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Quote from: m2017 on September 09, 2023, 10:49:45 AM

When I read the post by the author of this topic, my first thought was: does this taxi accept payment in bitcoin? OP, you can consider that you managed to prank me.

There will be no benefit from people seeing the abbreviation BTC on these taxis, because local residents have no idea what bitcoin is and the effect of popularizing BTC will not work in this case.

No, the taxi did not accept payments with Bitcoin.
Maybe more precisely this is like an unintentional ad, the spread of the word BTC in several vehicles will make people ask why the name is BTC, and if they are technology literate and this financial world will correlate with BTC whose acronym is bitcoin maybe that's what he wants to convey here, so Everyone will know Bitcoin. LOL

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The sign will not help promote bitcoin in any way. People who live in that region know what “BTC”’ represents, it would have been a different case of there had been a bitcoin logo attached to it. But it clearly means Bayelsa State Transport Company (BTC)

I wish you had posted this in the Nigerian local board. It makes more sense there as this would be more relatable to us. Another thing is you should be more private with your personal information next time, there is no need to dox yourself when making a post unless you don’t mind ofcourse.

Quote from: franky1 on September 09, 2023, 10:18:20 AM

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Bayelsa Taxi Cabs

Man, OP was hoping to give some kind of suspense there but you just had to do that to him, didn’t you? You were close though, it actually stands for Bayelsa State Transport Company (BTC)

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My first reaction after looking at the pictures was the Suzuki brand taxi which was my first time. Anyways, for BTC fanatics the taxi initials also looked like BTC as in bitcoin. But obviously, it is not really bitcoin related since it's colored red which is the opposite a bitcoin believer wanted. It should've been orange or green for the bull run and not red which represents a bearish season. But for someone who is curious, entering BTC in Google means bitcoin although I am not sure if it is the same in other places.

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Quote from: Lorence.xD on September 09, 2023, 12:24:28 PM

Well maybe people got curious about the taxi and search BTC in google then first thing would pop up would be Bitcoin so maybe I got your point on making this post xD. After reading this thread by the OP first thing that comes to my mind is the BTS thing where it has been used as Behind the Scenes but the kpop group BTS where it's fan attacked the video which is literally a brain dead. So let's not reach that kind of scenario and let people discover Bitcoin on their own. Maybe if it's a trademark they could file a case but btc is decentralized.

Let me correct you: BTC written on top of every taxi indicates Bayelsa Taxi Cabs. Franky1 already guessed the right abbreviation for it. But I began to think, what if he or any other person did not mention the right meaning? Then, just due to this post, there would be an extra 100 searches about BTC today. Which would increase its hype too, obviously. In the Google metrics.

One thing is true: at least everyone passing by that teriotry must have heard about BTC, whether they knew the back story of it or not, like you mentioned an example of BTS. Far back when I came to know about it, it indicated some band, but later I saw these words in many YT shorts and many movies. I became curious and started to search them out, and at the end I got to know that it meant behind the scenes.

There are many words like these, but honestly, as the OP said, after reading them, one must get the idea of Bitcoin. Of course, only those will think of it who know about it.

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Quote from: rachael9385 on September 09, 2023, 10:13:22 AM

Although the government doesn't actually mean Bitcoin, as long as the letter BTC is theirs, it also means Bitcoin, and moreover, this BTC sign will also help spread the awareness of Bitcoin in that state, so every ear must hear the letters BTC. The old and the young will hear about it, so when Bitcoin will start pumping that everyone will be in a rush to join, nobody will say that he or she didn't hear about BTC.

The symbol of BTC only will not make any difference because the intentions are not to mention Bitcoin or anything relevant to it instead as franky1 said it is there to be mentioned Bayelsa Taxi Cabs. But yeah to some extent it will create curiosity among travelers like it creates curiosity in you. But tell me, after seeing this view, did you get excited and think of buying more BTC?

Because one should not get into FOMO by just seeing something that he/she does not actually understand fully. (This is not specifically for you only). And how BTC will start to pump just because of this, can you tell me for how long they have written BTC on their taxis? Well, let's assume for 1 or 5 years then why we have not seen any news about it that explains the Bayelsa Taxi Cabs (BTC) helped BTC to gain that much value?

