# G proto name

- Theme: Ancient cities
- Choice criteria:
- ancient
- English writing
- most protocol developers are happy with it
- B58-easy is a plus
- Who can vote? People taking part in the development of the protocol (probably you if you read this)
- Past names:
- Athens, Greece, 900 BC
- Babylon, Irak, 19th century BC
- Carthage, Tunisia, < 146 BC
- Delphi, Greece, 7th century BC
- Edo, Japan, 11th century **AD**
- Florence, Italy, 59 BC

## Top voted so far

| Name | Date Founded | [B58](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Base58Check_encoding#Base58_symbol_chart) | Pros | Cons | Votes |
|:-------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- |:----------------------------------------- |:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- |
| [Granada](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granada), Spain | 7th century BC, name 8th century AD | ✓ | Fineness in architecture. Economic prosperity. Nice gardens. | | RC, RB, EZ, FT, YRG,ZD, LA, JF, CC|
| [Guangzhou](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guangzhou), China | 3rd century BC, name 226 AD | ✓ | [this](https://t.me/TezosDevelopers/6920) (marketing), city of trades, [easy to pronounce](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBhNvqva0CQ) | Western imperialism? | RC, DH, MP, SG, BC |
| [Guilin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guilin), China | 2-4th century BC, name 1940 | ✗ Gui | [this](https://t.me/TezosDevelopers/6920) | FWIW my gf thinks Guilin is a better choice than Guangzhou(why?(more culturally significant)) | RC, IG, YRG, TG, RB |

## Less voted but still available

| Name | Date Founded | [B58](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Base58Check_encoding#Base58_symbol_chart) | Pros | Cons | Votes |
|:-------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- |:----------------------------------------- |:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- |
| [Gaya](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaya,_India), India | 6th century BC | | Very old city. Easy to pronounce(relatively) | | MP |
| [Geneva](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva), Switzerland | 121 BC | ✓ | | | RB |
| [Gibraltar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibraltar), UK | | ✗ Gibra | | Political and reputation issues: Spain/UK contention on sovereignity, tax-heaven and data-heaven status (sports betting industry places data centers there to avoid oversight) | |
| [Giza](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giza), Egypt | | ✓ | | It's a necropolis, not a city | |
| [Glasgow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow), UK | | ✗ G | | | |
| [Goa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goa), India | | ✓ | | | |
| [Gothenburg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothenburg), Sweden | | ✓ | Cradle of civilization | ? | |
| [Gomorrah](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodom_and_Gomorrah), Canaan | | ✓ | Previously compared to the garden of Eden | Now synonymous with impenitent sin. Not sure it's real. | |
| [Grenoble](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenoble), France | 43 BC | Grenob | Where the consensus team is | | RC, RB, MB |
| [Guernica](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guernica), Spain | | ✓ | | Not old <- founded 1366? Edo was around 10th. It is also a very symbolic town for Basque culture (Guernica bombings, guernica tree). Could be understood as a political statement | |

Add them to the list if you want to vote for them: Ghaziabad, Gwalior, Guwahati, Gurgaon, Gogalpur, ...

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