Re: [ANN][XCN] Cryptonite | 1st mini-blockchain coin | M7 PoW | No Premine
I don't appreciate being told that we'll only re-brand with a Great Name, when 1) the existing name is demonstrably very shitty and 2) I've gone out of my way to provide a Less Shitty/Good Enough alternative in the form of MiniCoin.
Why would I change the name to something less than great? I have no reason to go to all the effort required if the new name isn't great, and so far most of the names suggested are very sub-par. You're lucky I'm even entertaining the idea of a name change at all, I've already wasted more than 12 hours of my life contemplating names and finding something which wasn't already taken. Now it's like I have to go through all that crap again because some people are worried about a little overlap with another popular coin. The name is only shitty if you believe that overlap is very problematic, and I don't. Have you ever thought that maybe that popularity could cause more people to check out Cryptonite?You should change the name to something less than great because the current name is resulting in precisely the kind of confusion and brand dilution you tried so hard to avoid. IOW, just about anything is better than yet another [IPA: ˈkrɪptənʌɪt] variant.
It's not "a little overlap." And Cryptonote is not "another popular coin." Cryptnote is a family of popular coins, most of which greatly exceed XCN in volume.
It's a stretch to call XCN "popular" at this point, when the market cap is a trivial
I know XCN is destined for great things. That's why I'd like to re-brand now, while the hassle factor is minimal.
You're lucky to have already have such a proactive, helpful community willing to hand you a better name on a silver platter.
We're trying to fix the naming collision, and you are being snotty by dismissing these efforts as "crap" after voluntarily assuming the role of MBC facilitator.
Yes, I considered the possible benefit of riding CryptoNote's linguistic coattails. But CryptoNote does not exactly enjoy a sterling reputation, and it's best we sidestep the mistaken identity entirely. Just for the benefit of not confusing the press/media imbeciles, if nothing else.
I know, let's change the name to BiteKoin. It's spelled different, so nobody except imbeciles could possible confuse us with ByteCoin!
