This finance startup chose a most unfortunate name and got entirely the mockery you’d expect
Well, it’s one way of generating a bit of attention for yourself, a new finance company that went viral on Twitter today because, well, look.
📢 @noncefinance is building on Polygon!
🚀 With Polygon, NFT users will be able to increase the liquidity of their NFTs by utilizing Nonce’s fractionalization protocol that creates a seamless bridge between the NFT and ERC20 world.
🌐 Learn more: https://t.co/BqOV6PDvxh pic.twitter.com/F4MPy21i4t
— Polygon (@0xPolygon) July 2, 2021
Now, in one particular part of the world, a nonce is a ‘random or semi-random number that is generated for a specific use, typically related to cryptographic communication or information technology.
‘The term itself stands for “number used once” or “number once” and is most commonly referred to specifically as a cryptographic nonce’.
So entirely appropriate, then. Except, in another part of the world, it means something entirely different.
And it got just the responses you think it got on Twitter.
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Nice company you got there, it'd be a shame if someone named it Nonce. https://t.co/YDBxplFbZI
— Champion Regent Sterling (@JimSterling) July 5, 2021
2.
Here’s a bit of marketing research for you: put your company name into Google before your launch. That’ll be £2000, DM me for paypal deets.
— Matt Ratt (@MisterRatt) July 5, 2021
3.
Nonce Finance: where your investment never reaches maturity. https://t.co/4eFfxlEmuz
— Dan (@JeSuisUnDan) July 5, 2021
4.
It is only a matter of time before nonce coin becomes a thing. One day we may be able to purchase goods and services using nonce coins. https://t.co/eymG4KOiNv
— Memeulous (@Memeulous) July 5, 2021
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— Jonny Sharples (@JonnyGabriel) July 5, 2021
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NONCE FINANCE lmao are you kidding? Will this be the quickest rebrand of all time ? https://t.co/I5FUupPPer
— ∞ CO฿IE (@CryptoCobain) July 5, 2021
7.
signs you never ran your company name past a british person https://t.co/mZXDYvgI0D
— Freya C (@Spdrcstl) July 5, 2021
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I am yet again BEGGING Americans to simply Google a word before using it. https://t.co/Yj5yvKKHNW
— Daniel Sugarman (@Daniel_Sugarman) July 5, 2021
Not everyone saw it as a problem.
They’re a cryptocurrency company, so it’s an appropriate name.
— WAHa.06×36 ↙︎↙︎↙︎ (@WAHa_06x36) July 5, 2021
this is fantastic, keep up the good work. don’t change the name, don’t mind the haters, stick to your guns
— Alex May (@thestarboretum) July 5, 2021
Well, maybe.
To conclude …
Social media can be a horrible place sometimes and then it makes you aware that someone called their NFT company “Nonce Finance” and everything is forgiven
— Shiro Sirius (@ShiroSirius) July 5, 2021
Source Twitter @0xPolygon
