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This is the most poorly named venture, there's a huge political battle going on about immigrants and custody of their children at the border, custody itself usu
by gremlinsinc 8y ago
This is the most poorly named venture, there's a huge political battle going on about immigrants and custody of their children at the border, custody itself usually goes hand in hand with 'battle'.
Having worked with foster children, trying to adopt, when they went back to a relative, and we lost custody it was painful. Custody to MANY MANY people in America has VERY negative connotations.
- wmf 8y agoThe concept of financial custody goes back hundreds of years (although I realize most HN readers have probably never heard of it); it doesn't make sense to abandon that terminology over a short-lived political crisis.
- gremlinsinc 8y agoI'm sure there's many things they could call it though, that would have more positive overtones. From a branding/marketing perspective. Edit: For example, why not call it Coinbase Custodian? Totally different connotation, and better name IMHO.
- JumpCrisscross 8y ago> why not call it Coinbase Custodian? "Coinbase Custody" tells me exactly what they're doing. "Coinbase Custodian" makes me think they're launching a janitorial service.
- workinfunk 8y agoSo you're familiar with "custody" as a term of art, yet not "custodian", very interesting, not saying you're lying, just interesting.