A newly published joke post in Reddit stated that the introduction of virtual currency, Bitcoin, was predicted by a certain game, the Final Fantasy III that was released 28 years ago.
The Final Fantasy III game was originally released on April 27, 1990 and went on to become immensely popular. The Reddit post published a picture from the game where it indicates to a certain logo pictured on an object that is a look alike of the well-known Bitcoin’s logo. This post created so much buzz among readers that, as of April 18 it managed to accumulate more than three thousand upvotes.
On Jan. 3, 2009, when the first Bitcoin block was mined, members of Bitcoin community as well as ordinary people who are familiar with the Final Fantasy game were quick to notice the similarities between the two symbols, but it was ruled out as a mere coincidence at that time.
Nonetheless, this is not the first time that Bitcoin community discovered such coincidence. People are so sneaky that they found Bitcoin’s parallels in many popular books. One episode from the popular Tv show ‘The Simpsons’ from the late 90’s also showed the concept of digital currency long before Bitcoin was actually introduced.