Luke-Jr [ARCHIVE] on Nostr: 📅 Original date posted:2011-07-17 🗒️ Summary of this message: A suggestion ...
📅 Original date posted:2011-07-17
🗒️ Summary of this message: A suggestion was made to rename the Bitcoin development project, but it was met with resistance due to the well-known brand name.
📝 Original message:On Sunday, July 17, 2011 6:59:58 AM John Smith wrote:
> > At the risk of making myself very unpopular, perhaps it's the
> > development project that should move to a new URL?
>
> So you'd want to rename the project?
>
> I'm not sure that'd be a good idea. For better or worse, even though most
> people don't get it because they think it's about mining or investments,
> the 'bitcoin' name has become pretty well-known.
The "Satoshi Client" doesn't really have a formal name yet.
Don't confuse an implementation with the network itself.
🗒️ Summary of this message: A suggestion was made to rename the Bitcoin development project, but it was met with resistance due to the well-known brand name.
📝 Original message:On Sunday, July 17, 2011 6:59:58 AM John Smith wrote:
> > At the risk of making myself very unpopular, perhaps it's the
> > development project that should move to a new URL?
>
> So you'd want to rename the project?
>
> I'm not sure that'd be a good idea. For better or worse, even though most
> people don't get it because they think it's about mining or investments,
> the 'bitcoin' name has become pretty well-known.
The "Satoshi Client" doesn't really have a formal name yet.
Don't confuse an implementation with the network itself.