Introducing MadBitcoins

in introduceyourself •  8 years ago 

Goooood Morning Steemit!

My name is Thomas Hunt and I'm the host of the MadBitcoins show . MadBitcoins is all about celebrating the digital currency Bitcoin, but it's also about humor and having fun. I've been on Shark Tank, defended bitcoin against space aliens and Max Keiser thinks I'm his son. I've made more than 600 daily episodes of MadBitcoins, but this is my very first steemit post. Please allow me to introduce myself...

In addition to MadBitcoins, I'm also one of the founders of the World Crypto Network and the host of The Bitcoin Group, a weekly discussion show that, you guessed it, is all about Bitcoin. Thanks to all my work supporting Bitcoin I've been able to take a job in San Francisco working for the Bitcoin Startup Purse.io -- where you can save 15% off Amazon, just for spending Bitcoin, or Steem, which you could trade for Bitcoin and then spend at Purse (grand pause) dot io -- Sorry about that, obvious plug and had to be done.

While at the World Crypto Network, I assisted on a project called ProTip, which is an open source chrome extension that allows you to automatically reward content creators with Bitcoin. All you have to do is install the free plugin (http://ProTip.is), deposit a few bucks in bitcoin, set your weekly allowance and whenever ProTip identifies a bitcoin address on any page that you're browsing it will time how long you spend on that page and reward the content that you enjoy the most at the end of the week. ProTip is open source and free and does not track where you send your money. I hope you'll try it today and help us spread the word. ProTip is not a company and has not raised any venture capital, yet thanks to a $15,000 indiegogo campaign and bitcoin donations, we were able to create working software that does exactly what we said it would do. Our goal is to reward content creators and I hope you will join us, at ProTip.is.

I recently learned more about Steem when I moderated The Great Steemit Debate with Blake Miles and Tone Vays:

Special thanks to Tone and Blake for allowing me to moderate their debate. I think it was a very fair debate with both sides given equal opportunities to present their cases. While I am uncertain for the long term future of steem, in the short term it seems to be providing phenomenal rewards for people who create content, which just happens to be what I do. That being said, Blake also shared some of his Steem reward with me and thanks to this additional funding, I was able to purchase a ticket to Outside Lands (a three-day concert festival in San Francisco). This weekend I'll be seeing LCD Soundsystem, Radiohead (!!!), The Muppets -- featuring Animal on the drums and Dr. Teeth with his band the Electric Mayhem and many many more. It should be an incredible time, and I owe it to you Steemit. That's why I'll be periscoping, vining, tweeting and yes -- even blogging -- Outside Lands -- LIVE! -- this weekend -- brought to you by Steemit!

I hope that by creating content such as blogs and videos, it will show you how grateful I am for what you're doing to help reward content creators for their work. I hope you'll enjoy joining me virtually this weekend. :)

What would you like to see me do this weekend at Outside Lands? Share your ideas in the comments below.

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Confirming that this is me, with my twitter account:
https://twitter.com/MadBitcoins/status/761641001370783744

Basic media plan so far will be to spread early posts on my Snapchat: Follow me (madbitcoins) and then collect the days snaps into videos. I'll also be tweeting, vining, periscoping and hopefully even blogging using the steem mobile interface. I look forward to pushing the internet to it's limits and providing you with the best content I can. The most bang for your buck. Thanks again for your donations and for supporting independent content creators like myself.

@madbitcoins Welcome to Steemit! This was the 1st interview I saw of you on youtube in 2015 lol the ChangeTip days!

Nice! From last year's coin congress. Wish I'd had time to go and do more interviews this year, but just too busy busy busy. ;)

Looks like my guess was right - Demand for Steem is increasing among Online Advertisers. Welcome to Steemit. :-)

really MAD man!

Giddy up!

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One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes
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Thanks for the outside confirmation :)

Hello from Portland OR. This is one heck of an experiment, ain't it?

yeah, it seems like a great idea for sure. Hopefully it will turn out to be something great.

Yo Maddie! Welcome to the club! Superverified :D

I have put you on SteemyOrNot.com
Hope you are OK with that... Hotttnesssssss

Read more about the new app here on Steemit in my latest blog.

cheers, signing off.

