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Title: Chinese username accepted?
Post by: v0yager on September 06, 2014, 04:52:04 PM
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=30817

I found this guy with Chinese username ,
However, I try to register a new one account with Chinese characters but it said " invalid character” ?  :-\


Title: Re: Chinese username accepted?
Post by: iVory1 on September 06, 2014, 06:37:24 PM
Maybe it's because back in 2011 chinese letters were not forbidden.


Title: Re: Chinese username accepted?
Post by: goozman96 on September 06, 2014, 08:11:33 PM
Nice find! Interesting to see that they used to allow Chinese characters for registered. They probably put a stop to it to prevent spam/imposters/potential vulnerability against the forum - similar to how changing avatars are no longer allowed.


Title: Re: Chinese username accepted?
Post by: theymos on September 06, 2014, 09:56:44 PM
His username is different. That's his display name, which has more relaxed rules. In 2011 you could change your display name freely.