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Bitcoin is Stupid and Does Not Deserve an Emoji (blog post) (thedabbler.patatas.ca)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by smallpatatas@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world
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35 crypto companies got together to make a change dot org petition called "Bitcoin Deserves an Emoji".

F that

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[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 points 10 months ago

It already has a codepoint. ₿

[–] AnAmericanPotato@programming.dev 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] umbraroze@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Technically, emoji doesn't even have specific flags, they just have country codes, conforming to the ISO list - actually choosing which flags will be included is up to the individual implemeters. Regional flags got a little bit complicated because they need to establish the conventions first.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] SloganLessons@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

It already exists: ₿

[–] Aopen@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Emoji? Why not unicode character like $ or €?

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

[–] Cheems@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

₿ like this?

[–] Xtallll@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] pirat@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 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

[–] dan@upvote.au 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

You don't get a new Emoji by creating a change .org petition lol

You need to write a proper proposal and send it to the Unicode consortium: https://unicode.org/emoji/proposals.html. If it gets rejected, it's four years until you can reapply for the same Emoji.

[–] lud@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

A Bitcoin emoji was rejected in 2020 i doubt it will be any different this time.