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Bizmark13

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Quote from: Mowcore on March 18, 2014, 03:17:40 AM

Use a capital 'B' when talking about the protocol. Bitcoin.

Use a lowercase 'b' when talking about the currency side of it. bitcoin.

I could be wrong! This is what I have come to learn lol.

Yup, for example:

"I believe that Bitcoin will still exist in 2050"

"I just bought 500 bitcoins"

EDIT: It seems Cryptsy uses "BitCoin" and "LiteCoin" but Dogecoin is just "Dogecoin" without the capital C. Hmm...

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Cryptocurrencies Exchange

right now it is Bitcoin but soon it will be bitcoin

adamas

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VIS ET LIBERTAS

Quote from: BitWhistle on March 18, 2014, 02:53:26 AM

... is there a preferred way that "cool people" use?

"cool people" prefer Bᴉtɔoᴉn

Kazimir

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It's the Bitcoin symbol where the real confusion begins

I personally like BTC best (like the most commonly used Bitcoin logo) but it's not an official unicode character yet.
The best way to display or use this character yourself is probably Font Awesome. Looks great and works pretty much everywhere.

A good alternative is ฿ (unicode 3647), it works everywhere but the disadvantage is it's also the symbol for the Thai Baht. Ƀ (unicode 579) is also used sometimes.

Predatorian

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IMHO don't really matter, u can use first option and second one.

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Quote from: Kazimir on March 18, 2014, 03:44:21 AM

Bitcoin is name of the system, the protocol. There is no multiple of this, i.e. there are no Bitcoins.
bitcoin is the unit, of which you can have more than one, e.g. 3 bitcoins.

^ Agreed. Of course if you start a sentence with either word it should have a capital "B". Grin

redmist

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Personally I prefer "Bitcoin". I've been here a fairly long time now and that's what most people tend to use.

Breaking6745

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Hmm I suppose there is no big difference for common users. For example, if I use "btc" in conversation what will you think?

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Quote from: Mowcore on March 18, 2014, 03:17:40 AM

Use a capital 'B' when talking about the protocol. Bitcoin.

Use a lowercase 'b' when talking about the currency side of it. bitcoin.

I could be wrong! This is what I have come to learn lol.

I can confirm this is true but most cases bitcoin does well for both cases

Kazimir

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Bitcoin is name of the system, the protocol. There is no multiple of this, i.e. there are no Bitcoins.
bitcoin is the unit, of which you can have more than one, e.g. 3 bitcoins.
"BitCoin(s)" or abbreviating it as "BC" (instead of BTC) is for retards

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You should definitely use Bitcoin because BitCoin is usually what people that have something against it seem to prefer to contrive it a bit.
But even Satoshi has used BitCoin at some point, as the folder were the "wallet.dat" file is located is indeed with that different spelling:
C:\Users\YourUserName\Appdata\Roaming\BitCoin (Vista and 7).

Mowcore

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Use a capital 'B' when talking about the protocol. Bitcoin.

Use a lowercase 'b' when talking about the currency side of it. bitcoin.

I could be wrong! This is what I have come to learn lol.

DeathAndTaxes

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Try to find "BitCoin" here: https://bitcoin.org

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Quote from: BitWhistle on March 18, 2014, 02:53:26 AM

I want to at least make it appear like I know something about the topic the site is about.

If this is your goal, use "Bitcoin".

BitCoin is what the people who don't know anything at all about the topic use.

BitWhistle

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I have seen this written both ways, and I was curious are they both acceptable or is there a preferred way that "cool people" use?

I just created my first site (www.bitwhistle.com) for BitCoins or Bitcoins whichever the case may be, and I want to at least make it appear like I know something about the topic the site is about.

Thanks,

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