That's a fun connection he made, but unfortunately Bitcoin wasn't always orange ! The original logo was yellow/gold
the orange is much better 😏
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Yes, much better. 🧡
Earlier this year, I delivered a prez on the evolution of the Bitcoin logo and symbol by analysing the discussions on the Bitcointalk forum during that time. Nakamoto initially designed the first ‘skeuomorphic’ BC coin and the next version based on the “B” with a double strike-through.
However, it was Bitboy the designer (not the influencer) who created the minimalist, orange, flat design that is still in use today. I believe the original colors were likely intended as a nod to gold coins.
Check the animations https://vu.hn/bitcoin%20origins.html
Yes, I also found this website during my research phase and thought the logo design construction animations were super impressive.
However, Bitboy refuted the author’s involvement in the logo design by stating in his signature that he designed the logo without collaborators. This seems more likely, as this website and its alternative version of the logo design surfaced much later, without evidence of the author being part of the forum or contributing to design discussions contemporaneously.
Additionally, I measured the logo angle from when it was first posted, and it is 14 degrees, as Bitboy noted, not 13.88 as the author claims. #logodetective 🕵️♀️
💯 bitboy from bitcointalk made the logo
i actually have no idea who the name is in the image i posted is 😬
Phil Wilson is the author of that blog website, claiming to be involved in the design of the logo.
However, the evidence, both verifiable and circumstantial, points to Bitboy taking Nakamoto’s ‘B’ design, evolving the design and crafting the official logo alone. Really, the time and place for Wilson to claim authorship was November 2010 and on Bitcointalk forum in the thread where Bitboy originally posted the logo, where it could have been ‘hashed’ out between them.