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378 sats \ 6 comments \ @siggy47 21 Apr 2024 bitcoin

In this morning's Informationist, James Lavish made a significant typo:

I know I won't be around to witness the pure beauty of Satoshi's Bitcoin Supply Formula pay out its final reward. When the last fraction of Bitcoin is mined in 2040.

He sent out this email to acknowledge the error:

Hey everyone, I’d normally just ignore a typo, but this one is pretty significant. In this morning’s Informationist, at the end of the letter, it should read,

I know I won't be around to witness the pure beauty of Satoshi's Bitcoin Supply Formula pay out its final reward. When the last fraction of Bitcoin is mined in 2140.

Even the greats screw up occasionally.

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37 sats \ 2 replies \ @cryotosensei 21 Apr 2024

I work as a teacher, but ngl it took me a while to spot the error. And I was on alert, looking out for it haha.

I think my mind took over n speed read the whole thing, so I looked but didn’t really see

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nym 21 Apr 2024

I didn’t spot the error either.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 OP 21 Apr 2024

I didn't notice it when I first read it.

27 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 21 Apr 2024

100 years is a long time. I noticed right away that... The last halving is in 2136.

27 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 21 Apr 2024

Double faux pas because he got the date wrong and killed himself off faster than the Leafs in the playoff run. (Ok that's an exaggeration, nothing has a shorter lifespan than the Leafs in the playoffs)

50 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 OP 21 Apr 2024

Nice tie in! He should have another 16 years easy.