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as title, which abbreviation fits bitcointalk better

2 votes each, 14 days

i have seen BTT for a loooong time, but use BCT myself.

Bitcoin is not called BC.

If there is no official abbreviation, that does not mean calling it BCT is also correct.

It can be called BTT. But depending on what that is official.

Before I know this forum, I saw it abbreviated as BTT on another forum that I was.

People that I know are calling it BTT until yesterday that some people said it can be called BCT.

I will choose BTT as bitcoin is called BTC.

Earlier before now, all I knew about the forum and its abbreviations was btt. I have even seen where someone abbreviates it to BTTF (bitcoin talk forum), which sounds okay to me, calling it BCT right now. To some, they will really understand it, but to many, that will be a total new word in their ear. Even if they have come across the word, they will give a total different meaning to it, and out of many, only a few will think about it as a bitcontalk forum.
 
Me, I also stand with the BTT, as that is what I have known the forum with for a very long time till now. Referring to bitcoin as BC, many people will also see it as a new coin and not related to bitcoin as we all know it as BTC. Any new word might make it appear to be a new coin all together.

A more suitable abbreviation should have been BCT, however,  BTT have gained so much popularity that changing it now will really be very difficult. Subconsciously,  everyone seem to have accepted the BTT as abbreviations and even those not part of this forum too.

 I have read several Bitcoin and cryptocurrency related articles in LinkedIn,  Quora, and even Reddit where this forum is usually abbreviated as BTT by the authors as a way of indicating ownership of those works. These articles are widely read by people across the globe. This shows how  far the BTT abbreviation has gone.

Finally, considering the proliferation of cryptocurrencies,  I'm confident that BCT would have already been associated with various coins and tokens... a simple search in coinmarketcap will readily confirm this.

In conclusion, even though it makes a lot of sense using BCT for this forum abbreviation,  changing it from BTT will be difficult and rarely effective.

Earlier this week I saw a member address this forum as BCT (I'm not sure it was this OP), it looked funny to me but I moved on. I'm used to referring to this place as BTT and I think rightly so. BCT doesn't sound representative enough IMHO. Let's dissect it a bit more. BTT could stand in as BiTcoinTalk but what can BCT stand in as BitCoinTalk? Well, I think we've to remember that Bitcoin itself has always taken a "T" immediately after a "B" as in BTC. So, I think it will be really awkward to address a forum named after it as BCT, rather than maintain that sequence it's known for. If anything at all, BTCT – BitcoinTalk better suits than BCT but that will be long and boring to pronounce. Who cares, then? I'm stuck with BTT.

Uhmmm... This is from this post (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5476684.0) - right? VMiner? Okay... Did you have to create a topic to begin a debate on how anyone would address the forum as? Okay... What I'm saying is - anyone could decide to abbreviate the forum's domain name in a way that suits Thier descriptions right?.. lol

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okay.. personally, I feel it's okay to say BTT forum - that has been registered on my mind right from inception..
Off topic; what reminds me of your activity & legacy is your meriting habits; cus you barely begin a topic like this one.

Sandra 🧑‍🦰

I am a bit confused because I have learned to regularly used and mentioned this forum as BTT then the other way round the real Abbreviation should be BCT that is Bit Coin Talk according to a staff in his post. When looking down into what he explained there is a sense to change the usual BTT to BCT but we are too common with the previous abbreviation of BTT and this could be very hard to change though at some point people would get it confused but as time goes they will get used to it.

So far I votes for BCT.

BTT is like the ticker of Bittorrent (BTT)
Agree. BTCT looks very suitable. It's appropriate since Bitcoin (BTC), I remember I saw some old users on reddit using the term BTCtalk which is very particular when they were talking about this forum. But whichever as long as this is the one they are talking about it's the same thing. Its less confusing if they just spell it all out.

I would say that BCT makes sense as that stands for Bit Coin Talk but I have seen people using BTT many times and to me that does make sense at all. I would go with BCT over BTT or anything else because I found sense in that one and if needed I will use BCT or Bitcointalk. My vote goes to BCT!

I prefer BTT most, because since my time here I only get to read BTT nor BCT, but when the Sinbad got banned from here then the member from the authorities who informed us about Sinbad was using the term BCT and then after that, I saw few other members are also writing BCT at that time I did not understand what it was even till now I did not.
But now when you opened this topic about both then I get the idea that BCT might stand for Bitcointalk. But it did not look good and was even a little time-consuming to write than BTT. I also saw many other forums and news articles that prefer to write BTT. I am not so sure about news articles but I think they also used BTT or maybe I am imagining, I have to confirm that part so don't take it for granted maybe some other users might confirm it.

I prefer BTT because we use the first two letters BT as for Bitcoin and that's official, and the last T word for Talk, but if we write BCT and the first two letters BC the C word makes nothing, officially proved. Because BTC means Bitcoin. And BCT did not mean bitcointalk while BTT means bitcointalk.

I voted for BTT, because it's the abbreviation I got used to and it's what I've seen other members use over the years that I have been here in the forum, I would probably still use it if people start using BCT instead. As far as I know, BTT is the well-known abbreviation for bitcointalk here in the forum.

I voted BTT and I'll also explain why.
I've seen BCT and BTT a lot, but imho BCT can be easily mistaken as misspelled BTC, hence I prefer BTT. (as in BTC -> BTT)

...and lol !!  to WO as option :D :D :D

Apart from that, most of us are used to BTT. It feels as if home. Everyone I know, seems to have been using BTT for bitcointalk. I know it may be the wrong abbreviation but it's okay as long as people understand what we meant. On the other hand BCT sounds more as a cryptocurrency pair, for example BTC, ETH, XBT, ADA etc.

