35 crypto companies got together to make a change dot org petition called “Bitcoin Deserves an Emoji”.

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yes, it is. anyone can spin up a node or download the blockchain or make an address.

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Anyone can shit their pants. Is that “infrastructure”?

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the sewer is infrastructure. i don’t think you understand the network protocol.

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I’m not using the sewer when I shit my pants. I don’t think you understand pants.

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You think you can fool people by using a simple straw man argument technique? Come on, get your shit together. Bitcoin is infrastructure as anyone can submit transactions to the network and they will be seamlessly processed. As simple as that

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I know that shouting “straw man!” is the first step of trying to deflect from being wrong on the Internet… But if you’re going to do it, at least know what a straw man is.

My argument is that “Infrastructure” != “anyone can do it”.

Infrastructure is something that benefits and maintains the general public. Bitcoin benefits a handful of cryptobros, billionaires… and most importantly ransomware rings.

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Should the fediverse get an emoji? How about Matrix?

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as was already said elsewhere, advocating for an emoji is silly, and advocating against one might be sillier.

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Putting significant energy into campaigning against it? Sure. But what’s silly about saying “this is a stupid idea and shouldn’t happen”?

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