Someone just shared what is possibly the first mention of #bitcoin on a TV news network in June of 2011.
There was a short-lived Twitter bot called @paybitback (a precursor to @ChangeTip) that would create an on-chain tip jar for the recipient to claim.
It looks like most of these tips were never actually redeemed, and there are still addresses like this one with nearly a whole coin that will probably remain unspent forever.
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"pubkey":"ee6ea13ab9fe5c4a68eaf9b1a34fe014a66b40117c50ee2a614f4cda959b6e74",
"created_at":1742993649,
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"content":"Long before #zaps, bitcoiners used to send tips on-chain. \n\nOne of the first mentions of #bitcoin on mainstream television was an Al Jazeera English news program in 2011.\n\nThere are still whole coins from this era that were never claimed, and at this point, it’s safe to say they never will be.\nhttps://m.primal.net/PrgV.png\n\nnostr:note1200l38ysndxs832em3sxhhp39ew8fjsy9gvf9llytzlt534jef7qrt72am",
"sig":"af11241e7b89a29812e5d41241bcceb2af5bae99d5f4a26948028f74eb6aecfd229a3047c9f9384a3c10f0d9db440e082e77ec68c6fb11e0681f78a1f9e925e0"
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