I wonder who was that person that choosed WO, lol  :P.

That also doesn't mean that using BCT is wrong either.

Between those two BTT sounds more natural to me, but just wanted to add that when I speak with friends outside of this forum (via chat) I usually refer to it as "btctalk".

Years back people usually termed bitcointalk as bctalk which means BCT is the abbreviation. ::)

So I voted for BCT and that seems better than BTT which is a ticker for Bittorrent but we need to settle down what is the right term soon. :)

BCT = BitCoinTalk
BTT = BiTcoinTalk

It's pretty obvious that the first one makes a lot more sense, right?

Another 'correct' one would be BTCT = BitcoinTalk = BTCTalk; but a 4-letter abbreviation doesn't sound/look as good.

Preferring the abbreviation BTT over BCT is often easy to use although the most meaningful may be the abbreviation BCT but this abbreviation is not often used. Yes some people are always different in writing Bitcointalk abbreviations.  ;D

Well , I won't lie but at some point I really got confused on people are calling the forum BTT around me and it didn't feel like it suit right but since you have made mentioned of this other abbreviation BCT, well I won't say it doesn't sound odd too but atleast with this new abbreviation I can relate to it a little bit than BTT. But since I have always seeing BTT it seem my brain and eyes are kinda getting used to the BTT so I think I will still prefer the BTT as Bitcoin itself is called BTC, BT-bit and C-coin or we can also join the whole combo making it BTCT  ;D ;D

I don't make abbreviations often but the few times I did, I've used BTT and this could be because the number of persons using BTT is more than those using BCT, so I felt it was the standard abbreviation for the forum. But now that you've asked and giving it a second thought, I think BCT is more appropriate because you can clearly see the letters well represented in the 3 syllables; BIT-COIN-TALK, while BTT does not follow the syllabic representation.

The abbreviation that everyone is using for Bitcoin is BTC, and right from when I have known Bitcoin, the abbreviation I have seen to be constantly used is BTC.

Due to the fact that this is a Bitcoin discussion forum and the site domain is Bitcointalk, I think the correct abbreviation that is supposed to be used is BTCT.

You cannot abbreviate Bitcoin as BC (therefore we can't abbreviate bitcointalk as BCT); it's usually BTC we abbreviat Bitcoin with. Although, the forum domain is three syllabic words (Bit-coin-talk) the correct abbreviation should have been BTCT (BiT-Coin-Talk) .

IMO, the correct abbreviation is supposed to be BTCT, but how well does it sound if pronounced? I think it doesn't sound so well for me, probably because I am used to calling it BTT right from the first day I knew about the forum and also based on how frequently I have seen it abbreviated here.

We cannot also say that the correct abbreviation for Bitcoin is BT; therefore, it is still wrong to abbreviate bitcointalk as BTT.

Although from your POLL, I will choose BTT, it's mostly used.

 

::) ::),  what's this man saying?

I've only used BCT honestly and it wasn't because I looked it up, it was the easiest that I could come up with because of the syllables Bit-Coin-Talk. Now that I think about it, people's abbreviation for Local Bitcoins is usually LBC which is similar in pattern -- BC being bitcoin :D

But honestly, it's been awhile since I've used BCT as I prefer the full "bitcointalk". I guess there's also the fact that it's short enough to not trigger my lazy fingers lol.

Bitcoin abbreviates as ticker BTC,
so it naturally follows Bitcoin Talk gets BTCT, C gets dropped to make the abbreviation fit 3 words and make it more harmonious.

More importantly, when you pronounce Bitcointalk as 1 word, the stress is on BIT, coin is more silent, so it's more melodic to abbreviate as BTT.

For these reasons BCT makes no sense as the C sound is nowhere to be found in any of these words :).

BTT might get confused slightly with Bittorent, but it's a minor altcoin, and BTT is still far better than all the alternatives...

BTT for me too. The closest alternative should be BTCT which accommodates every syllable but it does not roll off the tongue as easily as BTT does.
BCT is just wrong to me cause no one relates Bitcoin to BC, it is abbreviated to BTC, which means the "t" is emphasized in BiTcoin. It is not practical to remove that and will confuse those that are not used to it.

BTT is also already more popular and seems to be the unofficial abbreviation already, not so easy to change.

- Jay -

I don’t use abbreviations very often but when I do, BBT is what I’m using. When I came to the forum, BTT was the abbreviation used to refer to the forum, maybe some members used BCT and I didn’t notice. Like others have said, BTT is the most popular acronym used in and outside the forum in reference to Bitcointalk. I don’t think this is a serious problem in communication, because members can easily understand what we mean from the context of the message even if we use BTT or BCT.

BTCT captures all the words but it is too long and is not as catchy as a three letter acronym.

No abbreviation is wrong because any letter use from an word as an abbreviation is still correct the suitable one to many on the tongue or while typing is just what gets popular. As for your claim I think yes the clear one will be BTCT but since it is not suitable to have a four letter abbreviation I will also go for the BTT because the other option BCT looks similar to BTC and a bit confusing, also many people of recent are already use to it, so there is no need to change it. My vote will be for BTT

I tend to use the abbreviation BTT for bitcointalk when talking about it with some user in the community, but I choose not to use the abbreviation on most occasions. Honestly, I don't remember if I've used the abbreviation BTT in the last year when posting something, but I don't think so. I'm happy to mention bitcointalk without abbreviating, that's cool I think. If I need to call it abbreviated, then BTT is an interesting choice for me.

I had to vote BTT because it seems to be used regularly but the truth is BCT seems to be more correct.

