đ
Original date posted:2011-09-19
đď¸ Summary of this message: Participants discuss the naming of a proposal to enhance Bitcoin, with suggestions including BIP, PEB, and BER. Concerns are raised about confusion with BitTorrent EPs.
đ Original message:I'm sorry that I misunderstood the protocol being separate from the
client in regard to 'BEPS'. It definitely makes more sense that way.
As far as naming; I vote BER pronounced Beer.
On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 12:57 PM, Gavin Andresen
<gavinandresen at gmail.com> wrote:
> New 'standard' transaction forms would be perfect candidates for BEPS.
>
> I think we aught to have a formal proposal to separate the protocol
> version from the client version, too.
>
> --
>
> Does anybody besides me think maybe we should name them something
> other than "BEP" ?
>
> I'm worried we'll regret it in two years when a google for "BEP003"
> takes you to the BitTorrent EPs instead of the BitCoin EPs.
>
> Maybe "BIP" == Bitcoin Improvement Proposal
> or "PEB" == Proposal to Enhance Bitcoin
> or "BER" == Bitcoin Enhancement Request
>
> I think I like "BIP" Â (PEB sounds like a diet soda, and I don't know
> if BER should be pronounced "bear" or "beer").
>
> I generally don't care about names, but it seems like a little
> planning now might save some confusion later. And I don't want the
> BitTorrent folks to get pissed off at us for 'stealing' their acronym,
> either.
>
>
> --
> --
> Gavin Andresen
>
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Alex Waters [ARCHIVE] /
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2023-06-07 02:27:59
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Original date posted:2011-09-19\nđď¸ Summary of this message: Participants discuss the naming of a proposal to enhance Bitcoin, with suggestions including BIP, PEB, and BER. Concerns are raised about confusion with BitTorrent EPs.\nđ Original message:I'm sorry that I misunderstood the protocol being separate from the\nclient in regard to 'BEPS'. It definitely makes more sense that way.\n\nAs far as naming; I vote BER pronounced Beer.\n\n\nOn Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 12:57 PM, Gavin Andresen\n\u003cgavinandresen at gmail.com\u003e wrote:\n\u003e New 'standard' transaction forms would be perfect candidates for BEPS.\n\u003e\n\u003e I think we aught to have a formal proposal to separate the protocol\n\u003e version from the client version, too.\n\u003e\n\u003e --\n\u003e\n\u003e Does anybody besides me think maybe we should name them something\n\u003e other than \"BEP\" ?\n\u003e\n\u003e I'm worried we'll regret it in two years when a google for \"BEP003\"\n\u003e takes you to the BitTorrent EPs instead of the BitCoin EPs.\n\u003e\n\u003e Maybe \"BIP\" == Bitcoin Improvement Proposal\n\u003e or \"PEB\" == Proposal to Enhance Bitcoin\n\u003e or \"BER\" == Bitcoin Enhancement Request\n\u003e\n\u003e I think I like \"BIP\"  (PEB sounds like a diet soda, and I don't know\n\u003e if BER should be pronounced \"bear\" or \"beer\").\n\u003e\n\u003e I generally don't care about names, but it seems like a little\n\u003e planning now might save some confusion later. And I don't want the\n\u003e BitTorrent folks to get pissed off at us for 'stealing' their acronym,\n\u003e either.\n\u003e\n\u003e\n\u003e --\n\u003e --\n\u003e Gavin Andresen\n\u003e\n\u003e ------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\u003e BlackBerry\u0026reg; DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA\n\u003e Learn about the latest advances in developing for the\n\u003e BlackBerry\u0026reg; mobile platform with sessions, labs \u0026 more.\n\u003e See new tools and technologies. Register for BlackBerry\u0026reg; DevCon today!\n\u003e http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-devcon-copy1\n\u003e _______________________________________________\n\u003e Bitcoin-development mailing list\n\u003e Bitcoin-development at lists.sourceforge.net\n\u003e https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development\n\u003e",
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