Comment on Bitcoin is Stupid and Does Not Deserve an Emoji (blog post)
WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 1 month agoI wouldn’t think Bitcoin has, or can, be trademarked or copyrighted, as it is an open-source protocol/technology where even the creator is unknown?
Either way there isn’t a generic symbol for cryptocurrency. This emoji will go the way of the save icon, where in a couple generations most people will have no idea what it relates to, but know that it’s a symbol for cryptos.
Chozo@fedia.io 1 month ago
It's still the name of a specific product/service. The issue is partly trademark/copyright, but also party a matter of neutrality. The Unicode Consortium want to ensure that they're not directly or indirectly endorsing any specific products. If they added a Bitcoin logo, then you'd see every other crypto lining up to get their logos permanently installed on every person's devices, too. Free advertising for life on 99.99% of phones would be hard to pass up.
ricecake@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
I mean, we have a symbol for effectively any currency that anyone can or wants to fill out the paperwork for and can demonstrate the basics of “this is a meaningful symbol with more than transient relevance”.
They added ₿ in 2016.
www.compart.com/en/unicode/category/Sc
catloaf@lemm.ee 1 month ago
www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/…/index.htm