Ravencoin Name Change Suggestions?
I've read a few comments that said that the name Ravencoin may be what is holding back this project. I came across this interesting post on another Reddit.
90% of these coins will never reach adoption of any kind because of the names alone.
Question 1: Is it even possible to change the name of Ravencoin if the majority agreed on a new name? Do you know of any blockchain coin changing its name?
Question 2: How difficult would it be, what would be the process of doing this?
Question 3: Do you think changing the name of the blockchain to something more mainstream and business sounding would improve its success? If you were brought into a meeting and asked to brainstorm new names for this blockchain to be voted on that best represented it and would help assure its long term growth in 10 years+, what names would you suggest?
Question 4: If you feel it should keep the name Ravencoin, what are your reasons for keeping it?
I shared the below in a post reply in the Skepticism Sunday thread and received 6 upvotes:
I've heard a number of users mention that they think the name Ravencoin holds the blockchain back from being taken seriously. Animal or bird coins seem to have grown this year to be associated with memes and as jokes and I think it's only going to get worse. If the name was Racoon Coin, or Crow Coin, or Seagull Coin, would you feel the same way about leaving it as is just because that was how it started?
Does the name match the long term goal of the project of changing finance and tokenizing the world? Or are we just keeping the name because Tron and Bruce liked Game of Thrones back then and thought the name Raven was cool at the time.
Mentioning Game of Thrones in the origin story also makes it sound a bit dated, especially as time passes. In a few years from now it will seem even more dated I think with that reference.
It's a fun name and has its fun moments with memes but if changing the name to something more business oriented could cause it to 100x or 200x and trade at $10 a coin and grow with business partnerships and alliances, would it be worth it? You could contact a major VC or investor and let them take part in renaming it for a large investment/donation kind of like how wealthy people donate to Harvard University to have a building named after them. Maybe even contact the deans of Computer Science of major universities and ask them if the entire university would want to help rebrand the coin in part to contribute resources in the form of funding to development and resources in the form of student developers that are encouraged to work on it.
According to a Google search, Ravens have been associated with death and as a bad omen. In some cultures that are big on luck and fortune like Japan, they might find this offputting.
Even major league sports teams have changed their names and branding is a huge part of an organizations or businesses success.
Just throwing this out there to see what others think.
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