Comment on Bitcoin is Stupid and Does Not Deserve an Emoji (blog post)
nublug@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
fighting for bitcoin to get an emoji is stupid, but fighting against it might be even stupider. surely there are more important things to spend your time and energy on. it’s a fucking emoji. who cares?
smallpatatas@lemm.ee 1 month ago
normalizing scams, by laundering their image via standards organizations, pollutes our communications environment. Both an emoji and a petition are symbolic - and our symbols are in fact important.
CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Bitcoin isn’t a scam. All non-bitcoin cryptocurrencies are scams.
People often hear about stuff like coins that are pre-mined, or proof-of-stake and the schemes and scans that come out of those, and immediately associate Bitcoin with the same thing.
shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
That is also not 100% true. There are several altcoins with fantastic utility. Monero and Ethereum come to mind.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Exactly. Most cryptocurrencies are scams, but a handful are fantastic. Ethereum is cool for being proof-of-stake (so no high-energy mining), and Monero is cool for being super privacy-oriented. There are a handful more, but honestly, if you stick with Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Monero, you’ll be fine.