Proof of Transition: New Thin Client Technique for Blockchains (opens in new tab)

I would think that since okTurtles is more about encrypted communication and distributed authentication (e.g. NameCoin) than crypto-currencies, it makes a lot more sense to talk about the blockchain mechanism in general than to talk about Bitcoin. The technology might be largely the same, but the use case is very different.

You're missing the point. Since 2009, people have been thinking about what blockchains are good for. The first answer was just money—Bitcoin itself. Today's answer is that we can use blockchains to mediate all economic activity in ways that eliminate economic transaction costs, obsolete most of the notion of economies of scale, and make individuals freer and wealthier.

Venture capital hasn't made people stop saying "Bitcoin." It just turned out that there's a lot more to talk about than Bitcoin.

We re-branded. The Libertarians and drug dealers soiled the old brand. It's the same platform though, there's no difference.