2.0? What happened to 1.0?

[Tuck Fheman]

You can't just call it BitShares?

We do call it BitShares and it will be referred to as BitShares everywhere.    Bitcoin has version numbers as well.   

It is just a version number, not a name change.  A version number chosen to represent a MAJOR revision.

*waits for someone to create "newmine 2.0" account*

[robrigo]

I'm hoping the decision is eventually made to do away with the name "BitShares" altogether. Having the term "shares" in our name puts us at more risk from regulators. I really like "graphene"; it sounds professional and more like a modern platform. It also doesn't sound like "bitches" when you say it... ;D

Tell the regulators that "shares" isn't in reference to company shares but rather the "idealized free market financial system" that each participant in the network collectively shares.  8)

[carpet ride]

I'm hoping the decision is eventually made to do away with the name "BitShares" altogether. Having the term "shares" in our name puts us at more risk from regulators. I really like "graphene"; it sounds professional and more like a modern platform. It also doesn't sound like "bitches" when you say it... ;D

Graphene works very well.


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[Method-X]

I'm hoping the decision is eventually made to do away with the name "BitShares" altogether. Having the term "shares" in our name puts us at more risk from regulators. I really like "graphene"; it sounds professional and more like a modern platform. It also doesn't sound like "bitches" when you say it... ;D

[NewMine]

was this was the worst newmine could muster up?  performance is slacking lately

Do you want to challenge me?

[NewMine]

After windows 8 ... there came windows 10 ..

Ahhhh. I see. I totally remember all the Windows 9 hype.

[carpet ride]

was this was the worst newmine could muster up?  performance is slacking lately

[BunkerChainLabs-DataSecurityNode]

In the non-programming world, 2.0 is a marketing word to mean "the next great thing since our first product, it will replace and revolutionize the market!"

In the programming world, 2.0 means "we threw out the original codebase and started working on another"

So bitshares 2.0 refers to the programming term, not the marketing term.

In versioning programming semantics, 0.x are all building towards the 1.0 release.

The first digit changes where there is a significant functional incompatibility with the previous release. Since BitShares 2.0 is not compatible with the 1.0 API (which the 0.x tree was developing), it needs to be indicated with a different version number. I'm guessing we'll see things like "2.0-beta1" "2.0-beta2" etc. in versions going forward to indicate the difference in API.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_versioning


As for marketing, call it what you want - but for our internal community discussions, we need to be clear.

Well done.  +5%

[bytemaster]

In the non-programming world, 2.0 is a marketing word to mean "the next great thing since our first product, it will replace and revolutionize the market!"

In the programming world, 2.0 means "we threw out the original codebase and started working on another"

So bitshares 2.0 refers to the programming term, not the marketing term.

In versioning programming semantics, 0.x are all building towards the 1.0 release.

The first digit changes where there is a significant functional incompatibility with the previous release. Since BitShares 2.0 is not compatible with the 1.0 API (which the 0.x tree was developing), it needs to be indicated with a different version number. I'm guessing we'll see things like "2.0-beta1" "2.0-beta2" etc. in versions going forward to indicate the difference in API.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_versioning


As for marketing, call it what you want - but for our internal community discussions, we need to be clear.

Thanks for clarifying that for non-programmers.

[maqifrnswa]

In the non-programming world, 2.0 is a marketing word to mean "the next great thing since our first product, it will replace and revolutionize the market!"

In the programming world, 2.0 means "we threw out the original codebase and started working on another"

So bitshares 2.0 refers to the programming term, not the marketing term.

In versioning programming semantics, 0.x are all building towards the 1.0 release.

The first digit changes where there is a significant functional incompatibility with the previous release. Since BitShares 2.0 is not compatible with the 1.0 API (which the 0.x tree was developing), it needs to be indicated with a different version number. I'm guessing we'll see things like "2.0-beta1" "2.0-beta2" etc. in versions going forward to indicate the difference in API.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_versioning


As for marketing, call it what you want - but for our internal community discussions, we need to be clear.

[xeroc]

After windows 8 ... there came windows 10 ..

[infovortice2013]

im angry  >:(

maybe cant understand all of this without second part of announcement

[bytemaster]

You can't just call it BitShares?

We do call it BitShares and it will be referred to as BitShares everywhere.    Bitcoin has version numbers as well.   

It is just a version number, not a name change.  A version number chosen to represent a MAJOR revision. 

[infovortice2013]

no, before is a legal company bitshares, now they create another legal company cryptomex and change everything not just the code.....

[NewMine]

You can't just call it BitShares?

[infovortice2013]

bitshares 2.0

[Akado]

It's just semantics, because a different code base was used. Not to be taken literally.

[sschechter]

2.0 is to signify that the entire code base has been rewritten.  A 'proper' 1.0 release would have been more bandaids on the .9 series.  Its an appropriate distinction, and I don't think its a cheesy marketing gimmick

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[NewMine]

Drop the 1.0, 2.0 crap please. If you can't even release a 1.0, marketing a 2.0 is just asinine.  You guys are funny.