If (BTCT) BiT-Coin-Talk was an option I would have voted it because it has the Bitcoin abbreviation BTC plus the concept of forum.

To everyone saying if the abbreviation was to be changed that would be difficult to adapt, I put it to y'all that you are wrong. It's never going to be difficult, if a command is given by theymos that nobody should call it BTT anymore in the forum the rate which people will adapt to it will shock y'all even you that said it difficult will find it easy to adapt because it backed by a force or sanction.

Just call it BT (it's "Bitcoin", not "BitCoin" or "BiTcoin") and avoid the issue, but I personally prefer "forum". Only slightly longer than an acronym and saves my arthritic fingers from having to use Shift.

I think it is time for us to correct this when it comes to abbreviation it should be the first syllable of the word so it should be B for bit C for coin and T for talk there is already a poll for this in 2019 and BCT won the poll and it seems it will win here again

[POLL] BTT - BCT - BTCT? (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5121806.0)

BT, BTT, BCT - all of them should use Shift, only the first option is shorter.
But - even I never imagined using one of them even though personally I think BT is more suitable than BTT.

Forum or bitcointalk are common mention I say a lot - so I'll probably avoid abbreviations as much as possible. If many forum users like to use abbreviations - then maybe it will affect the performance of the notification bot when someone calls out a user like BS, SM, NF, PC, or VP.

For as long as I can remember, I've always used BTT as an abbreviation for bitcointalk any time I feel like typing really fast and don't have time to spell things as they are, this is to say that, on a normal day or circumstances, I don't really fancy or use abbreviations in my texts, but like I stated before, there are times you just wanna quickly type and post something, that is the only time I usually consider abbreviating the word "bitcointalk", and btt  is what I always used, never have I used "BCT".

So for me, I will prefer and will always BTT, it's more befitting that BCT, after all, Bitcoin is BTC, bitcointalk should be BTT, that is, take the "C" for coin out, and put "T" for talk.

I've seen BTT & BCT when I've been reading posts. Some times acronyms don't work in the way ppl intend that's why I didn't understand. I don't use BTT or BCT I've used the forum.

BCT's similar to BTC so I wouldn't use it. BTT doesn't sound like the forum's name so I wouldn't use them. Is there more choices?

BTT makes no sense as it's not an abbreviation of anything. Bitcointalk is BTCT, or shorter, BCT. It was always like that.
I don't really understand the purpose of the poll, it's not even up for debate.



This is the first time I see someone mention "Back to the Future" abbreviation as bitcoin talk forum. ;D

The same goes for me as well because when I first saw the title of the thread before opening it I was having opinion a comparison of bitcoin with forum or how it can help in growth but never thought about the abbreviation for forum.I have also voted BTT as using this from a long time and was introduced to it the same way.

I've seen BCT used more in the forum. BTT's used less often. I'm used to writing the word forum instead of BCT or BTT acronym. I don't know if it's beneficial for writing BCT because it's close to BTC it doesn't make me comfortable. BTTF's funny. BTT doesn't look like the forum name so ppl won't use it.

We had another poll, 4 years ago.

• [POLL] BTT - BCT - BTCT? (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5121806.0)
• There are interesting discussions in that old poll and I don't repeat it here. Feel free to visit it to see past discussions of forum members.

I myself was told by one bounty hunter about the forum, and he used BTT. I knew about Bitcointalk before, was a member here too but when he chatted with me and used BTT, what is this, I don't know what is BTT, honestly.

Recent weeks, the forum got a big calling with a biggest decision after many years, from theymos, Mixer will be banned. Some projects and managers tend to shift their projects and advertisements to other forums. One of them is altcoinstalks (I don't shill that forum here), and I discovered an interesting thing from admin of that forum.

See here

• Our Forum Policy & BTT links unlocked (https://www.altcoinstalks.com/index.php?topic=312821.0)
• BTT is used by that forum admin in the topic title and in the topic content as well.

I like Bitcointalk, it is as it is. It is not a pain to write Bitcointalk, how many seconds does it take to write it, 3 or 5 seconds?

If any abbreviation to use, I choose BCT, but I am still keen on the full one, Bitcointalk.

People are used to taking every word of the syllable as the one included in the abbreviation so new members or even those who are not members of this forum can easily understand what BCT is and why BTT so even if it's what others have used to call it, this is for the right away to call Bitcointalk so it should be Bit Coin Talk it really makes sense.

It does to me, but I've seen the second one used perhaps more than the first.

How about this one?

BIT - Bitcointalk

Or maybe even:

BCF - since this is actually the Bitcoin Forum

Bitcointalk is just in reference to the name of the domain and not the forum itself.

In any case I voted for WO  :D

I never mention this forum using abbreviation, I just call it Bitcointalk or forum. But I did mention WO instead of Wall Observer, so I voted for WO.

BCT or BTT aren't really a terrible abbreviation, someone can abbreviate Bitcointalk become BTCNTLK by just deleting the 5 vowels.

Whoever votes BTT is a spammer, remember this wasn't come from my mouth. (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5121806.msg50210889#msg50210889) :P

I'd never seen anyone called Bitcointalk BCT until 2 days back, and all the respected members I know here called it BTT. This was why I also abducted it as there are different ways abbreviation could be written and it doesn't necessarily mean that it must follow a certain rule, be it syllables that people are capitalizing on here, or otherwise.

And if the syllable is to be observed, why not it Bitcoin disintergated to Bit-Coin (BC), why the BTC? Also for BCT, the Bitcoin that relates directly to the forum never has its "T" silenced, so why should its talking forum silent it as well? Since Bitcoin is not BC, there is no reason why Bitcointalk should be BCT, the next letter after B must be T, that's if we want to technically choose between BTT and BCT, and I choose BTT.

