If only he could remember his password!
Luckily, he wrote the password down in a copy of Gazza: My Story (the autobiography of footballer Paul Gascoine), so the search for the book begins.
The book turns out to be completely irrelevant as Ryan finally remembers his password in a ‘lightbulb’ moment. Excitedly logging-in to his WhipCoin wallet, he realizes that his previous internet search was hopelessly out of date. His investment is now worthless.
Okay, so it’s not the most positive depiction of cryptocurrency, but one could hardly accuse it of being unrealistic. The writers obviously know their stuff, and the fact that they consider cryptocurrency a suitable storyline for such a major show is certainly positive.
Possibly a play on the stereotype of northern English folk being ‘all flat caps and whippets’, although this is pure conjecture. Coronation Street is set in the fictional town of Weatherfield in Greater Manchester and often makes light of such cliches.
It’s pretty obvious that WhipCoin is meant to represent bitcoin. Pretty obvious if you already know something about cryptocurrency, that is.
However, we shouldn’t be surprised if some enterprising smart-arse launches a WhipCoin ICO in the next few days to capitalize.
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