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who is bitcoin.com March 22, 2010, 05:16:17 PM #1 Is http://www.bitcoin.com a valid implementation of the bitcoin protocol? How are they able to use the name? Does anyone know who is behind it?

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FounderSr. MemberActivity: 364Merit: 2583 Re: who is bitcoin.com March 23, 2010, 03:22:41 PM Merited by nutildah (5) #3 It's unrelated. There wasn't anything there when I started.



The price of .com registrations is lower than it should be, therefore any good name you might think of is always already taken by some domain name speculator. Fortunately, it's standard for open source projects to be .org.

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NewbieActivity: 6Merit: 0 Re: who is bitcoin.com January 07, 2011, 01:53:53 AM #4





i don't think that this is that trivial. if they have a trademark on the name in conjunction with online financial transactions, they will sue any commercial entity using bitcoin, once bitcoin gets larger.



the only corporation i could find using that name is



Bitcoin Ltd

Computer Software Development

34 Arlington Road

Camden Town

London NW1 7HU



this could be their telephone number, though it seems too long. possibly two separate numbers. 024 8189 2502 - 07593 528009



Is there someone in London who could pay them a visit? Having the .com domain as well as the .org would be great.



if it is not them, a telephone call or letter to @satoshi: then it was not very wise of you to not register that one as well. if you didn't invent this exceedlingy smart system i'd even say 'foolish'.i don't think that this is that trivial. if they have a trademark on the name in conjunction with online financial transactions, they will sue any commercial entity using bitcoin, once bitcoin gets larger.the only corporation i could find using that name isBitcoin LtdComputer Software Development34 Arlington RoadCamden TownLondon NW1 7HUthis could be their telephone number, though it seems too long. possibly two separate numbers. 024 8189 2502 - 07593 528009Is there someone in London who could pay them a visit? Having the .com domain as well as the .org would be great.if it is not them, a telephone call or letter to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domains_by_Proxy should do the trick.

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Re: who is bitcoin.com January 19, 2011, 08:37:13 AM #9 Whoever it is hasnt registered the trademark of "bitcoin"



I think we should start a nonprofit bitcoin trade association formed of bitcoin businesses and register the trademark....before they do.















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Re: who is bitcoin.com January 20, 2011, 05:13:14 PM #11 Quote from: sgornick on January 19, 2011, 07:54:22 PM Quote from: Anonymous on January 19, 2011, 08:37:13 AM Whoever it is hasnt registered the trademark of "bitcoin"



I think we should start a nonprofit bitcoin trade association formed of bitcoin businesses and register the trademark....before they do.



I had seen a somewhat related initiative about an association:

http://fivegrinder.com/group/Bitcoin%20Mutual%20Aid%20Association



I've registered the domain bitcoinassocation.org with the intention of donating it to such an organization should it form. I believe bitcoinfoundation.org was registered by with the same type of intent.



As far as trademark, I don't know enough about the topic. If the association tries to trademark it, would those who use Bitcoin name in their bitcoin-related endeavors (e.g., Bitcoin-Central exchange, BitcoinBonus, Bitcoin 4 Cash, etc.) be

a.) harmed, and/or b.) able to challenge the ability for the name to be trademarked even? I had seen a somewhat related initiative about an association:I've registered the domain bitcoinassocation.org with the intention of donating it to such an organization should it form. I believe bitcoinfoundation.org was registered by with the same type of intent.As far as trademark, I don't know enough about the topic. If the association tries to trademark it, would those who use Bitcoin name in their bitcoin-related endeavors (e.g., Bitcoin-Central exchange, BitcoinBonus, Bitcoin 4 Cash, etc.) be

No you misunderstand.Its a purely defensive trademark application. The foundation only holds the trademark in trust for the bitcoin traders so that an attack vector is prevented. No you misunderstand.Its a purely defensive trademark application. The foundation only holds the trademark in trust for the bitcoin traders so that an attack vector is prevented.

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NewbieActivity: 59Merit: 0 Re: who is bitcoin.com July 10, 2011, 09:56:38 PM #14 Ha, it resolves to 127.0.0.1. I was surprised for a second to see my local webserver.



edit: woops, didnt realize this was an ancient thread