Quote from: franky1 on September 09, 2023, 10:18:20 AM

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Bayelsa Taxi Cabs

Well, that was a simple guess and I was googling it thanks for saving the time. I also was going to write in the post that OP you should mention what actually the meaning of it. hehe

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Well maybe people got curious about the taxi and search BTC in google then first thing would pop up would be Bitcoin so maybe I got your point on making this post xD. After reading this thread by the OP first thing that comes to my mind is the BTS thing where it has been used as Behind the Scenes but the kpop group BTS where it's fan attacked the video which is literally a brain dead. So let's not reach that kind of scenario and let people discover Bitcoin on their own. Maybe if it's a trademark they could file a case but btc is decentralized.

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The BTC acronym on the cabs, is clearly different from the decentralized crypto we know of. I may think the acronym given to the taxi service is a mockery or a covert deed knowingly done to campaign or raise awareness of the main BTC crypto currency.
Whichever way one would come to see this, it is because you, OP are a cryptocurrency investor, that's why you even noticed the similitude.

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Quote from: rachael9385 on September 09, 2023, 10:13:22 AM

Although the government doesn't actually mean Bitcoin, as long as the letter BTC is theirs, it also means Bitcoin, and moreover, this BTC sign will also help spread the awareness of Bitcoin in that state, so every ear must hear the letters BTC. The old and the young will hear about it, so when Bitcoin will start pumping that everyone will be in a rush to join, and nobody will say that he or she didn't hear about BTC.

I know that Bitcoin is not banned in Nigeria but banks are restricted from dealing in cryptocurrencies. The acronym BTC will only be understood by people who are aware of Bitcoin. Other citizens will not make any meaning from the acronym. I understand your stance but I doubt if an acronym on taxi will encourage people to start rushing to join the Bitcoin space because they do not know those words. It will only serve as a reminder to those who already have Bitcoin knowledge.

Quote from: franky1 on September 09, 2023, 10:18:20 AM

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Bayelsa Taxi Cabs

The meaning of the BTC signs on those taxes is Bayelsa State Transport Company (BTC) and they were bought to help the citizen cushion the effect of the removal of petroleum subsidy in Nigeria.

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When I read the post by the author of this topic, my first thought was: does this taxi accept payment in bitcoin? OP, you can consider that you managed to prank me.

There will be no benefit from people seeing the abbreviation BTC on these taxis, because local residents have no idea what bitcoin is and the effect of popularizing BTC will not work in this case.

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I guess the Nigerian government just can't stop Bitcoin 😅
I hope one day they will see the future of the crypto space

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You are just imagining things related to Bitcoin since you are involved on crypto that is not commonly see in public area.

I understand what you feel because I become amazed too the first time I saw “ETC” on the toll gate for express way here in our country. I thought it was ETC(Ethereum Classic) since people use to pay on the gates and Ethereum Classic is hype that time. My colleagues laugh at me and said it's an abbreviation for Electronic Toll Collection which I have no idea that time since it's my first time using a toll gate for travel.

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If that's going to be the case, I think it's better to have the Bitcoin logo and not just "BTC" and it's definitely what franky1 wrote Shocked

It's a good thing if there's something that does that and makes it possible to pay in BTC, that would be more impactful compared to just having the words BTC only.

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I understand your enthusiasm for Bitcoin but since the abbreviation never meant anything related to Bitcoin in it's meaning then it won't have a positive impact on BTC . this is because if someone eventually asks a person in that locality what the abbreviation meant they would likely give you the intended meaning without making mention of Bitcoin.
It will also take more than putting BTC signs on cars to make people understand Bitcoin

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I live in a locality called MINAMA, in Rivers State, but a few days ago I traveled to a state called BAYELSA. When I reached Bayelsa, I saw a taxi that was writing BTC taxi and I was wondering, how? Why was BTC written on top of the taxi? I was beginning to think that the government of Bayelsa state had accepted BTC, but to my greatest surprise, it wasn't for Bitcoin, but an abbreviation of a sentence (But that doesn't mean anything).

The reason why I chose to bring this thread here was because I believe that the government don't want to do with anything called BTC (Bitcoin), but I was surprised to see the state government put the sign of BTCBTC in their state taxi, not just one but about 100 of the taxi he bought.

Although the government doesn't actually mean Bitcoin, as long as the letter BTC is theirs, it also means Bitcoin, and moreover, this BTC sign will also help spread the awareness of Bitcoin in that state, so every ear must hear the letters BTC. The old and the young will hear about it, so when Bitcoin will start pumping that everyone will be in a rush to join, nobody will say that he or she didn't hear about BTC.

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