Bitcoin is Stupid and Does Not Deserve an Emoji (blog post)

hesusingthespiritbomb , 1 month ago

Does anyone remember when one of Maine’s US Senators lobbied Unicode to create a lobster emoji?

ruse8145 , 1 month ago

That’s the majestic and ancient lobster, and having an emoji for such a fine creature makes sense.

This is Bitcoin

hesusingthespiritbomb , 1 month ago

Yeah I just think it’s funny a Senator took time out of his day to be like “we need a lobster emoji”

sturmblast , 1 month ago

Fuck Emojis

ConstantPain , 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago)

How is it like to have nothing going on in your life so you create a petition about emojis?

smallpatatas OP , 1 month ago

Uh oh guys, we got a salty bag holder 😂

androogee , 1 month ago

They edited their post about an hour after you replied. Just a heads up.

smallpatatas OP , 1 month ago

Thanks. Although to be honest I’m not sure what their edit was - does Lemmy not have a way to view a post’s edit history?? Seems like a problem…

androogee , 1 month ago

I don’t think so, presumably mods can.

LarmyOfLone , 1 month ago

Woah way too many emojis already!

😀😃😄😁😆😅🤣😂🙂😉😊😇🥰😍🤩😘😗😚😙😏

androogee , 1 month ago

There’s an emoji for nonbinary zombie🧟
There’s an emoji for "I can’t get my map to fold back up"🗺️
There’s even an emoji for a pregnant super Saiyan I think🫄🏼

But there’s no emoji for riding two giraffes at the same time, so hieroglyphics still wins 𓀬

P4ulin_Kbana , 1 month ago

This message right here ⤴️

P4ulin_Kbana , 1 month ago

This is the same thing as saying “there’s too many music!”, “there’s too many art!”

You can’t have enough emojis. Ever.

LarmyOfLone , 1 month ago

You can’t have enough emojis. Ever.

Oh it’s on!

🍐	🍑	🍒	🍓	🍔	🍕	🍖	🍗	🍘	🍙	🍚
🍠	🍡	🍢	🍣	🍤	🍥	🍦	🍧	🍨	🍩	🍪
🍰	🍱	🍲	🍳	🍴	🍵	🍶	🍷	🍸	🍹	🍺
🎀	🎁	🎂	🎃	🎄	🎅	🎆	🎇	🎈	🎉	🎊
🎐	🎑	🎒	🎓			🎖️	🎗️		🎙️	🎚️
🎠	🎡	🎢	🎣	🎤	🎥	🎦	🎧	🎨	🎩	🎪
🎰	🎱	🎲	🎳	🎴	🎵	🎶	🎷	🎸	🎹	🎺
🏀	🏁	🏂	🏃	🏄	🏅	🏆	🏇	🏈	🏉	🏊
🏐	🏑	🏒	🏓	🏔️	🏕️	🏖️	🏗️	🏘️	🏙️	🏚️
🏠	🏡	🏢	🏣	🏤	🏥	🏦	🏧	🏨	🏩	🏪
🏰			🏳️	🏴	🏵️		🏷️	🏸	🏹	🏺
🐀	🐁	🐂	🐃	🐄	🐅	🐆	🐇	🐈	🐉	🐊
🐐	🐑	🐒	🐓	🐔	🐕	🐖	🐗	🐘	🐙	🐚
🐠	🐡	🐢	🐣	🐤	🐥	🐦	🐧	🐨	🐩	🐪

P4ulin_Kbana , 1 month ago

Still not many enough for actual emotions.

LarmyOfLone , 1 month ago

All right. I have prepared for this over the last day. I’ve copied and reformatted this full list of Unicode single emojis! You asked for this!

