My earlier post regarding
www.zapchain.com The concept of tipping contributors with "Bits"...
I think the name ZapChain is pretty snappy. Would it have been considered if not already used?
...As for a name incorporating "chain", the users would need to somehow relate to this name as being relevant to the activity they desire. So basically there will be some service or good the user wants to participate in and they need this "thing" to get access (or this "thing" is alternative means of access, e.g. instead of filling up an advertising captcha, etc). Thus ClickChain seems to capture the original intent I had with Clickz and is much more explicit about the social networking synergy.
Yes, I get your point on that. I would have thought "chain" would have meaning to bitcoin aficionados, but perhaps not to a wider audience. Whereas Click/Clic/Clicks etc is more likely to, sure.
So instead of naming the currenct units, you name the social network phenomenon. So you want access to some service that requires micro-transactions (or puts an advertising captcha or video in your face instead) or you want to earn micro-transactions, then you need to "join the clickchain" or "get some netcodes". I am not sure which name is better. The currency denomination is 'netcodes' if we use netcodes. If we use clickchain, we'd also need a name for the currency units such as 'netcodes' (or "click codes"), "chain credits", 'clicodes', 'cliqodes', 'klicodes', 'qliqode'.
Netcodes seems more natural to say IMO.
ZapChain conveys fast and perhaps some social networking chain, but fast is not the attribute of desire or need in social networking. And the 'chain' dangles there without any support, thus it isn't clear this name means a social networking chaining. Whereas, Clichain (ClickChain) is more clearly some synergistic internet chain (since 'click' has dual meanings of the action of pressing of button and synergizing socially.
I can't fathom how users will relate to ZapChain as the name of a currency. It could be a platform where users are zapping BTC for those sites which say they support ZapChain functionality, but then eventually no one needs ZapChain and they will just say "zap me some Bitcoin" (and who cares what the competing technology that is being used to accomplish it). Sounds to me that ZapChain is some attempt to brand the upcoming Lightning Networks (LN). I think Coinbase hopes to become a LN server. Appears the people who chose the name were thinking the "chain" refers to the chain of transactions that form a LN conduit between payer and payee, and the "zap" of course refers to speed. They weren't focused on the social context of the name apparently.
From the above, it seems Zapchain perhaps isn't the best name they could have chosen, unless those who chose it felt it had a natural appeal and catchiness that would be memorable, irrespective of ultimate description of its purpose. Which is kind of the point I was struggling to make.
...Appears ZapChain will offer some social networking communities and then I suppose facilitate micro-transactions denominated in BTC by using some centralized server that holds balances (or later perhaps the LN concept). The problem for their concept is similar to Voxelus, in that they are just one social networking app. They can't be an ecosystem by themselves, unless they are creating a protocol, API, and platform for other apps. So I must assume they are really hoping to become a platform business built around LN.
I see. I joined and quickly contributed a few things, but wasn't particularly impressed. I'm not convinced contributors will be enthusiastic to reward each other with "bits" (and I wasn't able to discover how many Satoshis these were worth) for interesting questions and articles.
From a previous list, Mobi is the one that is impressing me at the moment, though seems to be taken. So instead I'll use it as an example that while it doesn't satisfy all desired criteria, aesthetically (both visually, and how it trips of the tongue) I find it very appealing. I think it has both a friendly quality for a social network and would be convincing in a business setting and for currency (just my opinion). If there is potential in a name that doesn't have to be some kind product relevant portmanteau or stand-alone (I recall when I first heard about Bitcoin, it was the concept that attracted me, not the name; though certainly a great hook can draw in interest to a new product even though it isn't related to its purpose) based on net, codes, bloc, sync etc, then this stands out for me. Anyone else for this approach?
Otherwise, if you did go Mobi it could still be combined like so: MobiCodes, MobiNet, MobiSync... Though can understand if this suggests "mobile" too heavily. But really my point is that I like the word more than any implied function.
I'm still liking these:
clickchain
netcodes (
www.netcodes.co.uk/ is - as you are probably aware - already a website for discount codes and vouchers; which is what the name conjured up for me when I first saw it.....but it still retains an appeal all the same)
Sync
SyncNet
As regarding anything with " cash* " in it, recently you said:
...we don't want 'cash' in the name of the juice that can drive the web. It should be something users generate for free from mining and web activity and don't even know it....
I'd tend to agree with that to an extent, but still feel there is a reaching out to new users with what is already familiar. If so, then clic.cash works well (MobiCash?)