Flat Earth Dave

Flat Earth Dave has a 3 Bitcoin challenge. Here are the official rules:

[ beginning of rules ]

[ end of rules ]

You read that right, there are no written rules. No objectively measurable criteria, no option for independent judging, no money in escrow. He just says something like “3 bitcoins to prove the earth is a globe”. Of course he will reject everything he doesn’t like.

It’s a fake challenge.

Here are some of the entries to the fake challenge that Dave has never acknowledged:


  • NASA Founded July 29, 1958
  • L. Ron Hubbard
    • Founded Scientiology circa 1954
    • He was busy with his new cult, no involvement with NASA
  • Walt Disney
    • No involvement with NASA
    • Made a documentary about rockets in 1955 with Werner von Braun, 3 years before NASA existed
  • Werner von Braun
    • Worked for US Army, department he worked for moved to NASA in 1960, after NASA was founded
    • Became a devout Christian in 1946 in El Paso, TX
  • Jack Parsons
    • Fired from JPL in 1944 because of his occult beliefs
    • Died in 1952, 6 years before NASA was founded
  • Aleister Crowley
    • Died 1947, 11 years before NASA was founded
    • No involvement with NASA