Don't emoji open inside©️ ®️ ‼️ ⁉️ ™️ ℹ️ ↔️ ↕️ ↖️ ↗️ ↘️ ↙️ ↩️ ↪️ ⌚️ ⌛️ ⌨️ ⏏️ ⏩️ ⏪️ ⏫️ ⏬️ ⏭️ ⏮️ ⏯️⏰️ ⏱️ ⏲️ ⏳️ ⏸️ ⏹️ ⏺️ Ⓜ️ ▪️ ▫️ ▶️ ◀️ ◻️ ◼️ ◽️ ◾️ ☀️ ☁️ ☂️ ☃️ ☄️ ☎️ ☑️ ☔️ ☕️ ☘️ ☝️ ☠️ ☢️ ☣️ ☦️ ☪️ ☮️ ☯️ ☸️ ☹️ ☺️ ♀️ ♂️ ♈️ ♉️ ♊️ ♋️ ♌️ ♍️ ♎️ ♏️♐️ ♑️ ♒️ ♓️ ♟️♠️ ♣️ ♥️ ♦️ ♨️ ♻️ ♾️ ♿️ ⚒️ ⚓️ ⚔️ ⚕️ ⚖️ ⚗️ ⚙️ ⚛️ ⚜️ ⚠️ ⚡️ ⚧️ ⚪️ ⚫️ ⚰️ ⚱️ ⚽️ ⚾️ ⛄️ ⛅️ ⛈️ ⛎️ ⛏️ ⛑️ ⛓️ ⛔️ ⛩️ ⛪️ ⛰️ ⛱️ ⛲️ ⛳️ ⛴️ ⛵️ ⛷️ ⛸️ ⛹️ ⛺️ ⛽️ ✂️ ✅️ ✈️ ✉️ ✊️ ✋️ ✌️ ✍️ ✏️ ✒️ ✔️ ✖️ ✝️ ✡️ ✨️ ✳️ ✴️ ❄️ ❇️ ❌️ ❎️ ❓️ ❔️ ❕️ ❗️ ❣️ ❤️ ➕️ ➖️ ➗️ ➡️ ➰️ ➿️ ⤴️ ⤵️ ⬅️ ⬆️ ⬇️ ⬛️ ⬜️ ⭐️ ⭕️ 〰️ 〽️ ㊗️ ㊙️ 🀄 🃏🅰️ 🅱️ 🅾️ 🅿️ 🆎 🆑 🆒 🆓 🆔 🆕 🆖 🆗 🆘 🆙 🆚 🈁 🈂️ 🈚 🈯 🈲 🈳 🈴 🈵 🈶 🈷️ 🈸 🈹 🈺 🉐 🉑 🌀 🌁 🌂 🌃 🌄 🌅 🌆 🌇 🌈 🌉 🌊 🌋 🌌 🌍 🌎 🌏 🌐 🌑 🌒 🌓 🌔 🌕 🌖 🌗 🌘 🌙 🌚 🌛 🌜 🌝 🌞 🌟 🌠 🌡️ 🌤️ 🌥️ 🌦️ 🌧️ 🌨️ 🌩️ 🌪️ 🌫️ 🌬️ 🌭 🌮 🌯 🌰 🌱 🌲 🌳 🌴 🌵 🌶️ 🌷 🌸 🌹 🌺 🌻 🌼 🌽 🌾 🌿 🍀 🍁 🍂 🍃 🍄 🍅 🍆 🍇 🍈 🍉 🍊 🍋 🍌 🍍 🍎 🍏 🍐 🍑 🍒 🍓 🍔 🍕 🍖 🍗 🍘 🍙 🍚 🍛 🍜 🍝 🍞 🍟 🍠 🍡 🍢 🍣 🍤 🍥 🍦 🍧 🍨 🍩 🍪 🍫 🍬 🍭 🍮 🍯 🍰 🍱 🍲 🍳 🍴 🍵 🍶 🍷 🍸 🍹 🍺 🍻 🍼 🍽️ 🍾 🍿 🎀 🎁 🎂 🎃 🎄 🎅 🎆 🎇 🎈 🎉 🎊 🎋 🎌 🎍 🎎 🎏 🎐 🎑 🎒 🎓 🎖️ 🎗️ 🎙️ 🎚️ 🎛️ 🎞️ 🎟️ 🎠 🎡 🎢 🎣 🎤 🎥 🎦 🎧 🎨 🎩 🎪 🎫 🎬 🎭 🎮 🎯 🎰 🎱 🎲 🎳 🎴 🎵 🎶 🎷 🎸 🎹 🎺 🎻 🎼 🎽 🎾 🎿 🏀 🏁 🏂 🏃 🏄 🏅 🏆 🏇 🏈 🏉 🏊 🏋️ 🏌️ 🏍️ 