Elon Musk to fly 62 Bitcoins in a SpaceX Treasure Hunt

Lunar Crush, a cryptocurrency firm, along with SpaceX, has planned to send a 'treasure' to the moon.

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The treasure will be in the form of a private key to a crypto wallet, which will hold 62 Bitcoins.

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The key will be inscribed on the SpaceX spacecraft which will be launched in the fall of 2023.

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It has been staged as a treasure hunt and the bitcoins will be awarded to the first person to reach the moon and locate the key.

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After the spacecraft lands on the moon, anyone on Earth can come up with a plan to go to the moon and claim the 'treasure'.

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The idea behind the hunt is to encourage people to dream bigger and uncover new information.

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LunarCrush has collaborated with animation studio Golden Wolf and Bitcoin developer tools provider Hiro, to sell an NFT collection to fund the project.

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