When BitBean was first created, the base unit was named after nokat, the original developer, much like the bitcoin community named the satoshi after Satoshi Nakamoto.
Since "nokat" tried to dump all of his coins and crash the BitBean blockchain shortly after launching it, we believe the name for this unit should be changed. To that end, we are asking the community to suggest appropriate names.
Some suggestions have been put forward:
shawn - after the current lead developer who spends many uncompensated hours working on the project
lentil - "because they are tiny beans"
Please help us add to this list, or add your support for the suggestions already submitted.
We will conduct a more formal poll later.
--whitebeard@bitbean.org, Bean Core, Director