https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/8x53xa/bitcoin-nerds-are-trying-to-get-the-magic-internet-money-wizard-into-the-wall-street-journal > If you’ve spent any time on Reddit in the past four years, you’ve probably seen the Bitcoin wizard. Drawn in the familiar squiggly style of MS Paint, wearing a blue robe and wielding a staff, the Bitcoin wizard is the centrepiece of what is arguably the most celebrated and iconic Reddit ad of all time. “Join us,” the ad for Reddit’s /r/Bitcoin subreddit states, “MAGIC INTERNET MONEY.” > The Bitcoin wizard, a triumph of janky and childlike drawing skills, has become a symbol of nostalgia in Bitcoin since it was posted as a suggestion for an /r/Bitcoin ad in 2013 by a user going by “mavensbot.” Its nonchalance evokes a time when Bitcoin, which effectively launched in 2009, was kind of fun and not overrun with bankers, trolls, and so-called “civil wars” between factions in the community. Reddit is filled with comments like this one from user “sir_fancypants” in 2016: