BCT vs BTT abbreviation for this forum

[Potato Chips]

I've only used BCT honestly and it wasn't because I looked it up, it was the easiest that I could come up with because of the syllables Bit-Coin-Talk. Now that I think about it, people's abbreviation for Local Bitcoins is usually LBC which is similar in pattern -- BC being bitcoin

But honestly, it's been awhile since I've used BCT as I prefer the full "bitcointalk". I guess there's also the fact that it's short enough to not trigger my lazy fingers lol.

[Vispilio]

Bitcoin abbreviates as ticker BTC,
so it naturally follows Bitcoin Talk gets BTCT, C gets dropped to make the abbreviation fit 3 words and make it more harmonious.

More importantly, when you pronounce Bitcointalk as 1 word, the stress is on BIT, coin is more silent, so it's more melodic to abbreviate as BTT.

For these reasons BCT makes no sense as the C sound is nowhere to be found in any of these words .

BTT might get confused slightly with Bittorent, but it's a minor altcoin, and BTT is still far better than all the alternatives...

[un_rank]

BTT for me too. The closest alternative should be BTCT which accommodates every syllable but it does not roll off the tongue as easily as BTT does.
BCT is just wrong to me cause no one relates Bitcoin to BC, it is abbreviated to BTC, which means the "t" is emphasized in BiTcoin. It is not practical to remove that and will confuse those that are not used to it.

BTT is also already more popular and seems to be the unofficial abbreviation already, not so easy to change.

- Jay -

[SatoPrincess]

I don’t use abbreviations very often but when I do, BBT is what I’m using. When I came to the forum, BTT was the abbreviation used to refer to the forum, maybe some members used BCT and I didn’t notice. Like others have said, BTT is the most popular acronym used in and outside the forum in reference to Bitcointalk. I don’t think this is a serious problem in communication, because members can easily understand what we mean from the context of the message even if we use BTT or BCT.

BTCT captures all the words but it is too long and is not as catchy as a three letter acronym.

[EL MOHA]

We cannot also say that the correct abbreviation for Bitcoin is BT; therefore, it is still wrong to abbreviate bitcointalk as BTT.

No abbreviation is wrong because any letter use from an word as an abbreviation is still correct the suitable one to many on the tongue or while typing is just what gets popular. As for your claim I think yes the clear one will be BTCT but since it is not suitable to have a four letter abbreviation I will also go for the BTT because the other option BCT looks similar to BTC and a bit confusing, also many people of recent are already use to it, so there is no need to change it. My vote will be for BTT

[ShowOff]

I tend to use the abbreviation BTT for bitcointalk when talking about it with some user in the community, but I choose not to use the abbreviation on most occasions. Honestly, I don't remember if I've used the abbreviation BTT in the last year when posting something, but I don't think so. I'm happy to mention bitcointalk without abbreviating, that's cool I think. If I need to call it abbreviated, then BTT is an interesting choice for me.

[Churchillvv]

I had to vote BTT because it seems to be used regularly but the truth is BCT seems to be more correct.

If (BTCT) BiT-Coin-Talk was an option I would have voted it because it has the Bitcoin abbreviation BTC plus the concept of forum.

To everyone saying if the abbreviation was to be changed that would be difficult to adapt, I put it to y'all that you are wrong. It's never going to be difficult, if a command is given by theymos that nobody should call it BTT anymore in the forum the rate which people will adapt to it will shock y'all even you that said it difficult will find it easy to adapt because it backed by a force or sanction.

[suchmoon]

Just call it BT (it's "Bitcoin", not "BitCoin" or "BiTcoin") and avoid the issue, but I personally prefer "forum". Only slightly longer than an acronym and saves my arthritic fingers from having to use Shift.

[robelneo]

I voted for BTT, because it's the abbreviation I got used to and it's what I've seen other members use over the years that I have been here in the forum, I would probably still use it if people start using BCT instead. As far as I know, BTT is the well-known abbreviation for bitcointalk here in the forum.

I think it is time for us to correct this when it comes to abbreviation it should be the first syllable of the word so it should be B for bit C for coin and T for talk there is already a poll for this in 2019 and BCT won the poll and it seems it will win here again

[POLL] BTT - BCT - BTCT?

[_BlackStar]

Just call it BT (it's "Bitcoin", not "BitCoin" or "BiTcoin") and avoid the issue, but I personally prefer "forum". Only slightly longer than an acronym and saves my arthritic fingers from having to use Shift.

BT, BTT, BCT - all of them should use Shift, only the first option is shorter.
But - even I never imagined using one of them even though personally I think BT is more suitable than BTT.

Forum or bitcointalk are common mention I say a lot - so I'll probably avoid abbreviations as much as possible. If many forum users like to use abbreviations - then maybe it will affect the performance of the notification bot when someone calls out a user like BS, SM, NF, PC, or VP.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

For as long as I can remember, I've always used BTT as an abbreviation for bitcointalk any time I feel like typing really fast and don't have time to spell things as they are, this is to say that, on a normal day or circumstances, I don't really fancy or use abbreviations in my texts, but like I stated before, there are times you just wanna quickly type and post something, that is the only time I usually consider abbreviating the word "bitcointalk", and btt  is what I always used, never have I used "BCT".

