Simpsons predicting the future again: Jim Parson of The Big Bang Theory explains what cryptocurrency actually is – The Independent

Ever wonder what cryptocurrency is actually all about? Jim Parsons might have the answer.

TheBig Bang Theorystar did a cameo inThe Simpsonsearlier this week, in the season 31 episode titled Frinkcoin.

In the episode, Lisa Simpson sets out to write a paper about Professor Frink, who tells her hes developing his own cryptocurrency.

Sharing the full story, not just the headlines

At one point, he introduces TVs most beloved scientist, Mr Jim Parsons.

Parsons, of course, isnt actually a career scientist, but rather played one for 12 years inThe Big Bang Theory, in which he portrayed theoretical physicist Sheldon Cooper.

Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Laura Dern, Zo Kravitz and Shailene Woodley combine to form TV gold in Big Little Lies. But the second season, despite the welcome addition of Meryl Streep to the cast, failed to recapture the allure of season one. Originally, the series was based on Liane Moriarty's 2014 novel of the same name and perhaps it should have ended where the book did.

Hulu

The first season of The Magicians was intriguing, whimsical, touching and deliberately kitschy all at the same time. While it's always nice to revisit the magical world of Fillory, the show's subsequent seasons never rose to the level of its initial installment.

Netflix

This writer disagrees, but Stranger Things was a popular pick in a recent Twitter discussion about TV shows that should have wrapped up after one season. It can be argued that seasons two and three didn't quite measure up to the excitement of the first one though without them, fans would never have got to witness Steve Harrington's transformation from annoying jock to amazing babysitter to our younger heroes. Something to ponder.

Netflix

Regardless of whether you liked or disliked the premise of 13 Reasons Why, from a purely televisual standpoint, the first season was good suspenseful, at times touching, and landing some strong sequences. It all unravelled with the lacklustre second and third seasons. Like Big Little Lies, 13 Reasons Why was based on a book (this one by Jay Asher) and should probably have stuck to the material it provided.

Netflix

Not to take away from Mahershala Ali's performance in season three but True Detective's second and third seasons didn't prove as entertaining as the first one, starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson.

Hulu

Prison Break had a simple concept: Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller) gets incarcerated on purpose because he has a master plan to escape along with his brother, who's been wrongfully convicted. And sure enough, the two escape at the end of season one along with six other inmates. This seemed like a natural conclusion for the show, but it continued for four more seasons.

Hulu

Westworld season one was clever, beautifully shot, and achingly suspenseful. After that things just got... complicated.

Hulu

Bloodline was a critics darling as a result of its first season, but seasons two and three only attracted mixed reviews. The show, led by Kyle Chandler, Ben Mendelsohn, Linda Cardellini and Norbert Leo Butz, concluded in 2017.

Netflix

Heroes was the talk of the town at the time of its premiere in 2006. After an acclaimed first season, the second installment wasn't as well received and seasons three and four experienced a similar fate.

NBC

Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Laura Dern, Zo Kravitz and Shailene Woodley combine to form TV gold in Big Little Lies. But the second season, despite the welcome addition of Meryl Streep to the cast, failed to recapture the allure of season one. Originally, the series was based on Liane Moriarty's 2014 novel of the same name and perhaps it should have ended where the book did.

Hulu

The first season of The Magicians was intriguing, whimsical, touching and deliberately kitschy all at the same time. While it's always nice to revisit the magical world of Fillory, the show's subsequent seasons never rose to the level of its initial installment.

Netflix

This writer disagrees, but Stranger Things was a popular pick in a recent Twitter discussion about TV shows that should have wrapped up after one season. It can be argued that seasons two and three didn't quite measure up to the excitement of the first one though without them, fans would never have got to witness Steve Harrington's transformation from annoying jock to amazing babysitter to our younger heroes. Something to ponder.

Netflix

Regardless of whether you liked or disliked the premise of 13 Reasons Why, from a purely televisual standpoint, the first season was good suspenseful, at times touching, and landing some strong sequences. It all unravelled with the lacklustre second and third seasons. Like Big Little Lies, 13 Reasons Why was based on a book (this one by Jay Asher) and should probably have stuck to the material it provided.

Netflix

Not to take away from Mahershala Ali's performance in season three but True Detective's second and third seasons didn't prove as entertaining as the first one, starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson.

Hulu

Prison Break had a simple concept: Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller) gets incarcerated on purpose because he has a master plan to escape along with his brother, who's been wrongfully convicted. And sure enough, the two escape at the end of season one along with six other inmates. This seemed like a natural conclusion for the show, but it continued for four more seasons.

Hulu

Westworld season one was clever, beautifully shot, and achingly suspenseful. After that things just got... complicated.

Hulu

Bloodline was a critics darling as a result of its first season, but seasons two and three only attracted mixed reviews. The show, led by Kyle Chandler, Ben Mendelsohn, Linda Cardellini and Norbert Leo Butz, concluded in 2017.

Netflix

Heroes was the talk of the town at the time of its premiere in 2006. After an acclaimed first season, the second installment wasn't as well received and seasons three and four experienced a similar fate.

NBC

People think Im a nerd, but Im actually super cool, says Parsons. Thats why Im here to talk about the really cool subject of distributed consensus-based cryptocurrency.

He then launches into anexplanation of the inner workings of cryptocurrency supported by a song claiming cryptocurrency is the cash of the future.

This assertion prompted some to say thatThe Simpsonscould end up predicting the future in that way.

The series has a history of incorporating plotlines that later end up coming true.

Parsonss explanation is followed by a sardonic disclaimer that reads in part: Cryptocurrency is a system that does not rely on a non-cryptocurrency central authority, but instead relies on a non-centralised distributed consensus of cryptocurrency ownership.

Using the word cryptocurrency repeatedly when defining cryptocurrency makes it seem like we have a cryptocurrency novices understanding of cryptocurrency.

Well, that is a total pile of cryptocurrency.

Read the rest here:
Simpsons predicting the future again: Jim Parson of The Big Bang Theory explains what cryptocurrency actually is - The Independent