[CLOSED] Name the main currency in BTSX DAC

[bitmeat]

Say what you will I'm going to call it Butsyx! Even Google agrees. (https://www.google.com/search?q=btsx linking to http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=btsx)

Pronounced [butt six]

LOL :)

Yes, I agree it's a pointless discussion, hilarious nonetheless.

Truth is - I don't care what you call it, so long as it goes 10x per year in value. :)

[Simeon II]

So, we all agree - Butsy it is!  :)

Pronounced  [butt see] - as in 'See out butt BTC!'

[merockstar]

Everything I've read, and written has referred to units as just "Bitshares." changing it would effectively confuse people, the same way they got confused when Protoshares became BitShares-PTS

I think BitShares/BTSX is just fine.

+5% to toast's comments.

[jae208]

Why do we need this? Why not just BTSX? Consider what units you are comparing to:

Bank of America Stock  - 6 syllables
bee tee ess x  -  4 syllables

BitShares X is the network
BTSX is the unit


Don't fix what's not broken

+5% +5% +5%

Amen!

As I previously mentioned the units aren't even meant to be used as currency but rather as shares.

I see Bitshares X as the DAC and network and BitShares as the shares within the DAC that you trade and use as collateral.

[Empirical1]

Why do we need this? Why not just BTSX? Consider what units you are comparing to:

Bank of America Stock  - 6 syllables
bee tee ess x  -  4 syllables

BitShares X is the network
BTSX is the unit


Don't fix what's not broken

Because X can be used as a functional currency, I think we will be comparing it more to the likes of Dollar/Euro/Pound/Yen than 'bank of america stock'   

However I think BTSX is fine and I think people may just start referring to it as 'X' which I think is pretty cool.

[bitbro]

BitX, BitUSD etc.


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[toast]

Why do we need this? Why not just BTSX? Consider what units you are comparing to:

Bank of America Stock  - 6 syllables
bee tee ess x  -  4 syllables

BitShares X is the network
BTSX is the unit


Don't fix what's not broken

[Tuck Fheman]

How about ... itsnotfiat or betterthanUSD or personalreserve or personalmonetaryfund or suckitIRS ... insert coin afterwards if applicable.  ;)

[Empirical1]

But I thought it really wasn't meant to be a currency.

How about Bitshares?  It's two syllables.
Plus I think changing it to something else would be a terrible idea.

Yeah well I don't think any of the other crypto-currencies have a separate name, though sometimes they're referred to by their 3 letter abbreviation. So I often call Ripple, PeerCoin & Bitcoin  - XRP, PPC & BTC for example, so what's our three letter currency abbreviation, I forgot? BTX?

[bitmeat]

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=btsx

So... pronounced as Butt 6?

[jae208]

But I thought it really wasn't meant to be a currency.

How about Bitshares?  It's two syllables.
Plus I think changing it to something else would be a terrible idea.

[Empirical1]

Minerva          (Etruscan: Menrva) was the Roman goddess of wisdom and sponsor of arts, trade, and strategy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minerva

Fortuna          (Latin: Fortūna, equivalent to the Greek goddess Tyche) was the goddess of fortune and personification of luck in Roman religion. She might bring good luck or bad: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortuna

[chryspano]

X-bits

[Empirical1]

On a serious note, I suggest

Perper

It was a 'ancient' coin btw and sounds a bit like p2p.

* the perper was a large unit of currency: the imperial tax was one perper per year per house

Sounds too much like 'Paper' in English to me and I don't think being associated with paper/fiat currencies is good imo :)

[Simeon II]

On a serious note, I suggest

Perper

It was a 'ancient' coin btw and sounds a bit like p2p.

* the perper was a large unit of currency: the imperial tax was one perper per year per house

[Simeon II]

Butsy - 10 butsies


re: https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php?topic=5804.0

[DACSunlimited]

-update
BTSX is hard coded. So, no rename.
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A name for the currency unit is needed. BTS X is good for the name of the DAC. But when it comes to currency, unit name needs to be short and easy to pronounce. Ideally, two syllables.

This is a problem for bitcoin too. "Bitcoin" is the name both for the network and for the currency, and it confuses people.

Any idea ?