I agree with you. Ixcoin as name for the public, it sucks. I received from Nasakioto an answer on this (jan 2015). He thinks that change the name will "dilute the legacy" of ixc: be an early clone of btc, just 10 days after nmc.
I wonder what difference can make for the public a different name, since nobody among masses knows about ixcoin yet.
We could keep ixc as technical name, but create a name/brand easy to remember for all the public.
The issue of this is the following: the name should reflect the main use / purpose of ixcoin. It has a lot of possible uses. But still, it lacks of a clear mission statement.
Low tx fee? Remittances? Side chain? Alternative to btc? Perfect btc clone? Highly secured coin? Eco-friendly due to its merged mining making ixc one of the cheapest coins to mine? Deflationary coin?
My idea was mix, or milli ixcoin. In this way the number of mix would be 21 billion. (1 ixc = 1,000 mix)
mix
Right now: 1$ = 50,000 mix
I agree with you and Thomas.
From a marketing perspective it would be foolish to abandon the network effect of years of internet name propagation. This is why I was suggesting adopting a second name. An AKA...
I like where you are going with MIX. It was making me laugh. However it gives the impression that ixcoin has a built in mixer or something like that.
To follow your logic my suggestion would be BiX. lol
From a marketing perspective it makes sense to include some explanation in the title. Bitcoin-ix suggests that the system is similar to bitcoin. And of course some people will read it as Bitcoin9.
Also Bitcoin-ix follows in the footsteps of others who have recognized the power in using bitcoin in a name. BitcoinPLUS, BitcoinNEW, BitcoinDark.
