{"id":2622,"date":"2014-01-03T10:53:13","date_gmt":"2014-01-03T15:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ohsodj.com\/?p=2622"},"modified":"2014-01-03T10:53:13","modified_gmt":"2014-01-03T15:53:13","slug":"kanye-west-gets-his-own-digital-currency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/?p=2622","title":{"rendered":"Kanye West Gets His Own Digital Currency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ohsodj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/coinye.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ohsodj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/coinye.jpg?resize=250%2C231\" alt=\"coinye\" width=\"250\" height=\"231\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2623\" \/><\/a>Kanye West has inspired a new digital currency (similar to Bitcoin, Litecoin, and Ripple) called Coinye West.<\/p>\n<p>The creators of the virtual money said Coinye West will be a \u201ccryptocurrency\u201d ready for use by anyone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBitcoin is for hardcore money-hoarders, and Dogecoin was more for the internet-meme crowds \u2026 Our goal with Coinye West is to make it easier for people to use cryptocurrency,\u201d the innovators said in an email interview with SPIN, choosing to remain anonymous in case the Chi-town \u201cdoesn\u2019t approve of the appropriation.\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The gold-plate graphic will feature Kanye\u2019s visage with shades reminiscent of his \u201cStronger\u201d video. The currency creators say they selected the rapper\u2019s face \u201cbecause he is and always has been a trendsetter and always keeps things unique.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Coinye West is set to drop Jan. 11 at 11 p.m. EST.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Kanye West has inspired a new digital currency (similar to Bitcoin, Litecoin, and Ripple) called Coinye West. The creators of the virtual money said Coinye West will be a \u201ccryptocurrency\u201d ready for use by anyone. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/?p=2622\" title=\"Kanye West Gets His Own Digital Currency\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[273,654,938],"class_list":["post-2622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headlines","tag-coinye-west","tag-kanye-west","tag-ohsodj"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7qLKy-Gi","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2622\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}