Quote from: grv on October 09, 2014, 03:14:23 AM

well well would you look at that, bitcoin is going for ISO currency code compliancy.
now how about whitecoin Grin

http://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-foundation-standardise-bitcoin-symbol-code-next-year/
man its like the author read this topic :p

Quote from: grv on September 30, 2014, 06:21:50 PM

ISO compliant currency code:
this has to be done eventually, once financial institutions and business start using cryptocurrency (such as currency exchange rates published in news, banks, price tickers, airline/train tickets, etc), they are going to use ISO compliant codes whether you like it or not.

i'm reposting this from the old thread because i think it merits a further discussion:

voice you opinion on this issue as community members, its in your hands, no one is going to decide for you, if there's no interest it just stays as it is.

can we get a public voting on this going on whitecoin website? (not anonymous, and possibly requiring proof of owning whitecoins and have btctalk account that is at least 3 months old? to prevent fake votes)
with options and explanation about advantages of having ISO standards compliant currency code
this would be a good for inwallet voting with trusted user feature active

proposed codes:

1. XWT - ISO compliant
2. XWH - ISO compliant
3. XAL - ISO compliant (latin variant, could be a good choice because it would put whitecoin at the top of ISO compliant currency/exchange ticker lists Grin

)
4. WTC - not ISO compliant, also has negative USA stigma (world trade center)
5. WC - not ISO compliant, also has a negative EU/ASIA stigma (water closet)

option 3. is another idea, seeing as GOLD has currency code as XAU (from latin "Aurum" for Gold)
latin for white is "Albus" so another alternative would be XAL Grin

i'd recommend to not hesitate and prolong this too much because there's a limit on currency code availability (seeing its "X + two letters" thats about 600 possible variations).

sources for reading about ISO currency code standards:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_4217
http://www.iso.org/iso/home/standards/currency_codes.htm

here's original post with some of the discussion:

Quote from: grv on September 10, 2014, 01:10:41 PM

Quote from: tw0rak on September 10, 2014, 09:48:28 AM

Quote from: grv on September 06, 2014, 07:27:37 AM

someone pointed out IRL meaning of WC on casheer forums so i wonder what is the sentiment on updating acronym "WC"

perhaps could be voted and implemented at the same time as proposed "4. Reduce Confirmation Times"

candidate acronyms:
1. WTC
2. XWT (this would fit well with XBT

)
3. XWH

(whc is already used by some other alt)

why x? "X" refers to ISO code for alternative currencies not controlled by any government.
like Gold is referred to as XAU, Silver (XAG), Palladium (XPD), Platinum (XPT)

ISO standards are set by the international standards organisation, and Bitcoin is already included as XBT (so this would be a good goal for WCF to work towards, establish some international standards recognition)

Hi there,

i do also think, the acronym should change - just because what does mean here in europe.

But Im sorry I dont like any of your candidates, here is why:

1. - WTC its rly like world trade center - not a good brand
2.,3. - I just dont like the X there - also i dont understand the T and H...I just think its not the good way to move on

but 4. - from the CoinMill they used WHC - http://coinmill.com/USD_WHC.html I like it much more.

Please write your opinions - WHC doesnt incline to toilet, it isnt someway screwedup like XWT, XWH or sth. I think the acronym needs this two letters W(hite) and C(oin)

TW0R

whc is already taken by another alt, so thats out.
wtc has north american stigma attached to it
wc has european stigma attached to it

about using X as first letter - following international standards should be taken under serious consideration, if one of the goals for whitecoin is to get someday used as digital currency.

you cannot just use any first letter, you should follow international standards as published by the International Organization for Standardization, which delineates currency designators, country codes (alpha and numeric) and this ISO code list is used in banking and business globally (including exchange rates published in news, banks, airline/train tickets, etc)

the first two letters of the currency code are the two letters of ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes (which are also used as the basis for national top-level domains on the Internet) and the third is usually the initial of the currency itself - USD = USA Dollar, CNY = China Yuan etc
X currencies are used for "supranational" currencies, that is currencies not associated with any country, and X is used instead of two letter country code.
take for example Bitcoin (which you know as BTC): it has X ISO code assigned - which is XBT (cannot start with BT because BT is reserved country code for Bhutan and also Bitcoin is supranational currency therefore starts with X) and is already used - for example financial exchange rate news do not list Bitcoin in BTC but in XBT.

*Why not XWC ? non compliant?
* XAL (latin variant meaning?)
Therefore, my order would be:

1. XWC
2. XWT
3. XAL

Glad you keep this alive