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"Cube" would have been better: "Square" => "Cube" but "Square" => "Block" just seems mediocre by comparison. Certainly they want "Block" to invoke blockchai
by thesuperbigfrog 5y ago
"Cube" would have been better:
"Square" => "Cube"
but
"Square" => "Block" just seems mediocre by comparison.
Certainly they want "Block" to invoke blockchain, but it seems more gimmicky with just "Block".
- cercatrova 5y agoBlock is a reference to blockchain, ie Square is looking to move towards cryptocurrency more and more, so cube wouldn't have worked in this case.
- fragmede 5y agoChain also has some weird connotations, but Coin might have worked.
- cercatrova 5y agoChainlink and Coinbase already exist so they might not have wanted to be too similar to them.
- keyle 5y agoMissed opportunity on cubechain right there!
- anonporridge 5y agoJack has been pretty explicit that they're looking toward bitcoin only, not cryptocurrency generally.
- newfonewhodis 5y agoSquare Blockchain Corp maybe? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Blockchain_Corp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Blockchain_Corp
- LanceJones 5y agoIf anyone should've rebranded as Block, it's H&R Block. "It's cleaner."
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- comeonseriously 5y agoI wonder if their lawyers are type type typing away at this moment...
- wmf 5y agoH&R Block Blocks Block Rebranding?
- nnf 5y agoH&R Block is well known as Block in the Kansas City area, where they’re headquartered, though I don’t know if that’s only among tech people or the general public.
- imgabe 5y agoAnd if they got then Jennifer Lopez as their spokesperson, they'd be a trillion dollar company right now.