12-15-2021, 07:49 PM
If coins were rated solely on their names, who would win?
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>This is part in jest and part in seriousness. The current variety of names of new coins/tokens is more reminiscent of stuff you find in a candy store than something to be taken seriously. </p> <p>Bitcoin is a great name imho. It conveys “digital” and “currency” and it has a nice ring to it phonetically. </p> <p>Another good example is Tezos, sounding like the FIAT currency “Pesos”.</p> <p>But from there it rapidly goes downhill. </p> <p>The obvious names to bash would be the meme coins, but even more established names are pretty bad: LiteCoin, Terra LUNA, Polygon, Algorand, Stellar Lumens and what have we… </p> <p>It’s like they’re leaning way too hard into pop culture with the names. </p> <p>If I were to name a new token, I’d probably call it something dull that prioritized seriousness - such as “Crown”; fx. “CrownChain” or the obvious “BitCrown”. </p> <p>I guess I’m just fed up with weird geeky names for something people invest large sums of money into. “Yeah I put $20,000 into a crypto currency called Elrond, lol”. </p> <p>Or am I just overthinking it? Isn’t it time for the crypto space to mature just a tiny bit?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/forestball19"> /u/forestball19 </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/rguqoi/if_coins_were_rated_solely_on_their_names_who/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/rguqoi/if_coins_were_rated_solely_on_their_names_who/">[comments]</a></span>Kind Regards R
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>This is part in jest and part in seriousness. The current variety of names of new coins/tokens is more reminiscent of stuff you find in a candy store than something to be taken seriously. </p> <p>Bitcoin is a great name imho. It conveys “digital” and “currency” and it has a nice ring to it phonetically. </p> <p>Another good example is Tezos, sounding like the FIAT currency “Pesos”.</p> <p>But from there it rapidly goes downhill. </p> <p>The obvious names to bash would be the meme coins, but even more established names are pretty bad: LiteCoin, Terra LUNA, Polygon, Algorand, Stellar Lumens and what have we… </p> <p>It’s like they’re leaning way too hard into pop culture with the names. </p> <p>If I were to name a new token, I’d probably call it something dull that prioritized seriousness - such as “Crown”; fx. “CrownChain” or the obvious “BitCrown”. </p> <p>I guess I’m just fed up with weird geeky names for something people invest large sums of money into. “Yeah I put $20,000 into a crypto currency called Elrond, lol”. </p> <p>Or am I just overthinking it? Isn’t it time for the crypto space to mature just a tiny bit?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/forestball19"> /u/forestball19 </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/rguqoi/if_coins_were_rated_solely_on_their_names_who/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/rguqoi/if_coins_were_rated_solely_on_their_names_who/">[comments]</a></span>Kind Regards R