[VOTE][YAC] Yacoin Logo Change & Official Name

[ilostcoins]

Yacoin official client will change it's logo soon. The following are the two main candidates.

Please post which one do you prefer, A or B.

Please also vote for what you think YAC should mean for the long term good of Yacoin.
1. Yet Another Coin
2. Yet Another Currency
3. Your Alternative Coin
4. Your Alternative Currency
Even if you post your choice for the name, you still need to click the poll at the top.

To clarify, the name is an expanded form of YAC. The name Yacoin will remain the same.


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[Edit: Results]

Voting has finished and thanks to everyone for taking part. Results are as follows:

Expanded form of "YAC":
17 votes for "Yet Another Coin"
0 votes for "Yet Another Currency"
13 votes for "Your Alternative Coin"
32 votes for "Your Alternative Currency" (the chosen one)

Logo basic design:
15 votes for A (the chosen style)
11 votes for B

[1714866941]

1714866941

[cryptrol]

A4

[ilostcoins]

A

[feeleep]

A

[eule]

A1, maybe different color

[Sahtor]

A4

I think clicked Yet Another by accident. Sorry about that

[BChydro]

A4, different color though

[bandjhughes]

B 4  (although I'm fine with A 4 too).

[Thirtybird]

A & 3

[qwep]

B 4

[pmconrad]

B 3

[jantenner81]

A

[SirMintALot]

B 4

changing logos is like throwing away credibility you have gained over time

[Adamlm]

B 3

[AGD]

B1

[Dipnoi]

B

[sigesang]

B
honestly don't like any of the name, so stick with original '1'

[ilostcoins]

[a little bump] Don't forget to post which logo you prefer after clicking the poll. 

[Joe_Bauers]

I vote for A.

[St.Bit]

I vote for the logo as in Beave162 (other colour) and 1.



Could you please add it to the poll options or should we decide about colours later?

EDIT: That means A1 since colour will be voted later.

[ilostcoins]

My intention was to focus on the overall look of the artwork now. Colour can be discussed later. If I throw in various colours for the artworks now, the votes may become too diffused.

[sunce86]

Like it even matters... Coin price is dead anyway? 

[Joe_Bauers]

Like it even matters... Coin price is dead anyway? 

Or a great buying opportunity.

[St.Bit]

Like it even matters... Coin price is dead anyway?  

Or a great buying opportunity.

Educational thread bump! 

Please don't spam the voting thread. If you want to discuss something it's better to do it somewhere else.

[BChydro]

Yeah, I agree. YaCurrency doesn't work

[Joe_Bauers]

Yeah, I agree. YaCurrency doesn't work

Perhaps it should have been clarified, but the name only refers to the acronym of YAC which was initially deemed to be "Yet Another Coin" - While the "Yet Another" naming convention is a cute/clever way to name some other open source apps, it doesn't convey a good deal of confidence in a coin.

So, no matter what is voted for, the name will still be YACoin.

[Beave162]

A4

My intention was to focus on the overall look of the artwork now. Colour can be discussed later. If I throw in various colours for the artworks now, the votes may become too diffused.

+1 I believe the color is pretty irrelevant. I stole my logo from someone else, and I believe the colors stem from the original colors of Bitcoin.

The idea behind Your Alternative CURRENCY is that it implies an alternative to all currencies (USD, EUR), whereas Your Alternative Coin seems to imply an alternative to just bitcoin or litecoin.  Maybe overthinking?  Along that point, the alt coins in recent past would increase in value with the value of bitcoin, but not so much anymore... so perhaps riding on the bitcoin coattails isn't as good of an idea anymore?  But on another point, 'YaCoin' has already been accepted maybe more so than just 'YAC'.  I think the two (Your Alternative Currency and Your Alternative Coin) could be used almost interchangeably?  I don't know... I just know 'Yet Another Coin' is f&%#ing dumb.

[sairon]

B1

[igysa]

A1

[ivanlabrie]

A(orange background),4

[Beave162]

My intention was to focus on the overall look of the artwork now. Colour can be discussed later. If I throw in various colours for the artworks now, the votes may become too diffused.

+1 I believe the color is pretty irrelevant. I stole my logo from someone else, and I believe the colors stem from the original colors of Bitcoin.

Color matters a lot.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_VwIH2M7ZSY/UUctZ-9wJiI/AAAAAAAACDo/f9Vm0gkm4AI/s1600/2013-01-20-Color_Emotion_Guide22.png
http://www.childswork.com/images/P/383620.jpg
http://quantifiedself.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Screen-Shot-2012-09-11-at-9.30.54-AM.png

Original Bitcoin color is actualy light orange top to bottom gradient.

Very fascinating, but I don't understand the point...  the Oreo logo is blue because it conveys trust and strength?  But entertaining the concept, I would favor a YaCoin color scheme that is multi-colored for diversity--it fits well with the decentralized theme and the term 'your' coin/currency.

Taking the discussion to a different place megastore...

[mymenace]

My Vote



http://postimg.org/image/7a2j4g003/

[Beave162]

My Vote

Well done.  Just make it the Yen/Yuan symbol... um no.  Some people also don't realize the Ɏ is a clever 'Y' and 'A' combination (A is upside down).

[senj]

If those two are the only choices, then I would not change it. I am also experimenting with crypto coin logo design and I will try to come up with something.
"Your alternative currency" name sounds much better though.

And please don't change coin logo to something similar to Yen symbol:
https://www.google.si/search?q=yen+symbol&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch

[mymenace]

My Vote

Well done.  Just make it the Yen/Yuan symbol... um no.  Some people also don't realize the Ɏ is a clever 'Y' and 'A' combination (A is upside down).

