it would be nothing to BitPay to pull some old
Ticket stubs or parking passes or whatever, but it’d mean a lot to me.  I’m willing to offer a VERY fair reward /trade in return ..this is really my last ditch effort here..

Appreciate any consideration or help or any kind of

(Cyrus /welsh/hilarious I know this belongs in collectibles more so, but you guys know it won’t go anywhere there, at least Cyrus does ..figured this board was my best shot, hoping for a few day hall pass here w this one (tho maybe it kinda does belong here 🤷‍♂️) anyways ..you miss 100% of everyone shot you don’t take -Wayne Gretzky- Michael Scott

Cheers and thx 🙏 🙏



https://imgur.com/a/bY3DJHG

Snip-it from the game - https://youtu.be/zpLJ_iqb6Mg?si=qR1zAQzDGa2Lshyh