Well we knew it was just a matter of time.
Kanye West’s Manhattan-based lawyer sent a cease-and-desist letter to the anonymous coders behind Coinye claiming copyright infringement.
But the programmer, who uses the name Jonny Bravo, said the CoinyeCasino.com team is prepping even more games for Coinye users after the site opened for “real play” early Wednesday
Users who receive the new Coinye coins can take them directly to the new Coinye Casino to play some classic European roulette or hoard them hoping they catch on and grow in value.
“Given Mr. West’s wide-ranging entrepreneurial accomplishments, consumers are likely to mistakenly believe that Mr. West is the source or your services,” lawyer Brad Rose with Pryor Cashman said in the letter obtained by the Wall Street Journal.
“We are just a few guys who want to take cryptocurrency to the mainstream,” the anonymous founders wrote online as they moved their launch date to Tuesday night from later in the month.
“We would like to make it clear that we are entirely independent of (West), and there should be no confusion as to the intent or origin of this project,” they said. “The name ‘Coinye’ is intended solely as parody, not an indication or implication of endorsement or involvement.”
Cryptocurrency is invisible money released from a network that’s preprogrammed with a certain number of coins distributed over time to users who unlock them, often times by solving complex math problems.
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