Quote from: f2000 on November 05, 2015, 02:40:09 PM

Quote from: TPTB_need_war on November 05, 2015, 12:45:26 PM

This sort of comment is bewildering to me. It is as you did not read what I wrote. Are you a programmer and completely oblivious to the way normal people think?

Nope, I'm not a programmer...it was just my opinion. Discount code, voucher code, yeah sure but netcode doesn't have the same effect on me.

And if you use those codes on the net, then they are netcodes. I also said the term used for the money could be just 'codes' with no 'net' prefix. They market will decide whether it prefers 'netcodes' or 'codes' as the currency name. Note that 'codes' is not 'coding'. No programmer refers to his completed work as 'codes', rather always "the code", "lines of code", or "source code" (always singular). And there is nothing wrong if users of the currency believe they are obtain "programming codes" because the distinction is really irrelevant, for as long as they think these abstract 'codes' have value.

Bottom line: 'code' has value on the net and (besides the tangible communication infrastructure and intangible network effects such as 'synergies' and 'vibes') is the only intangible thing that the net adds that we didn't have already in the tangible real world. Thus 'code' is what makes the 'virtual' world virtual. It is the fundamental unit of value and information on the internet. Thus 'code' is specific and not abstract like 'quantum' ('quanta' or 'quants' as the plural units, not 'qbits' nor 'qubits').

Quote from: f2000 on November 05, 2015, 02:40:09 PM

Quote from: TPTB_need_war

I have questions for you and any other reader who would like to respond:

1. Provide any name that does not contain Coin, Cash, Token, Money, or Note (other existing term for money) that says anything about currency?

2. If a code means to a normal person, a key that gives them access to virtual goods and services then how do codes not represent value? Perhaps you haven't ever viewed how people share codes on the internet Huh

3. What do the following have to go with "coding" (where you assumed normal users think to use 'code' means to engage in programming)?

1) Stumped (not sure if barter or scrilla would qualify)

Intangiles, virtuals perhaps but don't really associate with known value in the user's mind. Whereas 'codes' are valuable.

Quote from: f2000 on November 05, 2015, 02:40:09 PM

2) I think it depends on the context (maybe that is why I dont agree with you on this)

The best chance for a new conceptual twist to be adopted is if it associates to a pre-existing apt concept. For example, the etymology of 'bling' is that it was readily adopted because the shiny stuff glimmers and the light that reflects then blinks as the items move.

Another example is 'blog' is a portmanteau of and associates to "web log", since 'log' files were a common concept to people who know server-side programming.

The term 'code' already means something of value that is a proxy for access to another desired good and/or service on the 'net'. Thus 'netcode' is a very natural portmanteau of an existing concept.

Listen I was not liking 'netcode' that much even though I've had the idea for days. But when I presented the various names to the 20-something filipinas (asians) here in my household (who are avid facebook users and smartphone addicts like the typical youth today), they (even through they know English reasonably well, e.g. my gf out of the blue used to word 'monarchy') had no clue what most of those names we suggested mean, including 'bits', 'yobits', 'mojo', 'doodads', etc..

The only names these ladies liked were and in their own words Doodat (meaning "do that"), Pacmon (meaning "game"), and Netcode (meaning "code for internet").

My gf sneered when I mentioned the name Jade. The terms Sync, Symmetry mean nothing to them.

I even tried other names on her such as Netmonie and to all of these others she said "too long, not quick to speak" and "netcode na lang" (which means you better just choose netcodes).

The more I thought about it, she was correct. It is my name idea, but it is the feedback from young female asians that helped me focus on the fact that the other names do not work (including bits). The ladies mentioned they are starting to see "Bitcoin" mentioned on Facebook, so Bitcoin's mindshare is rapidly spreading. But the "Bit" part remains an enigma for these ladies even after I tried to explain to them what a bit is, they still don't get it. Whereas, 'code' is natural to them as something you use on the internet to get access or gain more features.

Quote from: f2000 on November 05, 2015, 02:40:09 PM

3) Yeah, all those suggestions have something infront of code that makes sense to me.

So remove 'net' and think of 'codes' that you use on the net. You immediately jumped to 'netcode' as "net programming" ostensibly because as a male geek, you've been focused on the value of net programming and codes seem so minor value in your life. But for these people who are never exposed to the value that originates from programming, they see 'codes' as more valuable than programming. For most people, programming is something they never think about, and it is a complete enigma to them.

Code has two meanings. It means the programming code and the passwords and access codes. It also means anything encoded or transcoded. To the people that want to think of the name as programming code, then Netcode works as the programmable block chain 2.0. To the n00bs that want to think of the name as passwords and access codes, then netcodes (or just codes) works as the social currency unit.

If we were naming Bitcoin in 2008, the nerds would get it, but the normal people would have absolutely no clue what a Bitcoin would be. At least the normal people today (as we are formulating naming and haven't even released a product) have some clue that 'codes' unlock goods and services the same as money does.