MadBitcoins Mad Bitcoins tweeted @ 05 Aug 2016 - 19:12 UTC

My name is @MadBitcoins and this is my Introductory @Steemit post:

steemit.com/introduceyours... / https://t.co/uuf4iEtWFT
-- I'm going to Outside Land this weekend! Woo!

Disclaimer: I am just a bot trying to be helpful.

Hey.. don't I know you from somewhere? :P

Welcome to the party!

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Hello @madbitcoins aka Thomas or Tom :) Real nice to see you here, now that you're here I'll be able to link you to a future article I'm going to post and where I talk about the World Crypto Network logotype I did some time ago for that project. :) Hope to see you soon and please

oh, and Teach Tone Vays a little bit about #Steemit because he made fool out of himself on that debate.... cheers!

Great point @brunopro . Very entertaining to watch Tone try to debunk SteemIT.

Lol yes it was.

Welcome MadSteems! :)

@bravenewcoin welcomes you @madbitcoins! Nice to see you bring your show on here. Any assist you need find me in steemit.chat my handle is thecryptodrive. Steem on!

This post is going to the moon!

Yeee Ha! Welcome Thomas. My 9 year old son and I have been following you for some time now. Lets get the MAD party started.

Had a difficult time posting this.... I had smart quotes in my document and it wasn't allowing me to post. Please update the error message to let people know about the evil of smart quotes and spread the word!

I gave you your first STEEM penny... Always remember... ;-)

👍nice post @madbitcoins

Please check out my friend BTCTravis's introductory post:
https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@btctravis/hello-from-the-san-francisco-bitcoin-group

Travis will be joining me this weekend and helping me document "Mad Bitcoins goes to Outside Lands (Sponsored by Steemit)" -- thanks to your previous donations to the Great Steemit Debate! Thanks again for helping me attend this truly amazing concert. :)

That's right Madbitcoin fans, we will be hitting up Outsidelands all weekend. I'm leaving for it soon myself. Long time Madbitcoins viewers will remember me from the skilled and deft camera work during his CoinCongress 2015 interviews.

Welcome to Steemit @madbitcoins. I'm glad to see you here. Great work moderating that Steem debate the other day.

Also, Purse.IO is an excellent service, I frequently get 20-30% discounts on goods from Amazon on Purse.

STEEM comes from DAN , he made it

Welcome
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I upvote U

It's great to see you on here! Looking forward to catching up soon!

I'll also be joined by my friend BTCTravis for Outside Lands -- we'll be blogging, periscoping, vining, etc to share our good fortune with you! Follow us on Steemit, Twitter, ETC to keep up! :)

Learn more about Outside Lands here: http://www.sfoutsidelands.com/

You've certainly embraced the opportunity. Best of luck!

Thomas, it is great to see you here. Steem may crash, the entire Steemit platform may be unsustainable, but take advantage of it while you can! Nothing wrong with that. Never turn down a chance to make free Bitcoin. My latest Steemit post can be found here: https://steemit.com/bitcoin/@bitcoinmeister/cryptocurrency-psychology-bitcoin-short-term-mindset-disease-and-irrational-feelings-about-the-other-ethereum-community

Dont see it crashing anytime soon. It is really far more protected from crashing than just about any crypto.

I'm keeping an eye on the incentives design as well as how Steem is doing on the exchange as indicators of long term health. I'm not liking the uber voting power whales have, nor do I think that 'getting in early' on the new post popularity contest is beneficial to the platform. Why not try rewarding voters much later, after a post shows some staying power and quality? Some better combinations need to get implemented ASAP.

You we're one of the first youtubers that I stumbled across, when I first discovered bitcoin over 2 years ago.
Welcome to Steemit, This truly is a wonderful platform :)

Welcome, @madbitcoins! I know you from Twitter. The posting box takes a bit of getting used to, but it may be refined over time. I'm a big fan of yours, and I'm happy to see you here. When can we expect a video about STEEM?

