Hi all,
I find the term "timechain" cooler.
In this article at Bitcoin Magazine,
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/bitcoins-blockchain-is-the-timechain
The author argues that "timechain" more accurately describes Bitcoin because it emphasizes the fact that Bitcoin is a chronological ledger of transactions.
Moreover, one can argue that some software developers find that blockchain is a bad data structure. I mean, a blockchain does have features for its original purpose to solve the double-spending problem in a distributed system, but for general computing or development of distributed applications, it's better to use something else.
P.S.->Thanks to the members who supported freedom to express my opinion in the "I don't like the term 'crypto'" thread.
P.S.1-> In software engineering, it is considered a good practice to keep a glossary, that's why I'm thinking about those Bitcoin community jargons.
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I find the term "timechain" cooler.
In this article at Bitcoin Magazine,
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/bitcoins-blockchain-is-the-timechain
The author argues that "timechain" more accurately describes Bitcoin because it emphasizes the fact that Bitcoin is a chronological ledger of transactions.
Moreover, one can argue that some software developers find that blockchain is a bad data structure. I mean, a blockchain does have features for its original purpose to solve the double-spending problem in a distributed system, but for general computing or development of distributed applications, it's better to use something else.
P.S.->Thanks to the members who supported freedom to express my opinion in the "I don't like the term 'crypto'" thread.
P.S.1-> In software engineering, it is considered a good practice to keep a glossary, that's why I'm thinking about those Bitcoin community jargons.
BTC>
many organisations dont use blockchain they prefer "distributed ledger technology"
but as for time chain
although blockchains provide an ordering system to prove a child transaction cant appear before a parent transaction.. thus ancestry ledger is more appropriate descriptor.. time is measured in seconds, minutes, hours. which bitcoin actually does not log a accurate "time"
blocks are not made specifically in 10minute intervals. the time stamp of a block is not actually used as a time stamp but a 2 hour 'nonce' sequence which can be used for other things like mining churn of attempts
so time chain is not a good descriptor
but you are free to think of a better term than blockchain/timechain and popularise it until its the common term majority prefer
over the years people have thought of 'transaction stream' 'blockstream' terms related to ancestry, etc