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Describing the main orphan chains and their reason would also be useful. --[[User:Http|Http]] ([[User talk:Http|talk]]) 15:33, 1 April 2013 (GMT) | Describing the main orphan chains and their reason would also be useful. --[[User:Http|Http]] ([[User talk:Http|talk]]) 15:33, 1 April 2013 (GMT) | ||
It would be nice if we could start off with an explanation for a layman instead of getting super technical right away. -osmosis | |||
== Rename from "Block chain" to single word "Blockchain"? == | |||
It seems that much of the writing nowadays uses a single word "Blockchain" instead of two words. We currently redirect [[Blockchain]] to [[Block chain]]. I would like to propose that we reverse this so that the main article is named Blockchain and [[Block chain]] redirects to that. | |||
* The [http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/blockchain Oxford English Dictionary] and [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/blockchain Wiktionary] defines the term as "blockchain" with no space. | |||
* I think ''Blockchain'' is now used by the vast majority of sources: Google News currently reports 6,200 results for ''[https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=%22blockchain%22&oq=%22blockchain%22&gs_l=news-cc.3..43j0l10j43i53.7098.36877.0.41674.18.15.3.0.0.0.287.1424.10j4j1.15.0...0.0...1ac.1.OIswtZZE-qs#hl=en&gl=us&authuser=0&pws=0&tbm=nws&q=%22block+chain%22+-%22blockchain.info%22 block chain]" and 224,000 for ''[https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=%22blockchain%22&oq=%22blockchain%22&gs_l=news-cc.3..43j0l10j43i53.7098.36877.0.41674.18.15.3.0.0.0.287.1424.10j4j1.15.0...0.0...1ac.1.OIswtZZE-qs#hl=en&gl=us&authuser=0&pws=0&tbm=nws&q=%22blockchain%22+-%22blockchain.info%22 blockchain]". Note: "blockchain.info" was excluded from Google search results to prevent false matches. | |||
Thoughts? | |||
-- [[User:JonathanCross|JonathanCross]] ([[User talk:JonathanCross|talk]]) 01:03, 25 January 2016 (UTC) | |||
: Satoshi always said "block chain", never "blockchain". I prefer it as two words for this reason and because it clearly disambiguates between the Bitcoin network structure and blockchain.info. [[User:Theymos|theymos]] ([[User talk:Theymos|talk]]) 00:40, 10 February 2016 (UTC) | |||
Latest revision as of 00:40, 10 February 2016
"More serious forks have occurred after fixing bugs that required backward-incompatible changes." Any more infos on this? What kind of forks respective bugs were this?
Describing the main orphan chains and their reason would also be useful. --Http (talk) 15:33, 1 April 2013 (GMT)
It would be nice if we could start off with an explanation for a layman instead of getting super technical right away. -osmosis
Rename from "Block chain" to single word "Blockchain"?
It seems that much of the writing nowadays uses a single word "Blockchain" instead of two words. We currently redirect Blockchain to Block chain. I would like to propose that we reverse this so that the main article is named Blockchain and Block chain redirects to that.
- The Oxford English Dictionary and Wiktionary defines the term as "blockchain" with no space.
- I think Blockchain is now used by the vast majority of sources: Google News currently reports 6,200 results for block chain" and 224,000 for blockchain". Note: "blockchain.info" was excluded from Google search results to prevent false matches.
Thoughts?
-- JonathanCross (talk) 01:03, 25 January 2016 (UTC)