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.
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Topic: BCT vs BTT abbreviation for this forum - page 6. (Read 1477 times)
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
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BTT might get confused slightly with Bittorent, but it's a minor altcoin, and BTT is still far better than all the alternatives...
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...
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.
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.
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as title, which abbreviation fits bitcointalk better
2 votes each, 14 days
i have seen BTT for a loooong time, but use BCT myself.
2 votes each, 14 days
i have seen BTT for a loooong time, but use BCT myself.
The abbreviation that everyone is using for Bitcoin is BTC, and right from when I have known Bitcoin, the abbreviation I have seen to be constantly used is BTC.
Due to the fact that this is a Bitcoin discussion forum and the site domain is Bitcointalk, I think the correct abbreviation that is supposed to be used is BTCT.
You cannot abbreviate Bitcoin as BC (therefore we can't abbreviate bitcointalk as BCT); it's usually BTC we abbreviat Bitcoin with. Although, the forum domain is three syllabic words (Bit-coin-talk) the correct abbreviation should have been BTCT (BiT-Coin-Talk) .
IMO, the correct abbreviation is supposed to be BTCT, but how well does it sound if pronounced? I think it doesn't sound so well for me, probably because I am used to calling it BTT right from the first day I knew about the forum and also based on how frequently I have seen it abbreviated here.
We cannot also say that the correct abbreviation for Bitcoin is BT; therefore, it is still wrong to abbreviate bitcointalk as BTT.
Although from your POLL, I will choose BTT, it's mostly used.
Looks funny to me, like: wHy I nO GeT MeRiT on BiTcoinTalk? 
, what's this man saying? 
as title, which abbreviation fits bitcointalk better
2 votes each, 14 days
i have seen BTT for a loooong time, but use BCT myself.
2 votes each, 14 days
i have seen BTT for a loooong time, but use BCT myself.
I don't make abbreviations often but the few times I did, I've used BTT and this could be because the number of persons using BTT is more than those using BCT, so I felt it was the standard abbreviation for the forum. But now that you've asked and giving it a second thought, I think BCT is more appropriate because you can clearly see the letters well represented in the 3 syllables; BIT-COIN-TALK, while BTT does not follow the syllabic representation.
as title, which abbreviation fits bitcointalk better
2 votes each, 14 days
i have seen BTT for a loooong time, but use BCT myself.
Well , I won't lie but at some point I really got confused on people are calling the forum BTT around me and it didn't feel like it suit right but since you have made mentioned of this other abbreviation BCT, well I won't say it doesn't sound odd too but atleast with this new abbreviation I can relate to it a little bit than BTT. But since I have always seeing BTT it seem my brain and eyes are kinda getting used to the BTT so I think I will still prefer the BTT as Bitcoin itself is called BTC, BT-bit and C-coin or we can also join the whole combo making it BTCT 2 votes each, 14 days
i have seen BTT for a loooong time, but use BCT myself.
Preferring the abbreviation BTT over BCT is often easy to use although the most meaningful may be the abbreviation BCT but this abbreviation is not often used. Yes some people are always different in writing Bitcointalk abbreviations.
BCT = BitCoinTalk
BTT = BiTcoinTalk
It's pretty obvious that the first one makes a lot more sense, right?
Another 'correct' one would be BTCT = BitcoinTalk = BTCTalk; but a 4-letter abbreviation doesn't sound/look as good.
BTT = BiTcoinTalk
It's pretty obvious that the first one makes a lot more sense, right?
Another 'correct' one would be BTCT = BitcoinTalk = BTCTalk; but a 4-letter abbreviation doesn't sound/look as good.
Years back people usually termed bitcointalk as bctalk which means BCT is the abbreviation.
So I voted for BCT and that seems better than BTT which is a ticker for Bittorrent but we need to settle down what is the right term soon.
So I voted for BCT and that seems better than BTT which is a ticker for Bittorrent but we need to settle down what is the right term soon.
If there is no official abbreviation, that does not mean calling it BCT is also correct.
That also doesn't mean that using BCT is wrong either. Between those two BTT sounds more natural to me, but just wanted to add that when I speak with friends outside of this forum (via chat) I usually refer to it as "btctalk".
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
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
Apart from that, most of us are used to BTT. It feels as if home. Everyone I know, seems to have been using BTT for bitcointalk. I know it may be the wrong abbreviation but it's okay as long as people understand what we meant. On the other hand BCT sounds more as a cryptocurrency pair, for example BTC, ETH, XBT, ADA etc.
I wonder who was that person that choosed WO, lol
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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
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
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 prefer BTT most, because since my time here I only get to read BTT nor BCT, but when the Sinbad got banned from here then the member from the authorities who informed us about Sinbad was using the term BCT and then after that, I saw few other members are also writing BCT at that time I did not understand what it was even till now I did not.
But now when you opened this topic about both then I get the idea that BCT might stand for Bitcointalk. But it did not look good and was even a little time-consuming to write than BTT. I also saw many other forums and news articles that prefer to write BTT. I am not so sure about news articles but I think they also used BTT or maybe I am imagining, I have to confirm that part so don't take it for granted maybe some other users might confirm it.
I prefer BTT because we use the first two letters BT as for Bitcoin and that's official, and the last T word for Talk, but if we write BCT and the first two letters BC the C word makes nothing, officially proved. Because BTC means Bitcoin. And BCT did not mean bitcointalk while BTT means bitcointalk.
