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Topic: What is the correct capitalization for bitcoin/Bitcoin? (Read 571 times)

newbie
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Thanks for the answers guys much appreciated!
donator
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I outlived my lifetime membership:)
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.

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sr. member
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I think "Bitcoin" refers to the software, whereas "bitcoin" refers to the currency. (Just like Welsh said above.)
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sr. member
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Not sure if I've heard about this before and whether capitalization makes any difference so I just use them interchangeably.
staff
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Accepted practice is to use "Bitcoin"  to label the software, protocol, and community, and "bitcoins"  to label tokens/unit of currency. 
newbie
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I was wondering it seems the majority of users are using Bitcoin but I see a few people who are quite techy using bitcoin what is the correct way?
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