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Re:Show HN: Bit – A fast and easy Python Bitcoin library by bbcbasic on Friday March 17, 2017 @12:48PM (#13895505)
A parking space in ofek's city though. Feel free to call your project bit too.
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Re:Show HN: Bit – A fast and easy Python Bitcoin library by pierrec on Friday March 17, 2017 @02:54PM (#13896841)
That's not really how Python packages work. Public packages need unique names, mostly because of PyPI, where package names are all on the same namespace. This can cause some interesting problems:

https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0541/

Even locally, all packages are supposed to have unique names (though virtualenvs can make things nicer).

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Re:Show HN: Bit – A fast and easy Python Bitcoin library by nerdponx on Friday March 17, 2017 @01:09PM (#13895747)
If you release software to the public, you run the risk of other people wanting you to use it.
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