One day, a quirky developer named Barry released a goofy app called MemeZap, where users could send viral memes to each other with ridiculous sound effects and zaps of electricity. But Barry had a secret—he built the app to only accept Bitcoin Lightning payments. The plan was just for fun; he figured a few hardcore Bitcoiners might enjoy it.

Within hours, though, the meme of a dancing cat with laser eyes caught fire on social media, and suddenly everyone was installing the app. Politicians, celebrities, your grandma—they all wanted in on the action. The catch? No one realized they were connecting to the Bitcoin Lightning network to send their memes.

Soon, people were zapping memes left and right, enjoying the zany effects, while accidentally transacting with satoshis. They didn’t notice their fiat wallets gathering dust. A week later, the global economy tanked, but no one cared—they were too busy laughing at the “Dogecoin Shiba Inu doing the moonwalk.”

In an emergency press conference, a flustered economist tried to explain the crisis, but someone zapped him a meme of a baby Yoda blinking, and the entire room burst out laughing.

"Well," the economist sighed, "at least we've got memes and Bitcoin."

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