The guy registered Safecoin in 2013, he was well aware of MaidSafe back then. So if he has been monitoring the project from that time, he will most definitely be level 2 or above in this forum.
I think the team should debate this closed doors, and be sure to trademark it in every market (and registering the domain name) before announcing it publicly the rebranding.
Why not datacoin ?
If value is backed by data, well we might as well call it this way.
Edit: forget it. Itâs already an existing shitcoin.
If so heâs probably freaking out now that we are talking about changing the name. IMO, he wasnât trying to block our use of the name, he was hoping there would be two coins with the same name and heâd get free attention for his coin.
âŚso, given the effort that has to be put into what theyâve already done, replicating that over again is likely a no-go for them - theyâd probably give up at that point. Also if we vote on a new name and Maidsafe immediately goes out and getâs the trademark on it, then this other person/group wonât have time to do the same and claim they werenât trying to squat - especially given what theyâve already done with âsafecoinâ - effectively that would prove they were trying to squat and interfere with Maidsafeâs project and they wouldnât have a legal leg to stand on.
Thus I donât have a worry at all about us taking a poll, level 1 or level 2.
You are speculating about his intentions, and based on that you would be willing to be exposed once again to the same mistakes as before.
The data on the other hand shows that this asshole was very fast in registering the name right after the announcement of the MaidSafe ICO in Bitcointalk.
Decision by committee is already a bad idea (especially if the majority arenât experts on the subject), now doing it openly when there are already assholes who squatted the name is something that is beyond comprehension.
You know what this asshole could perfectly do? While we are again debating on an open brainstorming session with an open poll, he would simply register every single proposed name before the poll is over.
Fool me once, shame on you⌠fool me twiceâŚ
Now that MaidSafe has a proper marketing team, if there is a need to go forward with the rebranding, this decision should be done closed doors like any other company out there.
No, because if they did it again their intentions would then be clear and legally, theyâd have no standing.
Why on Earth would you expose yourself to legal battles again, I donât understand your risk/benefit.
They could just get their wife / friend / business partner to do it.
Theyâd have to sue and theyâd lose ⌠and I believe that in Canada where this trademark was given the loser has to pay the winner court fees as well. Also theyâd possibly lose their original trademark too if they sued as itâd become clear that they were trolling.
Also and again, theyâd have to be fast enough to beat us to the punch and am highly sceptical that theyâd get it first this time around.
In any case, I donât really care so much whether we do a poll or not - just seems like an easy way for the team to judge what a good name might be - or at least shortlist a group of them. And if there is a poll to create a shortlist for the team - there is no guarantee that theyâd pick any of them ⌠so anyone attempting to foil us would have to be super determined ⌠frankly I think itâs bordering on paranoia to believe theyâll go out and fast track the trademarking of everything on our shortlist. â if they are so determined, they can just look at all the suggestions weâve already come up with and trademark all of them asap. So poll or no poll we end up being sued in court.
I hear the shortlist is Superman coin, the Phantom coin and ScotchWhisky coin. Letâs vote
How much does this Lambo cost??
100 Urvins , sir !
Haha, perfect. Problem solved.
Letâs just call them Lambos! 
Everyone in crypto will want one
A Chiron for me please.
Well, the team mentioned there would be an announcement at the start of October and mostly left it at that. Iâm happy to wait for that, but folk seem intent in second guessing the announcement.
LamboCoin
LamboNet
LamboDapps
Iâm in! Itâs attention grabbing and part of crypto culture.
Ticker LMBO???
Lambo must be made.
Oooh Iâve got another.
What about Pamp? Pampcoin. PAMP IT!!! 
It would be fun to use the ticker SAFER. When someone new wonders which âSafecoinâ to purchase it would be obvious wouldnât it?
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Maybe that is the rebranding we needâŚ
âThe SAFE Network runs on Safers.â (Theyâre like wafers, but with a sprinkle of great Scottish sea salt on top.)
I thought the whole point of a rename was to eliminate the âcoinâ from the name, to fit with the times. Therefore you would need to make it either of:
The (s) meaning plural.
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How about just sticking with MAID?
We should call them puppies. Everybody likes puppies.
And, it rolls off the tongue: âTwo puppies for that?!â
