diff --git a/src/util/threadnames.cpp b/src/util/threadnames.cpp
index 31598e14c..38c3bae2f 100644
--- a/src/util/threadnames.cpp
+++ b/src/util/threadnames.cpp
@@ -1,51 +1,51 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2018 The Bitcoin Core developers
 // Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
 // file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 
 #if defined(HAVE_CONFIG_H)
 #include <config/bitcoin-config.h>
 #endif
 
 #include <util/threadnames.h>
 
 #if (defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__OpenBSD__) || defined(__DragonFly__))
 #include <pthread.h>
 #include <pthread_np.h>
 #endif
 
 #include <thread>
 
 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_PRCTL_H
 #include <sys/prctl.h> // For prctl, PR_SET_NAME, PR_GET_NAME
 #endif
 
 //! Set the thread's name at the process level. Does not affect the internal
 //! name.
 static void SetThreadName(const char *name) {
 #if defined(PR_SET_NAME)
     // Only the first 15 characters are used (16 - NUL terminator)
     ::prctl(PR_SET_NAME, name, 0, 0, 0);
 #elif (defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__OpenBSD__) || defined(__DragonFly__))
     pthread_set_name_np(pthread_self(), name);
 #elif defined(MAC_OSX)
     pthread_setname_np(name);
 #else
     // Prevent warnings for unused parameters...
     (void)name;
 #endif
 }
 
 static thread_local std::string g_thread_name;
 const std::string &util::ThreadGetInternalName() {
     return g_thread_name;
 }
 //! Set the in-memory internal name for this thread. Does not affect the process
 //! name.
 static void SetInternalName(std::string name) {
     g_thread_name = std::move(name);
 }
 
 void util::ThreadRename(std::string &&name) {
-    SetThreadName(("bitcoin-" + name).c_str());
+    SetThreadName(("b-" + name).c_str());
     SetInternalName(std::move(name));
 }