But now when you opened this topic about both then I get the idea that BCT might stand for Bitcointalk. But it did not look good and was even a little time-consuming to write than BTT. I also saw many other forums and news articles that prefer to write BTT. I am not so sure about news articles but I think they also used BTT or maybe I am imagining, I have to confirm that part so don't take it for granted maybe some other users might confirm it.
I prefer BTT because we use the first two letters BT as for Bitcoin and that's official, and the last T word for Talk, but if we write BCT and the first two letters BC the C word makes nothing, officially proved. Because BTC means Bitcoin. And BCT did not mean bitcointalk while BTT means bitcointalk.
as title, which abbreviation fits bitcointalk better
2 votes each, 14 days
i have seen BTT for a loooong time, but use BCT myself.
2 votes each, 14 days
i have seen BTT for a loooong time, but use BCT myself.
I would say that BCT makes sense as that stands for Bit Coin Talk but I have seen people using BTT many times and to me that does make sense at all. I would go with BCT over BTT or anything else because I found sense in that one and if needed I will use BCT or Bitcointalk. My vote goes to BCT!
Earlier this week I saw a member address this forum as BCT (I'm not sure it was this OP), it looked funny to me but I moved on. I'm used to referring to this place as BTT and I think rightly so. BCT doesn't sound representative enough IMHO. Let's dissect it a bit more. BTT could stand in as BiTcoinTalk but what can BCT stand in as BitCoinTalk? Well, I think we've to remember that Bitcoin itself has always taken a "T" immediately after a "B" as in BTC. So, I think it will be really awkward to address a forum named after it as BCT, rather than maintain that sequence it's known for. If anything at all, BTCT – BitcoinTalk better suits than BCT but that will be long and boring to pronounce. Who cares, then? I'm stuck with BTT.
BTT is like the ticker of Bittorrent (BTT)
Agree. BTCT looks very suitable. It's appropriate since Bitcoin (BTC), I remember I saw some old users on reddit using the term BTCtalk which is very particular when they were talking about this forum. But whichever as long as this is the one they are talking about it's the same thing. Its less confusing if they just spell it all out.
I am a bit confused because I have learned to regularly used and mentioned this forum as BTT then the other way round the real Abbreviation should be BCT that is Bit Coin Talk according to a staff in his post. When looking down into what he explained there is a sense to change the usual BTT to BCT but we are too common with the previous abbreviation of BTT and this could be very hard to change though at some point people would get it confused but as time goes they will get used to it.
So far I votes for BCT.
So far I votes for BCT.
Uhmmm... This is from this post - right? VMiner? Okay... Did you have to create a topic to begin a debate on how anyone would address the forum as? Okay... What I'm saying is - anyone could decide to abbreviate the forum's domain name in a way that suits Thier descriptions right?.. lol
okay.. personally, I feel it's okay to say BTT forum - that has been registered on my mind right from inception..
Off topic; what reminds me of your activity & legacy is your meriting habits; cus you barely begin a topic like this one.
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okay.. personally, I feel it's okay to say BTT forum - that has been registered on my mind right from inception..
Off topic; what reminds me of your activity & legacy is your meriting habits; cus you barely begin a topic like this one.
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Earlier this week I saw a member address this forum as BCT (I'm not sure it was this OP), it looked funny to me but I moved on. I'm used to referring to this place as BTT and I think rightly so. BCT doesn't sound representative enough IMHO. Let's dissect it a bit more. BTT could stand in as BiTcoinTalk but what can BCT stand in as BitCoinTalk? Well, I think we've to remember that Bitcoin itself has always taken a "T" immediately after a "B" as in BTC. So, I think it will be really awkward to address a forum named after it as BCT, rather than maintain that sequence it's known for. If anything at all, BTCT – BitcoinTalk better suits than BCT but that will be long and boring to pronounce. Who cares, then? I'm stuck with BTT.
A more suitable abbreviation should have been BCT, however, BTT have gained so much popularity that changing it now will really be very difficult. Subconsciously, everyone seem to have accepted the BTT as abbreviations and even those not part of this forum too.
I have read several Bitcoin and cryptocurrency related articles in LinkedIn, Quora, and even Reddit where this forum is usually abbreviated as BTT by the authors as a way of indicating ownership of those works. These articles are widely read by people across the globe. This shows how far the BTT abbreviation has gone.
Finally, considering the proliferation of cryptocurrencies, I'm confident that BCT would have already been associated with various coins and tokens... a simple search in coinmarketcap will readily confirm this.
In conclusion, even though it makes a lot of sense using BCT for this forum abbreviation, changing it from BTT will be difficult and rarely effective.
I have read several Bitcoin and cryptocurrency related articles in LinkedIn, Quora, and even Reddit where this forum is usually abbreviated as BTT by the authors as a way of indicating ownership of those works. These articles are widely read by people across the globe. This shows how far the BTT abbreviation has gone.
Finally, considering the proliferation of cryptocurrencies, I'm confident that BCT would have already been associated with various coins and tokens... a simple search in coinmarketcap will readily confirm this.
In conclusion, even though it makes a lot of sense using BCT for this forum abbreviation, changing it from BTT will be difficult and rarely effective.
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