For the 2023 edition, the Guinness World Records welcomes Bitcoin (BTC) and non-replaceable tokens (NFT) under a new category called “Cryptomania”. The emblematic book of records thus traces the history of Bitcoin and explains its various mechanisms, while presenting the main events of the ecosystem, again marking the general public’s interest in these assets.
Bitcoin enters the Guinness World Records
For the first time in history, the iconic Guinness World Records has added Bitcoin (BTC), non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and various blockchain milestones on the list of official records for the 2023 edition. These appear through a category created especially for the occasion, called “Cryptomania”.
This new edition, which has been on sale since last month, testifies to the predominant place now occupied by Bitcoin and the world of blockchain in the contemporary world. The event is all the more infamous because it seems to be in the midst of the crypto winter, which also seems to last.
Regarding Bitcoin, the king of cryptocurrencies ranks as “ First decentralized cryptocurrency », and is accompanied by the history of its creation, since its origin with the evocation of the mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto, to the top position it now occupies in the digital asset space. The intrinsic mechanism, proof of work (PoW)also benefits from an explanation for the readers of the reference book of international records.
For example, we can read there:
“The Bitcoin network solves the problem of double spending through a ‘trustless’ mechanism, which does not require verification of transactions by a third party (e.g. banks), and does so through validators (i.e. miners, in PoW). »
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We will also note the presence of NFTs in the Guinness World Records, a rather logical appearance given the significant growth that this type of asset is experiencing especially in 2021, both for the leading collections talked about such as the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) and for the different use cases of the technology and its inherent metadata.
The CryptoPunks were listed by name in the Book of Records as the “Most Expensive Collection”, due to the sale of CryptoPunk #5822 for the pharaonic sum of 8,000 Ethers, or $23.7 million then bought last February by businessman Deepak Thapliyal.
We will also notice the presence of phantokensthese digital tokens designed for sports fans and introduced by the blockchain company Socios.com. Manchester City club badge for example, has been listed as the most expensive token in this category, with a market cap of over $47 million as of March 24, 2022.
In an interview with our colleagues at Cointelegraph, a spokesperson for Guinness World Records said: these different subjects were now in harmony with the times and probably interesting for the readers. He adds:
“We will be following this space with interest in the coming years as the technologies underpinning crypto evolve and find a wider range of applications. »
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Source: Guinness World Records
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