Topic: It's time for a Bitcoin sign in sign language (Read 3454 times)
We could gather all the submissions and have a poll then advertise it on various sign language websites.
This is a cool idea--can we have people who specifically use sign language for regular communication identify that in your posts? I'm all for interest in the topic from outside the signing community, but the opinions of people who rely on sign language for actual communication are much more important than just what a general audience thinks is fun or neat.
Agreed. It would be great if we could get a native sign language speaker from the community to make a pick.
I'm guessing getting it accepted as a real sign by the standard organisations in different countries will be a bridge to far as long as Bitcoin is not mainstream.
Then maybe you're not cut out for Bitcoins? Have you thought about Ripple?
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Then maybe you're not cut out for Bitcoins? Have you thought about Ripple?
Pardon the crude drawing, but something like this
I am not capable of doing that with my hands.
Pardon the crude drawing, but something like this
I am not capable of doing that with my hands.
Here's the sign for Bitcoin.
Video 1 is the better of the two option, imho. It's great you are thinking inclusively with regard to BTC, now we need a Braille symbol to!
Or the sign for bank followed by fuck off! 
This, obviously 
This is a cool idea--can we have people who specifically use sign language for regular communication identify that in your posts? I'm all for interest in the topic from outside the signing community, but the opinions of people who rely on sign language for actual communication are much more important than just what a general audience thinks is fun or neat.
It might take a second to get the sign right the first few tries, but it's rather easy I think plus it looks cool.
One thing to consider with these is that it has to be easy to make the sign. I found it took some time to get the proposed Bitcoin sign by BitcoinBarrel right. People should be able to use it in a conversation without a 3 seconds pause to get their hand in the right position 
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The sign from the first video is made in the same manner as the euro sign is: http://www.handspeak.com/word/index.php?dict=en&signID=689
(it's the letter e with two horizontal bars drawn).
I wonder if it is possible to propose a new sign to be introduced. One problem is there are so many different organizations all over the world involved governing some local used sign language dialect. Although there is an international sign language dialect (International Sign).
This discussion reminds me of the 'Ichthys'; a sign used by Christians during the time they were persecuted by the romans to mark places they could meet or talk. Imagine if Bitcoin is ever outlawed, people would use a sign to start secret meetups and set up trading
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.The sign from the first video is made in the same manner as the euro sign is: http://www.handspeak.com/word/index.php?dict=en&signID=689
(it's the letter e with two horizontal bars drawn).
I wonder if it is possible to propose a new sign to be introduced. One problem is there are so many different organizations all over the world involved governing some local used sign language dialect. Although there is an international sign language dialect (International Sign).
This discussion reminds me of the 'Ichthys'; a sign used by Christians during the time they were persecuted by the romans to mark places they could meet or talk. Imagine if Bitcoin is ever outlawed, people would use a sign to start secret meetups and set up trading
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Ok here's what I propose:
You can also do the hand sign forward and palm up in a firm manner to say "Give me my bitcoins"
If anyone wants to design some better diagrams that would be cool.
You can also do the hand sign forward and palm up in a firm manner to say "Give me my bitcoins"
If anyone wants to design some better diagrams that would be cool.
How about combining the two signs for "money" and "electricity"?
Here's an American Sign Language dictionary.
Nuances get tricky.
Here's an American Sign Language dictionary.
Nuances get tricky.
Middlefinger?
What about both middle and ring finger up with thumb over index and pinky finger? The two fingers up represent the two bars and the thumb, pinky and index fingers form the B. Sort of like flipping someone off with both the middle and ring finger.
Hmmmm I like this thinking. We def. need someone to show us how that would look. I think I know what your getting at!
Pardon the crude drawing, but something like this
this looks really interesting, I'm curious to see what is going to come out of this
Middlefinger?
What about both middle and ring finger up with thumb over index and pinky finger? The two fingers up represent the two bars and the thumb, pinky and index fingers form the B. Sort of like flipping someone off with both the middle and ring finger.
Hmmmm I like this thinking. We def. need someone to show us how that would look. I think I know what your getting at!
Middlefinger?
What about both middle and ring finger up with thumb over index and pinky finger? The two fingers up represent the two bars and the thumb, pinky and index fingers form the B. Sort of like flipping someone off with both the middle and ring finger.
Middlefinger?
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