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Isn't it an irony that bitcoins are not coins at all?
What are your thoughts on this?

LOL... sweet.. Thanks for pointing it out :)

It's because Satoshi was a poet  ;)

Shhh let's keep this between us  8)

poets are forever!

Not ... coins? This sucks. I'm quite the numismatist.

I just thought I had to collect enough ninghis to exchange them for a bitcoin. All that wasted real estate.

It is not IRONIC.

Isn't it ironic that those people who start the largest number of threads have the least useful things to say?

original poster only has 26 posts at last count  ;D

nice of them to post this comment so that the noobs will then go download the OP's book to find out 'what is a bitcoin' on the link in their other thread. now thats what i call subtle advertising.

 

Are you implying the obverse it also true? And that this is a useful thread?

Irony is using a word for something other than its literal intention.

The word bitcoin is ironic.

Rain on your wedding day is not ironic, it is just annoying.

People who start the largest number of threads having the least useful things to say is not ironic, it is counterintuitive.

Your use of the word ironic is however ironic.

irony is a very board term.

you could say selling bitcoins at 12.50 is ironic... or is it moronic? hmmmmmm

:D

Moironic?

Bitcoin is a metaphor. You know like how "Federal Reserve" is suppose to give the impression there is a big stash of Gold somewhere to make everything safe.

OP has a point, because the term "coin" actually confuses many newbees.

At least that is my experience.
I encountered a constant misconception with almost everyone I talked to.
Most of these people had already heard the therm "Bitcoin" somewhere. So typically they think

• a bit-coin is a piece, just a piece made up from a sequence of 0 and 1
• you store those magical bit coin pieces in your wallet
• miners discover those coins by solving a mathematical problem

Consequently many people tend to dismiss the idea right away, since everyone knows that 0s and 1s can easily be copied. Well -- nothing wrong with that -- it makes a nice starting point to debunk those misconceptions. Anyway, this observation highlights two things: for one, the power of words for transporting concepts, and secondly, it highlights the unconventional nature of Bitcoin.

The Dollar comes from the word "Thaler" which was originally an European coin used throughout Europe. But the greenbacks the keep printing ain't Thalers either!!

Money is nominal, it's only a convention what we decided to use to carry the value of a currency - we use bits, they use 'fiat', we mine our coins, they cheat.

OP is not original poster at all.  ;D

Bitcoins may not be a coins, but I do have a bitcoin coin. 



 ???

Putting a bitcoin into a literal coin is poetic.

One definition of coin is simply: money.

So its not ironic really.

I find it ironic how irony is not made of element 26.

By "obverse", do you mean the front side of the coin?

(Wikipedia: Obverse and its opposite, reverse, refer to the two flat faces of coins and some other two-sided objects, ...)

;)

Is one side truer than the other? Pick one of the following ( http://www.thefreedictionary.com/true ). I think number 8 or 9 fit best.

true  (tr)
adj. tru·er, tru·est
1.
a. Consistent with fact or reality; not false or erroneous. See Synonyms at real1. See Usage Note at fact.
b. Truthful.
2. Real; genuine. See Synonyms at authentic.
3. Reliable; accurate: a true prophecy.
4. Faithful, as to a friend, vow, or cause; loyal. See Synonyms at faithful.
5. Sincerely felt or expressed; unfeigned: true grief.
6. Fundamental; essential: his true motive.
7. Rightful; legitimate: the true heir.
8. Exactly conforming to a rule, standard, or pattern: trying to sing true B.
9. Accurately shaped or fitted: a true wheel.
10. Accurately placed, delivered, or thrown.
11. Quick and exact in sensing and responding.
12. Determined with reference to the earth's axis, not the magnetic poles: true north.
13. Conforming to the definitive criteria of a natural group; typical: The horseshoe crab is not a true crab.
14. Narrowly particularized; highly specific: spoke of probity in the truest sense of the word.
15. Computer Science Indicating one of two possible values taken by a variable in Boolean logic or a binary device.
adv.
1. In accord with reality, fact, or truthfulness.
2. Unswervingly; exactly: The archer aimed true.
3. So as to conform to a type, standard, or pattern.
tr.v. trued, tru·ing or true·ing, trues
To position (something) so as to make it balanced, level, or square: trued up the long planks.
n.
1. Truth or reality. Used with the.
2. Proper alignment or adjustment: out of true.

+1 Ichthyo

Bitcoins are also not a bit.

WHAT? This is a scam! I'm deleting all my bit-not-coins immediately!

"God is subtle, but he is not malicious" — Albert Einstein

https://www.casascius.com/

i have a couple of these little guys. so. bitcoins can be coins

checkmate, bitcoiners!

Fiat money sucks

and emails don't come in envelopes through the Post Office ...

 ... what is the OP's point exactly? (assumes he has a rudimentary grasp of english)