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[Iranus]

Bitcoin is Bitcoin Core now, because that's its development team.  SegWit is just a scaling solution update created by Bitcoin's current development team.  BU would have a new name, but that's partially because it would be a hard fork and people (reasonably) want the original Bitcoin to keep the name.  But it would have a similar name, and the word Bitcoin in the name is enough for it to have the credibility which Bitcoin has built up, and even a complete name change would be fine if it was publicised enough.

[isoneguy]

Bitcoin is Bitcoin Core now, because that's its development team.  

And I suddenly realize I still know almost nothing about how all this mess works :/

The more you know the less you know....rabbit holes and timey wimey shit.

[Carlton Banks]

As someone with a degree in Advertising and Popular Culture, and a Masters student of Psychology and Criminology, I can say that the thing that scares me the most is the idea of "Bitcoin Core" or "Bitcoin Unlimited".

In past forks, the "old coin" has gotten the name change (for example, Namecoin) while the true "Bitcoin" flourished. The new coin stayed Bitcoin, not Bitcoin 2 or Bitcoin Super.

Why is it, that with the upcoming fork, that all these name changes are being floated?

Name recognition and brand loyalty are extremely, EXTREMELY, strong factors when it comes to the success of something.

Bitcoin will survive. Bitcoin 2 will be doomed from day one. Regardless of how much better the system is or how perfected the block chain, no renamed Bitcoin will ever reach the potential that it would if it were simply kept "Bitcoin".

A) Probably not going to happen anyway now (as evidenced by the Vermin backing out of the bet with Loaded)

B) You're wrong anyway, geeks don't care about the name, and geeks hold the balance of power here

[qiwoman2]

I would love the Original BITCOIN to stay as Bitcoin and the forked version, if it happens to have the extended name, unlimited,d endless, infinity, or whatever they want to call it lol. Original Bitcoin should just stay as it is in my opinion as so many have branded themselves with Bitcoin alone.

[Pettuh4]

I would love the Original BITCOIN to stay as Bitcoin and the forked version, if it happens to have the extended name, unlimited,d endless, infinity, or whatever they want to call it lol. Original Bitcoin should just stay as it is in my opinion as so many have branded themselves with Bitcoin alone.

Yeah I agree it has to stay as Bitcoin and not just smartly rename it as Bitcoin core. Like the OP nothing bothers me as much as the renaming. It makes it loose it's originality.