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On Thu, Sep 03, 2015 at 01:34:54PM -0700, Dave Scotese via bitcoin-dev wrot=
e:
> I have seen "1M" mean 1,000,000 bytes as well as 1,048,576bytes and
> 1,024,000 bytes. I believe the best policy is to use "megabyte" to mean
> 2^20 (1,048,576) bytes. Kb always means 1024 bytes, even when a lot peop=
le
> round it, so I like the K spec best. I also see value in having human
> readable data. The spec should nail down these details.
The IEC standard is to use the prefix MiB for 2^20 bytes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_prefix
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