A Bitcoin-supporting community movement has evidently galvanized, alleging that Bitcoin.com is misleading buyers into purchasing Bitcoin Cash instead of Bitcoin, with outraged users launching a website bitcoincomlawsuit.
One of the supports of the community-led movement posted an explanation of the claim on Twitter today, April 28:.If you've lost bitcoin because of misleading language, ticker symbols, graphics, or photos on any Roger Ver website or wallet please submit your report to: https://t.
Ragnar Lifthrasir April 28, 2018 The newly launched website will soon be accepting Bitcoin donations in support of levelling a promised lawsuit against Bitcoin.com, which outraged users claim has recently modified its interface so as to blur the distinction between Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash, a coin that hard-forked from the Bitcoin blockchain in August, 2017 and has since been competing with Bitcoin for brand recognition.
As the aggrieved users point out, Bitcoin.com, which provides a BTC and BCH-supporting wallet, shows buyers both cryptocurrencies' logos in the same color, as well as unusually referring to Bitcoin as 'Bitcoin Core', the name of its software client, rather than the more widely recognizable 'Bitcoin'.
Many indignant users have gone so far as to suggest these practices amount to "Fraud".
MoneyTrigz April 27, 2018 Earlier this year, a US government institute itself misstepped into the muddy waters, publishing an official research paper that mistakenly claimed that Bitcoin Cash was the "Original" Bitcoin, while Bitcoin was its "Fork".
Outraged Pro-BTC Community Alleges Bitcoin.com Is Misleading Buyers Into Buying BCH
Published on Apr 28, 2018
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