But to make it void of any controversy since it is not a must for it to be a 3-letter, BTCT is the best, neither BTT nor BCT are perfect if how Bitcoin was abbreviated is put into consideration.

I think that BTT seems more attractive than BCT, and perhaps because the majority uses the Bitcoin abbreviation as BTC instead of BC, and therefore the forum abbreviation is BTCT, or a better abbreviation, BTT. ;D

When, I was new to the forum, I always saw higer rank members using BTT as a short name for the forum. I started following the same practice and have not stopped using it. This is the first time that I am seeing BCT.

Never did I thought that there can be two abbreviation for the same name. I am comfortable in using BTT and shall continue using it for the time being. It is not possible to change the habit after being here everyday for the past 5 years now. By the way, I did vote in favour of BTT

BC is on one of Bitcoin logos.

Bitcoin logo (meaning and history). (https://1000logos.net/bitcoin-logo/)
https://1000logos.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Bitcoin-Logo-history-768x598.png

Old users use BCT. Newer users use BTT. I tend to ignore those :P

Evidence for my theory: check older polls:
Is the proper abbreviation for the forum 'BTT' or 'BCT'? [UPDATED With POLL!!] (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1103890.0): 2015: 25% BTT, 75% BCT.
[POLL] BTT - BCT - BTCT? (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5121806.0): 2019: 9.4% BTT, 45.3% BCT, 37.7% BTCT.

This topic seems to emerge ever 4 years, like halvings :P

Old users won't change habits. New members are going to find their own choice but forum users won't be able to make agreements on this question because there's too many users. I don't like BTT or BCT because they're like crypto codes. BTCT's the abbreviation which's different so it's attractive to consider.

If you look at the basic words Bitcoin and Talk, The abbreviation for bitcoin is BTC, so you can use BTCT for bitcointalk. However, in my opinion, BTCT usage is very long. So it's better to keep using BTT. Apart from being shorter, BTT is more familiar and easy to remember. I also started to get to know the Bitcointalk forum in 2017 and already used the abbreviation BTT. And it will stay like that.

BTT is what we use for long time  and it means Bitcointalk but I agree with those users said above that BCT  stands for Bitcointalk but anyways even though how we use the abbreviation but still this is a forum of discussion so even if it's BCT or BTT  but still it's stand for Bitcointalk which is we make a topics more about Bitcoin and other crypto currency. And also BTT is ude for quite so many years so maybe that is enough.

It feels more correct if it is BTCT but as you have said that 4 letter abbreviation doesn't sound/look good. I would also say that rhe first one is a lot more natural in my opinion which is BCT. I wonder when there will be an announcement about the official abbreviation of the bitcointalk forum. I don't know if it will happen and it it didn't then it would be fine in my opinion or for me and this way, it is up to the forum members to choose which abbreviation they will choose.

I have never used any of the options you have. I normally refer to it as btctalk.

I have used both, whatever my mind felt inclined to that particular moment. However, I feel BTCT would be better, it somehow flows in tongue better (only me?), and makes sense:

BTC for BTC and T for Talk.

It looks like there's an official answer now: click PROFILE (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile), click Account Related Settings (http://), and scan the QR-code. It has BTCT in the code.

To be honest, it's hard for me to pronounce BTCT, I was referring to the flow of tongue thing you mentioned. It's the opposite for me. Even at the moment of the writing, I had to recheck the spelling. On the other hand BTT is just fine. Don't you think? Most of us are used to BTT not BTCT or BCT.  ::)

Thanks for the update, but for now I think it will look a little strange to process it but I know with time coming more forum users will be familiar with the abbreviation @BTCT as (BTC= Bitcoin) and the remaining (T=talk). Although when you come to look at it on a formal sense, I think this is more appropriate but it will be hard to stick this early period because users here are more familiar with BTT or BCT.

Yeah, I think this is a good idea you know, so there's nothing strange about that as it will be of good help to other forum members in the forum, as the forum already know about the BTT abbreviation but if but I can testify that with some time, other forum members will still get use to it, as there is nothing that isn't starting from scratch

This thread inspired me a lot and now I don't prefer any abbreviation or short form of Bitcointalk, I simply use the full name "Bitcointalk" when I tell someone about it. I think we all should prefer to use full name of the site instead of using those abbreviations.

Although I won't count myself as an expert but I think the crypto community as whole is filled with abbreviation and shorted words so actually calling the number crypto community with a reference abbreviation is no bad idea at all. Well am not too familiar with the terms of any of the abbreviation but I think this new update sounds and feel more legit #BTCT but it's a little long for abbreviation though as abbreviation is supposed to be brief, short and simple.

I was just reading through this board and I came across this topic then I decided to check on it, but this is also a good idea as it will help the forum and it users
But according to the link you provided, the second one is not showing anything.
This is what it showed when I try to check it out. I think something is wrong with the link or something else  ???
https://talkimg.com/images/2023/12/22/I6Zd2.jpeg

Sometimes the things we take as ideal are the ones majority of people accept as ideal. Logically I believe BCT sounds more genuine but due to frequent use on the forum BTT is more popular.

I even tried typing both abbreviations on Google and to my surprise Bitcoin talk came as the second result for both searches.

A lot of users use BTT. And although voting can change the frequency of it's usage it won't be easy because many are already used to using BTT.

You don't have to be an expert before you make your opinion known, and in the end, you actually made a very sensible one. In fact, if Bitcoin could be BTC and not BC, I do not see the reason for me to call Bitcointalk BCT because in the real Bitcoin of BTC, T was never silenced and they never used the syllable that formed the BCT as many claimed. For this, and to void all controversy, I believe that calling it the full abbreviation of Bitcoin itself makes more sense, and the Talk that is included will just join it as in BTCT.

