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Title: Why the name Bitcointalk.org? Post by: Polycoin on May 29, 2014, 10:23:42 PM So, about 14.53434 seconds ago, I thought, why did Satoshi choose the name bitcointalk.org for the forum? Why couldn't it be, bitcoin.com, or bitcoinforum.org, or some unique name?
bitcointalk seems odd, could it be a conspiracy? Talk usually stands for speaking, and the t in talk also corresponds with the T in temptation. Does the name bitcointalk have a hidden meaning, such as Bitcoin temptation? Could be similar to how the U.S dollar has that eye annd pyramid on it.. Very odd..very odd.. Title: Re: Why the name Bitcointalk.org? Post by: SaltySpitoon on May 29, 2014, 10:35:07 PM Bitcoin.com was registered in early 2008, and Bitcointalk wasn't registered until 2011, I'm pretty sure there is no special significance to the name Bitcointalk, other than its a place for people to talk about Bitcoin. Bitcoinforum is kind of long and doesn't sound quite as good.
Title: Re: Why the name Bitcointalk.org? Post by: Polycoin on May 29, 2014, 10:38:40 PM Bitcoin.com was registered in early 2008, and Bitcointalk wasn't registered until 2011, I'm pretty sure there is no special significance to the name Bitcointalk, other than its a place for people to talk about Bitcoin. Bitcoinforum is kind of long and doesn't sound quite as good. ok, gotcha Title: Re: Why the name Bitcointalk.org? Post by: Mikez on May 29, 2014, 10:40:43 PM the t in talk also corresponds with the T in temptation. T also stands for triboluminescence, what's your point?PS: for a list of weird words starting with the letter t, here ya go: http://phrontistery.info/t.html Title: Re: Why the name Bitcointalk.org? Post by: theymos on May 30, 2014, 12:07:14 AM The forum was originally located at bitcoin.org/smf, then later forum.bitcoin.org, then finally bitcointalk.org. IIRC, Satoshi left before the forum was moved from bitcoin.org/smf. The name "BitcoinTalk" was not invented by Satoshi, Sirius, Gavin, justmoon, or myself. I wonder if anyone here can guess who came up with the name? :)
Title: Re: Why the name Bitcointalk.org? Post by: Polycoin on May 30, 2014, 12:12:09 AM The forum was originally located at bitcoin.org/smf, then later forum.bitcoin.org, then finally bitcointalk.org. IIRC, Satoshi left before the forum was moved from bitcoin.org/smf. The name "BitcoinTalk" was not invented by Satoshi, Sirius, Gavin, justmoon, or myself. I wonder if anyone here can guess who came up with the name? :) Ok got it, and my guess would be Atlas :P Title: Re: Why the name Bitcointalk.org? Post by: Mikez on May 30, 2014, 12:28:07 AM I wonder if anyone here can guess who came up with the name? :) You just made me very, very curious!I was under the assumption that Satoshi picked the name, either by himself, or alongside theymos and Sirius. Title: Re: Why the name Bitcointalk.org? Post by: flirto on May 30, 2014, 09:19:03 AM Bitcoin.com had been registered by mark karpeles long before the starting of btc, and this website was started by theymos and this was the only good domain available
Title: Re: Why the name Bitcointalk.org? Post by: Mikez on May 30, 2014, 10:02:53 AM I find that very hard to believe, remember the year we're talking about.
