Can't go anywhere in Norway without seeing Ads promoting Bitcoin by fredrikaa

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hive-167922 · @fredrikaa · Feb 17 '21

$20.13

Can't go anywhere in Norway without seeing Ads promoting Bitcoin

To say that the Bitcoin hype is at an ATH here in Norway would be an understatement. Whether it is at work or when hanging out with friends, people are talking about it.

But nowhere is this more visible than at the many train and/or metro stations around the Norwegian capital with its 700,000 citizens. As the main hotspots for people taking public transport to get around town, or going in and out of the city (yes, in Norway the planes are flying and people traveling much like normal despite covid), this results in the best possible exposure of any ad placement for the region's inhabitants.

![IMG_20210210_143557.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/fredrikaa/h5d0Wo3Z-IMG_20210210_143557.jpg)
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<center><sup>Advertisement for Norwegian Block Xchange at one of the largest train stations in Norway. Text translates to "Bitcoin gives better returns than gold and stocks"</sup></center>

![IMG_20210118_143659.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/fredrikaa/IiChRj9o-IMG_20210118_143659.jpg)
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<center><sup>Walking down to the Metro at the Oslo central station, one wall is entirely covered by the Bitcoin logo + an add for a different exchange.</sup></center>

![IMG_20210128_132240.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/fredrikaa/0MHsGdD5-IMG_20210128_132240.jpg)
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<center><sup>Arriving back in Lillestrøm where I live 10 minutes out of Oslo and the same ads are covering the walls.</sup></center>

I find the ad itself amusing, as the images show BTC valued at $10,000, which of course already feels old. One could guess that's because it's not that many months since that was the price for BTC, and that the image is just "old", but I think it's more likely a reminder to people that "fuck, I should have bought BTC at 10k!"

I find this case interesting in another way as well, namely about _who_ it is that is marketing a decentralized cryptocurrency? On Hive, we often hear when talking about marketing our chain that there is "no organization behind Bitcoin marketing it". Yet Bitcoin is being marketed all the time. I guess it begs the question _who_ should be marketing Hive?

I think I know the answer. Do you?

Fredrik

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@acesontop · Feb 17 '21

Back in 2016-2017 when I lived there you didn't had such adds...

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@alexvan · Feb 17 '21

$0.04

Norway is one of the most developed countries in the world, so this would be normal to see! I wonder when we will see it all over the world?

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@fredrikaa · Feb 20 '21

Probably when other countries have their own domestic crypto exchanges and businesses profiting from marketing Bitcoin and other crypto currencies. In my experience, those are the real drivers for advertising.

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@alexvan · Feb 20 '21

$0.92

Most countries try to regulate or block crypto as politicians don't understand it. They don't understand that if the people are taken care of, have a healthy environment of developing, all will have a better life. Look how Norway is moving compared to Nigeria for example, both have the same richness as in tourists opportunities and not forget the oil as both have plenty of it, the difference is that one is using as a development accelerator for the country. In Norway you see crypto ads, in Nigeria crypto is forbidden. 

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@bozz · Feb 18 '21

$0.04

That is pretty awesome.  I wish we had advertising like that over here.  I guess it is probably just a matter of time.  I never would have imagined we would have billboards for pot shops and now we do.  The rules and regulations just need to shift a little more.

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@fredrikaa · Feb 20 '21

There is a lesson to be had here that if you want an advertisement for a coin, you need a for profit business (like an exchange) marketing _itself_ through marketing that coin.

I think it would be better if Peakd and Ecency were tasked to market themselves than if we were to simply "market Hive".

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