However, in my view to make it more unique, the last T which stands for Talk could be a bit touched and changed to a small letter, as in BTCt which is what I have been using ever since the recent controversy surfaced. Whether BTCT or BTCt, I am okay with it.

As for the length, there is no perfect way to abbreviate words and phrases, and some might be so ugly as well, all that matters is for them to reflect the gift of their long world. It is not a must that all abbreviations must be 3 letters, and still BTCT which is a 4-letter is never too long as there are longer ones which still fit perfectly in what they are used for.

For me I would prefer BCT than BTT. Because if you were asked to explain BCT and BTT it would be more easy to explain  BCT as (Bit-coin-talk) while BTT would be (bitcoin talk) the middle T becomes silence and looks like BT

Personally, I'm used to BTT, and a little while before coming across this thread, I hadn't even thought that BTT didn't sound too correct (BiTcoinTalk); I just realized that it didn't make too much sense. Mind-blowing. In my opinion, BCT (Bitcoin Talk) looks like a more appropriate abbreviation, but it's not that appealing, and probably the reason why the first one prevailed. BTCT, which a few others mentioned (BTC and Talk), is probably the closest one, but I'm feeling that it's becoming too complex for a forum's abbreviation, which is probably why BTT has remained the prevalent option.

I'll write the abbreviation which's come to my mind while I'm writing a post. Like other ppl maybe I'll use both. The topic voting hasn't ended so far it's a thin lead for one abbreviation but it won't change opinions. Users aren't going to write abbreviations to please others.

Even 15 days after this thread was created, this abbreviation makes it cool and makes calling easy, remembered and logic recognizes that it is more comfortable in calling, I often call it BTT because it is adorable :D, although there are those who make the abbreviation statement into a company or oracle.

Calling btt is just spontaneous but I still use it often, or even sometimes I just call morum only (using the forum) because I enjoy more time on bitcointalk at the moment. Other than that, bct is also good in terms of nicknames but it's a bit annoying in my mind and like a joke in my local language, it's just a joke in my mind (BCT=>BaCoT= rude speaking term ;D), although the original designation of bct is bitcointalk.

Because two identical letters are easier on the tongue than three random syllables, depending on each person's brain and heart in responding to repeated invocations, although with habit it can also get used, but I choose BTT. ;)

It's because Loyce forgot to put link in there. You can go manually as mentioned, it'll work.


You will get used to pronunciation, it's that you are used to BTT right now, so it may take a while. Regarding spelling, BTC+T, dunno why would that be hard.

Well, upon joining the forum, I mostly saw a lot of persons using BTT and I just didn't come across BCT. it's more likely common amongst members of the forum. I've seen so many debate on other thread and majority chose BTT  over BCT.

here's what I found though. On the recently implemented 2fa on forum, after linking with my authenticator app, I found out that Bitcointalk was abbreviated using BTCT.i was amazed, i guess that's how it was set by theymos on the Google authenticator label. So what do you guys think. for me I will still go for BTT. it's well-known and easier

You forgot the first step, click your own PROFILE. I can't link to an URL with a userID in it. Okay, I can (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=3570336;sa=account), but now it only works for you.

Nope, it was intentional. For what it's worth: My desktop browser just ignores the dead link when I click it.

Have only just come across this thread and the vote is already closed.

Please add me to the BCT group.  That was what was being insisted on early in my time here and until very recently I'd rarely seen anything else used.

I won't be changing my abbreviation usage.

Okay,,, I checked it out  :D and it worked perfectly, thank for the heads up.

D-oo-oo-h!  How in the world did I miss this topic?

I don't know why BTT is even used as an abbreviation for BitCoinTalk, and I've seen it used so many times that I've just stopped wondering.  And hey, even though I'm an opinionated bastard and am an ardent supporter of "BCT" as shorthand for our forum's name as well as a strong opponent of using mBTC as a unit of measure, this is crypto.  This is bitcointalk.  Everyone is free to write what they want as far as those things go.

And maaaan.....I missed the voting deadline for the poll.  My Christmas is just ruined now.

As far as we remember,,, the mention of the abbreviation bitcointalk in our local forum that is often mentioned is "BTT" rather than "BCT", but I see the voting results as the most BTT, maybe if this vote is opened I will vote BTT.  :D

I mention BTT because of the habits of people who are in the local sub, maybe people used to BCT people now BTT, it depends on habits,

I will always prefer this forum as "BTT".
It's because it's Bitcoin - "BTC", Talk is the "T" since it's BitcoinTalk, it could be like "BTCT" but it's too long and most abbrevation in this space uses 3 letters only. So removing the "C" in "BTCT" then become "BTT" could be the best choice because "BCT" is more like a coin and a result of shuffled "BTC".

I didn't discover topics by theymos asking if the abbreviation users wanted to finalise was BTT or BCT so this isn't a formal vote which's going to change procedure in the forum. What's advantageous about open democracy's it doesn't force ppl so we'll use both options BCT & BTT.

If the voting didn't closed it would've remained

The second "T" in BTCT is "town" - if you install 2FA you will notice a URL in the logo and it clearly says "Town"

I'll vote BTT, it's been around for a long time, so everyone will prefer the old name. But when BCT is used instead of BTT, many will say BTC for sure. So I'll say the old word, and that's my preference.
 ;D :D

Sorry man, I guess the whole period has hectic for you. I would like to commend you on your writing skills though, I mean how is it that whenever I read your replies you tend to portray to your readers the exact way you feel and I am really impressed, I wish I had same writing skills, well maybe because english is not my strong language and am writing to be as creative as I can.

