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From: Alex Waters <ampedal@gmail.com>
To: Gavin Andresen <gavinandresen@gmail.com>
Cc: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Bitcoin Enhancement Proposals (BEPS)
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 13:23:55 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAL0fb61GHmQTg09A-8dOSZZ7MRKQKQk7w6p8pjppztXns1ZHEQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CABsx9T0y601kjJ7ToczwhcQUoh3NZbuPa+iWwtm6-DZxZSRNPg@mail.gmail.com>

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@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"  (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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  reply	other threads:[~2011-09-19 17:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-09-19  1:04 [Bitcoin-development] Bitcoin Enhancement Proposals (BEPS) Luke-Jr
2011-09-19  3:22 ` Alex Waters
2011-09-19 16:01   ` bgroff
2011-09-19 16:57     ` Gavin Andresen
2011-09-19 17:23       ` Alex Waters [this message]
2011-09-20  2:06       ` Amir Taaki
2011-09-23 19:45       ` Daniel F
2011-09-25  3:27         ` Amir Taaki
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2011-09-19  0:31 Amir Taaki

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