the way i used to view it was 1600-1800 there was only 1 dollar. then civil wars broke out
then came about US dollar ((main 'reserve petrol dollar) btc)
then came about canadian dollar (vers(he canadian) bch)
then came about australian dollar (wright(hes aussie) bsv)
but in common communication when people say 'dollar' the auto/default is to think of U.S
but in common communication when people say 'bitcoin' the auto/default is to think of BTC
but its still best to clarify which nation people are referring to especially if they refer to the less popular ones
the reason i compare it to nations, is the same reason that CORE should NOT own 'brand bitcoin' no one should own 'bitcoin'
1. Canada and Australia never had civil wars with the U.S. so your analogy is invalid.
2. Right, so most of the time a dollar is USD as bitcoin is BTC. If you're talking about a less popular currency, you should distinguish its name for the sake of clarity. That way nobody will think you are trying to trick them into buying BCH or CAD. You can't just try to sell CAD or AUD under the name "dollar," as that would be highly misleading. You cant claim "but we're dollar too" as your defense.
3. Nobody is saying Core owns the term bitcoin except you. Its just highly misleading and deceptive to call things that aren't bitcoin "bitcoin." You're free to do it and we're free to point out your deceptive practices. Besides, the market has already spoken on which coin is bitcoin and it's bitcoin.
1. your getting to historically anal with the analogy rather than taking it as a simple context example of something different to explain it in different terms even a grandma could cope with
2. aussie dollar is dollar too. australians do not scream out AUD they just say dollar.. canadians dont shout out CAD they just say dollar. but general international communication when saying dollar is default u.s
it seems your too anal wanting core to be the only 'bitcoin'
by the way, i personally am not interested in the alts/forks like bch bsv.. so dont even try acting like im the one misleading or selling or tricking..
3.as for 'what is bitcoin' the general guide is if it contains 'satoshi's stash' of coins and has code history that leads back to satoshis 2009 code. then it deserves to atleast be in the family.
if however the blockhistory was wiped back to the genesis block and had no similar chain history then it wouldnt deserve to be in the family
TL:DR no one is saying that other coins are "THE" bitcoin. but trying to infer that cores controlled protocol should be "THE ONLY bitcoin" is just more totalitarian. so relax and just put it into the same context as 'dollar' which even grandma can understand the difference between australian and u.s without big debate/stress