I will stick to the one that I am used to which is BTT, this is because when I came here first...this was what I was used to. As for BCT, it is cool but, it doesn't tell more of bitcoin, as one will think that you mean something else. On the other hand BTT, might still mean BiTTalk, so maybe BTCT, can be considered, because it is more of the whole meaning. The vote is closed, and I just came across this thread.

That is because there is nothing official or formal here, the forum doesn't even have an official set of rules, neither does Bitcoin itself have an official website, it is a free network and everybody is free to use whatever abbreviation they think is right, but at least it should make sense to an extent. If the voting was still open i'd vote for BTT, or maybe BCT, well i'd have just voted for either one and i would use anyone that comes to mind first within my posts. ;D

Voting is locked already. Should've extended it until December 31, forum time. :D Most people I encountered in this forum used BTT. But I prefer to use BCT since it is Bit-Coin-Talk. If we're to copy the use of BTC on bitcoin then I guess it should be called BTCT.

Anyway, I have no problem and I don't give much emphasis on how people want to abbreviate this forum. There is nothing wrong with them as long as they aren't something offensive.

Hey bro, I think we both support that BCT thing as that sounds more genuine for this forum but majority of the users are in favor of BTT which in my point of view doesn't make much sense. Not a big problem if you missed the voting deadline because sometimes we do miss some topics on the forum but I'm quite happy that you have finally found the topic and gave your opinion about the topic.

This forum has always been abbreviated as BTT since I joined. BCT is even the username of a member here. Not sure that I've come across BTT as a username. To me, BCT might be more appropriate but BTT has already gained traction around here.

Even if it sounds wrong, it's what most people use. So if BTT is in favor of all, I think it should be considered right even if it is not. We are just more used to BTT than anything else. I always wondered how BTT was introduced as an abbreviation for Bitcointalk in the first place??? Who used this wrong abbreviation and made it famous!?  :P

It doesn't sound sensible to me to go with something that doesn't really makes sense but majority support it and that's why we should too. If everyone is favoring a thing which is not correct then it's better to be neutral or go with something that's correct rather than going with something wrong because majority support it.

In this case BTT is supported by the majority of the members because they have been seeing others using that abbreviation and they themselves have started using the same abbreviation by following those other members. I think a better way is to use an abbreviation that makes sense and in that way BCT does makes some sense as Bit Coin talk.

Although, the original abbreviation of Bitcoin is BTC but it's still okay to use BC for Bit Coin as two separate words and adding Talk would make it BCT, but for majority BTT has been the norm and they'll continue using it even if it doesn't make sense. And, when you ask them why they are using it: They answer that we have been using it for a long time and it sounds good to us.

I'm in no way against those people as everyone can choose whatever they want but a proper abbreviation is much better than an improper one. I may also have used the BTT abbreviation in past by seeing others but now I'm going to go with BCT or BTCT which's a little bit longer as abbreviation but still it makes some sense.

I think Bitcointalk rhymes more with the acronym BCT but however, from the vote results shows that the margin between those that still want it as BTT instead of BCT is not that much therefore i move the motion that the both acronyms should be used as abbreviation for Bitcointalk so everyone is entitled to use whichever one that they finds more suitable.

Op, why did you remove BTCT?...BTCT is arguably the most appropriate acronym. Infact when this same topic was discussed years past, from the result of the poll, BTCT was second, why then did you remove it now. If you want an unbaised poll, the options should be;

• BTCT 
• BTT
• BCT 

And I will go with the first option because the acronym of bitcoin is BTC. So, BiTCoinTalk should be BTCT.

Fellow members of the local community, I tend to refer to BTT as an abbreviation for bitcointalk. They understand and we understand each other, so it depends on habits and what you like best. In fact, I've never been asked why BTT and why not BCT or something like that, so far it's no problem because they like it too. BCT or BTT are both good and I like both, but I often refer to BTT as an abbreviation of bitcointalk.

Unfortunately, the poll has closed, but BTT is my choice.

Yeah.. All Indonesians call this forum BTT, and perhaps no one has ever called it BCT. like bitcoin which uses the abbreviation BTC so an easier abbreviation is BTT, BT for bitcoin and T for talk. It seems that the poll results also have a very thin margin and the abbreviation BTT only won by a margin of 1 vote. I haven't voted yet and unfortunately voting has closed but I like the results because BTT won the vote

OP @vapourminer, Do you have plans to reopen voting?

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Edit: Turns out I was bumping posts that had no comments for the last month, sorry I just realized

yes

For me I have chose my option as BCT because it serves as a perfect match for the official Bitcointalk. I don't think there was a poll then except am the one who didn't notice if not I will have still chose BCT because I found it more convenient and easy to use compeard to BTT.

In most of the caes I've seen people referring to Bitcointalk with abbreviations, they only make use of BTT and I've never seen one before that comes with the assumption for BCT, if we are to start having another consideration like BCT, this may lead to confusion because some may think you're referring to a memetoken or something else, so it's more better and common with the use of BTT as an abbreviation when referring to 5he forum Bitcointalk, people easily decode this.

A whole debate erupted over the choice of abbreviation. :)

All options are good and have a right to exist (depending on the justification). Whichever abbreviation option receives the most votes, the winner (or several) will be the one that is used most often in discussions. It will not be possible to impose the only correct thing. People will vote by their actions (by using an acronym).

BCT - probably, if we consider the rules for the formation of abbreviations, this version is the most accurate.
BTCT - is also good because it displays the bitcoin abbreviation.
BTT - this option seems to be the most familiar and widespread in the community.

