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 <gavinandre...@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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > BlackBerry® DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA > Learn about the latest advances in developing for the > BlackBerry® mobile platform with sessions, labs & more. > See new tools and technologies. Register for BlackBerry® DevCon today! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-devcon-copy1 > _______________________________________________ > Bitcoin-development mailing list > Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BlackBerry® DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA Learn about the latest advances in developing for the BlackBerry® mobile platform with sessions, labs & more. See new tools and technologies. Register for BlackBerry® DevCon today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-devcon-copy1 _______________________________________________ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
