I don't like the term "blockchain"

[Darker45]

Satoshi never mentioned the word blockchain in the whitepaper. And if I'm not mistaken, never did Satoshi even mention it here on the forum either. But it was probably because the words block and chain weren't yet combined to form a single word. The word probably became popular only later on after Satoshi left the public. If it became a widely used term when Satoshi was still publicly active, he/she/they could have used it as well. No big deal.

[davis196]

Moreover, one can argue that some software developers find that blockchain is a bad data structure. I mean, a blockchain does have features for its original purpose to solve the double-spending problem in a distributed system, but for general computing or development of distributed applications, it's better to use something else.

I agree with this, but do you really think that changing the name from "blockchain" to "timechain" would change anything?
You can call the blockchain however you want, but that doesn't change all the advantages and disadvantages of this protocol.
Why don't you call it "chronochain" instead of "timechain"? Just like the term "crypto" is coming from the ancient Greek language, maybe you could use "chrono" instead of "time". All the crypto supporters are using the term "blockchain" for more than 10 years and this cannot be changed by anyone.
OP, why don't you make another forum thread titled "I don't like the term Bitcoin."?

[Stalker22]

Satoshi never mentioned the word blockchain in the whitepaper. And if I'm not mistaken, never did Satoshi even mention it here on the forum either. But it was probably because the words block and chain weren't yet combined to form a single word. The word probably became popular only later on after Satoshi left the public. If it became a widely used term when Satoshi was still publicly active, he/she/they could have used it as well. No big deal.

It appears the term blockchain wasnt used to characterize Satoshi's creation until a while after bitcoin first emerged.  Originally spelled as "block chain", the name seems to have taken motivation from that earlier definition and  while Nakamoto's seminal paper referenced "block" and "chain" many times, neither "blockchain" nor "block chain" shows up at all. 

But he did referred to the term "block chain" several times on the forum and in emails, just not as one word:
https://ninjastic.space/search?author=satoshi&content=%22block%20chain%22

[Marvelman]

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Huh? What does this have to do with the topic of this discussion?  The OP asked a question about the word "blockchain", not about the etymology of personal names.

[oktana]

Hi all,
I find the term "timechain" cooler.

In this article at Bitcoin Magazine,
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/bitcoins-blockchain-is-the-timechain

The author argues that "timechain" more accurately describes Bitcoin because it emphasizes the fact that Bitcoin is a chronological ledger of transactions.

BTC>

Blockchain sounds better in my opinion. Because we’re talking about storing of data in blocks and these blocks happen to be linked one to another in a chain. And each block containing the cryptographic hash of the previous one makes a lot of sense. Timechain isn’t bad but Blockchain makes a lot more sense.

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[vapourminer]

If you have a specific name in mind that you would like to know the meaning of [...]

Huh? What does this have to do with the topic of this discussion?  The OP asked a question about the word "blockchain", not about the etymology of personal names.

chatgpt or its ilk

i reported the post. a mod will look into it

[franky1]

Hi all,
I find the term "timechain" cooler.

In this article at Bitcoin Magazine,
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/bitcoins-blockchain-is-the-timechain

The author argues that "timechain" more accurately describes Bitcoin because it emphasizes the fact that Bitcoin is a chronological ledger of transactions.

Moreover, one can argue that some software developers find that blockchain is a bad data structure. I mean, a blockchain does have features for its original purpose to solve the double-spending problem in a distributed system, but for general computing or development of distributed applications, it's better to use something else.

P.S.->Thanks to the members who supported freedom to express my opinion in the "I don't like the term 'crypto'" thread.

P.S.1-> In software engineering, it is considered a good practice to keep a glossary, that's why I'm thinking about those Bitcoin community jargons.

BTC>

many organisations dont use blockchain they prefer "distributed ledger technology"
but as for time chain
although blockchains provide an ordering system to prove a child transaction cant appear before a parent transaction.. thus ancestry ledger is more appropriate descriptor.. time is measured in seconds, minutes, hours. which bitcoin actually does not log a accurate "time"
blocks are not made specifically in 10minute intervals. the time stamp of a block is not actually used as a time stamp but a 2 hour 'nonce' sequence which can be used for other things like mining churn of attempts

so time chain is not a good descriptor

but you are free to think of a better term than blockchain/timechain and popularise it until its the common term majority prefer
over the years people have thought of 'transaction stream' 'blockstream' terms related to ancestry, etc

[pawanjain]

Hi all,
I find the term "timechain" cooler.

In this article at Bitcoin Magazine,
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/bitcoins-blockchain-is-the-timechain

The author argues that "timechain" more accurately describes Bitcoin because it emphasizes the fact that Bitcoin is a chronological ledger of transactions.

Moreover, one can argue that some software developers find that blockchain is a bad data structure. I mean, a blockchain does have features for its original purpose to solve the double-spending problem in a distributed system, but for general computing or development of distributed applications, it's better to use something else.

P.S.->Thanks to the members who supported freedom to express my opinion in the "I don't like the term 'crypto'" thread.

P.S.1-> In software engineering, it is considered a good practice to keep a glossary, that's why I'm thinking about those Bitcoin community jargons.

BTC>

There's a reason why it is called the blockchain. As we know bitcoin is based on Proof of Work algorithm.
That proof of work is then added to a block and chained together with other blocks.
This is why it is called as the block chain based on the work that has been done to mine bitcoins.
I guess no other word would be as perfect as the word blockchain.