Bitcoin is Stupid and Does Not Deserve an Emoji
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35 crypto companies got together to make a change dot org petition called “Bitcoin Deserves an Emoji”.

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  • Chozo@fedia.io
    1·
    3 months ago

    I don’t mind there being an emoji for cryptocurrency. It’s a relevant thing in modern society whether we like it or not, so there’s no reason it should be excluded. But just not Bitcoin, specifically. Even though Bitcoin is the one that kicked off crypto, it’s still a brand name, which would result in auto-rejection according to the Unicode Consortium’s guidelines.

    If there was a more general-purpose icon/symbol that could represent cryptocurrency in general, that’d be more appropriate. But it can’t be Bitcoin.

  • TootSweet@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    3 months ago

    Cryptocurrency is speedrunning ruining everything. We might as well have a laugh at the cryptobros’ expense in the meantime.

    • m-p{3}@lemmy.caEnglish
      0·
      3 months ago

      I loved the concept at first, the idea of a decentralized currency all handled by encryption, and transactions permamently stored in a public ledger for all to see.

      Then the cryptobros and the scammers caught wind of it and it’s all downhill from there.

      • TootSweet@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        3 months ago

        If you want the name of a payment techology that isn’t snake oil, isn’t blockchain-based, isn’t a cult, doesn’t claim to be a currency, doesn’t work on proof-of-work or proof-of-stake, but actually does provide certain privacy guarantees for your basic purchasing needs, is cryptographically secure, and can be used with only FOSS, I recommend looking into GNU Taler.

        The only downside is that it’s not really supported anywhere at all yet. But I do hope it becomes a real thing some day.

        • radamant@lemmy.worldEnglish
          02·
          3 months ago

          Please describe how I can send the money to my mom in Russia (disconnected from SWIFT) with GNU Taler today. I’ll wait.

          • TootSweet@lemmy.worldEnglish
            0·
            3 months ago

            I don’t know how I could possibly have been more explicit about it not yet being ready for any real-world use cases than I was.

            • radamant@lemmy.worldEnglish
              01·
              3 months ago

              It will never be ready. It doesn’t even make sense. To transact with real fiat like the US dollar, you’ll have to go through an official on-ramp and an off-ramp of the respective government. And to do an international transaction you’ll have to use one of the widely accepted systems like SWIFT. GNU Taler doesn’t appear to address anything like that. Anyhow, my comment was made with the premise of this whole thread in mind, i.e. “Bitcoin is stupid” or “snake oil”. Yet there’s no alternatives to what crypto provides. So is it that stupid after all?

    • androogee (they/she)@midwest.socialEnglish
      01·
      3 months ago

      There’s an emoji for nonbinary zombie🧟
      There’s an emoji for "I can’t get my map to fold back up"🗺️
      There’s even an emoji for a pregnant super Saiyan I think🫄🏼

      But there’s no emoji for riding two giraffes at the same time, so hieroglyphics still wins 𓀬

  • AnAmericanPotato@programming.devEnglish
    0·
    3 months ago

    This will likely be rejected for one the same reasons that they decided they would not add any new flag emojis. Flags come and go. Bitcoin hasn’t even been around for 20 years yet, and its future is highly uncertain.

    Also, considered as a currency, it would be better as a regular text character, not an emoji. Like $, €, ¥, £, etc.

    • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
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      3 months ago

      I actually don’t mind it being added as a text character because then I can actually use it. Using it as an emoji is useless to everyone other than the crypto bros that want to spam it on Twitter.