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Seems like a good motto for our favourite cryptocurrency. Here's my take on an icon with the phrase inline:

    https://i.imgur.com/AwQbz.png

And here's the original bitcoin.svg (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1156750/misc/stickfigures4bitcoins/bitcoin.svg) (done in Inkscape).

Consider this licensed under public domain. Mashups and improvements are welcome. Enjoy!

- shazow (the stickfigure dude)

Pure genius

Making snowclones of the U.S. motto is a bit overused, tbh. Let's try Latin* instead:

quod latet, libera est (What lies hidden is free)

Google translate does latin in case anyone wants to try

_{*I'm shit at Latin; Cue Monty Python references}

If you go with Latin I'd put the translation of:
open,secure,of the people

I propose "Nec Dei, Nec Domini" - no gods, no masters

Sorry, i disagree with any promotion of BTC that implies we have something to hide, ie, the "crypto" part.

Crypto isn't only for hiding things. It also makes it VERY hard to steal other peoples coins, fake coins, it's what makes Bitcoin work. It all depends on cryptology.

Cryptography.

You would probably offend a large portion of the USA with that slogan. Probably not the best idea for promotion techniques.

The USD is not backed by "God".

How about Parcus Licentia (Economic Liberty) as a motto?

how about "central banks we distrust" ?

patefacio , tutis , publicus  :-\
I like it but whats a better word for open?

How about emphasising the decentralized nature of a p2p currancy?
iunctum in divortium (unity in division)
or
tribuo nos sto (divided we stand)  8)

How proficient are you in Latin? It's been a while (to say the least) since I studied it, but isn't "to stand" in the plural 1st properly declinated "stamus"? "tribuo" sounds suspect as well.

i totally understand.  in fact i love the cryptography, anonymity too, but i'm looking at it from a marketing aspect to the masses and esp. our gov't.

Like most people on the internet I have google for brains :P
And I got the wrong language  :-[ ..... Does "dividus stamus" look better?

You're right.  It isn't.

Very Orwellian, I like it.

I see the reference to Cryptography to be no different than saying "In Mathematics we trust" (as cryptography is a branch of mathematics). It's a science in one of the purest forms. That's why it becomes an interesting play on the antithesis "In God we trust" as the purest form of faith.

My next favourite so far is "Unity in division" by deadlizard. It's not quite as self-explanatory though, which I suppose lends itself more to latinization. If it was a concise understandable statement, I'd keep it in english.

- shazow

+1!

I think latin is much better than english. Who would wants to associate the Bitcoin with only the english-speaking world? Even tough latin may be associated with the holy guys in rome... Can't we use icons like there are on these space probes? ;-)

I think since it is called BITcoin, we should try to encode something in binary on the coin, no? Maybe like a barcode when 0 and 1 take too much space. And it can be in big- and little endian on the opposite sides :-)

I originally said "The USD is not backed by God" :S What is going on here?!

either/or.
6 to one, half dozen the other
Both are correct :P

"In Math we trust" I want a t-shirt saying that

How about if instead of Latin the message was written in Lojban (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lojban) ?

I don't think bitcoin tries to prove the Saphir-Whorf-hypothesis...

Lojban is geekier than Latin, and more related to computers as well, and it was created with crossing borders in mind

And what makes Lojban superior to any other language besides noone speaks it ;)? Why not Klingon, Esperanto, Soresol or even Lingua Ignota?

I don't want to bash Lojban. It is very interesting by itself, but i don't see a reason what makes it special for our purpose here.

The benefit of Latin is, that a lot of people understand it and it is to some extend associated with old sigils and emblems - in the western World. Elsewhere my point is pointless. Therefore I proposed an iconographic language. But I don't see that Lojban is reasonably common anywhere in the world.

My suggestion: "E Pluribus Pecuniam" (Out of Many, [the] Money).

Sorry to bring that from the grave.

But my question is directly related to the topic of this tread.

I would like to know if "In cryptography we trust" would be translated correctly to "In Crypto Credimus" in Latin.

I would also like to know if you think it's a good motto for Cryptocurrency in your opinion.


Thank you in advance for your inputs !