Original source: BENZINGA

References: NewsBTC, TS2

Original translation: Planet Daily

On September 12, Elon Musk's biography "Elon Musk: The Biography" written by American biographer Walter Isaacson was officially published. As the world's richest and most popular super KOL, Musk himself has always maintained a delicate relationship with Dogecoin, so many people in the industry are curious whether Dogecoin will be mentioned in the book, and if so, in what form it will be described. According to the compilation of foreign media such as BENZINGA, NewsBTC, and TS2, Musk did mention Dogecoin many times in this personal biography, and even disclosed many previously unknown "secrets", such as SBF once "advised" Musk, and Musk himself has been continuously funding the development of Dogecoin, etc.

BENZINGA found a total of four records about Dogecoin in the book.

Record 1: About Dogecoin and Twitter

The first paragraph focuses on the idea of ​​integrating Degecoin into social media platforms. The original text is as follows:

Kimbal (Musk's younger brother) thought that his brother (Musk) should start his own social media platform based on blockchain, which could consider integrating payment systems including Dogecoin. Elon fell into deep thought.

After lunch, Musk sent Kimbal a few text messages, detailing his vision for a blockchain-based social media system that would allow for payments and Twitter-like messaging.

Because there is no centralized server, there is no "choke point" and freedom of speech will be guaranteed.

Musk went on to say that another alternative is to not just join Twitter's board, but to acquire it outright...

As can be seen above, Musk had seriously discussed the idea of ​​integrating Degecoin into the social media platform with his brother Kimbal. Kimbal first came up with the idea, but Musk gave a more detailed thought.

However, this idea ultimately failed to materialize, so Musk chose to acquire Twitter as an alternative.

Record 2: Suggestions on SBF

The now infamous SBF also once had an intersection with Musk and suggested that Musk restructure Twitter. The original content is as follows:

Another person eager to get in on the deal is Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), the founder of the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX, who believes Twitter could be rebuilt on the blockchain.

Musk has discussed using blockchain as the underlying layer of Twitter with Kimbal and others. However, despite Musk's interest 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.

As can be seen from the above, on the road of using blockchain to reform social media, SBF once suggested that Musk adopt a more radical approach, but Musk remained skeptical about the current efficiency of blockchain processing and therefore did not adopt the suggestion.

Record 3: About "Real Doge"

Musk just sent a private jet to pick up his new Shiba Inu dog, Floki, which happens to be the logo of Dogecoin.

Musk also brought his other dog, Marvin, but Marvin and Floki didn’t get along well, and neither had been trained to take care of their physiological needs at home, which turned Maye’s (Musk’s mother) apartment into a two-bedroom circus.

The book mentions that Musk liked Floki very much. Once he flew from Texas to New York to attend a charity event, and brought Floki with him to live together in the small apartment of Grimes' (Musk's ex-girlfriend) mother.

Record 4: About Dogecoin elements in life

...Kimbal helped organize a drone show, with images in the night sky including Nikola Tesla, the father of alternating current, the Dogecoin logo, and an electric pickup truck Cybertruck...Stars in attendance included Harrison Ford, Spike Lee, and NFT artist Beeple.

Other records: About funding the development of Dogecoin

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

summary

All in all, the description of Dogecoin does appear many times in Musk's biography, but objectively speaking it does not take up too much space.

This is not difficult to understand. The reason why Musk is so charismatic is because of his innovation and pioneering ability in many cutting-edge fields with a wide range of spans, such as new energy, aerospace, brain-computer interaction, etc. As for how he views Dogecoin, Isaacson's description of "semi-serious" may be the most appropriate.

Looking ahead, Musk will certainly mention Dogecoin frequently because of his personal preference, but no one can judge whether it will be integrated into specific businesses.

After all, who could have predicted Musk?

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