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Meet András Arató, better known as Hide The Pain Harold – a Hungarian engineer who has never planned to become an Internet star.
What started as a simple transformation photo session into a global phenomenon, and now Harold makes waves in the world of cryptography with his own same, $ bread.
The birth of a meme
On vacation, Harold took some relaxed vacation photos. A photographer spotted his potential and invited him to a photo shoot.
Soon her photos were everywhere.
But people noticed something unexpected: her forced smile seemed to hide a deeper pain.
Around 2011, online communities began to add funny legends and tragic stories, and “Hide The Pain Harold” was born.
Rise to the renown of the same
The same quickly spread on Facebook, Reddit, 4chan and Imgur.
In 2016, Harold had revealed his real self in the world, and in 2020, he was crowned “Same of the Decade” by Imgur, even outside legends like Grumpy Cat.
Renown
At first, Harold was not too delighted with his accidental fame. But soon he adopted his role as an internet icon.
Television appearances at the brand deals with Coca -Cola and Vodafone – and even a Ted Talk – Harold transformed a meme into a full -fledged career.
No pain, no gain
In 2025, Harold entered the cryptography scene by launching $ bread, the official samecoin inspired by his own inheritance as the same.
Despite a major upheaval of the market, the prevente of $ Pain made it possible to collect nearly 185,976 soil (around 40 million dollars) in just 48 hours, a record realization.
Dear people in pain,
Thank you for the overwhelming support! We are painfully happy to share that we raised 185 976 $ Soil In 48 hours – more than any other preventing same in USD value.
But there is no way that we have so much to launch $ Bread.$ Bread is the same official … pic.twitter.com/nke0ohaamb
– bread (@pain) February 5, 2025
And here is the torsion: Harold has reimbursed 80% of the funds raised, a decision that has built confidence and has established a new standard in the world of memes.
As he said, this piece is not there to add more pain to your wallet – it is a playful wink to the ups and downs.
In March 2024, the pieces even fell after a Bitcoin flash accident which considerably affected the wider cryptography market.
Last month, the co-founder of the NFT Doodles brand launched the poop token, with two portfolios fitting 38% of the initial offer, arousing problems of initiate negotiation.
In July 2024, pieces even like Bonk and Brett climbed in value despite a slowdown in Bitcoin performance due to the turbulence of the market.
In November 2024, the memes play “Chill Guy” was faced with legal challenges of its creator on unauthorized use after gaining popularity thanks to viral success.
Earlier this year, the Solana ecosystem and has experienced record trading volumes, fueled by tokens like Dogwifhat and Bonk, as well as robust community engagement and social media threshing.
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