Re: [ANN][XCN] Cryptonite | 1st mini-blockchain coin | M7 PoW | No Premine
You have more familiarity with and therefore attachment to XCN than anyone else. To the rest of us, XCN is a very new thing.
I have no attachment to the currency code, in fact I don't really like it very much. My reasons for not wanting to change it are purely technical. I am willing to change the name but not the currency code. Well maybe if we finally do decide to change the name at some point I'll consider changing the currency code too.The new Bytecoin isn't confused with the old one, and there is no reason to expect new Minicoin would be either. Moreover, I heard about OG Bytecoin, but never had the slightest inkling Minicoin exists/existed.
Actually I did confuse Bytecoin with the old Bytecoin, and I only recently realized they were two different things. The fact is I'm not going to change the name to something else unless it's something which is 100% certain not to cause confusion, otherwise there's no point changing.
Heh, I was all like "ByteCoin? *facepalm* Not that shit again" too. But that was only the first time. Nobody confuses them anymore, which is my point.This is about comparative advantage, not finding the perfect pristine Holy Name.
This is certain: our current name, 'Cryptonite' is 100% certain to continue causing confusion with the much larger and more popular Cryptonote family.
This is not certain: changing to Minicoin (previously an obscure thing nobody ever noticed) *may* possibly cause confusion.
100% chance of continuing confusion vs. <100% possibility of confusion. I'm not sure how to illustrate the comparative advantage any more clearly.
You've already changed the name of the coin to something which is 100% certain to cause confusion. It's still entirely early enough in this coin's life to easily correct that mishap with minimal hassle. The longer we wait the harder it gets.
I didn't initially care about the phonetic collision either (since I already knew all about MBC and C-NOTE). But having heard the recent tales of mistaken identity, I've come around to accept the change is warranted. You are also hearing these tales; perhaps it's time to listen?