🏎️ 🏏 🏐 🏑 🏒 🏓 🏔️ 🏕️ 🏖️ 🏗️ 🏘️ 🏙️ 🏚️ 🏛️ 🏜️ 🏝️ 🏞️ 🏟️ 🏠 🏡 🏢 🏣 🏤 🏥 🏦 🏧 🏨 🏩 🏪 🏫 🏬 🏭 🏮 🏯 🏰 🏳️ 🏴 🏵️ 🏷️ 🏸 🏹 🏺 🏻 🏼 🏽 🏾 🏿 🐀 🐁 🐂 🐃 🐄 🐅 🐆 🐇 🐈 🐉 🐊 🐋 🐌 🐍 🐎 🐏 🐐 🐑 🐒 🐓 🐔 🐕 🐖 🐗 🐘 🐙 🐚 🐛 🐜 🐝 🐞 🐟 🐠 🐡 🐢 🐣 🐤 🐥 🐦 🐧 🐨 🐩 🐪 🐫 🐬 🐭 🐮 🐯 🐰 🐱 🐲 🐳 🐴 🐵 🐶 🐷 🐸 🐹 🐺 🐻 🐼 🐽 🐾 🐿️ 👀 👁️ 👂 👃 👄 👅 👆 👇 👈 👉 👊 👋 👌 👍 👎 👏 👐 👑 👒 👓 👔 👕 👖 👗 👘 👙 👚 👛 👜 👝 👞 👟 👠 👡 👢 👣 👤 👥 👦 👧 👨 👩 👪 👫 👬 👭 👮 👯 👰 👱 👲 👳 👴 👵 👶 👷 👸 👹 👺 👻 👼 👽 👾 👿 💀 💁 💂 💃 💄 💅 💆 💇 💈 💉 💊 💋 💌 💍 💎 💏 💐 💑 💒 💓 💔 💕 💖 💗 💘 💙 💚 💛 💜 💝 💞 💟 💠 💡 💢 💣 💤 💥 💦 💧 💨 💩 💪 💫 💬 💭 💮 💯 💰 💱 💲 💳 💴 💵 💶 💷 💸 💹 💺 💻 💼 💽 💾 💿 📀 📁 📂 📃 📄 📅 📆 📇 📈 📉 📊 📋 📌 📍 📎 📏 📐 📑 📒 📓 📔 📕 📖 📗 📘 📙 📚 📛 📜 📝 📞 📟 📠 📡 📢 📣 📤 📥 📦 📧 📨 📩 📪 📫 📬 📭 📮 📯 📰 📱 📲 📳 📴 📵 📶 📷 📸 📹 📺 📻 📼 📽️ 📿 🔀 🔁 🔂 🔃 🔄 🔅 🔆 🔇 🔈 🔉 🔊 🔋 🔌 🔍 🔎 🔏 🔐 🔑 🔒 🔓 🔔 🔕 🔖 🔗 🔘 🔙 🔚 🔛 🔜 🔝 🔞 🔟 🔠 🔡 🔢 🔣 🔤 🔥 🔦 🔧 🔨 🔩 🔪 🔫 🔬 🔭 🔮 🔯 🔰 🔱 🔲 🔳 🔴 🔵 🔶 🔷 🔸 🔹 🔺 🔻 🔼 🔽 🕉️ 🕊️ 🕋 🕌 🕍 🕎 🕐 🕑 🕒 🕓 🕔 🕕 🕖 🕗 🕘 🕙 🕚 🕛 🕜 🕝 🕞 🕟 🕠 🕡 🕢 🕣 🕤 🕥 🕦 🕧 🕯️ 🕰️ 🕳️ 🕴️ 🕵️ 🕶️ 🕷️ 🕸️ 🕹️ 🕺 🖇️ 🖊️ 🖋️ 🖌️ 🖍️ 🖐️ 🖕 🖖 🖤 🖥️ 🖨️ 🖱️ 🖲️ 🖼️ 🗂️ 🗃️ 🗄️ 🗑️ 🗒️ 🗓️ 🗜️ 🗝️ 🗞️ 🗡️ 🗣️ 🗨️ 🗯️ 🗳️ 🗺️ 🗻 🗼 🗽 🗾 🗿 😀 😁 😂 😃 😄 😅 😆 😇 😈 😉 😊 😋 😌 😍 😎 😏 😐 😑 😒 😓 😔 😕 😖 😗 😘 😙 😚 😛 😜 😝 😞 😟 😠 😡 😢 😣 😤 😥 😦 😧 😨 😩 😪 😫 