Quote from: tx42 on December 08, 2014, 04:57:29 PM

Quote from: BlockChainr on December 08, 2014, 07:58:40 AM

I actually don't mind the BRO market ticker, it's just that the hashtag #BRO is overused on Twitter to the point that people can never get a discussion around BreakoutCoin:
https://twitter.com/search?f=realtime&q=%23BRO&src=typd

I see where that XBR suggestion is coming from:
Ripple (XRP)
CounterParty (XCP)
Primecoin (XPM)
Monero (XMR)
...

If they're planning a ticker change, I rather see it change to something as memorable as BRO, but not as intimidating as XBR... X's are too intimidating IMO... Lips sealed

Bitcoin (BTC)
Litecoin (LTC)
---> BreakOutCoin (BRC) or (BRK)

That said, a community vote is always a great idea.

The community vote should be for what letters come after the "X".

It's not about intimidation. The three letter ticker that starts with an "X" designates a currency that is not issued by a national government. This is an ISO standard. The question is whether the BRO team wants to make sure their crypto is taken as seriously as possible. It effects the market cap. Monero changed from MRO to XMR for this reason, when its market cap was about 1/2 that of BYTE.

BRO is a great ticker symbol for play money. XBR conforms to an ISO standard and communicates that BreakoutCoin is to be taken seriously as a cryptocurrency.

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http://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-gaining-market-based-legitimacy-xbt/ (9/17/2013)

I agree with this, it's more about the standard than having a cool ticker.

+1 for XBR = standard, cool and unique