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Bitcoin is Stupid and Does Not Deserve an Emoji (blog post) (thedabbler.patatas.ca)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/technology
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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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[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

Emoji? Why not unicode character like $ or €?

Edit: Dear OP, please stop popularizing these ₿rat's marketing ideas

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This is how you end up with weird Unicode characters like 𖡄.

[–] pirat 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Your comment lead me to this overview:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Unicode_chart_Bamum_Supplement

Here you'll find all the evergreens such as these, among many others:

𖠈 𖡠 𖢍 𖢯 𖣞 𖣐 𖤗 𖥓 𖤫 𖧌 𖨰

[–] Cheems 17 points 3 months ago

₿ like this?

[–] Johnmannesca 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That actually makes sense, that's why

[–] Cheems 6 points 3 months ago

Like this? ₿