Bitcoin deserves an emoji. You can make it happen.
This Bitcoin Halving, join us in making crypto history.
As we stand on the Brink of the Bitcoin Halving, it's time to give (₿) its rightful place in our digital dictionary, recognizing its impact on society, technology, and how we think about money itself.
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Visual Representation
Bitcoin represents global financial freedom and serves as a universal reference for digital assets in everyday communication.
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Recognition
It deserves a spot alongside traditional financial assets, acknowledging its impact on finance, technology, and culture.
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A Historic Moment
The emoji would be a grand gesture for the Fourth Bitcoin Halving, symbolizing each individual's contribution to this significant milestone.
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Cultural Significance
Placing BTC and blockchain at everyone's fingertips highlights its role as a cultural and technological marvel, integral to daily life.
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A Community Initiative
This initiative amplifies the crypto community's collective voice and underscores the importance of open-source resources in everyday innovation.
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Education
It illustrates the evolution of currency to the era of Bitcoin, serving as a gateway to financial literacy and unraveling the complexities of Bitcoin.
We aim for 1,350,000 signatures, matching the Bitcoins left to mine. Or, should we shoot for 21 million? 🤔
Movement's voices
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Uniting 35+ top crypto organizations
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This movement engages the global crypto community
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Emphasizing Bitcoin’s triple identity as money, technology, and culture
Kosta Kantchev
Co-founder & Executive Chairman, Nexo
Brink
Mike Schmidt
Executive Director, Brink
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CryptoQuant
Ki Young Ju
CEO, CryptoQuant
Nansen
Alex Svanevik
CEO and Co-founder, Nansen
BTC Inc.
David Bailey
CEO, BTC Inc.
Bitget
Gracy Chen
Managing Director, Bitget
Unstoppable Domains
Sandy Carter
COO, Unstoppable Domains
Chainalysis
Ian Andrews
CMO, Chainalysis
Liquity
Sam Lekhak
Head of Marketing & Comms, Liquity
Zulu
Esteban Villegas
CEO, Zulu
Hacken
Yevheniia Broshevan
Co-Founder & CBDO, Hacken
OKX
Jason Lau
CIO, OKX
Axiom
Allen Farrington
Axiom
BtcTurk
Özgür Güneri
CEO, BtcTurk
Mpost
Vadim Krekotin
Founding Partner, Mpost
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Is your organization passionate about fostering innovation and supporting the Bitcoin ecosystem? We're calling on companies and organizations to join us in this historic initiative to secure an official Bitcoin emoji, symbolizing the global impact of Bitcoin and its community.
What is Bitcoin
In the epoch of digital innovation, Bitcoin emerges not merely as an avant-garde digital currency but as a revolutionary force that critically reexamines the underpinnings of the traditional financial system. With the publication of its whitepaper on October 31, 2008 by the enigmatic figure or group known as Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin introduced a radical paradigm rooted in the principles of decentralization. This pivotal moment, set against the backdrop of the 2007-2008 global financial crisis — the most severe economic downturn since the Great Depression — underscored the urgent need for a financial architecture resilient to the inherent vulnerabilities of the traditional banking sector, including issues of trust, centralized control, and opacity.
The genesis of Bitcoin, marked by the mining of its first block, known as the Genesis Block or Block 0, on January 3, 2009, symbolized a beacon of hope and a call to arms for an equitable and inclusive financial system. This was a direct response to the financial turmoil that laid bare the fragilities of the established financial industry, catalyzing a socio-economic crusade for privacy, autonomy, and democratized access to global finance.
Central to Bitcoin's proposition is its scarcity and fixed supply, echoing the scarcity and value preservation attributes of precious metals like gold. By capping the total issuance at 21 million bitcoin, Satoshi presents an antidote to the inflationary tendencies of fiat currencies, which central banks can issue in limitless quantities, potentially precipitating devaluation and inflation. This scarcity principle is not only a bulwark against inflation but also a foundational element that ensures the predictability, security, and inflation-resistant characteristics of bitcoin as both a medium of exchange and a store of value.
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The mechanism of scarcity and fixed supply also underpins the incentivization structure for miners, who are rewarded with bitcoin for their critical role in confirming transactions and fortifying the blockchain. The concept of halving — periodic reductions in the reward for mining new blocks — further entrenches this scarcity, ensuring that as the issuance of new bitcoins diminishes, transaction fees will progressively become the principal incentive for miners, safeguarding the network's security and operational continuity into the future.
Through this comprehensive narrative, readers are invited to grasp the multifaceted dimensions of Bitcoin: its origins, the hurdles it surmounts, the triumphs it celebrates, and its indelible impact on the future of finance. In understanding Bitcoin, we are called upon to participate in a movement towards a future where financial freedom and equity are not just ideals, but tangible realities for all, anchored in the bedrock of a transparent, secure, and inclusive financial system.
Global Crypto Adoption
In October 2023, Chainalysis published its fourth annual “Geography of Cryptocurrency Report”, with its centerpiece, the 2023 Global Crypto Adoption Index, which is composed of on-chain and web data to measure which countries are leading the world in grassroots crypto adoption.
The purpose of the index is to assess which global markets have the highest grassroots adoption. Unlike focusing solely on countries with the highest transaction volumes – typically the largest and most affluent nations – the index spotlights the places where everyday individuals are most enthusiastically embracing cryptocurrencies for everyday use.
Key highlights:
- The Central & Southern Asia and Oceania (CSAO) region takes a prominent position at the summit of the index, with six out of the top ten countries hailing from this region.
- Several distinct factors underlie each country's ranking. A more in-depth exploration of this region delves into:
- The gaming-driven crypto economy in the Philippines
- The popularity of stablecoins amid rapid inflation in Pakistan
- India’s booming crypto economy despite a challenging regulatory and tax environment
- Lower middle income (LMI) countries have seen the greatest recovery in grassroots crypto adoption over the last year.
Institutions across Central, Northern, and Western Europe are expanding their horizons through experimentation with DeFi and Web3
Central, Northern, & Western Europe (CNWE) is the second-largest cryptocurrency economy in the world this year, behind only North America. The region accounted for 17.6% of global transaction volume between July 2022 and June 2023, and received an estimated $1 trillion in on-chain value during the same time period.
Throughout the area, decentralized finance (DeFi) stands as the most favored service category, representing 54.8% of the received cryptocurrency value. DeFi has been a pivotal element in driving crypto adoption in CNWE over recent years, particularly through the proliferation of decentralized exchanges (DEXes). Although much of this engagement was spurred by retail participants, institutions across the region are increasingly embracing DeFi, encouraged by regulatory structures that endorse a variety of web3 ventures.
Six of the 50 biggest grassroot adopters of cryptocurrency according to the Global Crypto Adoption Index are based in CNWE: the United Kingdom (14), Spain (22), France (23), Germany (26), Italy (37), and the Netherlands (39).