BitWhistle (OP)
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March 18, 2014, 07:53:26 AM |
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I have seen this written both ways, and I was curious are they both acceptable or is there a preferred way that "cool people" use? I just created my first site ( www.bitwhistle.com) for BitCoins or Bitcoins whichever the case may be, and I want to at least make it appear like I know something about the topic the site is about. Thanks, To levitate is hard, showing someone else is really hard. |
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justusranvier
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March 18, 2014, 08:12:05 AM |
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I want to at least make it appear like I know something about the topic the site is about. If this is your goal, use "Bitcoin". BitCoin is what the people who don't know anything at all about the topic use. |
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Mowcore
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March 18, 2014, 08:17:40 AM |
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Use a capital 'B' when talking about the protocol. Bitcoin.
Use a lowercase 'b' when talking about the currency side of it. bitcoin.
I could be wrong! This is what I have come to learn lol.
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March 18, 2014, 08:23:40 AM |
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You should definitely use Bitcoin because BitCoin is usually what people that have something against it seem to prefer to contrive it a bit.
But even Satoshi has used BitCoin at some point, as the folder were the "wallet.dat" file is located is indeed with that different spelling:
C:\Users\YourUserName\Appdata\Roaming\BitCoin (Vista and 7).
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{ Imagine a sequence of bits generated from the first decimal place of the square roots of whole integers that are irrational numbers. If the decimal falls between 0 and 5, it's considered bit 0, and if it falls between 5 and 10, it's considered bit 1. This sequence from a simple integer count of contiguous irrationals and their logical decimal expansion of the first decimal place is called the 'main irrational stream.' Our goal is to design a physical and optical computing system system that can detect when this stream starts matching a specific pattern of a given size of bits. bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=166760.0 } Satoshi did use a friend class in C++ and put a comment on the code saying: "This is why people hate C++".
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Kazimir
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March 18, 2014, 08:44:21 AM |
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Bitcoin is name of the system, the protocol. There is no multiple of this, i.e. there are no Bitcoins. bitcoin is the unit, of which you can have more than one, e.g. 3 bitcoins. "BitCoin(s)" or abbreviating it as "BC" (instead of BTC) is for retards  |
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March 18, 2014, 08:51:27 AM |
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Use a capital 'B' when talking about the protocol. Bitcoin.
Use a lowercase 'b' when talking about the currency side of it. bitcoin.
I could be wrong! This is what I have come to learn lol.
I can confirm this is true but most cases bitcoin does well for both cases |
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Breaking6745
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March 18, 2014, 09:55:08 AM |
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Hmm I suppose there is no big difference for common users. For example, if I use "btc" in conversation what will you think?
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redmist
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March 18, 2014, 09:57:01 AM |
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Personally I prefer "Bitcoin". I've been here a fairly long time now and that's what most people tend to use.
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March 18, 2014, 10:17:07 AM |
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Bitcoin is name of the system, the protocol. There is no multiple of this, i.e. there are no Bitcoins.
bitcoin is the unit, of which you can have more than one, e.g. 3 bitcoins.
^ Agreed. Of course if you start a sentence with either word it should have a capital "B".  |
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March 18, 2014, 10:23:04 AM |
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IMHO don't really matter, u can use first option and second one.
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Kazimir
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March 18, 2014, 10:48:43 AM |
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It's the Bitcoin symbol where the real confusion begins I personally like BTC best (like the most commonly used Bitcoin logo) but it's not an official unicode character yet. The best way to display or use this character yourself is probably Font Awesome. Looks great and works pretty much everywhere. A good alternative is ฿ (unicode 3647), it works everywhere but the disadvantage is it's also the symbol for the Thai Baht. Ƀ (unicode 579) is also used sometimes. |
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March 18, 2014, 11:00:09 AM |
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... is there a preferred way that "cool people" use?
"cool people" prefer Bᴉtɔoᴉn |
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March 18, 2014, 11:50:51 AM |
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right now it is Bitcoin but soon it will be bitcoin
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March 18, 2014, 01:29:17 PM
Last edit: March 18, 2014, 01:43:37 PM by Bizmark13 |
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Use a capital 'B' when talking about the protocol. Bitcoin.
Use a lowercase 'b' when talking about the currency side of it. bitcoin.
I could be wrong! This is what I have come to learn lol.
Yup, for example: "I believe that Bitcoin will still exist in 2050" "I just bought 500 bitcoins" EDIT: It seems Cryptsy uses "BitCoin" and "LiteCoin" but Dogecoin is just "Dogecoin" without the capital C. Hmm... |
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MashRinx
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March 18, 2014, 01:43:45 PM |
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I want to at least make it appear like I know something about the topic the site is about. If this is your goal, use "Bitcoin". BitCoin is what the people who don't know anything at all about the topic use. I always enjoy references to either "The Bitcoin" or "The BitCoin" myself. |
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March 18, 2014, 01:57:00 PM |
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i prefer BitCoin
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March 18, 2014, 02:01:45 PM
Last edit: March 18, 2014, 11:29:08 PM by cr1776 |
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This. People who use "BitCoin" or "bitCoin" have not educated themselves on the topic and come across as noobs or clueless. (Unless of course it is an auto-correct, then it is a tech issue that isn't caught). Edit: the paper spells it bitcoin or Bitcoin, so I think that is pretty definitive. |
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March 18, 2014, 03:27:16 PM |
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Bitcoin is name of the system, the protocol. There is no multiple of this, i.e. there are no Bitcoins. bitcoin is the unit, of which you can have more than one, e.g. 3 bitcoins. "BitCoin(s)" or abbreviating it as "BC" (instead of BTC) is for retards loled. |
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March 18, 2014, 03:47:55 PM
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Write it any way that you want. bitCoin is based on decentralization. There is no central authority that enforces any particular name.
Anyway, this topic is moot. The correct spelling is 比特币. You'll see.
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