Satoshi in Oxford English Dictionary - page 2.

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Quote from: Lizzylove1 on October 15, 2019, 10:10:02 PM

It's nice, our children will have to get use to it at school, and this may provoke their thought and that of their teachers to want to learn about what is Satoshi and by doing so, they will find bitcoin. I hope I get a hard-copy of the Oxford edition.

How old are you, by the way? If by children you mean your future children, I guess they will encounter Bitcoin first before Satoshi. And for sure they will first bump into the word outside the dictionary. Most probably they won't even need the dictionary to know what Bitcoin or Satoshi is. The unborn and little children of today will certainly meet Bitcoin first not in the dictionary but in the outside world, and as a money, in their favorite ice cream shop, in the arcade, and so on. This Oxford English Dictionary listing will just be a piece of history for them.

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It's nice, our children will have to get use to it at school, and this may provoke their thought and that of their teachers to want to learn about what is Satoshi and by doing so, they will find bitcoin. I hope I get a hard-copy of the Oxford edition.

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Of course it’s a welcoming sign, we would likely see more text book to include Satoshi and bitcoin into their syllabus, and school system would have no reason to question the reputation, and everything look positive.

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Quote from: veleten on October 15, 2019, 06:49:15 AM

nice , the dictionary keeps the entries forever , unlike the online version Oxford's Online Dictionary
the latter has already included all of the words like bitcoin , cryptocurrency plus blockchain and miner :

https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/blockchain for example

p.s. if you are interested in how Oxford's dictionary was created, watch The Professor and the Madman movie

Yes, the manuscript is much more valuable than the online version of the dictionary. This is a great honor for Bitcoin.

Thanks for the tip, I have not seen this movie

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Quote from: Bttzed03 on October 15, 2019, 06:06:46 AM

First was bitcoin
Second was cryptocurreny

Now they listed "satoshi" and defined it as:

Quote from: https://public.oed.com/blog/new-words-notes-for-october-2019/

a satoshi is the smallest monetary unit in the Bitcoin cryptocurrency, and is named after Satoshi Nakamoto, the—probably pseudonymous—developer(s) of Bitcoin.

I'm not sure if there would be any impact on bitcoin's popularity but it's good that the word has been acknowledged although I think it's a bit late.

I can't imagine it'll have any real impact. People don't look to dictionaries for deciding which investments to make.

It's a cool acknowledgement, though, and really shows how far we've come in terms of going mainstream. It's also a small victory for those hoping to see bitcoins become a legitimate unit of account.

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Great news for Bitcoin. The addition of terms related to crypto and Bitcoins means that the crypto sphere has acquired sufficient importance for large institutions and influential people

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Quote from: Bttzed03 on October 15, 2019, 06:06:46 AM

First was bitcoin
Second was cryptocurreny

Now they listed "satoshi" and defined it as:

Quote from: https://public.oed.com/blog/new-words-notes-for-october-2019/

a satoshi is the smallest monetary unit in the Bitcoin cryptocurrency, and is named after Satoshi Nakamoto, the—probably pseudonymous—developer(s) of Bitcoin.

I'm not sure if there would be any impact on bitcoin's popularity but it's good that the word has been acknowledged although I think it's a bit late.

What word will be next?

Related news: https://cointelegraph.com/news/oxford-english-dictionary-adds-satoshi-bitcoins-smallest-unit

By the way, a question was posted here before How long until "satoshis'" make in into the (oxford) dictionary?, we know the answer now Grin

It is unlikely that the appearance of the word in the dictionary will be able to popularize Bitcoin. Do you often look for new words in the dictionary to find yourself a new hobby? I think no. However, we can conclude that Bitcoin is gaining approval and respect.

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It's just an indication that people are starting to recognize and appreciate the importance of cryptocurrency that they're including the terms being used in the blockchain technology. I'm sure that there will be more crypto words to be added in the future which would be helpful especially for crypto beginners.

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Quote from: Bttzed03 on October 15, 2019, 06:06:46 AM

First was bitcoin
Second was cryptocurreny

Now they listed "satoshi" and defined it as:

Quote from: https://public.oed.com/blog/new-words-notes-for-october-2019/

a satoshi is the smallest monetary unit in the Bitcoin cryptocurrency, and is named after Satoshi Nakamoto, the—probably pseudonymous—developer(s) of Bitcoin.

I'm not sure if there would be any impact on bitcoin's popularity but it's good that the word has been acknowledged although I think it's a bit late.

What word will be next?

Related news: https://cointelegraph.com/news/oxford-english-dictionary-adds-satoshi-bitcoins-smallest-unit

By the way, a question was posted here before How long until "satoshis'" make in into the (oxford) dictionary?, we know the answer now Grin

Dictionaries are one of the most used things by people. The listing of "satoshi" word in Oxford English Dictionary will definitely help Bitcoin's popularity increase too I think. There will be more people to learn about Bitcoin.

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FINALLY! I have been waiting for this addition for ages. Now I can pride myself that "Satoshi" is a real sophisticated word haha
Now on a more serious note it is great to see that "Satoshi" it's becoming a real term recognised by a famous entity like Oxford. The question is now "in how much time are we going to make use of the newly added term on a daily basis?"

