This bitcoin explainer created by AI is hilariously insane

This wonderfully nonsensical explainer will make your head spin.
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Marcus Gilmer
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This bitcoin explainer created by AI is hilariously insane
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Look, understanding cryptocurrency can be confusing. We here at Mashable are dedicated to helping our readers understand the complexities of this new form of currency and how it affects our day-to-day lives.

But even we are having our collective minds blown by this video, an "explainer" of cryptocurrency created by Botnik Studios that was "written using predictive keyboards trained on dozens of Bitcoin explainers."

And the results are as insane as you might expect:

  • "To understand how bitcoin transactions are created, randomly pick a number between 1 and 30,000. Now spend that amount of money on Ethereum."

  • "Despite the risk, one benefit of bitcoin is that you can upload a version of your future self on the dark net."

  • "The popular form of bitcoin is the 'Wild Richard.'"

You get the idea: absolute nonsense poetry.

Don't worry, though. If you need to cleanse your mind and get the real ins-and-outs of crypto down straight, we've got you covered.

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Marcus Gilmer

Marcus Gilmer is Mashable's Assistant Real-Times News Editor on the West Coast, reporting on breaking news from his location in San Francisco. An Alabama native, Marcus earned his BA from Birmingham-Southern College and his MFA in Communications from the University of New Orleans. Marcus has previously worked for Chicagoist, The A.V. Club, the Chicago Sun-Times and the San Francisco Chronicle.


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