21 sats \ 0 replies \ @endothermicdev 2 Sep 2023 \ on: Common "Bitcoin" terms that are NOT in the whitepaper -- And what they refer to bitcoin
It's fun seeing how much has changed since the whitepaper. I wouldn't say these additional terms are inherently bad - HD wallets were invented later, so seed phrase couldn't have been used at the time. It was a really useful tool! Before that a wallet would just generate a batch of random addresses and they had to all be backed up.
Mining and forks kind of make sense to defer technical discussion and creation of terminology until the network was actually operating and growing.
The other terms definitely tend toward meme and influencer fodder.