Topic: Terminology - page 41. (Read 79788 times)

@MAC

Thank you very much for taking the time to post, your words are encouraging, as I have been wondering if anybody actually found this thread to be useful.

Although all the entries on the list are common on the forum, some of the definitions are indeed humorous as humour is something that is also common on this forum.

If you have any ideas about how this list may be improved, then please let me know.


@Portnoy

Thank you for your continued effort 

Added - 'Taint', 'Jelly', 'Randian', 'TANSTAAFL', 'Faucet', 'Bitcoind' & 'Krugman Fallacy'

Although I have edited down your definition of 'Krugman Fallacy'. What can I say, editors gonna edit 


Also added - 'Ask', 'Bid', 'Limited Order', 'Market Order', 'Wall', 'Martingale', 'Vanity Address', 'Vanity Generator' & 'Brain Wallet'

Some of this was great to learn while some seemed to be thrown in to make it fun? Thanks

taint

jelly - jealous

Randian - Follower of the views of Ayn Rand ( I will bite my tongue and not share my opinion of her "philosophy" )

TANSTAAFL - there ain't no such thing as a free lunch

faucet - site which gives out free coin to get newbies started ( or generate revenue from ads ), after Gavin Andresen's original Bitcoin Faucet ( currently closed ).

"shut up and take my money!"

bitcoind

Krugman fallacy - The view that Bitcoin will not succeed because of its deflationary nature: People will "hoard" it instead of spending it, expecting it to raise in value later.
                        Counter argument: While there will always be some who prefer to "save" their coin expecting it to increase in value, Bitcoin is valuable not because it is
                        some rare, shiny, historical store of value like gold but because it is 'useful' as a digital protocol which allows fast, secure, decentralized, pseudonymous,
                        p2p, transactions... etc.   

@Portnoy - added 'PR' thanks for the definition.

Also added; 'SEPA', 'PPS', 'Bot', 'Botnet', 'Hop', 'Hopping', 'Hop Proof', 'Bump' 'Bumping' &
'1) Start bitcoin business.  2)    3) Profit!'

[Edit] + 'Volatility', 'The Manipulator', 'Fiat', 'Keynesian', 'DoS' & 'DDoS'

Editors gonna edit.          

@Portnoy

I have added all your suggestions, although a have edited down your definition for 'Technical Analysis'.

Also although I know the definition for 'My Little Pony' I enjoyed your definition of 'Brony' so much that I thought I'd ask you to author this one as well.


@Phin

I dont know the definition of;

 'Goatse'
&
 'Rassah's Coffee Table'


@uk1

I have added all your suggestions and thank you for supplying the definitions, very much appreciated.

genesis block is the first block of the blockchain released on Jan 4, 2009.

escrow service is one that holds payments made for a service and releases them to the intended recipient only after it has been verified that the recipient has kept his end of the deal.

A tumbler, or Bitcoin laundry, is a service that allows people to put their bitcoins in and then randomly hands them back and equal (perhaps minus a small fee) amount of bitcoins from someone else. These new bitcoins cannot be traced back to the old ones through the blockchain except by the tumbler operator themselves.

Tor (anonymity network)

Goatse

My Little Pony

Rassah's Coffee Table

more...

Mining and technical:

Block reward

reward halving

difficulty [ adjustment ]

transaction fee

A "miner" could also be the software used to mine and not just a person who mines.


Business etc.:

ROI - return on investment

POS - 1. Point of sale
         2. piece of shit

OTC - over the counter

#bitcoin-otc - An over the counter market for Bitcoins, with an open order book, and a web of trust based on GPG keys.

WOT - web of trust


Speculation:

long - the position of bulls. "It's going UP UP UP!"

short - the position of bears. "It's going to ZERO!" 

technical analysis - the arcane science of trying to predict [ and/or influence ] the direction of the market [ the future price of a stock/currency/commodity ]
                           through the use of such things as necromancy ( consulting the dead; reading the entrails of goats... etc. ) and a type of abstract art
                           consisting of drawing straight lines over top of squiggly lines. 

leverage - using other people's money to make money for yourself... or, how to lose like a pro. 


