As someone who works at a Bitcoin/Ethereum company, and has passionately followed Bitcoin since 2011, every time I hear "blockchain" as a proper noun a piece of me dies inside. It's like saying "This Is Your Company on Website."
I dunno. To someone like me who is all up into Bitcoin but not too serious about it, it sounds okay. Faddish, but okay.
I think the crucial distinction is whether you're pointing at an approach versus some specific implementation. 'Blockchain', as I understand it, is a particular approach that isn't linked to some particular instance.
"Your company on website" doesn't work because there's really only one 'web'. "Your company on Facebook" does work, as does "Your company on SCRUM/NoSQL/AOL/Mobile/etc."
I'd prefer "on a blockchain", personally, but "on blockchain" doesn't strike me as too egregious.
Maybe you could say "This Is Your Company on Web", which could imply plenty of things made possible by web technologies, like remote, distributed teams and cheap cloud infrastructure.
jackweirdy|9 years ago
koolba|9 years ago
Shit! Where's my checkbook?! I have to cut these guys a seed round before they try to actually build anything.
Otherwise it'll become apparent that this series of words have nothing to do with each other!
briansteffens|9 years ago
mercer|9 years ago
I think the crucial distinction is whether you're pointing at an approach versus some specific implementation. 'Blockchain', as I understand it, is a particular approach that isn't linked to some particular instance.
"Your company on website" doesn't work because there's really only one 'web'. "Your company on Facebook" does work, as does "Your company on SCRUM/NoSQL/AOL/Mobile/etc."
I'd prefer "on a blockchain", personally, but "on blockchain" doesn't strike me as too egregious.
cocktailpeanuts|9 years ago
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bergie|9 years ago