Topic: Should it be bitcoin or Bitcoin? (Read 1597 times)
You're all wrong, it should be BITCOIN
Bitcoin looks far more official
The purpose of this thread is to try to settle on a standard, and then consistently stick to it.
Good luck with that.....I think you might need it!
Lol ya you won't get a sticky for this because no one really cares
but if you ask me Bitcoin if it matters
Bit-Coin should be just fine 
"The Bit-Coins" sounds a little more professional.
BITCOIN (TM) (C)
Now it got seriously professional.
Bit-Coin should be just fine
"The Bit-Coins" sounds a little more professional.
Bit-Coin should be just fine
Not sure if bit coin is valid?
Or Bit coin maybe?
Or Bit coin maybe?
I verbally suggested 'bitcoin' as the name of my purpose oriented checking account when I was setting it up. I wanted to give every appearance of forthrighness anticipating that various regulators (some of them human) would be evaluating it over the coming year. My banker named it 'bit coin'. Rather than make a correction, I left the string as written since it will not match trivial regular expressions.
On a different topic, my personal preference is to use 'BTC' or 'bitcoin' to refer to value in the blockchain. I use 'Bitcoin' to refer to the project as a whole.
Not sure if bit coin is valid?
Or Bit coin maybe?
Or Bit coin maybe?
I don't consider it valid. because the actual name is "Bitcoin". It is stated that on many websites including bitcoin.org. Also on wikipedia. There has been many discussions about this though and I believe people agreed on just "Bitcoin".
I call the protocol/program/system/network Bitcoin, and the currency bitcoin. Ideally, the plural of bitcoin probably ought to be bitcoin, strictly speaking, too, because we don't call two gold ounce coins golds, we still call them gold. 
Not sure if bit coin is valid?
Or Bit coin maybe?
Or Bit coin maybe?
Thank you for enlightening my ignorance, although I still claim that I have seen Bitcoin be used incorrectly.
Just don't use BitCoin and you'll be fine
I'll quote one of the factoid slots:
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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. The Bitcoin client published at bitcoin.org is officially named simply "Bitcoin", though it is sometimes called "Bitcoin-Qt" or the "Satoshi client" to distinguish it from other Bitcoin clients.
This.
I'll quote one of the factoid slots:
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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. The Bitcoin client published at bitcoin.org is officially named simply "Bitcoin", though it is sometimes called "Bitcoin-Qt" or the "Satoshi client" to distinguish it from other Bitcoin clients.
Thank you for enlightening my ignorance, although I still claim that I have seen Bitcoin be used incorrectly.
I'll quote one of the factoid slots:
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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. The Bitcoin client published at bitcoin.org is officially named simply "Bitcoin", though it is sometimes called "Bitcoin-Qt" or the "Satoshi client" to distinguish it from other Bitcoin clients.
The purpose of this thread is to try to settle on a standard, and then consistently stick to it.
Good luck with that.....I think you might need it!
The usage of the word bitcoin is very inconsistent on the capitalization. In plural, it is obvious that the word should be treated as a normal noun, just like dollars, and the spelling is uniform in this case. In singular, however, many people regard Bitcoin as a proper noun. I think this usage is wrong, since there is no obvious unique entity they would be referring to. As far as I know, neither the technology nor the community associated with it is called Bitcoin, but it is entirely possible that I have missed what Bitcoin is referring to.
The purpose of this thread is to try to settle on a standard, and then consistently stick to it.
The purpose of this thread is to try to settle on a standard, and then consistently stick to it.
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