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The Best Treat of Halloween 2008 Bitcoin T-Shirt

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An orange outline candy pail with a wire handle over THE BEST TREAT and OF HALLOWEEN 2008, with a small Bitcoin symbol: a history pun that says the best treat came by email.

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About this design

An orange outline candy pail, round and plain with a wire handle and no pumpkin shape or face, sits above THE BEST TREAT / OF HALLOWEEN 2008 in two lines of bold white capitals. A small tilted orange Bitcoin symbol sits centered under the words.

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MaterialAirlume combed & ring-spun cotton
FitUnisex tailored crew neck
PrintPrinted to order
SizesXS, S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL
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The story

Behind the Best Treat of Halloween 2008 tee

Halloween 2008 came and went with plenty of sugar, and this tee makes a bold call about the best treat of the season. A plain round candy pail with a wire handle sits above two lines of white capitals, with a small Bitcoin symbol under them.

On Friday, October 31, 2008, the Bitcoin white paper was sent by email to a cryptography mailing list, which makes that Halloween a memorable date for bitcoiners. The shirt calls that email the best treat of the season. That is its opinion, offered as a joke. The white paper runs 9 pages in the copy hosted on bitcoin.org. The pail stays plain on purpose, with no pumpkin and no face, so the two lines of capitals carry the whole gag.

Bring it to a Halloween party as a conversation piece, or wear it to a porch where the candy bowl is out. Strangers may only see the pail, but the people who catch the date will want to talk. It also works on a November meetup night, since the joke looks back at a holiday that has already passed.

Questions

About this design

Is the pail shaped like a pumpkin?

No. It is a plain round candy pail with a wire handle, the kind a kid might carry door to door. There is no pumpkin shape and no face, which keeps the drawing clean and lets the two lines of white capitals stand out. The only writing on the shirt is the message below the drawing.

Is the 2008 date a claim about the paper's impact?

No. The date is a fact: the email went out on Friday, October 31, 2008. Calling it the best treat is the shirt's opinion, and a playful one. The tee does not rank the white paper against any other event, and it makes no claim about money, prices or what happened afterward.

Does the tee have to be worn on Halloween?

No. The date is a hook, not a rule, and the shirt reads just as well in June as it does on October 31. It is printed to order and takes a few business days before it ships from the USA, so plan ahead if the holiday is the reason you want it.

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