Would be cool if we could indeed pick/apply for badges in the near future, It would add some kind of personalization to your account.
I see we have an April's fools joke, and an ETH related one... I wonder why... lol.
Not just ETH, look more carefully at everyone's badges
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I see now they're about altcoins in general...
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Sir theymos said in the other thread that these an AI program tracking your alt account and give a respective alt coin badge.
A bit sad to put all that effort into a joke, it has so much more potential. I hope theymos thinks about adding this as a feature, would be great to see.