Let me add more fuel to the discussion to help it flare up better. :) Why is the option not being considered:
BT - BitcoinTalk, briefly and clearly.

I will keep an eye on this topic till when the OP re-open it for voting, so that I can also vote for the abbreviation, that I prefer.

I will vote for BTT, because of the double TT in it and it sounds more of the forum than BCT. BCT, is like saying the abbreviation of bitcoin but in the wrong way with the C comes before the T. Unlike BTC, so it is easy when you are saying it for people to misunderstand you, thinking that you are saying BTC but it was a mistake.

I expected the debate because this is an open forum with diverse opinions. Moreso, there are alot of learned people who will like to make inputs in one way or the other.

Can you please educate me on this because I bonked class during my high school, I would have learnt about the rules of acronym formation. Help a brother.

Obviously, this is an added petrol but then I will like to say that BT is too simple and easy to write or memorize. We don't like cheap things in this forum  ;D

In a nutshell since we are used to BTC for Bitcoin and BTT for Bitcoin talk  i prefer it to be the way it has been that is BTT meaning Bitcoin talk should remain that way and Bitcoin=BTC

Of course I don't support this, because in my country BT is often an abbreviation of Boring Time or Bad Time, and in my country the term BT is very popular with it.

What is the acronym for British Broadcasting Corporation ?
What is the acronym for International Business Machines ?
What is the acronym for British Petroleum ?
What is the acronym for Kentucky Fried Chicken ?
Etc...

I think you now have the basics.

Bitcointalk it's for "Bit Coin Talk" or Bi Tcoin Talk" ?
I want to know your logic if you answer the 2nd solution.

And for the older among us, BTT has long been used for Bit TorrenT.

ah, seems logical to me. But why Bi T Coin for BTC?  ???
I want to know  ;)

I can't confirm your opinion because I never found survey results about it. I can only say on average call it BTT compared to others, but I can't generalize everything. Some call it bitcointalk, some BTT and I don't think it's a problem as long as both parties understand each other.

That's fine as long as you add something constructive or relevant. If not, then it's a good idea not to repeat it next time.

I will go with BTT and reason is my brain says BTT matches more with bitcointalk.org then BCT. Everyone has its own choice and we have diversity here so there must be division over BCT and BTT.
There is no hard and fast rule on what it should be. But it will be interesting to see final results of the voting. OP has indicated that  he might open voting again.

Because I'm not OG enough and I wasn't here to discuss which ticker to use for Bitcoin :).

But you're right, it isn't very logical. Something like BCN would have made more sense to me. But we can't rewrite history.
And I remember buying XBT on Kraken in 2017. Everyone was doing their own thing.

But the "problem" with BTT is that you are shortening an acronym to add a 2nd 'T' for Talk. I can't think of an example where that works.
It's like writing:
I use Microsoft Word as a text editor.
I use MS Word as a text editor.
I use MSW as a text editor.
I use MW as a text editor.
If you lose the 'S' in MS (for Microsoft), it's hard to understand what you're talking about.

'BT' in the crypto world doesn't mean much. I've long written BCT for bitcointalk, but I realize that the simplest and most logical acronym would be to use BTCT.

BBC

IBM

BP

KFC

Yes sir.

Bitcoin is a word, although formed from two words, but one word in the crypto lexicon. Bitcoin-talk could just be BT according to m2017, but...

Any special relationship between Bit Torren T and Bitcoin?

You mean apart from the fact torrents grab their information from numerous sources close by and broadcast what information they have to anyone close by?

Like the blockchain in a sense.

Exactly. Nobody perceives the word “bitcoin” as two separate words anymore (Bit-Coin). Bitcoin is currently an independent word, like a brand or trademark. Nobody reads Micro-Soft . For everyone, it's Microsoft. Something whole and complete. Therefore, Bitcoin should not be abbreviated as BC, but only B is sufficient. If we consider this word in isolation from bitcointalk.

AFAIK, In fact, there are no special rules for abbreviations, usually abbreviations are used to make pronunciation easier

If Bitcoin uses the abbreviation BC, BC is more popular as the abbreviation Before Christ


So bitcoin is abbreviated as BTC because it is easier to call and is not affiliated with other abbreviations that have been used previously.

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So bitcointalk can be any abbreviation, the important thing is that it's easy to say and that other people understand what we mean. Or is it better not to use abbreviations? lol  ;D

You have break it down to everyone understanding, but the most important thing in bitcoin is to know the important not the abbreviations, because already people have know the symbol BTC as abbreviations of bitcoin and it can't be changed or swap to another symbol of abbreviations except the threading one that is already in existence..in the aspect of bitcointalk abbreviations according to the op, their is no way the abbreviations can leave btt to bear another thing, so therefore we have to understand the concept or derivatives of bitcointalk from the symbols before we conclude of the abbreviations,  but I'm comfortable with the symbol btt as representative of bitcointalk.

Hiya everybody!

Why not use BF instead.. not Boy Friend but Bitcoin Forum ? :D

Or TBF for(The Bitcoin Forum) to be more accurate!

Yeah, Ja!  May you add it to the pool ?! ::)   plz :)

My thinking 100%

I have only recently seen people refer to the forum abbreviation as BTT

I dont know any other abbreviation where the first and last letter of the first word is used,
an abbreviation is almost always the first letter of each word.

