The Legend of Buddy In March 2013, a Bitcointalk user named “icicle” fought to save a real shelter dog named Buddy, who needed heart surgery. 52 BTC locked on Intersango, he made a post with a title “Help me save Buddy!”. The thread still exists. Buddy became known. Later, in May 2014 on the Bitcoin block 299,825, a message was etched: “Buddy is the best dog in the world.” Before Dogecoin. A real dog. A real fight. A permanent on-chain memorial. The first dog on the Bitcoin blockchain. Whether Buddy survived is still a mystery, but one thing is for sure: Buddy is the best dog in the world. Buddy, The First Crypto Dog