The Reason why you chose your username

[Ttelas]

When I first came to the forum one thing that marveled me was  the different usernames displaying. Then I asked my friend and he told me that, it is to hide identity.

And a thought came to me that even though it is to hide identity and they chose the name, there must be a reason of selecting that username.

So, why do you chose that username?

[1714728491]

1714728491

[Sandra_hakeem]

When I first came to the forum one thing that marveled me was  the different usernames displaying. Then I asked my friend and he told me that, it is to hide identity.

And a thought came to me that even though it is to hide identity and they chose the name, there must be a reason of selecting that username.

So, why do you chose that username?

Funny you ... 😌
Even without the fact that different display names are used to maintain pseudonymity, just as you described, could everyone possibly use the same name?? So you won't get marveled any longer?? Shessss!
Some peeps get confused when choosing a display name and sometimes, gets cut up by whatever bugs 'em at that point; there by, making outta 'em, a name.

Well, there are very many reasons or, sometimes -- no reasons attached to the selection of a display name; in my case, my real name has 3 letters that are included in the first name, SANDRA. Hakeem came after some sort of random selection. It's unique and serves as a prolific mask to the hush- phenomenal user behind the account.

Sandra 💇

[Lordsilvabtc]

Amazing, I'm laughing right here
I actually choose my username because of the person, Who introduced me to the platform, it's name is Lord OC. My desire has always be to learn as much as I can about Bitcoin, I also want to impact some newbies in my local community about this digital asset too, I couldn't think of any other name, Except the excellent Lord the one who introduced me, And my name Silva. Along with my purpose on the platform ( Bitcoin - BTC )

[Razmirraz]

Displaying different usernames can also make it easier for you to remember other usernames, your mind will be on one name that you remember and make it easy to find it.
Most forum users have reasons for choosing a username, such as the forum name I use has the meaning "Wise".
Picking a random name has also been used by some users that don't have any meaning, behind all that is not too important to me. Positive values applied in the forum and providing knowledge to other users will make you better known even though the forum name only uses the same three characters "AAA or BBB".

[mk4]

Pretty simple — I chose my username simply because the 3 characters sort of relates to me in some way, but at the same time with it not giving away any details about my personal information. But really, I don't know why people on Bitcointalk sort of over-analyzes usernames; it's really not that important at all.

In general with my usernames outside of Bitcointalk though? I mostly just use random crap lol.

[Darker45]

There was also a point when usernames fascinated me in a way. They got me curious.

But while privacy is closely associated with Bitcoin and Satoshi Nakamoto's identity is successfully kept hidden until now, a number of early Bitcoin adopters, developers even, and strong Bitcoin evangelists didn't really conceal their identities here.

Hal Finney got Hal and even had his own picture used as avatar. Gavin Andresen had Gavin Andresen and his face as avatar as well. Andreas Antonopoulos had aantonop and did the same with his avatar. The same goes with Dr. Adam back with his adam3us and his picture. There were probably more of them.

And then there was gmaxwell and achow101 and laszlo and more. And even admins Sirius and theymos are not really unknown outside of this forum.

Anyway, as for my username, it has something to do with the anime Darker than Black. It should've been just Darker but since it was already taken, I thought of a number combination. I ended up with 45. This, too, has an explanation, quite a long one, so...

[lovesmayfamilis]

When I first came to the forum one thing that marveled me was  the different usernames displaying. Then I asked my friend and he told me that, it is to hide identity.

And a thought came to me that even though it is to hide identity and they chose the name, there must be a reason of selecting that username.

So, why do you chose that username?

OP, my little advice is to try using the search. You come to the forum in May, and you suddenly become too active and create topics that are chewed up every three months.
Now, in order not to create another mega-thread, you can read this topic. Maybe it will satisfy your curiosity.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5414499.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5397275.msg60041950#msg60041950

[Aanuoluwatofunmi]

When I first came to the forum one thing that marveled me was  the different usernames displaying. Then I asked my friend and he told me that, it is to hide identity.

And a thought came to me that even though it is to hide identity and they chose the name, there must be a reason of selecting that username.

So, why do you chose that username?

If i may ask you as well that why did you choose that your username? choosing a username is a choice to make and no one can hold you a question to that as long as you don't plagiarize other people's username to impersonate them, you're free to be identified by any means you choose to be called on the forum as your username, but this does not necessarily means that your username is your real identity and if it is doesn't mean you're not private that's a choice made by you, during your registration is when the first privacy about you had been kept and maintain by nit verifying your email address used, username does not makes you private or not.