😬 😭 😮 😯 😰 😱 😲 😳 😴 😵 😶 😷 😸 😹 😺 😻 😼 😽 😾 😿 🙀 🙁 🙂 🙃 🙄 🙅 🙆 🙇 🙈 🙉 🙊 🙋 🙌 🙍 🙎 🙏 🚀 🚁 🚂 🚃 🚄 🚅 🚆 🚇 🚈 🚉 🚊 🚋 🚌 🚍 🚎 🚏 🚐 🚑 🚒 🚓 🚔 🚕 🚖 🚗 🚘 🚙 🚚 🚛 🚜 🚝 🚞 🚟 🚠 🚡 🚢 🚣 🚤 🚥 🚦 🚧 🚨 🚩 🚪 🚫 🚬 🚭 🚮 🚯 🚰 🚱 🚲 🚳 🚴 🚵 🚶 🚷 🚸 🚹 🚺 🚻 🚼 🚽 🚾 🚿 🛀 🛁 🛂 🛃 🛄 🛅 🛋️ 🛌 🛍️ 🛎️ 🛏️ 🛐 🛑 🛒 🛕 🛖 🛗 🛜 🛝 🛞 🛟 🛠️ 🛡️ 🛢️ 🛣️ 🛤️ 🛥️ 🛩️ 🛫 🛬 🛰️ 🛳️ 🛴 🛵 🛶 🛷 🛸 🛹 🛺 🛻 🛼 🟠 🟡 🟢 🟣 🟤 🟥 🟦 🟧 🟨 🟩 🟪 🟫 🟰 🤌 🤍 🤎 🤏 🤐 🤑 🤒 🤓 🤔 🤕 🤖 🤗 🤘 🤙 🤚 🤛 🤜 🤝 🤞 🤟 🤠 🤡 🤢 🤣 🤤 🤥 🤦 🤧 🤨 🤩 🤪 🤫 🤬 🤭 🤮 🤯 🤰 🤱 🤲 🤳 🤴 🤵 🤶 🤷 🤸 🤹 🤺 🤼 🤽 🤾 🤿 🥀 🥁 🥂 🥃 🥄 🥅 🥇 🥈 🥉 🥊 🥋 🥌 🥍 🥎 🥏 🥐 🥑 🥒 🥓 🥔 🥕 🥖 🥗 🥘 🥙 🥚 🥛 🥜 🥝 🥞 🥟 🥠 🥡 🥢 🥣 🥤 🥥 🥦 🥧 🥨 🥩 🥪 🥫 🥬 🥭 🥮 🥯 🥰 🥱 🥲 🥳 🥴 🥵 🥶 🥷 🥸 🥹 🥺 🥻 🥼 🥽 🥾 🥿 🦀 🦁 🦂 🦃 🦄 🦅 🦆 🦇 🦈 🦉 🦊 🦋 🦌 🦍 🦎 🦏 🦐 🦑 🦒 🦓 🦔 🦕 🦖 🦗 🦘 🦙 🦚 🦛 🦜 🦝 🦞 🦟 🦠 🦡 🦢 🦣 🦤 🦥 🦦 🦧 🦨 🦩 🦪 🦫 🦬 🦭 🦮 🦯 🦰 🦱 🦲 🦳 🦴 🦵 🦶 🦷 🦸 🦹 🦺 🦻 🦼 🦽 🦾 🦿 🧀 🧁 🧂 🧃 🧄 🧅 🧆 🧇 🧈 🧉 🧊 🧋 🧌 🧍 🧎 🧏 🧐 🧑 🧒 🧓 🧔 🧕 🧖 🧗 🧘 🧙 🧚 🧛 🧜 🧝 🧞 🧟 🧠 🧡 🧢 🧣 🧤 🧥 🧦 🧧 🧨 🧩 🧪 🧫 🧬 🧭 🧮 🧯 🧰 🧱 🧲 🧳 🧴 🧵 🧶 🧷 🧸 🧹 🧺 🧻 🧼 🧽 🧾 🧿 🩰 🩱 🩲 🩳 🩴 🩵 🩶 🩷 🩸 🩹 🩺 🩻 🩼 🪀 🪁 🪂 🪃 🪄 🪅 🪆 🪇 🪈 🪐 🪑 🪒 🪓 🪔 🪕 🪖 🪗 🪘 🪙 🪚 🪛 🪜 🪝 🪞 🪟 🪠 🪡 🪢 🪣 🪤 🪥 🪦 🪧 🪨 🪩 🪪 🪫 🪬 🪭 🪮 🪯 🪰 🪱 🪲 🪳 🪴 🪵 🪶 🪷 🪸 🪹 🪺 🪻 🪼 🪽 🪿 🫀 🫁 🫂 🫃 🫄 🫅 🫎 🫏 🫐 🫑 🫒 🫓 🫔 🫕 🫖 🫗 🫘 🫙 🫚 🫛 🫠 🫡 🫢 🫣 🫤 🫥 🫦 🫧 🫨 🫰 🫱 🫲 🫳 🫴 🫵 🫶 🫷 🫸

