Deep-dive series · 50 articles · 6 eras
Articles
Standalone deep-dive articles on the @MadBitcoins Twitter archive, organized by era. Each article expands one paragraph or flagship tweet from the era essays — with real tweet IDs, dates, engagement numbers, and the outside context that made the moment matter. Read in any order; cross-link from the era pages for related context.
2013 · 6 articles
Origin
1,269 tweets · the show is born
Topic
The TV crawl: how MadBitcoins invented its broadcast tweet format in 2013
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Charity at the same volume as price news: Hoodie the Homeless and the Philippines relief drive
Topic
Funny on purpose: the self-aware shtick that defined the MadBitcoins persona
Flagship tweet
Tweet #1: the May 1, 2013 broadcast slug that started 13 years of MadBitcoins
Flagship tweet
Bitcoin on Jeopardy: the December 2013 cultural-bridge moment
Flagship tweet
The first day rule: 'the cheapest and your best chance to buy the most'
2014–2016 · 10 articles
Bitcoin Breakout
30,219 tweets · the grind era
Topic
Mt. Gox aftermath: covering every twitch as Bitcoin proved it could survive its own infrastructure
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Occupy Hong Kong: Bitcoin's first geopolitical test, broadcast tweet by tweet
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'There will be fireworks': how the halvening became a community in-joke
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When Sheldon mourned Spock: the personal moments that let the audience in
Topic
'PayPal wanted to be #bitcoin, but failed' — cultural-bridge tweets as the breakout format
Flagship tweet
The OneCoin vs Ethereum CEO meme: inside-baseball that escaped the bubble
Flagship tweet
Sheldon's tribute to Spock: Feb 27, 2015
Flagship tweet
'PayPal wanted to be #bitcoin, but failed' — May 18, 2016
Series
The Bitcoin Group (TBG) episode promos: a weekly rhythm that lasted a decade
Series
Halvening fireworks: the recurring annual gag that became canon
2017–2018 · 10 articles
Curio + WCN Co-Host
18,166 tweets · peak influence
Topic
Venezuela as Bitcoin's case study: 'The world has changed'
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The SegWit ATTENTION campaign: how MadBitcoins helped force Coinbase's hand
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Refereeing the BCH wars: 'we are more like our fellow bitcoiners than anyone else'
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Vegas as a beat: how the timeline became a city's Bitcoin diary
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'Blockchain is not a truth machine': the skeptical take that aged best
Flagship tweet
'The world has changed': 714 favs, 350 retweets, the era's top tweet
Flagship tweet
'Tell those douchebags at coinbase to bite you.' — March 11, 2018
Flagship tweet
What @djbooth007 built in a weekend that @twitter couldn't: March 5, 2018
Series
Vegas ATM photos: a recurring genre
Series
The ATTENTION tweet: how a tweet format became a coordination device
2019–2021 · 10 articles
TBG + Pandemic
30,759 tweets · everything at once
Topic
Mad Tour 2019: when MadBitcoins took the broadcast on the road through Europe
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2020: when the pandemic made everyone a livestream and MadBitcoins met it head-on
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Tesla buys $1.5 billion in Bitcoin: when the daily-news format paid off
Topic
CurioCards goes mainstream: from forgotten 2017 project to Christie's auction lot
Topic
Bitcoin obituaries: when the account became old enough to memorialize
Flagship tweet
'#CurioCards prepares for their auction at @ChristiesInc' — Sept 9, 2021
Flagship tweet
'.@garyvee just mentioned #CurioCards on @CNN' — Sept 14, 2021
Flagship tweet
'Remember when we fought bearwhales?' — Aug 16, 2021
Series
The Mad Tour 2019 series: a year of geography-as-content
Series
CurioCards milestones: owner counts, listings, and the receipts of validation
2022–2024 · 9 articles
Pivot + Decline
8,202 tweets · the journal mode
Topic
Curio Cards as art history, not a current project
Topic
The Oakland A's: when MadBitcoins acquired a new content vertical
Topic
Quieter Bitcoin reporting: 'I'm still here, doing this'
Topic
Memorial / nostalgic mode: when the account spent real energy on anniversaries
Topic
Lightning tinkering: when MadBitcoins made the Lightning Network tactile
Flagship tweet
'Let's go A's! @LastDiveBar' — June 25, 2024
Flagship tweet
'Monero in Venice' — July 30, 2023
Series
'Older than CryptoPunks': the multi-year campaign that quietly succeeded
Series
#selltheteam: the A's anger thread as recurring genre
2025–2026 · 5 articles
Recent
2,680 tweets · the steward phase
Topic
Curio Cards retrospectives: 'a failure that became a huge success'
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The A's last Oakland season: 'the only chant from the tired crowd Let's go Oakland'
Topic
bit_fest_UK and the conference-correspondent beat in late 2025
Flagship tweet
'My startup that was a failure suddenly became a huge success' — March 13, 2025
Series
#NFTHistory: Hunt as steward of a record he helped make
This article series complements the six era pages, which contain synthesis essays, charts, word clouds, and flagship tweet galleries for the full 91,295-tweet archive.