[JoyMarsha]

When I was about to register in this forum, I was cut up with the type of username am going to name myself. So many usernames came to my mind that got me confused to pick the right username that will suit my liking. Funny enough how I landed with Joymarsha after minutes of thinking. Should I say the name fell off my mind based on how I felt at the moment of registering in the forum cos I felt joy when registering

[UserU]

It just hit me when I was thinking of mine and why not just add a "U" at the front of a generic username?

Little did I know it had a different meaning in another language many years later...

[NotFuzzyWarm]

My username was picked because:
1. I pre-ordered a miner from the now defunct AMT in early 2014. After repeated delays I started looking into here in the Forum about it and definitely did Not get a Fuzzy Warm feeling about them.
2. I'm often described as "nean' -- nice but mean. Nice in that given an intelligent question, I answer as best as I can. Queries that are pointless/ones repeated endlessly in other threads, pure troll-bait, based on pure and wilful ignorance, etc. -- I let folks know exactly how off-target they are. I do not tolerate idjits.

In short I'm NotFuzzyWarm and proud of it  

[YOSHIE]

So, why do you chose that username?

In fact, many users here choose random names, myself included, however users choose and give their names randomly on the internet, but the name can influence as evidenced by some of the account names on this forum, the way other members perceive these users.

Of course, a common name that gives the impression of that name is important compared to making a name that is unusual and lacks appreciation from other users.

The name is symbolic, although random you must have a certain meaning, which is clearly a big name influence in your life online.

[isaac_clarke22]

~
So, why do you chose that username?

Usually I just pick out random username from the games I played especially those that I was a fan of. Not surprised that some would pick the same username as mine that is why I add some random numbers, lol. Who knows what game character will I pick in the next website I registered on anyway? Artyom, maybe?

Really happy that some users here took notice of the reference like UserU, lol.

[Shamm]

So, why do you chose that username?

Hmmp to tell you honestly this username I choose is that little bit funny or sounds crazy, I choose this username it because in my school before there's one girl I like the most and my schoolmates and friends called her Shamm not her real name.  Them A while ago when A friend of mine introduced me to this forum then I decided to create a username like the nickname of my idol.

[Razmirraz]

So, why do you chose that username?

Hmmp to tell you honestly this username I choose is that little bit funny or sounds crazy, I choose this username it because in my school before there's one girl I like the most and my schoolmates and friends called her Shamm not her real name.  Them A while ago when A friend of mine introduced me to this forum then I decided to create a username like the nickname of my idol.

Quite often I see your post in several previous threads, when looking at your username it reminds me of my late grandfather, because my late grandfather first name is the same as your forum name "SHAMSUDDIN". Sham has a very good meaning "Candle", it is very appropriate to attach the name Sham to your school friend's girl.

Sham symbolizes charm and charisma, he is someone who has charm and wants to be the center of attention, the name Sham has a personality Expansive, visionary, adventurous, uses freedom in a constructive way. Your decision to make a username like your idol's nickname is very right, because your forum name has a very good meaning.

[Poker Player]

In my case because obviously I play poker, online, for more than 10 years and although I am not Daniel Negreanu obviously when I had to choose the nickname I thought of "Poker Player". What surprised me is that this nickname was not already taken. Then when I saw how big is the gambling section in this forum I was even more surprised, although I think most of them play casino games and believe they can win long term with garbage strategies rather than playing games where the expected value of the bets can be positive (or have an RTP greater than 100% if preferred).

[PowerGlove]

[Shaha98]

Usernames are not that complicated in this bitcoin forum. Because someone has given a user name of their choice in small letters. For example I use few characters in my username so that my identity will remain anonymous. but I find the biggest thing to notice is who or what is using the account in a similar way. Because some have created accounts with real names and some have used fictitious names. This is a complicated matter I think it will work even if you don't think about it.

[LogitechMouse]

Most of the time when I'm picking a username in any game that I play, I always look around and see a brand of anything that I see. There was a time where I picked a brand of Pig Food (which is very funny), there was a time where I picked a brand name of a deodorant. In the game that I'm playing right now, I used a brand name of a computer monitor. Lesser stress and easier to do because TBH, when you are always playing different kinds of games, the hardest thing aside from killing those hard bosses is to choose a username .

With regards to my name right now, I used that brand of mouse since I started using computers and laptops 13 years ago and until now that is what I'm using.

[Coin_trader]

I've been trading shitcoins P2P since 2015 even I still didn't know the forum. I become interested to create account here after seeing that most of the shitcoin launch there announcement thread here and also the forum marketplace for shitcoin is very rich for potential profit through p2p trading.

I use Coin_trader username so that I can easily with user here and easy to remember on P2P deals. Right now I'm still living on to this name since I'm still trading P2P using fiat on buying more crypto with just a additional fee when the deal is outside Centralized Exchange.