Bitcoin Mad is a humorous modern bush poem by The Wannabe Bush Poet, written during the early rush of public interest in Bitcoin.
With a mix of larrikin humour, financial frustration and classic “should’ve bought earlier” regret, the poem captures a moment when cryptocurrency was suddenly being talked about everywhere — from bank mortgages to Elon Musk and backyard conversations.
This poem is shared as part of Keeping The Verse Alive, Country Campfire’s bush poetry preservation project.
Bitcoin Mad
by The Wannabe Bush Poet
The world is going Bitcoin mad,
but is it good or is it bad?
Matt’s been buying for a while,
and though it has been volatile,
he now has enough in the tank
to clear his mortgage at the bank.
Now let me tell you something funny:
governments are printing money,
done without the people’s blessing,
driving us into recession,
waving money-making wands,
adding zeros to their funds.
So when Matt said, “It’s time to buy
Bitcoin,” I thought, “Well, why not try?”
But two hundred bucks for a digital wallet?
“F-that!” I thought, and gave it the bullet.
Then when I checked, I struggled to speak —
Bitcoin had doubled in less than three weeks!
And today, when hitting the street for a busk,
I heard the news that Elon Musk
had bought a billion bucks and more.
I should’ve bought! And long, long before!
Matt says that it’s a revolution,
blaming banking institutions
for corrupt deals that get them rich
and leave the people in the ditch.
No government manipulates
the Bitcoin price that regulates
through algorithms on a chart.
Is this the new financial art?
We’ll crush the banks’ non-ending greed!
Bitcoin’s what the people need!
So it’s Bitcoin I’ll be buying
while Wall Street is slowly dying.
No more bankers! No more lying!
I’ll get rich — or stay poor trying.
But crypto buyers, there’s one rule:
lose your password — and you lose it all.
Listen to the Recital
Bitcoin Mad was also recited by Country Campfire and shared through the Bush Poetry Podcast.
Preserved Through Keeping The Verse Alive
This poem was originally shared with Country Campfire by a contributor using the name The Wannabe Bush Poet.
Country Campfire is preserving and republishing it as part of Keeping The Verse Alive, a bush poetry preservation project created to help keep Australian bush poetry, yarns and country stories alive.
Poems, recitals, photographs, stories and original works remain the property of their original creator and are shared by Country Campfire with permission.