Title: Re: Why the name Bitcointalk.org? Post by: BitCoinDream on May 30, 2014, 10:10:34 AM The forum was originally located at bitcoin.org/smf, then later forum.bitcoin.org, then finally bitcointalk.org. IIRC, Satoshi left before the forum was moved from bitcoin.org/smf. The name "BitcoinTalk" was not invented by Satoshi, Sirius, Gavin, justmoon, or myself. I wonder if anyone here can guess who came up with the name? :) I believe U chose the name and it is inspired by WebHostingTalk, the largest web hosting discussion forum on the internet. Title: Re: Why the name Bitcointalk.org? Post by: theymos on May 30, 2014, 10:53:05 AM Bitcoin.com had been registered by mark karpeles long before the starting of btc, and this website was started by theymos and this was the only good domain available bitcoin.com existed before the Bitcoin software/currency was created. It was owned by an unrelated company. bitcoin.org (and bitcoins.org and bitcoin.net) was registered by Satoshi for Bitcoin. I didn't even know about Bitcoin when this forum was first created! I believe U chose the name and it is inspired by WebHostingTalk, the largest web hosting discussion forum on the internet. Ok got it, and my guess would be Atlas :P Nope. Title: Re: Why the name Bitcointalk.org? Post by: hilariousandco on May 30, 2014, 11:15:48 AM The name "BitcoinTalk" was not invented by Satoshi, Sirius, Gavin, justmoon, or myself. I wonder if anyone here can guess who came up with the name? :) Can you give us a clue? Was it one of the members of the 13 Inbred European Bloodlines of the Terrorist Organization Illuminati? :D Title: Re: Why the name Bitcointalk.org? Post by: escrow.ms on May 30, 2014, 11:26:27 AM The forum was originally located at bitcoin.org/smf, then later forum.bitcoin.org, then finally bitcointalk.org. IIRC, Satoshi left before the forum was moved from bitcoin.org/smf. The name "BitcoinTalk" was not invented by Satoshi, Sirius, Gavin, justmoon, or myself. I wonder if anyone here can guess who came up with the name? :) mark karpeles? Title: Re: Why the name Bitcointalk.org? Post by: BitCoinDream on May 30, 2014, 11:37:31 AM Bitcoin.com had been registered by mark karpeles long before the starting of btc, and this website was started by theymos and this was the only good domain available bitcoin.com existed before the Bitcoin software/currency was created. It was owned by an unrelated company. bitcoin.org (and bitcoins.org and bitcoin.net) was registered by Satoshi for Bitcoin. I didn't even know about Bitcoin when this forum was first created! I believe U chose the name and it is inspired by WebHostingTalk, the largest web hosting discussion forum on the internet. Ok got it, and my guess would be Atlas :P Nope. Looks like Bitcoin.com is no more owned by any unrelated company. It is owned by Roger Ver of BlockChain.info. Rather bitcointalk.com is owned by people who are bad naming this forum. Title: Re: Why the name Bitcointalk.org? Post by: Polycoin on May 30, 2014, 12:20:49 PM Bitcoin.com had been registered by mark karpeles long before the starting of btc, and this website was started by theymos and this was the only good domain available bitcoin.com existed before the Bitcoin software/currency was created. It was owned by an unrelated company. bitcoin.org (and bitcoins.org and bitcoin.net) was registered by Satoshi for Bitcoin. I didn't even know about Bitcoin when this forum was first created! I believe U chose the name and it is inspired by WebHostingTalk, the largest web hosting discussion forum on the internet. Ok got it, and my guess would be Atlas :P Nope. Hmm, Phinneaus Gage? :P Title: Re: Why the name Bitcointalk.org? Post by: Cryptopher on May 30, 2014, 10:24:31 PM I imagine that the name Bitcointalk was chosen simply because it is an anagram of Titian Block (http://www.wordsmith.org/anagram/anagram.cgi?anagram=bitcointalk&t=1000&a=n) :P
Title: Re: Why the name Bitcointalk.org? Post by: pandacoin on May 30, 2014, 11:36:07 PM My guess is Bruno Kucinskas.
Title: Re: Why the name Bitcointalk.org? Post by: Cøbra on June 01, 2014, 06:35:35 PM The forum was originally located at bitcoin.org/smf, then later forum.bitcoin.org, then finally bitcointalk.org. There's still quite a few hits to the old /smf links. I've set up a redirect so that old /smf links don't break anymore (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2551731). |