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Questions tagged [terminology]
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What is the difference between BitCoin, Bitcoin, and bitcoin?
I've seen several capitalizations of the term "bitcoin". What do all these mean?
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Who are Alice and Bob?
Simply: who are Alice and Bob, and why are they mentioned in every Bitcoin-related article I read about that talks about Bitcoin transactions?
What is the history or mystery of these two?
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What is the correct term for bitcoin market cap?
Market capitalization is a term that is usually used to refer to the total value of the shares of a company. Given that bitcoin is not a company, is there a better term than market cap that we should be using to describe the total value of all…
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What is "Midas"?
I've recently noticed the term "midas" creep up in crypto currency related conversations, in phrases like "might implement midas".
Can anybody enlighten me on what this is, preferably with links.
Thanks!
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Are BTC and Bitcoin Core the same?
I recently saw an offer to "Buy Bitcoin Core with your credit card".
Is this "Bitcoin Core" the same thing as BTC?
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What exactly does redeem in the context of bitcon mean?
In this website, it says "The purpose of pay-to-script-hash is to move the responsibility for supplying the conditions to redeem a transaction from the sender of the funds to the redeemer."
I looked all over the internet, and could find no clear…
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What does the term "Electronic Cash" stand for in computer science lingo?
Very often in various online discussions, people cite the word "cash" from the Bitcoin whitepaper title as evidence that Bitcoin should be used for everyday transactions.
I've seen mentions that the term "Electronic Cash" as it appears in the…
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What exactly is XBTC?
What is xbtc? I saw many articles refered xbtc,just like "btc to xbtc". But there's no material telling what it exactly is.
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Does bitcoin deflate or does it appreciate?
How are these two terms related?
Bit Coin is obviously appreciating in value, but does that alone mean that the economy is deflationary? Or, is deflation and inflation a result of external pressures and not just the perceived value of the commodity?
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Is it Bitcoin or Bitcoins in plural? How did Satoshi Nakamoto address this choice in his emails?
I understand that traditionally it is said 2 bitcoin, not 2 bitcoins. But recently I have seen Wikipedia state that "bitcoins" is the correct plural form.
We have words like water. It is never "waters". You never say "pass me the waters", or "I…
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