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Re: Cryptonite name change poll
by
iCEBREAKER
on 02/09/2014, 01:49:14 UTC
there is no other coin pronounced exactly like Cryptonite

There are (at last count) THREE other coins pronounced and/or spelled exactly like Cryptonite.  Two are dead, one is very much alive. 

I'm shocked there is not yet a 'KryptoNight' and 'CryptoKnite.'  Well, give it a day or two and they will pop up...  Cheesy

Kryptonite  - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=606682.0
Cyptonite - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=700039.0
CryptoKnight - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=274766.0

Now you clearly have to change your vote to MiniCoin.   Wink


I say lose the "coin" part and call it MicroChain or MicroNite  Smiley

I'm OK with 'MiniChain' but having a '-coin' suffix is an advantage.  We play with coins as children and this grounding experience provides a rich conceptual field from which we can create metaphors to apply to non-physical crypto currencies.  It's also nice to share/inherit the BitCoin family naming convention.

A name like "Crypton" does not invoke that very descriptive and useful 'coin' schema/vocabulary.  Plus it sounds like the crappy old unstable planet where Superman's family and entire race (minus Zod and Supergirl) died horribly.