The episode was written by Rob LaZebnik and was directed by Steven Dean Moore.
[2] In this episode, Professor Frink invents a cryptocurrency that make him rich and popular, but he learns that they only like him for his money.
Former football player Ed "Too Tall" Jones and actor Jim Parsons appeared as themselves.
The Simpson family are eating at The Lentil Institution, a vegan restaurant, vying for Lisa to choose them for her "Most interesting person I know" paper, but she chooses Professor Frink, devoted to helping the world through science.
Frink aces Moe's trivia questions and earns the respect and friendship of the barflies.
Smithers assembles a team to create Burns Coin and develop a formula to devaluate Frinkcoin, but the calculations would take thousands of years.