Hah did not see that

Tryin to go for a round logo was all


I like the almost superman symbol in this one below, quite happy to work with the team on the logo

Of course the logos that are already in place are cool too, just offering yet another logo (lol)




http://postimg.org/image/z3229qv0n/cbd750f6/

[mymenace]

If those two are the only choices, then I would not change it. I am also experimenting with crypto coin logo design and I will try to come up with something.
"Your alternative currency" name sounds much better though.

And please don't change coin logo to something similar to Yen symbol:
https://www.google.si/search?q=yen+symbol&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch

"Your alternative currency" this does sound great

[Mjbmonetarymetals]

[Joe_Bauers]

Nice!  Can you capitalize the A?

[Mjbmonetarymetals]

Nice!  Can you capitalize the A?

[BChydro]

Nice, I love it

[ivanlabrie]

Looks great!!!

[Thirtybird]

I hate to say it, but  Mjbmonetarymetals brought teh sexah.. Granted, I do like cars too...

[sairon]

3D feel and more details but I still like non-round logo more. For some reason, Mjb's logo fits car brand more than cryptocoin.

Well, aren't _most_ coins also round? (I still like the yak logo, though )

[sairon]

3D feel and more details but I still like non-round logo more. For some reason, Mjb's logo fits car brand more than cryptocoin.

Well, aren't coins also round? (I still like the yak logo, though )

Historically, most coins were round. Bellow are some exceptions:





More non-round coins:

http://www.royalmintmuseum.org.uk/coins/british-coinage/current-coins/fifty-pence-coin/index.html
http://www.penmai.com/forums/general-discussions/4971-indian-coins-history-india.html

corrected

[ilostcoins]

A bit more than a day left before voting closes. Vote before too late. 

[maxocoin]

Logo A

[Joe_Bauers]

Everyone, please also vote @  https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=285619.0  to get YACoin on coinpayments.net   

[ilostcoins]

A few hours left now for this vote. 

[Gorgoy]

A3

Using word "currency" would mean all occurrences of YACoin would need to be changed to YACurrency, not easy and actualy looks shit.

I like B4, I really like the B Logo, the old tradition Bull as a symbol of power and currency in a new form. I love it. I also love the word currency, and it would be, "Your Alternate Currency Coin" I just don't think that we need the C doubled for Currency Coin. It is very witty and cool. So is would still be YACoin. So cool.

[BChydro]

Any word on when the new logo will be added to the client?

[Joe_Bauers]

Any word on when the new logo will be added to the client?

I will add it in the next day or two, along with the new name. Also, YACoin 0.4.1 will hopefully be released very soon as well which also includes coin control.

Anyone that wants to test can check here. https://github.com/yacoin/yacoin/releases/tag/testing_0.4.1-a  This only includes the splash screen of the logo I like but still has that old icons. 

[BChydro]

Any word on when the new logo will be added to the client?

I will add it in the next day or two, along with the new name. Also, YACoin 0.4.1 will hopefully be released very soon as well which also includes coin control.

Anyone that wants to test can check here. https://github.com/yacoin/yacoin/releases/tag/testing_0.4.1-a  This only includes the splash screen of the logo I like but still has that old icons. 

Awesome thanks!

[ilostcoins]

Voting has finished and thanks to everyone for taking part.

Expanded form of "YAC":
17 votes for "Yet Another Coin"
0 votes for "Yet Another Currency"
13 votes for "Your Alternative Coin"
32 votes for "Your Alternative Currency" (the chosen one)

Logo basic design:
15 votes for A (the chosen style)
11 votes for B

[St.Bit]

Cool, any ideas how we should decide the colours? I belive a lot of people aren't happy with that strange blue ...

I hope everyone here could vote for YAC on this thread aswell:

Vote for YAC! https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=285619.0

new vote is here:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=286120.0

[Mjbmonetarymetals]

Blue, orange , green.

[BChydro]

I like blue the most

[Joe_Bauers]

I like blue the most

+1

 The green is good too. I'm not a huge fan of the orange. 

[Thirtybird]

I like blue the most

+1 Blue is great, green is almost as good.  Orange is meh...

[ivanlabrie]

Blue is sexy. 

[St.Bit]

I like Beave162's logo. (red, Y&A and hexagonal)

BTW I hope it is clear that we actually voted for the hexagonal design with the Y&A or what have we decided on now? The round ones came after we started to vote so do we vote again on the shape? And where?

Please get the voting options binding the next time so we can finish this damm vote. I don't want to vote again on 3D effect, then size and next about format and compression. Only to trow it all away  and reset when someone wants an octagonal form. Either make it choose between these logos or offer more properties to vote on.

[ilostcoins]

I like Beave162's logo. (red, Y&A and hexagonal)

BTW I hope it is clear that we actually voted for the hexagonal design with the Y&A or what have we decided on now? The round ones came after we started to vote so do we vote again on the shape? And where?

Please get the voting options binding the next time so we can finish this damm vote. I don't want to vote again on 3D effect, then size and next about format and compression. Only to trow it all away  and reset when someone wants an octagonal form. Either make it choose between these logos or offer more properties to vote on.

The vote in this thread which finished a week ago, is a choice between the animal-like style and Y-like style. The ongoing vote, which is here
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=288824.0
is the final choice between different designs of the Y-like style logos.

(Let's not bump this thread again to reduce confusion to others.)

[senj]

Does anyone have vector files for new logo?
I can not seem to find them anywhere.
Were they ever published?

[ilostcoins]

There is an SVG file here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/pb256r5w3e10hh8/YACoin.svg
A PNG file with the name is here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/18lbvjz10y2z9cu/PNG_LOGO%2BTEXT.png

I guess it'd be better if the official website can host a copy.

[senj]

Didn't expect that so fast. Thank you.