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February 16, 2016, 02:05:31 PM |
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I personally would rename it to yellowcatcoin ![Cheesy](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/cheesy.gif)
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February 16, 2016, 02:06:47 PM |
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the current name is great. I wouldn't want to change it even if I could.
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February 16, 2016, 02:08:41 PM |
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the current name is great. I wouldn't want to change it even if I could.
Same here. The coin was named bitcoin by it's creator so even if I had the chance to rename it, I will just leave it as is.
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February 16, 2016, 02:10:05 PM |
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Actually "coin" was not really a very good choice (as Andreas M. Antonopolous has pointed out many times) as "coins" are a very bad metaphor for how Bitcoin actually works (there are no coins).
The problem with new technology is that "old words" just don't fit very well - so I'm guessing the name was chosen to basically make it clear that it is a type of "money".
So if it were to be able to be renamed then the "coin" part would be what I'd drop - maybe "Bitmoney" might have been a better choice.
(to some extent I think the project eMunie has perhaps done a much better job with its name choice but I don't think that the name is really going to be the deciding factor)
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February 16, 2016, 02:13:01 PM |
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Actually "coin" was not really a very good choice (as Andreas M. Antonopolous has pointed out many times) as "coins" are a very bad metaphor for how Bitcoin actually works.
The problem with new technology is that "old words" just don't fit very well - so I'm guessing the name was chosen to basically make it clear that it is a type of "money".
So if it were to be renamed the "coin" part would be what I'd drop - maybe "Bitmoney" might have been better.
I don't agree with that, coin is synonymous with money and sounds slicker >_<
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February 16, 2016, 02:14:15 PM |
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I don't agree with that, coin is synonymous with money and sounds slicker >_<
You do realise that "there are no coins" in Bitcoin? So it actually becomes rather hard to explain it to people when they fixate on the idea that there must be "coins" somewhere (some see pictures of "physical Bitcoins" and think that they are the actual currency). And your name is just "lame" btw. ![Cheesy](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/cheesy.gif) (supposed to be some sort of "jiao zai mao"?)
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February 16, 2016, 02:25:37 PM |
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I would name it "CREDITS", but "Bitcoin" is also ok...
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February 16, 2016, 02:26:30 PM |
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February 16, 2016, 02:32:11 PM |
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Actually "coin" was not really a very good choice (as Andreas M. Antonopolous has pointed out many times) as "coins" are a very bad metaphor for how Bitcoin actually works.
The problem with new technology is that "old words" just don't fit very well - so I'm guessing the name was chosen to basically make it clear that it is a type of "money".
So if it were to be renamed the "coin" part would be what I'd drop - maybe "Bitmoney" might have been better.
if we have to rename it anyway... Bitium or Bithium. best I can think of considering that it is mined and dividable (like precious metals). both names are taken by some companies though. and apparently -ium is supposed to be used to denote a metallic name. or if the "bit" part also have to be removed, Inthium or BTCinthium... sounds weird?
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February 16, 2016, 02:45:14 PM |
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Actually "coin" was not really a very good choice (as Andreas M. Antonopolous has pointed out many times) as "coins" are a very bad metaphor for how Bitcoin actually works (there are no coins).
The problem with new technology is that "old words" just don't fit very well - so I'm guessing the name was chosen to basically make it clear that it is a type of "money".
So if it were to be able to be renamed then the "coin" part would be what I'd drop - maybe "Bitmoney" might have been a better choice.
(to some extent I think the project eMunie has perhaps done a much better job with its name choice but I don't think that the name is really going to be the deciding factor)
bitcoin didn't spark interest to me when i first heard of it. simply because of the word "coin" to which i thought its just coins. Nothing special and probably just less than a dime. and until an employer hired me and asked if I accept bitcoin. thats when i started to realize its great that each coin equates more than $1K.
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February 16, 2016, 02:48:16 PM |
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Actually "coin" was not really a very good choice (as Andreas M. Antonopolous has pointed out many times) as "coins" are a very bad metaphor for how Bitcoin actually works (there are no coins).
The problem with new technology is that "old words" just don't fit very well - so I'm guessing the name was chosen to basically make it clear that it is a type of "money".
So if it were to be able to be renamed then the "coin" part would be what I'd drop - maybe "Bitmoney" might have been a better choice.
