'Coinye West' Hopes a Certain Rapper Will Promote Its Virtual Currency

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What could possibly go wrong?

We were just starting to learn about Bitcoin, and now someone’s ruined the virtual money-hoarding game by turning it all into a big joke.

Or maybe not.

OK, now that you got that 2009 reference out of your system: are these guys for real? Because their tagline is—no joke—”We ain’t minin’, we pickin’

The people behind the meme talked to Vice music blog Noisey today, saying:

“Coinye West is a cryptocurrency for the masses.

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