Thanks for joining me here from twitter. I plan to make a few videos about Steem in the next few weeks as soon as I can find time. I also had an idea to do a live chat on Blab where guests from the audience could come on and discuss their experience with Steem. Got a lot of ideas to test the waters here and see if you guys enjoy the content that I create. :)

Glad to have you here @madbitcoins. Bitcoin and STEEM go hand in hand here on STEEMIT.COM. The point is to further spread the idea of decentralization with the ultimate goal of empowering the individual to determine his own financial Health and well being.
Full $TEEM Ahead!
@streetstyle
my blog

It about damn time you earn some money @madbitcoins for your hard earned work and years of dedicated content!!! I'll be up-voting every one of your posts.

Thank you! I enjoyed making the videos (and doing anything I can to spread the word about Bitcoin and other exciting new cryptocurrencies). Thanks for the upvotes and for watching! :)

Welcome!

Loving Steem and Steemit!
I also invest in Dogecoins and Goldcoins and NEM. Recently i started investing in Gamecredits!
Check this out
https://steemit.com/beyondbitcoin/@splatterhaus/are-gamecredits-the-future-of-buying-extra-content-skins-for-online-gaming

hey there!
nice to meet you @madbitcoins and welcome to steemit 8]
you can do a vlog about steem with some people for example

LCD Soundsystem & Radiohead (!!!) Yeah!!!

It´s happening!

great welcome video. you the best

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I'm new to crypto currencies, and feel overwhelmed. /cry

No clue about bitcoins but it is on the agenda :)

Great channel glad you made some steem dollars! Welcome.

welcome and you made your self good amount cash I can see :)

Welcome Mad Bitcoin

All the you-tuber will start with a big wallet. Good to be a celebrity :)

Nice! I follow you already in Youtube and Twitter. Good to see you landing in Steemit :)

Oh shiiiit!! Now we are talking. What up @madbitcoins? I was wondering when the heavyweights were going to enter this space.

Morning too @madbitcoins

Good stuff man, I used to watch your shows frequently. Keep it up!

I saw you pop up on Steemit.chat now I know why :P
When you can stop by TheDailySteemit.
:)

Thanks! I'll check it out. Be sure to check out my posts this weekend about Outside Lands! Should be epic! :)

Outside Lands sounds epic! :) I'll make sure to post about it there also. Awesome job Thomas!

Welcome MBs!

Thank you!

Hi @madbitcoins, welcome to the party!
What I'd like to see from your weekend at Outside Lands is a fun photo of you with Animal beating on the drums. Wearing that spiffy hat, of course. :)
Have fun and try not to get convention crud!

Welcome! Looking forward to the new content that you'll be publishing :)

I love this Steve ansd will make it a point to attend your show . I am editor of an online press service U.S. News press and my name is Robert Stone.

This is getting really fun. Welcome to Steemit. :)

Welcome to Steemit - keep up the good work! :)

Teach me master! Welcome to Steemit, the place you belong my friend

Saying "steemit is a ponzi scheme" is quite the accusation.
Is he saying there is criminal intent here?
I'm really not feeling that.

Steemit is brand new.
It may not be perfect and will need adjustment and improvements based on experimentation, exploration and finding what works, but its a fantastic idea, and beats the pants off of FB etc already.
Early adopters and innovators are always rewarded when an idea succeeds.
Rightly so.
The actual numbers involved are high sure, but thats crytpo, huh!?

Dan and crew dont need to create a crime to make money here .. the idea is great and will make all the money anyone could need for them... and lots of other people will be rewarded for their creative efforts too.

Go steemit go!

nice))

hello.
welcome to steemit

Welcome @madbitcoins. I've been an admirer of your videos for a long time. Great to see you here.

It's very good to see you here. Having someone like you here will help us all out. That is how this community thrives. When one of us does well we all potentially do well. Welcome aboard the steemship... destination to the ends of the universe and beyond.

I've watched your episodes, from time to time.. Good to see you here.. welcome aboard :)

Steem heads, you should know Purse.io is usually good for Amazon discounts 25% or more! I have many 30-35%

you r welcome mr madbitcoin

Welcome Thomas I'm looking forward to your future posts

I have watched the debate - excellent. I hope you are enjoying Steemit!!! :)

Nice post.. very usefull

Wow! I think I've been watching your Madbitcoins show for a few years now! & everytime I see you, your theme song pops up In my head:) Glad to have you here Thomas-

This is going all the way to the Moon. You've beaten so many records. You rock man!

