Topic: Bitcoin with capital "B" and bitcoins with lowercase "b" - page 3. (Read 946 times)
I don't think there is a generally accepted use in this regard and people do not pay much attention to this distinction. But it would be very good to know all of us the difference. Thank you for sharing this.
I guess it doesn't matter. People can call it whatever they want, it doesn't change the meaning. But such variations, which you found I, too, in the first time see. I've never seen such before.
Bitcoin with capital "B" and bitcoin with lowercase "b"; i have always wanted to learn the difference between them but was not certified when i came across them. Sometimes on this forum i will used them based on the way OP used them to frame my post but now i have realize when to use the "B"(Bitcoin) and the "b"(bitcoin) thanks for the share...
So it's basically Bitcoin as tech and bitcoin as currency.
It there any difference? It is all the same for me though, but I guess in the future it will have some sense and people will try to see that also.
I guess it matters in the "grammar nazi" sense. I always make the distinction myself (Bitcoin as the protocol, bitcoins as the currency unit) but I would never correct other people. Who cares, right? It reminds of "You say tomato, I say tomahto."
I am surprised a lot of people didn't know it. 
Specially the old members like OP.
(it's not a criticism )
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Wasn't the first post clear enough to understand? Why posting to say the same thing
Specially the old members like OP.(it's not a criticism
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It is described in this site described in the bitcoin site "Bitcoin - with capitalization, is used when describing the concept of Bitcoin, or the entire network itself. e.g. "I was learning about the Bitcoin protocol today."bitcoin - without capitalization, is used to describe bitcoins as a unit of account. e.g. "I sent ten bitcoins today."; it is also often abbreviated BTC or XBT."
Source: https://bitcoin.org/en/vocabulary#bit
The sentence used by @pamoldar is a great example of how to and when to use Bitcoin with a capital B and with a small letter b.
Source: https://bitcoin.org/en/vocabulary#bit
The sentence used by @pamoldar is a great example of how to and when to use Bitcoin with a capital B and with a small letter b.
Wasn't the first post clear enough to understand? Why posting to say the same thing
Is this specified somewhere in the whitepaper or did satoshi himself create the advertising section? Not that i'm doubting it, good to know how it should be spelt for any pedantic Bitcoiners or should it be bitcoiners? 
Bitcoin with capital "B" and bitcoin with lowercase "b"; i have always wanted to learn the difference between them but was not certified when i came across them. Sometimes on this forum i will used them based on the way OP used them to frame my post but now i have realize when to use the "B"(Bitcoin) and the "b"(bitcoin) thanks for the share...
So it's basically Bitcoin as tech and bitcoin as currency.
These semantics are so important and yet so unimportant at the same time.
It's like Kilobits and Kilobytes 
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These semantics are so important and yet so unimportant at the same time.
It's like Kilobits and Kilobytes kbps
KBps
kbps is 1000 bits per second
KBps is 1024 bytes per second
1 Kilobyte = 8 Kilobit hehe
It's all confusion if you do not know the terms properly.
hahah wow i just actually learned this now if it is a thing
It is described in this site described in the bitcoin site "Bitcoin - with capitalization, is used when describing the concept of Bitcoin, or the entire network itself. e.g. "I was learning about the Bitcoin protocol today."bitcoin - without capitalization, is used to describe bitcoins as a unit of account. e.g. "I sent ten bitcoins today."; it is also often abbreviated BTC or XBT."
Source: https://bitcoin.org/en/vocabulary#bit
The sentence used by @pamoldar is a great example of how to and when to use Bitcoin with a capital B and with a small letter b.
Source: https://bitcoin.org/en/vocabulary#bit
The sentence used by @pamoldar is a great example of how to and when to use Bitcoin with a capital B and with a small letter b.
These semantics are so important and yet so unimportant at the same time.
Probably best to just keep swapping all the B's about for maximum confusion.
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Probably best to just keep swapping all the B's about for maximum confusion.
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Can't you just use the abbreviation like if you want to pay, you can send him BTCs. I think we make the B uppercase in respect to it being a proper noun "Bitcoin" unlike cryptocurrency which is a general term for all. But then again upper or lowercase it all sound the same. You still can send it to anyone anywhere.
New learning.
I just noticed this in the advertising section of the forum.
Meaning when I am paying someone in Bitcoin then I am sending him bitcoins
We are Bitcoiners and bitcoins are our currency.
Thank you.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge about this , we have some mistake that we haven't notice and should be corrected just like this one. Bitcoin and bitcoins , at first you will be confused but if you try to look for their real meaning then you will clearly understand the difference between the two. I just noticed this in the advertising section of the forum.
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The Bitcoin software, network, and concept is called "Bitcoin" with a capitalized "B". Bitcoin currency units are called "bitcoins" with a lowercase "b" -- this is often abbreviated BTC.
Image: http://prntscr.com/mblnlfMeaning when I am paying someone in Bitcoin then I am sending him bitcoins
We are Bitcoiners and bitcoins are our currency.
Thank you.
Bitcoin with capital "B" and bitcoin with lowercase "b"; i have always wanted to learn the difference between them but was not certified when i came across them. Sometimes on this forum i will used them based on the way OP used them to frame my post but now i have realize when to use the "B"(Bitcoin) and the "b"(bitcoin) thanks for the share...
Yes. I believe that was common knowledge in olden times 
I missed it entirely. I see the eyeglass though 😜It there any difference?
Technically yes but practically no. When you ask me == to pay you bitcoins then I understand you are talking about Bitcoin : Both technically and practically its correct
== to pay you Bitcoin then I understand you are talking about Bitcoin : Technically in-correct but practically correct.
Hope I make sense LOL
New learning.
I just noticed this in the advertising section of the forum.
Meaning when I am paying someone in Bitcoin then I am sending him bitcoins
We are Bitcoiners and bitcoins are our currency.
Thank you.
I just noticed this in the advertising section of the forum.
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The Bitcoin software, network, and concept is called "Bitcoin" with a capitalized "B". Bitcoin currency units are called "bitcoins" with a lowercase "b" -- this is often abbreviated BTC.
Image: http://prntscr.com/mblnlfMeaning when I am paying someone in Bitcoin then I am sending him bitcoins
We are Bitcoiners and bitcoins are our currency.
Thank you.
It there any difference? It is all the same for me though, but I guess in the future it will have some sense and people will try to see that also.
We are Bitcoiners and bitcoins are our currency.
And we are BitCoinTalkerS I always thought about the plural of Bitcoin (correct name is bitcoins which we know now).
Now I am thinking it's bitcoins which represents both singular and plural logically I guess. Can anyone correct me?
We are Bitcoiners and bitcoins are our currency.
And we are BitCoinTalkerS 
New learning.
I just noticed this in the advertising section of the forum.
Meaning when I am paying someone in Bitcoin then I am sending him bitcoins
We are Bitcoiners and bitcoins are our currency.
Thank you.
The "B" signifies our existence, the Bitcoiner always believes in it even when the bear market is still going on. We Bitcoiner use bitcoin as a currency like FIAT. We use our money to trade whatever we want. Great Bitcoiners! I just noticed this in the advertising section of the forum.
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The Bitcoin software, network, and concept is called "Bitcoin" with a capitalized "B". Bitcoin currency units are called "bitcoins" with a lowercase "b" -- this is often abbreviated BTC.
Image: http://prntscr.com/mblnlfMeaning when I am paying someone in Bitcoin then I am sending him bitcoins
We are Bitcoiners and bitcoins are our currency.
Thank you.
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