P4ulin_Kbana , 1 month ago

Thank you! This may come in handy later!

pyrflie , 1 month ago

Emoji are stupid and deserve Bitcoin. We don’t deserve either of these unintelligible pictograph shorthands. Alphabets exist for multiple reasons.

UnfairUtan , 1 month ago

I couldn’t disagree more, emojis are amazing. They bring life to conversation, they help convey emotions, and they can be fun !

rickyrigatoni , 1 month ago

this dude don’t know what 🚶🏠⛈️🚗🚫 means 🤣

meliaesc , 1 month ago

Have you ever had an autism evaluation? Emojis are indispensable to convey context and mood to text.

ruse8145 , 1 month ago

Was someone on your lawn this morning?

HappyTimeHarry , 1 month ago

₿uttcoin (( should have an emoji too then!

charonn0 , 1 month ago

💩

uriel238 , 1 month ago

Bitcoin already has a unicode sign, which is plenty. We don’t need an emoji, we need better user access to the full unicode set. (To date, on both mobile and desktop, I have to sometimes websearch specific characters and copy-paste, and not all emoji are displayed on my PC Firefox browser, though it’s better now than last year). Also curiously, the Lemmy website text editor emoji picker only places an emoji at the end of the text, not where the cursor is (and adds a space I don’t want).

The current Emoji library has a frog face, 🐸 not a frog body. That’s a higher priority than a bitcoin. I could see some kind of generic crypto coin, maybe. Maybe.

On a parallel subject, I do think the international community would do well to create a decentralized currency, and I do think blockchain may figure into this, but it needs to be secure and allow for anonymous transactions, and not allow for tampering with the ledger. Bitcoin has failed on all three accounts. We need a better, more robust system, but it seems all current cryptocurrencies are practice, and toys for prospectors and gamblers until we make a robust one.

I absolutely do not want to encourage the ransomware industry.

LeSingePuant , 1 month ago

Absolutely agree. Unfortunately, it would probably be negatively stigmatized for [insert illegal hot-button topic] like encrypted messaging is.

go_go_gadget , 1 month ago

but it needs to be secure and allow for anonymous transactions, and not allow for tampering with the ledger. Bitcoin has failed on all three accounts.

Lol what? No legitimate bitcoin critics make these claims against Bitcoin. The ledger is immutable and the transactions are pseudo anonymous. In fact your typical bitcoin critic lists these as downsides (“no way to reverse mistakes” and “cannot prevent money laundering”) right after the criticisms about energy consumption.

You legitimately have no idea what you’re talking about.

uriel238 , 1 month ago

I’m not a Bitcoin or crypto expert (though I remember news about a decade ago about unrelated data, including pictures, ending up in the ledger. Maybe they fixed it?) Rather I think about what I’d want in a currency that we don’t have in state-backed currencies.

