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About the name - Libra IIRC the Winklevoss twins have a Bitcoin exchange called Gemini Surely a coincidence brb going all in on tokenized cults

• DoreenMichele 7y ago
  IIRC the Winklevoss twins have a Bitcoin exchange called Gemini Gemini = "sign of the twins" (And, according to Wikipedia, is Latin for "twins" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_(constellation) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_(constellation)) It's probably just narcissism in that case. I'm guessing "Libra" in this case is probably a variation of Libre -- free -- rather than an astrological reference. But that's totally a guess and could be completely wrong. If anyone actually knows why they named it Libra, I would love to hear the explanation. A quick search isn't turning up answers.
  • SI_Rob 7y ago
    The joke (maybe, maybe not) in drawing the presumably intentional astrological connection has to do with the fact that the Winks and Zuckerberg have some ... shared history.
    • DoreenMichele 7y ago
      Well, I have no idea what you are talking about. Care to elaborate? I just find how things get named interesting. I did realize it was a joke, but that doesn't preclude actually discussing why these things got the names they have.
      • SI_Rob 7y ago
        Too long and getting OT to explain here, but in The Social Network it was explored pretty... <dons shades > dramatically