Title: Lexical issues... is "Coiners" a proper term ? Post by: californiaquail on April 09, 2014, 03:29:12 PM Hi, i'm quite new here so i figured out i'd ask this here,
I'm currently building a service around bitcoin and altcoins, as a lot of you i suppose. That being said, english is not my native language so i can't figure out if the term " Coiner, coiners " would make sense within an english targeted audience ... Any ideas about that ? I've heard people saying Bit-coiners, but folks like me just tend to make words up i guess lol, thanx for your time ! Title: Re: Lexical issues... is "Coiners" a proper term ? Post by: RodeoX on April 09, 2014, 03:33:01 PM I always liked "bitcoin peer" to describe a bitcoiner. But it has not caught on with anyone but me. lol
Title: Re: Lexical issues... is "Coiners" a proper term ? Post by: SelbyTsang on April 09, 2014, 03:41:24 PM http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Bitcoiner&defid=7316451
Quote Bitcoiner A heavily invested Bitcoin enthusiast. Joe W: "Bitcoin is a joke!, It's a ponzi scheme! It's like baseball cards and tulip mania all over again". Bitcoiner: "Bitcoin will reach $100,000 and then we'll see if it's a joke!" Title: Re: Lexical issues... is "Coiners" a proper term ? Post by: californiaquail on April 09, 2014, 03:45:30 PM i've heard that joke and 'm pretty sure the bitcoin community has the ability to have it reach $100,000 ;D
thanx, i'll assume that coiners makes sense for a person invested and enthusiast about crypto currencies in general then it should make sense, just wanted to make sure if coiner wasnt a slang word for asshole or something like that lol Title: Re: Lexical issues... is "Coiners" a proper term ? Post by: Flashman on April 09, 2014, 04:07:47 PM Coiner has previously been used for a forger of coins, that would be a maker of coins, involved in the act of coining, so "coiner" would more correctly apply to a miner than a user I would think.
For someone who is interested in digital currency, I'd call them a cryptonumismatist, but that's a bit of a mouthful. On the other hand a biker does not necessarily make bikes. Title: Re: Lexical issues... is "Coiners" a proper term ? Post by: californiaquail on April 10, 2014, 12:52:47 AM @Flashman thanx for your answer ,
i kinda like this atmosphere, even newbies are getting helped by members , it's still pre-early days. i havnt felt that in a while, and i'm quite young i guess. |