@[email protected]cake to TechnologyEnglish • edit-21 month agoBitcoin is Stupid and Does Not Deserve an Emoji (blog post)thedabbler.patatas.caexternal-linkmessage-square368fedilinkarrow-up1839arrow-down1125file-textcross-posted to: bitcoin
arrow-up1714arrow-down1external-linkBitcoin is Stupid and Does Not Deserve an Emoji (blog post)thedabbler.patatas.ca@[email protected]cake to TechnologyEnglish • edit-21 month agomessage-square368fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: bitcoin
35 crypto companies got together to make a change dot org petition called “Bitcoin Deserves an Emoji”. F that
minus-squaremagic_lobster_partylinkfedilink9•1 month agohttps://unicode.org/emoji/proposals.html#Faulty_Comparison The existence of other emoji can’t justify the inclusion of a new emoji. Those emojis are old, and it’s unlikely they would’ve been approved under Unicode’s current guidelines.
minus-square@Knock_Knock_Lemmy_InlinkEnglish6•1 month agoI agree with you. I’m not really arguing for a bitcoin emoji. Just against the McDonald’s brand comparison. BTC is not mainstream enough (and never will be) to be needed in everyday text speak.
minus-squarepoolinkEnglish-4•edit-21 month agoIt’s also a scam. But those who fell for it and NFTs want to downtown cuz mad
minus-square@calcopirituslinkEnglish2•1 month agoThe coin itself is not a scam. However, its main usage is to receive payments from scams or any other kind of computer-related crime really.
https://unicode.org/emoji/proposals.html#Faulty_Comparison
The existence of other emoji can’t justify the inclusion of a new emoji. Those emojis are old, and it’s unlikely they would’ve been approved under Unicode’s current guidelines.
I agree with you.
I’m not really arguing for a bitcoin emoji. Just against the McDonald’s brand comparison.
BTC is not mainstream enough (and never will be) to be needed in everyday text speak.
It’s also a scam. But those who fell for it and NFTs want to downtown cuz mad
How so?
The coin itself is not a scam.
However, its main usage is to receive payments from scams or any other kind of computer-related crime really.