(to some extent I think the project eMunie has perhaps done a much better job with its name choice but I don't think that the name is really going to be the deciding factor)
bitcoin didn't spark interest to me when i first heard of it. simply because of the word "coin" to which i thought its just coins. Nothing special and probably just less than a dime. and until an employer hired me and asked if I accept bitcoin. thats when i started to realize its great that each coin equates more than $1K. Same here in the beginning the name didn't attract me to use it. So the name isn't the most attractive one you can imagine.
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February 16, 2016, 02:50:04 PM |
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Perhaps something in the flow of "BTCitTrans" or "BTCitFee" as it clearly it's composed of little fractions of free for each transaction as opposed to other traditional or more used monetary systems but the current name is good too although it was surely chosen as BTCitcoin so it would be easier to be remembered.
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February 16, 2016, 02:53:28 PM |
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I think the best name for this powerful crypto currency is just Bitcoin, as chosen by the creator And also don't forget it's nowadays known worldwide with this famous name, and not easy even for creator to change this name
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February 16, 2016, 02:55:59 PM |
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bitmoney sounds even more generic than bitcoin, i don't like it at all
the point it there was no a better name that could have been used for it, even if it not fit perfectly it's the best you can have, that actually describe fast enough what bitcoin is
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February 16, 2016, 02:56:22 PM |
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"Bitcoin" is a good name which perfects imo. But just for fun I might would name it "STFUBanksCoin" or so. Not very creative and also kind of politically motivated I know. ![Cheesy](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/cheesy.gif)
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February 16, 2016, 03:03:51 PM |
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Actually "coin" was not really a very good choice (as Andreas M. Antonopolous has pointed out many times) as "coins" are a very bad metaphor for how Bitcoin actually works (there are no coins).
The problem with new technology is that "old words" just don't fit very well - so I'm guessing the name was chosen to basically make it clear that it is a type of "money".
So if it were to be able to be renamed then the "coin" part would be what I'd drop - maybe "Bitmoney" might have been a better choice.
Agreed. Bitmoney would have been a good name, though it's three syllables, so a tiny bit too long to be practical. On that regard bitcoin isn't such a bad name. It's short and practical. Bitbuck would have been cool, too, though probably too easy to relate to dollars. I'm not a native speaker and I don't really "feel" the difference here: is "buck" a perfect synonym of "dollar" or is it ok to use it as a synonym for any currency? Cause if it's the second case, then bitbuck would have been just like perfect. What would have been a great idea, most of all, would have been to choose other names for the decimals. 0.001 should have had a proper name, like, I don't know, "Naka" (for "Nakamoto"). 0.000001 could have been "Sato" (for "Satoshi"). And 0.00000001 should have been called "bitcent". These are all things that should have been done at the beginning. Now we'd need consensus to change all these names. And we know how consensus is hard to reach. I, for one, am absolutely opposed to counting on a basis of 0.00000001 like faucet users always love to. Besides I hate the name "bit" for 0.000001, and this for two reasons. First because the word bit is already full of other meanings in English, especially in Computing English. And second because in my native language "bit" is pronounced exactly like the word that we use for "dick". Just imagine yourself buying a t-shirt for dicks and you get the picture. (Now I know I shouldn't speak French in the first place, and there wouldn't be a problem, but I didn't make this choice: my parents did it for me ![Cheesy](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/cheesy.gif) ).
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February 16, 2016, 03:16:04 PM |
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if I have the opportunity to change the name of bitcoin. maybe his name will be "the coin of luck", because these coins can make miracles. but the name alone is very good bitcoin
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February 16, 2016, 03:16:08 PM |
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I think Blockcoin might have been better. I think it would have made it easier - at least in the earlier days - to explain that it was based on the blockchain technology. It's not so bad now, but I remember a time when there was confusion between "Bitcoin" the currency and "Bitcoin" the technology.
Or alternatively, leave it as Bitcoin the currency and refer to Bitcoin the technology, simply as the Blockchain. Again, it's not so much an issue nowadays as it was back in the day.
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February 16, 2016, 03:19:48 PM |
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I dont have a idea for that name. But I think if bitcoin has another name that it will be have a different value. Maybe with a other name it was more popular or not. You never know what is was with a another name.
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February 16, 2016, 03:20:01 PM |
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I also agree, the "coin" part should be replaced, it is confusing. I would have called it BitBux or BB for short. I always have to explain to newbies that
you not dealing with physical coins, when you buy Bitcoin. There are many other fun names, but you need to chose something that would be universally
accepted. If you for example called it Bit$ it would not fit the UK or other currencies not using the $ symbol.
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