TIL there was a popular Bitcoin alternative named Coinye West, until Kanye West sued for copyright infringement. In response, the company removed all direct references to West and replaced him with "an unnamed half-man half-fish hybrid."

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coinye



Submitted April 03, 2015 at 08:26PM by hollowaydivision http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/31bc1w/til_there_was_a_popular_bitcoin_alternative_named/