Official publication of ‘The Musk Biography’ How does the book describe Dogecoin?

The Musk Biography' describes Dogecoin in its official publication.

Compilation: Odaily Planet Daily Azuma

Editor’s note:

On September 12th, the biography of Elon Musk, “Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future”, written by American biographer Walter Isaacson, was officially published. As the richest and most influential super KOL in the world, Musk has maintained a subtle relationship with Dogecoin, so many industry insiders are curious whether Dogecoin will be mentioned in the book and how it will be described.

According to the compilations of foreign media such as BENZINGA, NewsBTC, and TS 2, Musk did mention Dogecoin multiple times in this biography, and even revealed many “secrets” that were previously unknown, such as SBF providing advice to Musk, and Musk continuously funding the development of Dogecoin, and so on.

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BENZINGA found four records about Dogecoin in the book.

Record 1: Dogecoin and Twitter

The first record mainly focuses on the idea of integrating Dogecoin into social media platforms, and the original text is as follows:

• Kimbal (Musk’s brother) believed that his brother (Musk) should start his own social media platform based on blockchain, which could consider integrating a payment system including Dogecoin. Elon pondered on this.

  After lunch, Musk sent a few text messages to Kimbal, detailing his ideas for “a blockchain-based social media system that can make payments and send messages like Twitter.”

  Because there is no centralized server in this system, there is no “choke point” that can be controlled, so freedom of speech can be guaranteed.

  Musk continued to say that another alternative approach is Twitter, not just joining its board of directors, but directly acquiring it…

From the above text, it can be seen that Musk had serious discussions with his brother Kimbal about the idea of integrating Dogecoin into social media platforms. Kimbal came up with the idea first, but Musk provided more detailed thoughts.

However, this idea ultimately did not materialize, so Musk chose the alternative approach of acquiring Twitter.

Record 2: SBF’s advice

The now-famous SBF has also had interactions with Musk and suggested reconstructing Twitter. The original text is as follows:

• Another person who wanted to participate in this transaction (acquisition of Twitter) was Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), the founder of the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange platform FTX. He believed that Twitter could be reconstructed based on blockchain.

• Musk has discussed with Kimbal and others about using blockchain as the underlying technology for Twitter. However, although Musk is interested in cryptocurrencies such as Dogecoin, he is not a fan of blockchain technology. Musk believes that blockchain is too slow to support Twitter’s fast-paced content frequency.

From the previous text, it can be seen that on the road of using blockchain to reform social media, SBF had suggested Musk to adopt a more aggressive approach, but Musk still doubts the processing efficiency of blockchain today, so he did not adopt the suggestion.

Record Three: About “The Real Doge”

• Musk just sent a private plane to pick up his newly purchased Shiba Inu Floki, which happens to be the logo image of Dogecoin.

  Musk also brought his other dog Marvin, but Marvin and Floki don’t get along well. They haven’t been trained to address their physiological needs at home, which turned Maye’s (Musk’s mother) apartment into a two-bedroom circus.

The book mentions that Musk really likes Floki. Once, when he flew from Texas to New York to attend a charity event, he specifically brought Floki and stayed in Grimes’ (Musk’s ex-girlfriend) mother’s small apartment together.

Record Four: About Dogecoin Elements in Life

• …Kimbal organized a drone show, and the images presented in the night sky included Nikola Tesla, the father of alternating current, the Dogecoin logo, and an electric pickup truck Cybertruck… Celebrities in attendance included Harrison Ford, Spike Lee, and NFT artist Beeple.

Other Records: About Funding Dogecoin Development

In addition to the four direct records from BENZINGA, NewsBTC and TS2 also found that Musk admitted in the book that he funded the development of Dogecoin. Therefore, when referring to Dogecoin, author Isaacson described it as “a semi-serious cryptocurrency that he (Musk) has been quietly funding.”

Summary

In summary, descriptions about Dogecoin do appear multiple times in Musk’s biography, but objectively speaking, they do not occupy too much space.

This is also understandable. The reason why Musk has such charisma is because of his innovation and pioneering ability in multiple cutting-edge fields such as new energy, aerospace, and brain-machine interaction. As for his view on Dogecoin, Isaacson’s description of “semi-serious” may be the most appropriate.

In the future, Musk will undoubtedly mention Dogecoin frequently due to personal preferences, but whether he will integrate it into specific businesses, no one can give a definitive answer.

After all, who can predict Musk?

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