{"id":33697,"date":"2020-12-20T14:20:26","date_gmt":"2020-12-20T12:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=33697"},"modified":"2025-08-28T15:07:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T12:07:29","slug":"strange-bitcoin-jokes-posted-on-elon-musks-twitter-account-hack-suspected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/strange-bitcoin-jokes-posted-on-elon-musks-twitter-account-hack-suspected\/","title":{"rendered":"Strange Bitcoin jokes posted on Elon Musk&#8217;s Twitter account; hack suspected"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A series of tweets about Bitcoin appeared on the account of Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk, surprising the community. In his bio, Musk is now listed as the former Dogecoin CEO.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The jokes concerned a safe word. In BDSM practice, this is a pre-arranged word that partners use to stop a session.<\/p>\n<p>In one of the tweets, Bitcoin was named as that word.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\" data-lang=\\\"en\\\">\n<p dir=\\\"ltr\\\" lang=\\\"en\\\">Just kidding, who needs a safe word anyway!?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1340577821475921923?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">December 20, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>To forestall any doubt about the context, a risqu\u00e9 image was subsequently posted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\" data-lang=\\\"en\\\">\n<p dir=\\\"ltr\\\" lang=\\\"und\\\"><a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/EbOjGshvrq\\\">pic.twitter.com\/EbOjGshvrq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1340581313406001153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">December 20, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Bitcoin is almost the same crap as fiat money,&#8221; reads the following message.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Then a tweet about the cryptocurrency Dogecoin appeared on the account.<\/p>\n<p>Users suspected a hack.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\" data-lang=\\\"en\\\">\n<p dir=\\\"ltr\\\" lang=\\\"en\\\">Hacked <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/Gze5eu8gof\\\">pic.twitter.com\/Gze5eu8gof<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bitcoin Theory (@TheoryBitcoin) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheoryBitcoin\/status\/1340596153587527681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">December 20, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Last year, Musk won the spoof April Fool&#8217;s poll in which users were asked to vote for the most suitable candidate to be Dogecoin&#8217;s CEO.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Dogecoin may be my favourite cryptocurrency. It\u2019s pretty cool,&#8221; he wrote in response.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In July this year, Musk suggested on Twitter the prospect of using Dogecoin technology as a global financial system. Following his tweet, the token&#8217;s price rose by 17%.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s post also pushed up the coin&#8217;s price.<\/p>\n<div id=\\\"attachment_120068\\\" style=\\\"width: 763px\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption alignnone\\\"><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" aria-describedby=\\\"caption-attachment-120068\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-120068 size-full\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bez-nazvaniya-5-5.png\\\" alt=\\\"Strange Bitcoin jokes posted on Elon Musk's Twitter account; hack suspected\\\" width=\\\"753\\\" height=\\\"574\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bez-nazvaniya-5-5.png 753w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bez-nazvaniya-5-5-300x229.png 300w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 753px) 100vw, 753px\\\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\\\"caption-attachment-120068\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption-text\\\">Data: TradingView.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>As a reminder, in July attackers hacked Elon Musk&#8217;s, Bill Gates&#8217;, Jeff Bezos&#8217;s Twitter accounts, and Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao&#8217;s, among others. They posted messages about a fake giveaway of 5,000 BTC.<\/p>\n<p>In November, hackers using Musk&#8217;s Twitter account <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/fraudsters-posing-as-elon-musk-promoted-a-twitter-cryptocurrency-scam-under-a-trump-post\">promoted<\/a> a cryptocurrency scam.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to Forklog news on <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\\\"> Facebook<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A series of tweets about Bitcoin appeared on the account of Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk, surprising the community. 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