"The connection between Bitcoin and the Alpaca likely originated from the February 10, 2011 post on Slashdot which described various goods and services could be purchased with bitcoins[2]. Because the slashdot crowd has a tendency to be critical (they summarized Apple's 2001 iPod announcement as "lame", for instance[3]) or humorous ("Do alpacas really wear socks?"[4]) the meme involving the Alpaca was born."