So for me, I will prefer and will always BTT, it's more befitting that BCT, after all, Bitcoin is BTC, bitcointalk should be BTT, that is, take the "C" for coin out, and put "T" for talk.

[arabspaceship123]

I've seen BTT & BCT when I've been reading posts. Some times acronyms don't work in the way ppl intend that's why I didn't understand. I don't use BTT or BCT I've used the forum.

BCT's similar to BTC so I wouldn't use it. BTT doesn't sound like the forum's name so I wouldn't use them. Is there more choices?

as title, which abbreviation fits bitcointalk better

2 votes each, 14 days

i have seen BTT for a loooong time, but use BCT myself.

[EFS]

BTT makes no sense as it's not an abbreviation of anything. Bitcointalk is BTCT, or shorter, BCT. It was always like that.
I don't really understand the purpose of the poll, it's not even up for debate.

I have even seen where someone abbreviates it to BTTF (bitcoin talk forum), which sounds okay to me,

This is the first time I see someone mention "Back to the Future" abbreviation as bitcoin talk forum.

[aysg76]

I voted BTT and I'll also explain why.
I've seen BCT and BTT a lot, but imho BCT can be easily mistaken as misspelled BTC, hence I prefer BTT. (as in BTC -> BTT)

...and lol !!  to WO as option

The same goes for me as well because when I first saw the title of the thread before opening it I was having opinion a comparison of bitcoin with forum or how it can help in growth but never thought about the abbreviation for forum.I have also voted BTT as using this from a long time and was introduced to it the same way.

[arabspaceship123]

I've seen BCT used more in the forum. BTT's used less often. I'm used to writing the word forum instead of BCT or BTT acronym. I don't know if it's beneficial for writing BCT because it's close to BTC it doesn't make me comfortable. BTTF's funny. BTT doesn't look like the forum name so ppl won't use it.

BTT makes no sense as it's not an abbreviation of anything. Bitcointalk is BTCT, or shorter, BCT. It was always like that.
I don't really understand the purpose of the poll, it's not even up for debate.

I have even seen where someone abbreviates it to BTTF (bitcoin talk forum), which sounds okay to me,

This is the first time I see someone mention "Back to the Future" abbreviation as bitcoin talk forum.

[tranthidung]

as title, which abbreviation fits bitcointalk better

2 votes each, 14 days

i have seen BTT for a loooong time, but use BCT myself.

We had another poll, 4 years ago.

• [POLL] BTT - BCT - BTCT?
• There are interesting discussions in that old poll and I don't repeat it here. Feel free to visit it to see past discussions of forum members.

I myself was told by one bounty hunter about the forum, and he used BTT. I knew about Bitcointalk before, was a member here too but when he chatted with me and used BTT, what is this, I don't know what is BTT, honestly.

Recent weeks, the forum got a big calling with a biggest decision after many years, from theymos, Mixer will be banned. Some projects and managers tend to shift their projects and advertisements to other forums. One of them is altcoinstalks (I don't shill that forum here), and I discovered an interesting thing from admin of that forum.

See here

• Our Forum Policy & BTT links unlocked
• BTT is used by that forum admin in the topic title and in the topic content as well.

I like Bitcointalk, it is as it is. It is not a pain to write Bitcointalk, how many seconds does it take to write it, 3 or 5 seconds?

If any abbreviation to use, I choose BCT, but I am still keen on the full one, Bitcointalk.

[aioc]

People are used to taking every word of the syllable as the one included in the abbreviation so new members or even those who are not members of this forum can easily understand what BCT is and why BTT so even if it's what others have used to call it, this is for the right away to call Bitcointalk so it should be Bit Coin Talk it really makes sense.

[nutildah]

BCT = BitCoinTalk
BTT = BiTcoinTalk

It's pretty obvious that the first one makes a lot more sense, right?

It does to me, but I've seen the second one used perhaps more than the first.

How about this one?

BIT - Bitcointalk

Or maybe even:

BCF - since this is actually the Bitcoin Forum

Bitcointalk is just in reference to the name of the domain and not the forum itself.

In any case I voted for WO 

[Plaguedeath]

I never mention this forum using abbreviation, I just call it Bitcointalk or forum. But I did mention WO instead of Wall Observer, so I voted for WO.

BCT or BTT aren't really a terrible abbreviation, someone can abbreviate Bitcointalk become BTCNTLK by just deleting the 5 vowels.

[POLL] BTT - BCT - BTCT?

Whoever votes BTT is a spammer, remember this wasn't come from my mouth.

[EarnOnVictor]

I'd never seen anyone called Bitcointalk BCT until 2 days back, and all the respected members I know here called it BTT. This was why I also abducted it as there are different ways abbreviation could be written and it doesn't necessarily mean that it must follow a certain rule, be it syllables that people are capitalizing on here, or otherwise.

And if the syllable is to be observed, why not it Bitcoin disintergated to Bit-Coin (BC), why the BTC? Also for BCT, the Bitcoin that relates directly to the forum never has its "T" silenced, so why should its talking forum silent it as well? Since Bitcoin is not BC, there is no reason why Bitcointalk should be BCT, the next letter after B must be T, that's if we want to technically choose between BTT and BCT, and I choose BTT.

But to make it void of any controversy since it is not a must for it to be a 3-letter, BTCT is the best, neither BTT nor BCT are perfect if how Bitcoin was abbreviated is put into consideration.