debate Is Blockchain.com a 1 word or 2 word domain?

[Michael Ehrhardt]

Recently sold Block-Chain.com and I am amused about people thinking that Block Chain is one word

It never was one word
It is just habit or laziness

BlockChain originally Block Chain are 2 words

Source

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockchain

A blockchain,[1][2][3] originally block chain,[4][5] is a continuously growing list of records, called blocks, which are linked and secured using cryptography.[1][6] Each block typically contains a cryptographic hash of the previous block,[6] a timestamp and transaction data.[7]By design, a blockchain is inherently resistant to modification of the data. It is "an open, distributed ledger that can record transactions between two parties efficiently and in a verifiable and permanent way".[8] For use as a distributed ledger, a blockchain is typically managed by a peer-to-peer network collectively adhering to a protocol for inter-node communication and validating new blocks. Once recorded, the data in any given block cannot be altered retroactively without the alteration of all subsequent blocks, which requires collusion of the network majority.

 

[Michael Ehrhardt]

What is a Block ?
What is a Chain ?

 

[Michael Ehrhardt]

Historically, the answer is : both.

It started out as Block Chain but like many other phrases, use and language evolves to create more popular singular words that people recognise and accept. Most people aren't tech savvy so will believe that block chain is simply blockchain, known as evolving compounds.

I don't know of anybody who writes "Face Book", it's "Facebook".

Your bias perhaps lays in the fact that you sold the hyphenated domain name.

One of many examples : child care -> child-care -> childcare.

As written above, it's worth looking up the definition of a compound word.

Simple ; you don’t understand hyphens
You speak English ( maybe yo think in English ) than let me tell you English is a West Germanic language
Don’t you know

 

[namerav]

Words evolve with time, the same happened with Blockchain.

 

[Michael Ehrhardt]

Words evolve with time, the same happened with Blockchain.

This doesn’t mean that this is correct
It’s not Evolution it is Laziness

 

[HotKey]

It was - it is and it will be always 2 words
Just logic

Same as
FaceBook
MicroSoft

Or is it unitedstatesofamerica

Depends on the context, there is not an absolute answer. If you are referring to the words block and chain, it is two, of course. If you are referring to the digital ledger in which transactions are recorded, it is one.

"I made myself a necklace out of wooden cubes and metal links. It's a block chain!"

or

"I prefer to keep my blockchain in cold storage for safe-keeping."

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United States Of America can not be one word because it is not a thing, it is a place.

 

[Michael Ehrhardt]

Depends on the context, there is not an absolute answer. If you are referring to the words block and chain, it is two, of course. If you are referring to the digital ledger in which transactions are recorded, it is one.

"I made myself a necklace out of wooden cubes and metal links. It's a block chain!"

or

"I prefer to keep my blockchain in cold storage for safe-keeping."

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United States Of America can not be one word because it is not a thing, it is a place.

DigitalBank or Digital Bank

 

[shaarani]

It is likely to enter the dictionary soon, so as far as staying ahead of the curve is concerned, it's one word.

 

[Michael Ehrhardt]

It is likely to enter the dictionary soon, so as far as staying ahead of the curve is concerned, it's one word.

It’s not
It never was and it never will be

People you don’t understand the Big Bang
You don’t understand the Block Chain

It is a Chain Of Blocks

 

[Michael Ehrhardt]

Pluto is a dwarf planet or a planet

Who decided this ?

 

[StartupsBrandsCom]

Hello, that type of invented words, when comes to formally uses, are becoming the derivatives and as well are eligible as other intellectual property co-relating under (other) formal terms.
Here is the reference "www.dictionary.com/browse/derivativederivative. [dih-riv-uh-tiv]. Examples Word Origin. See more synonyms on ... Grammar. a form that has undergone derivation from another, as atomic from atom."

 

[-EM-]

Pluto is a dwarf planet or a planet

Who decided this ?

Who decided it is a planet in the first place? Who decided what a planet is? Why call them planets?
Next time when something is going to be decided, will ask you first.

 

[StartupsBrandsCom]

You know what I mean

 

[Want2learn]

My name is Michael Ehrhardt and not Michaelehrhardt

It is 2 word

Simple

Explain BlockChain ( Block .Chain ) to a child

If explaining things/concepts to children were the litmus test . . .

I'm not sure what your dog is in this silly argument. Block chain is two single words that form a single compound word and without a doubt a singular concept. Blockchain is a one word domain.

Close and lock this thread . . . nothing else to see here . . .

 

[MapleDots]

My company MapleDots is one word, totally made up.

You can argue its two words but the fact is the two words together form one new word.

The name of my company

YES YOU CAN COMBINE WORDS TO MAKE A NEW WORD

We do it all the time in our language

 

[Michael Ehrhardt]

If explaining things/concepts to children were the litmus test . . .

I'm not sure what your dog is in this silly argument. Block chain is two single words that form a single compound word and without a doubt a singular concept. Blockchain is a one word domain.

Close and lock this thread . . . nothing else to see here . . .

You are the measure of all things

 

[Michael Ehrhardt]

Even google recognize blockchain as 2 words

 

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Show attachment 89305 Even google recognize blockchain as 2 words

Are you sure?

As @HotKey (and/or other users) said, it depends on the context.

 

[Haykay2005]

Cashflow one word or two? How do you interpret that

 

[-EM-]

Tablespoon
Armchair
Airplane
Airport
Internet
Notebook
Homepage
Bathroom
Should I keep adding examples?

 

[-EM-]

Deutschland? And all the something land countries. .