TL;DR: “Hey,” comedian Norm Macdonald tweeted, “do any of you guys know if it’s possible to use cryptocurrency to deposit and to play online poker?” The droll onstage performer and notoriously hard-charging gambler could potentially experience arguably peer-to-peer digital cash’s best use case.

Norm Macdonald Asks How to Use Cryptocurrency



Macdonald made use of his more than one million followers, and the answers have come fast and furious. “Yeah, you can play with bitcoin at @SwCPoker Great place to play imo,” one follower urged. Another teased, “Yes I just need your bank account info, social and mother’s maiden name. And name of first pet.”

Online gambling and cryptocurrency, of course, are two peas in a pod. Sites like Blockchain.poker, for example, run on bitcoin cash (BCH), a cryptocurrency considered more in-line with the peer-to-peer, low fee, fast transactions promised by early adopters of bitcoin. Indeed, yet another commenter insisted, “Hi Norm, here is some BitcoinCash. It is a fast, cheap, reliable cryptocurrency,” and pointed Macdonald to @tipprbot made possible only with BCH (fees on BTC are much too high).

Others urged of the comedian, “Don’t waste your crypto on gambling Norm. Unless you are gambling ON Crypto… in which case, I would advise you to NOT speculate on day-trading. Just buy some EOS or ETH and HOLD for about 2-3 years. It should be worth about 3-4 times as much by then.”

Macdonald, 59, is probably best known for his work on Saturday Night Live, where he hosted an early version of the news parody vignette, Weekend Update. There, he skewered celebrities and challenged political correctness, and at times made guest character cameos in skits involving his hapless and obnoxious Burt Reynolds Celebrity Jeopardy impression. Of course, his cryptocurrency online poker-related tweet could be a giant troll, as Macdonald is also well known for having a destructive gambling addiction. He’s revealed losing all of his money gambling three times in his life. As of press time, there’s no word from the comedian if he’s given it a shot.

DISCLOSURE: The author holds cryptocurrency as part of his financial portfolio, including BCH.

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