I know this topic has been covered before, but I'm asking the Monero community to please consider changing the name to something more descriptive of what the coin does.
Before people jump in with the "Esperanto" reply...I know about that, but only because I've been following this coin and other cryptonote coins. It's an interesting name. The problem is that >90% of people have no idea what Esperanto is, nor do they care.
A brand name is very important. How about something that describes what the coin does, such as:
Those names somewhat describe what the coin does and hint at its features. This is important if it expects adoption outside of the techie circles. I suggested the same points on the Fantomcoin thread. I have a handful of each coin.
I say this because I want to see cryptonote coins succeed. I think they are a valuable compliment to Bitcoin since they offer complete privacy whereas Bitcoin is pseudoanonymous. There are legitimate needs and uses for each. A more descriptive name would, imho, have a broader appeal to the general population.
Before people jump in with the "Esperanto" reply...I know about that, but only because I've been following this coin and other cryptonote coins. It's an interesting name. The problem is that >90% of people have no idea what Esperanto is, nor do they care.
A brand name is very important. How about something that describes what the coin does, such as:
- PrivacyCash
- PrivacyCoin
- eCash
- eCoin
Those names somewhat describe what the coin does and hint at its features. This is important if it expects adoption outside of the techie circles. I suggested the same points on the Fantomcoin thread. I have a handful of each coin.
I say this because I want to see cryptonote coins succeed. I think they are a valuable compliment to Bitcoin since they offer complete privacy whereas Bitcoin is pseudoanonymous. There are legitimate needs and uses for each. A more descriptive name would, imho, have a broader appeal to the general population.
The only thing I know about Esperanto is that I hate it. Some kind of hippie communist claptrap. Speak English gawddammit!
But your names are boring. We need a lightearted but techie Dotcom 2.0 kind of thing the trendy kids will like.
I suggest:
Szabonite
Taconium
FluffyBerry
GingerCoin
DashcoinLite
RandPaulCoin
Rune
Bitcoin2
).
