Received: from sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.193] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-2.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1WgPPO-0002LS-1x for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 03 May 2014 02:10:34 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of gmail.com designates 209.85.213.181 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.213.181; envelope-from=ematiu@gmail.com; helo=mail-ig0-f181.google.com; Received: from mail-ig0-f181.google.com ([209.85.213.181]) by sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1WgPPM-0002Ck-NE for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 03 May 2014 02:10:34 +0000 Received: by mail-ig0-f181.google.com with SMTP id h18so2637022igc.2 for ; Fri, 02 May 2014 19:10:27 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.42.90.11 with SMTP id i11mr20245763icm.26.1399083026968; Fri, 02 May 2014 19:10:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.50.57.163 with HTTP; Fri, 2 May 2014 19:10:26 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <536442D3.50508@gmail.com> References: <52852C2D.9020103@gmail.com> <52853D8A.6010501@monetize.io> <536442D3.50508@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 2 May 2014 23:10:26 -0300 Message-ID: From: Matias Alejo Garcia To: Alan Reiner Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: -1.6 (-) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. -1.5 SPF_CHECK_PASS SPF reports sender host as permitted sender for sender-domain 0.0 FREEMAIL_FROM Sender email is commonly abused enduser mail provider (ematiu[at]gmail.com) -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record -0.1 DKIM_VALID_AU Message has a valid DKIM or DK signature from author's domain 0.1 DKIM_SIGNED Message has a DKIM or DK signature, not necessarily valid -0.1 DKIM_VALID Message has at least one valid DKIM or DK signature 0.0 LOTS_OF_MONEY Huge... sums of money X-Headers-End: 1WgPPM-0002Ck-NE Cc: Bitcoin Dev Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] moving the default display to mbtc X-BeenThere: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 03 May 2014 02:10:34 -0000 I live in Argentina. Here, 1BTC is around half of a monthly average wage (net), so, as you can imagine, the value of 1 BTC is *very* inconvenient for everyday transactions. Also it presents an important entry barrier for new adopters: It would be easier to accept buying thousands of "bits" than buying a tiny fraction of a Bitcoin, for the same amount of pesos. Changing to 1e-6 "bits" will solve both problems. Changing to 1e-6 "microbitcoins" will solve the first one, but not sure about the second one. Buying (or earning) mili or micro something isn't that sexy either. Finally, against "micro" and in favor of "bits", micro is noted "=CE=BC", which is also inconvenient (I had to copy and paste it from an other site). Many different notations will be used like: =CE=BCBTC, uBTC, "microBTC" and even "mBTC". Please prevent that. These arguments also applies to many places in the world (Argentina is 40 out of 72 listed countries in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_average_wage). mat=C3=ADas On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 10:13 PM, Alan Reiner wrote: > I've been a strong supporter of the 1e-6 unit switch since the beginning = and > ready to do whatever I can with Armory to help ease that transition. I'm > happy to prioritize a release that updates the Armory interface to make > "bits" the default unit, when the time is right. I think it makes sense = to > get as many apps and services to upgrade nearly simultaneously. > > My plan is to have a popup on the first load of the new version that brie= fly > introduces the change, and mentions that they can go back to the old way = in > the settings, but make them work to do it. For the transient period (6 > months?) all input boxes will auto-update nearby labels with the > converted-to-BTC value as they type, so that they don't have to do any ma= th > in their head. Similarly, all displayed BTC values will show both. But = the > 1e-6 unit will always be default or first unless they explicitly change i= t > in the interface. > > > > > > On 5/2/2014 8:54 PM, Ben Davenport wrote: > > I fully support this (it's what I suggested over a year ago), but what it > comes down to is BitPay, Coinbase, Blockchain and Bitstamp getting togeth= er, > agreeing what they're going to use, and doing a little joint customer > education campaign around it. If there's community momentum around "bits"= , > great. > > My only addition is that I think we should all stop trying to attach SI > prefixes to the currency unit. Name me another world currency that uses S= I > prefixes. No one quotes amounts as 63 k$ or 3 M$. The accepted standard a= t > least in the US is , i.e. $63k or $3M. > That may not be accepted form everywhere, but in any case it's an informa= l > format, not a formal one. The important point is there should be one base > unit that is not modified with SI prefixes. And I think the arguments are > strong for that unit being =3D 100 satoshi. > > Ben > > > > > On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 12:17 PM, Jeff Garzik wrote: >> >> >> >> Related: >> http://blog.bitpay.com/2014/05/02/bitpay-bitcoin-and-where-to-put-that-d= ecimal-point.html >> >> -- >> Jeff Garzik >> Bitcoin core developer and open source evangelist >> BitPay, Inc. https://bitpay.com/ >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------ >> "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE >> Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get >> unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform >> available. >> Simple to use. Nothing to install. 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