Orgs:

EFF - Electronic Freedom Foundation
FSF - Free Software Foundation
CLAG - Cryptocurrency Legal Advocacy Group
DCAO - Secret society formed by MNW when he was rejected by the Illuminati and the Bilderberg Group


Misc:

P2P

Brony - Male ( usually adult ) with the inexplicable interests of a little girl. Can usually be spotted by their choice of avatar, being their favorite cartoon lesbian talking horse.
           ya I know... "haters gonna hate."


     

OK, I have added an entry for 'Three-pronged Attack'.

Multi-vector attack.  Named after a method made famous by Bruce Wagner [ for soliciting sex from "boys" ] which includes indirect techniques combined with more direct ones.  

  

I always have been, but I think it's mostly a reference to Bruce Wagner and his, now infamous, BS as the self-appointed representative of all things Bitcoin.

Hi Phin, thanks for your positive comments and contributions.

I followed the link but I am still unclear about the definition of 'Three-pronged Attack'.

Will have "We're going to Pattaya!" & "Three-pronged Attack" in a sec, but in the meantime, I noticed that PPT (Pirate Pass Through) is not on the list.

Three-pronged Attack: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.491130

We're going to Pattaya!: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.1105694 Also used by Bruce Wagner. It's now the de facto response when a major announcement it forthcoming.

BTW, excellent thread!

~Bruno K~

EDIT: Psy, I mean Troll is not on the list.   (I've never looked upon Psy as a troll, but the general consensus is...)

@Portnoy

All added except;

"We're going to Pattaya!" & "Three-pronged Attack"

Can you give me a definition for these?

Also I am voting against 'BTM' so it has 1 vote for and 2 against at the moment.


@uk1

Are these-

 BCLRUSD - Represents LRUSD in an account on Bitcoin Central
 BCLREUR - Represents LREUR in an account on Bitcoin Central
 BCEUR - Represents EUR in an account on Bitcoin Central   
 MBUSD - Moneybookers USD
 MBEUR - Moneybookers EUR
 PGAU or PXGAU - Pecunix GAU (grams of gold)

-common on the forum or are they specific to the relevant sites?

TNBTC test bitcoin

LRUSD - LibertyReserve USD
LREUR - LibertyReserve EUR

Bitcoin Central
BCLRUSD - Represents LRUSD in an account on Bitcoin Central
BCLREUR - Represents LREUR in an account on Bitcoin Central
BCEUR - Represents EUR in an account on Bitcoin Central

PPEUR - Paypal EUR

DWUSD - Dwolla USD

MBUSD - Moneybookers USD
MBEUR - Moneybookers EUR

PGAU or PXGAU - Pecunix GAU (grams of gold)

A few more terms and expressions. I will leave it for others to define... some may be too technical for what you want this thread to be.  

Block
Blockchain
tx
Public Key
Private Key
address
ECDSA
signature
multi-sig
nonce
merkle tree
SHA-256
RIPEMD-160

BIP

51% attack
double spend

MNW

Ponzi
 
"Pump and Dump"
"We're going to Pattaya!"
"Three-pronged Attack"

/edit: moar terms

OT - Open Transactions
nym - pseudonym

OP can also mean 'original post' and not just 'original poster'

man-in-the-middle attack
keylogger
trojan

cloud

wallet

SA - Something awful...
Bill Cosby incident
Cosbycoin

scamcoin

early adopter envy

Libertard
sockpuppet

I've seen both used.  The latter pronounced "bitmill". ( used in the Dragon's Tale MMO casino among other places )


Should actually be μBTC right... although most people would use a "u" instead of trying to figure out how to do "μ" on their keyboards.

I haven't seen that used much and haven't seen any BT[ ] equivalent, but perhaps would be:  BTμ  ( bitmic? )  
and no doubt wouldn't get used much because it looks so much like the acronym for "British Thermal Unit".  

'BTM' isn't really used, and I've never seen an alternative for 'uBTC' other simply expanding it.  A uBTC has also been refered to as a "Gavin" in the same manner that a "Satoshi" is equal to 0.00000001 BTC, but this is confusing for several reasons not worht mentioing.