Another 10-year lock on Global Time Lock Day. 65,505 $DGB locked, 135 DD minted against it.
Ten years is the longest term available and the one that needs the least collateral, 200%. No early exit and no liquidation between now and 2036.
Who Is The Power Bill Guy?
The Power Bill Guy represents the average hardworking family person—the everyday individual who shows up, gets things done, and makes life happen in the real world.
He isn’t a celebrity. He’s a person just like you and me.
Yes, The Power Bill Guy is a real person who paid his power bill—something millions of people do every month. But this time, he paid it in a way no one had done before:
He paid his bill without surrendering his underlying asset. 🤯😮🚀
Using decentralized stablecoin technology, which became available on July 17, 2026, On Global Time Lock Day on September 17th, @anonkyc paired DigDollar with USDT which allowed the Power Bill Guy to sell his DigiDollars for USDT.
And he did it live, unscripted, and completely spontaneously on @BitcoinliveDB podcast with myself, @DigiAwareness_ and @DigiByteCoin.
During the podcast, he simply said, “I’m going to pay my power bill with DigiDollars.” The hosts continued the conversation, assuming it was just an idea. Then, every few minutes, he casually gave updates:
- He used minted DigiDollars
- Transferes his DD to @anonkyc
- Sold his DD for USDT
- Sent them to his @cryptocom card
- Used the card to pay his power bill
The reaction was essentially: **“Wait… did that just happen?”**🤯🤯🤯
It was a genuine, game-changing moment for cryptocurrency.
He didn’t sell his crypto. Instead, he accessed liquidity by time-locking his DigiByte, minting DigiDollars directly in his personal wallet, and using them to pay a real-world bill.
The lights stayed on. His crypto remained in his wallet.
No bank.
No loan application.
No interest.
No business hours.
No unnecessary middlemen.
This is what decentralized stablecoins looks like now.
I’m grateful to @Cm0re1 for becoming the DigiDollars Power Bill Guy. His example opened my eyes to the potential of DigiDollar and its underlying collateral, DigiByte.
Bitcoin pioneered digital scarcity and a store of value. DigiByte may be pioneering a new form of digital collateral—collateral that can back a decentralized stablecoin you can use to pay your actual power bill.
That is a powerful development.
If you don’t yet understand why DigiDollar could be one of the most important breakthroughs in crypto since Bitcoin, you need to take a closer look.
DigiByte is just getting started. DigiDollar is about to go BANANAS.** 🍌🍌🍌🤯🤯
#powerbillguy $DGB $DD
Your DigiDollars do not expire, and neither does your right to redeem.
The lock has a term. What you do afterwards has no deadline at all. Come back in a week or in five years and the collateral is still sitting there waiting for you.
Nothing times out. $DGB
Huge thank you to everyone who helped us test the Thaw Day upgrade on $DGB DigiDollar TestNet. Everything is looking good. Once we cut a v9.26.6rc2 release I think we are ready for a formal upgrade. We just need to get community review and approval.
digibyte:native #DigiDollar TestNet ThawDay activation of DigiDollar rule changes is successful.
Block 432,100 on DGB TestNet brought the ThawDay upgrade with v9.26.6rc1.
DGB TestNet is unfrozen & fully functional. Thank you to everyone who helped test!
DigiDollar supply has crossed $200,000, backed by 142,883,337 $DGB locked in vaults. Network collateralization sits at 306%.
Every one of those DigiDollars exists because somebody locked their own coins for a term they chose. No issuance, no allocation, no treasury deciding a number.
Both figures come straight from the chain.
The liquidation cascade is a failure mode that keeps recurring.
Collateral drops, positions close automatically, the forced selling pushes the price down further, more positions close. It has played out across the industry more than once.
DigiDollar has no liquidation engine. Positions run their term, so there is nothing to trigger and nothing to cascade. $DGB
News: a fresh report warns some stablecoins can freeze funds at the contract level — no court order needed, and self-custody alone won't stop it. $DD on digibyte:native works differently: non-custodial, verified by every full node, with no issuer switch to freeze your money.
All digibyte:native TestNet users & oracle operators please make sure you have upgraded to v9.26.6rc1 by today to help us test ThawDay Activation rule change later.
Also the https://t.co/tZOl6g8IR3 stats site has been upgraded to RC1 for mainnet and testnet.
digibyte:native TestNet users make sur you are on v9.26.6rc1!|
ThawDay activation for new DigiDollar rules happening later today.
Testnet tip: 430,487 — Thaw Dayblock: 432,100
1,613 blocks to go!🚀
Bitcoin had the Pizza Guy.
Now DigiDollar has the Power Bill Guy.
During a live podcast, someone paid an electric bill using DigiDollars minted against time-locked $DGB.
One payment doesn’t prove adoption.
But what changes when crypto becomes useful without first being sold? $DD
Every stablecoin design so far has asked you to trust something.
Fiat-backed ones ask you to trust the issuer and their reserves. Algorithmic ones asked you to trust a mechanism that had never been tested under pressure.
DigiDollar asks you to trust collateral you locked yourself, rules your own node checks, and a price feed a quorum has to sign. Different ask entirely. $DGB