Teacher tell me whats my lesson
Look right through me
Look right through mee....
Its a very very,,, MAD WORLD

Love that song and love me some Donnie Darko. Somewhere there's a Bitcoin version of that song but I can't find it....

Noah wyley was just at my work with rebecca romaine and vanessa williams filming a scene yesterday

Great to see that you decided to give it a crack. I did notice over a couple of Bitcoin Group episodes that, at the start you were very skeptical, and then over time you seemed to be more and more curious, after playing around with your buddy's account.

I remember following MadBitcoins on YouTube almost since I first discovered what Bitcoin was, so thank you for your hard work and consistent effort in bringing cryptocurrency to the world.

Man am I excited to see Steemit Explode!

Welcome to steemit sir Thomas Hunt @madbitcoins, you could be a great advantage to the community.

good job man

Welcome to Steemit Thomas aka @madbitcoins!

I've seen a few episodes of your show, and I enjoyed it, and by the way, the SharkTank video is hilarious!

Should we expect a MadSteemit show from you sometime in the near future?

Thanks!

Good tip. I will install Protips plugin now

Welcome, and great to see word is getting out on the interwebs. Moonshot is coming...

Thanks so much! Saw all the fun everyone was having over here, and figured I should give it a try. Thanks for the warm reception. :)

dude. the Steemit community is privileged to have you here.

never heard of Purse.io, but sounds GREAT. bookmarking for next time I make any Amazon purchases.

looking forward to your contributions to the community. I'm sure you'll be a great asset to all our success. :-)

Been following you for a few years now, loved the recent debate you hosted, happy to give something back to you to show my appreciation.

OH THOMAS!!!
HOW DARE YOU GIVE INTO THIS HORRIBLE SCHEME!!!
:^) Congrats !!! Voted up AND I'm frikkin following you, please follow me back!
Have fun!! Much happy!!

When can we expect an introduction from Tone Vays here on Steemit? ; )

Thomas, you rock. Keep up the good work.

Nice!

New show, mad steemit

Love using Purse to save big on Amazon. I've been able to get some items for almost 30% off just by using purse.

Hello. I'm very curious. What is outside lands? Just being outside in general?

Welcome the madness! :D

Welcome Tom!.. this is Jun from the SF meetup.. Enjoy the concert with Travis! We need to get you a Steemit Tophat & Goggles to go along with your Bitcoin ones!

Damn, I thought MadBitcoins was a new kind of digital currency to be mined using PCs.

These past couple days have been awesome, welcome to the party

Nice rick roll... I was kind of excited to see a clip I missed from Shark Tank =( upvoted anyways lol

welcome. Excellent post!

@madbitcoins Holy #%$& this platform is starting to draw in some major players from the crypto scene. Yesterday @dollarvigilante and today you???

Upvoted, followed, and welcome to Steemit! If this kind of traction is any indicator, I can only imagine the kind of exposure and growth we'll see here over the next few weeks.

In a previous video you said, as Thomas Hunt, "Madbitcoin provided proof on April fools day that he's the creator of bitcoin." I didn't make the connection that Madbitcoin is Thomas Hunt until now. I thought I had insider info... This was during the Craig Write thing. I'm a dork

$1,155.50? :-o Is that a bug? Seems like a few people can give away so much.

I think the more "Steem power" you have the more your votes count. Hoping some "whales" enjoy my content and support me. :)

Looks like they already have. Good job.

You mad my day. :-)

I hope you guys can come up with more such debates in future, It was a great one

Thanks! I enjoyed moderating it and trying to make sure it was as fair as I could.... What kind of topics should we discuss if we had a new debate? My current idea is to get my friend from Yours and to do a Yours v. Steemit comparison... Might be better to do it closer to Yours launch though, so users could compare and contrast both sites....

I really enjoyed debate in high school and it was fun to host my own debate... :)

Welcome Thomas! Been a fan of your show for a long time. Good to see these big personalities discovering the power of Steemit!.

That really was a great debate. I subscribed on Youtube to the World Crypto Network after watching. That episode really fleshed out some great talking points. Everyone on Steemit should check it out. It's a bit long but I recommend listening to it on a walk, drive, or just in the background while doing some cleaning. Good stuff !

Welcome

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