And yes, anonymity of transactions is one of the, money laundering is about justifying gains to a surveillance state on the grounds that only state-approved transactions should be allowed. Like the internet, the economy is and should be bigger than the regional states we have, unless you want Hollywood telling you what content you are allowed to watch and how many times before your license expires.

One of the problems with state-proprietary banking systems is that they can be manipulated for political purposes. It’s nice when this means depriving dicks of their money (say Putin and Russian Oligarchs) but it’s not very nice when it’s used to silence journalists who embarrass the ownership class (e.g. Wikileaks) or is used by industrialists to block competition (e.g. the MPAA and RIAA arranging for the freezing of Kim Dotcom’s assets, and those of Megaupload, which was about to release a new music distribution system).

The point is to create a currency that states cannot control or regulate.

Yes, there are matters like the black market. CSAM transactions have become more difficult to trace while cryptocurrencies are stable, but I suspect these can be addressed piecemeal when we actually confront problems like drug abuse and porn production. As it is, the people who do the most damage, cause the most cost and death have enough influence on state regulators of currency so as to not need to launder money. (Though they may fold conflict diamonds into ones mined from legitimate sources.)

go_go_gadget , 1 month ago

You said the Bitcoin ledger is mutable. It’s not. You said Bitcoin isn’t anonymous and that’s mostly true because it’s pseduo-anonymous which can be fully anonymous if you want it to be.

dan , 1 month ago

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: unicode.org/emoji/proposals.html. If it gets rejected, it’s four years until you can reapply for the same Emoji.

lud , 1 month ago

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

dan , 1 month ago

Yeah I doubt it’d be approved… I was just saying that there’s an actual process that has to be followed. The Unicode consortium aren’t going to care about a Change .org partition that gets maybe 20k signatures at most given billions of people use Unicode and they’ve got proper processes to go through.

lud , 1 month ago

I absolutely agree with you.

brbposting , 1 month ago

Overnight a terrible proposal on the first day, get it rejected for everyone for four years

(I know they’d look at others)

schnurrito , 1 month ago

It was a mistake that the Unicode people started to add emoji of their own at all ever in the first place.

My understanding is that emoji were originally added because they existed in other preexisting standards. They should have kept it at that. Now we get public discussions what concepts are important enough to “deserve” emoji, which is a stupid, pointless discussion that could have been avoided if they had not started doing that. We were able to communicate just fine before emoji were a thing.

P4ulin_Kbana , 1 month ago

I disagree with your opinion.

Emerald , 1 month ago

emojipedia.org/bitcoin-sign

autonomoususer , 1 month ago

Proprietary money is a scam.

AlwaysTheir , 1 month ago

I agree but I’m not sure BTC fit the definition of proprietary money I’m finding online. How does BTC qualify in your opinion?

autonomoususer , 1 month ago

Libre

MedicPigBabySaver , 1 month ago

Stupid indeed.

daddy32 , 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago)

If boobs don’t have their emoji, bitcoin doesn’t deserve it either!

uriel238 , 1 month ago

We have an established tradition to represent sexual characteristics with fruit. 🍆, 🍑, 🍈 🍈.

To be fair, I whenever I go to market and see the eggplants, I feel inadequate. Also in the last decade many of the more classical substitutes have emerged in the emoji library. 🌶️, 🥒, 🥚🥚, 🌮, 🍪, 🎂, 🎃🎃

isolatedscotch , 1 month ago

what’s the cookie supposed to mean?

uriel238 , 1 month ago

I think the same thing as 🍑, or 🌮, but in the context of pleasantly getting a peek due to a brief wardrobe malfunction. At least that’s the context in which I’ve seen it.

Aopen , 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago)

Emoji? Why not unicode character like $ or €?

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

Johnmannesca , 1 month ago

That actually makes sense, that’s why

Cheems , 1 month ago

Like this? ₿

Xtallll , 1 month ago

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

pirat , 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago)

Your comment lead me to this overview:

en.wikipedia.org/…/Template:Unicode_chart_Bamum_S…

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 , 1 month ago

₿ like this?