SO while B and C are not exactly correct because we use Bitcoin as a single word but technically
there are 3 words in the forum name

Bit - as in cryptography [SHA-256 bit encryption]
Coin - In relation to a currency or something transferrable from one person to another
Talk - talk and discussion around Bitcoin

I'm not very technical but its prtetty obvious why the abbreviation is BCT

otherwise BTT should actually be replaced with BT CN TK

Both names/abbreviation make perfect sense IMO, but I believe that the majority here, including me has been accustomed to the abbreviation BTT, while the last two later “T” makes it even easier to pronounce; Therefore it will be nice to continue with the Abbreviation BTT because changing to BCT will have to take people some amount of time to master, we will even see a situation where people will still be writing BTT instead of BCT or even write BTC. I vote BTT.

Despite everything, every discussion, every poll, every suggestion.....at the end of the day most of us will use BTT, lol (IMO)  ;D

We are just used to it and that's an important reason.

That’s true. I recently came across some articles talking about Bitcointalk, the writers used the abbreviation BCT more than once to refer to the forum. Even on Reddit. I think BCT is a more popular abbreviation for Bitcointalk outside the forum. Which makes me believe it’s just us here who use BTT to refer to the forum especially the accounts who are relatively young.

That's right, from the past until now and so on I am only used to BTT, not BCT.
And as far as I know, in this forum and elsewhere, including on social media, when there is discussion about Bitcointalk, most of them abbreviate it to BTT and I have never seen them abbreviate it to BCT.
And even though only a few people change the Bitcointalk abbreviation to BCT, BTT is still the most popular and it is also possible that they will change their writing or speech from BCT to BTT after learning that BTT is often pronounced or abbreviated by many people. ;D

I haven't been able to vote but I'm on the BCT more because for me it makes sense that it's the abbreviation, BitCoinTalk but at the end of the day, I don't think that this will matter a lot because we're all different individuals and I guess use what you're most comfortable with, what works for you sometimes doesn't work for me at all.

I like your concluding part as I was just wondering why people will be using syllables for this even when the BTC from Bitcoin which is widely accepted doesn't prove to be formed through syllables. I believe it is beyond this even as the forum is a Bitcoin forum in which Talk is included in the name, which makes it so easily called BTC...Talk (BTCT).

I was even surprised to see an external site that just started campaigning here to use it as "BTCtalk" in their traffic referring page if one views it through their HTTPS link. This means that some people are even seeing it better than some on the forum, as the BTC and Talk can't be mistaken.

Well, like you said, we have different views about this and we must respect that, so we should spell it the way we like. Mine is even BTCt...lol

Yeah that's true, we the forum members here are the ones selling that abbreviation and I don't think the use of it is slowing down anytime soon so no matter the final verdict, it will still take some time before that abbreviation starts ringing a bell in most person thought here in this community. BCT, BTT or BTCT no matter the abbreviation being used it really doesn't have any effect just be rest assured that the communication and understanding is there whenever the is use of it and everything will move on smoothly.

I honestly like BTT although the correct one should rightly be BCT
I dont think it has any real importance, in the end its people who shorten things, if most are fine with that.

I use BTC for Bitcoin and BCT for Bitcointalk.   This lead to some ambiguity when programming variables.    BTT might stand out easier but the syllables of BitCoinTalk start with BCT.  :)

 Yeah, but then for BTC (Bitcoin), why the "T", what is for ??  so the most correct should then be BC or BtC !! ???

 I therefore wonder if BTT was not chosen deliberately to avoid the using of the C (for "Coin") in order to avoid any confusion !  ???

You are right about that - I've always used BTC, even though it doesn't make sense.   ;)

it is a standard that when creating an abbreviation you pick the first letter of the syllable newbies here will ask why BTT but if it is BCT they will understand why BCT
because of B it C oin T alk 

I've used bitcointalk forum in my other post because I got brain fried. I didn't know if I should've used BTT or BCT. It's easier when you're confused so use bitcointalk forum if you can't choose a short name.

Whether this is on purpose or not, why do we call it BTT for this forum, as simple as Bi T coin Talk, I thought when entering here with oh yes the name of this forum is BTT, and did not debate it and also very accepting, also maybe because we are used to saying that this forum is called BTT and is very friendly to my ears.

The majority who hear and know this forum BTT will be a little disturbed if this forum changes its name with other abbreviations such as some that have been mentioned, but honestly it doesn't matter to me or them in their activities, we just need to accept and re-familiarize with the latest mention if we agree on the same mention for this forum.  :)

BTCT is the only valid name. BitcoinTalk -> BTC + Talk -> BTCT.

I mean there was no abbreviation that is actually announced right so we could use both of it for sure BCT and BTT are both okay to use and most of us are going to easily understand it.

Personally, I've used BCT more compared to BTT when referring here on the forum, even to my friends but sometimes I say BCT-talk just to make it clear when they dont get it easily, just to make this clear that I'm referring to this forum.

I would probably prefer to have something an official one that has TALK in the end something like BCT-talk or maybe we could just put a forum in the end. I mean BCT could easily be mistaken for BTC it just happened to me when I first saw it.

I've seen a lot of suggestions here in the comments, what is the better abbreviation but for sure it still depends on the one that using it, I mean if it wasn't right, you could totally call the Bitcoin talk forum whatever you wanted to. It's probably going to be difficult to correct all of those people since there was no right or wrong here even though the abbreviation doesnt look right.

The only one who can resolve this issue is Theymos he is the one managing this forum unless he lets the community decide there was another discussion about this way back in 2019 and the result is very different from what we have in this thread

BTT   - 5 (8.9%)
BCT   - 27 (48.2%)
BTCT   - 20 (35.7%)
BTF   - 1 (1.8%)
BT   - 2 (3.6%)
BTCF   - 0 (0%)
BF   - 1 (1.8%)
Total Voters: 56

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5121806.0