Time will tell us the answer, no doubt about that, but you can do your part to spread awareness about Bitcoin! Tell your inner circle about Bitcoin or organise meet-ups or make an app that introduces people to cryptocurrency. There are endless way to help the adoption of Bitcoin. You just need some will.

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Popularity increaaing because Satoshi and Bitcoin are words defined in a dictionary? I guess the answer for that would be no since they are just defining a word and it doesn't really do anything besides that. What I appreciate though is something like Oxford has given recognition not only to the words Bitcoin and cryptocurrency but also the denomination for Bitcoin which for us is a delightful thing to see. But if we expect that the prices will go up because of rhis then think again this won't have any effect for the demand for BTC.

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Based on the increased search only words will be added to the dictionary. Before a word gets added it'll be reviewed and further gets added. Here the explanation for the term perfectly matches with the meaning. Whether this will gain popularity, no and getting added to the Oxford English Dictionary itself a big recognition.

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Well, that is a good development for bitcoin and cryptocurrency community in general. It's good to see the Oxford dictionary is getting updated with new cryptocurrency terminologies which will also help people know more about and cryptocurrency. this is another step forward toward achieving mass adoption.

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Quote from: Artemis3 on October 15, 2019, 10:49:49 AM

~snip~
If you want to refer to the coin, which is the case here. Oh and notice how the dictionary entry correctly used small capitalization: "a satoshi", NOT a Satoshi.

^ Definitely right, OP got mislead on his thread title because the article talking about the smallest monetary unit in the Bitcoin and that "satoshi". Not a person but a tiny amount of Bitcoin. But it seems good news because we are now become the mainstream. Cryptocurrencies are now well knowing even in English dictionary. I smell something good near in the future when it comes to popularity will continuing spreading even in books and articles on websites.

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Just remember, when you mean the coins you don't use capital letter at the beginning of the word. If you say Bitcoin, you mean the whole thing, technology, network, etc, while bitcoin is the coin only. Same thing happens to satoshi, but in this case Satoshi is a person, while satoshi is a coin.

Unfortunately if the word is the first one starting a paragraph (such as this thread tittle), it always use the capital letter leading to confusion.

So the news is actually that satoshi, rather than Satoshi, got into the dictionary.

To avoid this confusion, OP should rephrase the thread title. Something like:

Word satoshi in Oxford English Dictionary

If you want to refer to the coin, which is the case here. Oh and notice how the dictionary entry correctly used small capitalization: "a satoshi", NOT a Satoshi.

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I'm glad that they're starting to recognise cryptocurrency related words more. I don't care if it's late as long as it's there. Just like what the quote says, better late than never. We need a little more time and I'm sure crypto related words would increase in the Oxford dictionary. I see it as an achievement of crypto.

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Quote from: Bttzed03 on October 15, 2019, 06:06:46 AM

First was bitcoin
Second was cryptocurreny

Now they listed "satoshi" and defined it as:

Quote from: https://public.oed.com/blog/new-words-notes-for-october-2019/

a satoshi is the smallest monetary unit in the Bitcoin cryptocurrency, and is named after Satoshi Nakamoto, the—probably pseudonymous—developer(s) of Bitcoin.

I'm not sure if there would be any impact on bitcoin's popularity but it's good that the word has been acknowledged although I think it's a bit late.

What word will be next?

Related news: https://cointelegraph.com/news/oxford-english-dictionary-adds-satoshi-bitcoins-smallest-unit

By the way, a question was posted here before How long until "satoshis'" make in into the (oxford) dictionary?, we know the answer now Grin

I think this is an important thing for Bitcoin to increase its recognition among people all over the world. Because we all use dictionaries to search for some information that we need. Also, Oxford English Dictionary is one of the most used dictionaries in the world.

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Quote from: hugeblack on October 15, 2019, 09:17:29 AM

It is nice to add this word, I don't know if wrong terms like HODLING have been added, but it seems possible especially after the inclusion of cryptocurrency.
Maybe we'll see a section for cryptocurrencies terms soon.
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Hodling hasn't been added yet. maybe in the next five years.
It took satoshi a long time, the other crypto terms that we know now could take decades for OED to list them all Grin

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It feels very great to know this to be honest, it makes the word satoshi feels more standard I would say, now if anybody would ask what is satoshi, you can easily say look it up on the dictionary, very impressive to see how far btc have come.

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Quote from: Ailmand on October 15, 2019, 08:35:44 AM

I was moved by this news. I didn't imagine that even Satoshi could go this far and would be recognized even by the Oxford dictionary. At least people who are clueless about Bitcoin and its history would have brief information about it through dictionaries. It will surely bring a huge impact especially for those who are curious about it.

Indeed, it still an improvement that we need to be proud of! well since bitcoin is getting adopted and accepted by different countries, I know that there are some people wondering about anything about bitcoin particularly to its developer at least now they can easily search for it. They can easily have an idea about bitcoin like newbies who wants to explore bitcoins history and even for students who's currently studying economics, as far as I know there is a certain part where they have to explain digital currency like bitcoin and its history. Good to know that they can just use dictionary which is the most common app you can find on their mobile phones.

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