There is another big problem nobody notices, besides the bitcoin-dot-com name:
Craig Wright must be spending big on SEO. Recently I searched for some bitcoin information. (not saying search term, to not give faketoshi scammers any tips.) SERP position #2 was a page from a so called "Bitcoin Wiki" at a BSV scam site. SERP position #3 was the real Bitcoin Wiki.
I urge anyone with real SEO skills to evaluate the search engine influence of real Bitcoin sites vs scam sites
real Bitcoin vs BCH sites
real Bitcoin vs BSV sites
real Bitcoin information sitse have the problem, many are made by volunteer effort. Core developers focus on code and protocol improvements. Bitcoiners focus on talking about Bitcoin. Scammers put resources on domain names, SEO... what brings in the new money from people who don't know any better
I'm not a lawyer, but shouldn't there be some sort of way to argue that Bitcoin is an implicit trademark, and selling the same type of good under the same name is a serious trademark violation.
There is no such thing as an "implicit trademark" owned by no identifiable entity.. owned by nobody?
There's one thing that I can't get clear on.
Basically, nobody claims any rights to the name "Bitcoin", right? No trademarks, brands or related registrations? So anyone can make 'a new coin' and market it as "Bicoin"?
Well that sounds really awful...
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Surely the situation with all this forked BTC would be much better if the name was protected, so we can ask the question why no one did it, maybe no one could have predicted that there would be so many copies?
Or the founder/s thought having a Bitcoin or bitcoin trademark is against the nature of the blockchain and coin which is supposed to be decentralized?
see:
http://cypherspace.org/CPL/We could argue about this if it's good or bad, but I am not interested.
Someone made a thread in bitcoin discussion board and told a story about his friend buying bitcoin in the platform. He was stating that it isn't real bitcoin that paypal has been selling.
maybe he meant "not your keys, not your coins" .
I hope that's what he meant.
Paypal is offering BTC but also BCH. hmm.
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/palling-up-to-crypto-could-paypals-bitcoin-accommodation-lead-to-widespread-adoptionOne vitally significant aspect of PayPal’s move to accommodate bitcoin is the fact that it, along with other cryptocurrencies like bitcoin cash, ether and litecoin, can now be used to shop with the firm’s 26 million merchants across the world from 2021 onward.