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Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] "bits": Unit of account
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I have a rather off-beat suggestion. Perhaps decimal was not satoshi's inten=
tion.
In old English money 1 guinea is 21 shillings. I wonder if 1 million guineas=
is more or less the total number of bitcoins =3D 21 million shillings. Ther=
e was also the notion of bits (two bob bits =3D 1 florin =3D 2 shillings). I=
quite like the idea as it's absolutely not expected.
Old English money is a funny mix of decimal and imperial (base12) measures b=
ut may have some interesting properties, one of which would be to have multi=
ple names for overlapping "layers" not just the 2 or 3 that has been mention=
ed here and elsewhere.
I wonder in the long run if this will not just naturally occur anyway.
Regards
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> On 23 Apr 2014, at 11:56, Tamas Blummer <tamas@bitsofproof.com> wrote:
>=20
> The problem is =C2=B5BTC that bit tries to solve.=20
>=20
> BTC, mBTC and =C2=B5BTC are just too similiar for enyone else than enginee=
rs. The mixed use of them leads to misunderstanding.=20
> I think adoption would benefit of a single unit with easily remembered and=
associated name that has no smaller than 1/100 fractions called satoshis.
>=20
> Regards,
>=20
> Tam=C3=A1s Blummer
> Founder, CEO
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>> On 23.04.2014, at 11:44, Danny Hamilton <danny.hamilton@gmail.com> wrote:=
>>=20
>> It seems to me that xbit is no more distinct or intuitive than =C2=B5bit.=
In either case it's simply an arbitrary character in front of the word "bit=
". Of course, for the majority of the world familiar with SI, the =C2=B5 ac=
tually adds additional meaning that is lost with the x.
>>=20
>> Furthermore, given the multiple concerns voiced about the overuse of the w=
ord "bit", =C2=B5BTC seems to solve the problem.
>>=20
>> Since we are talking about how it would be displayed in software, we don'=
t need to be concerned about how people will pronounce it, or what the nickn=
ame will be. If most of the wallets start displaying amounts in =C2=B5BTC q=
uantities, it will be obvious that a =C2=B5BTC is a different magnitude than=
a BTC. Nobody is going to look at their 100,000 =C2=B5BTC balance and thin=
k they have 100,000 BTC. People will immediately make the mental adjustment t=
o the new order of magnitude even if they don't specifically know that =C2=B5=
means micro, or that micro means 1e-6.
>>=20
>> Nicknames will form organically (much like buck, fin, large, k, grand, an=
d benny for U.S. currency), I've always been partial to milly (or millie) an=
d mike (or micky) as nicknames for mBTC and =C2=B5BTC. I've personally used=
those when speaking with people, and they seem to catch on pretty quickly.
>>=20
>> As has already been mentioned, you're going to be hard pressed to find so=
ftware that denotes U.S. balances in "bucks". There isn't any good reason t=
o be coding a nickname like "bit", "xbit", or "mike" into wallet software.
>>=20
>> - Danny Hamilton
>>=20
>>=20
>>> On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 8:51 AM, Aaron Axvig <aaron@axvigs.com> wrote:
>>> That piece of horse equipment is called a bit in the US too. But the po=
int
>>> stands: most people don't use "bit" on a daily basis other than referrin=
g to
>>> "a little bit of <something>."
>>>=20
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Wladimir [mailto:laanwj@gmail.com]
>>> Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2014 11:27 AM
>>> To: Chris Pacia
>>> Cc: Bitcoin Dev
>>> Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] "bits": Unit of account
>>>=20
>>> On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 6:19 PM, Chris Pacia <ctpacia@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > The term bit is really only overloaded for those who are techy. 95% of=
>>> > the population never uses the term bit in their daily lives and I
>>> > doubt most could even name one use of the term.
>>> > Plus bit used to be a unit of money way back when, so this is kind of
>>> > reclaiming it. I think it's a great fit.
>>>=20
>>> That's a very anglocentric way of thinking.
>>>=20
>>> Here in the Netherlands, a "bit" is something you put in a horses's mout=
h.
>>> It's also used as imported word (in the information sense).
>>> We've never used the term for money.
>>>=20
>>> Wladimir
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utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto"><div><span style=3D"background-color: rgba(=
255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">I have a rather off-beat=
suggestion. Perhaps decimal was not satoshi's intention.</span><br><div><sp=
an style=3D"-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255,=
255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style=3D"-webkit-text-size-adjust: au=
to; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In old English money 1 guinea=
is 21 shillings. I wonder if 1 million guineas is more or less the total nu=
mber of bitcoins =3D 21 million shillings. There was also the notion of bits=
(two bob bits =3D 1 florin =3D 2 shillings). I quite like the idea as it's a=
bsolutely not expected.</span></div><div><span style=3D"-webkit-text-size-ad=
just: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div=
><span style=3D"-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 2=
55, 255, 0);">Old English money is a funny mix of decimal and imperial (base=
12) measures but may have some interesting properties, one of which would be=
to have multiple names for overlapping "layers" not just the 2 or 3 that ha=
s been mentioned here and elsewhere.</span></div><div><span style=3D"-webkit=
-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></sp=
an></div><div><span style=3D"-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-colo=
r: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I wonder in the long run if this will not just n=
aturally occur anyway.</span></div><div><span style=3D"-webkit-text-size-adj=
ust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br>Regards</span><div=
><span style=3D"-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 2=
55, 255, 0);"><br></span><div><span style=3D"-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;=
background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Chris D'Costa</span></div><div><=
span style=3D"-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 25=
5, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style=3D"-webkit-text-size-adjust: a=
uto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Email: <a href=3D"mailt=
o:chris_dcosta@meek.io">chris_dcosta@meek.io</a></span></div></div></div><di=
v style=3D"-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><div><br></div><div>Sent from my=
iPhone</div></div></div><div style=3D"-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br>=
On 23 Apr 2014, at 11:56, Tamas Blummer <<a href=3D"mailto:tamas@bitsofpr=
oof.com">tamas@bitsofproof.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type=3D=
"cite" style=3D"-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><div><meta http-equiv=3D"Co=
ntent-Type" content=3D"text/html charset=3Diso-8859-1">The problem is =C2=B5=
BTC that bit tries to solve. <div><br></div><div>BTC, mBTC and =C2=
=B5BTC are just too similiar for enyone else than engineers. The mixed use o=
f them leads to misunderstanding. </div><div>I think adoption would ben=
efit of a single unit with easily remembered and associated name that has no=
smaller than 1/100 fractions called satoshis.<br><div apple-content-edited=3D=
"true"><br style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 1=
2px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-s=
pacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0=
px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-te=
xt-stroke-width: 0px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0=
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ant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: norma=
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pace: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; orphans: 2;=
widows: 2; float: none; display: inline !important;">Regards,</span><br sty=
le=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-sty=
le: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: norma=
l; line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-tra=
nsform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-wi=
dth: 0px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><br style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-fam=
ily: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; f=
ont-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align:=
-webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; w=
ord-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><s=
pan style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; f=
ont-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing=
: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; t=
ext-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-st=
roke-width: 0px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; float: none; display: inline !import=
ant;">Tam=C3=A1s Blummer</span><br style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family=
: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font=
-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: -w=
ebkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; wor=
d-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><spa=
n style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; fon=
t-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: n=
ormal; line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text=
-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-strok=
e-width: 0px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; float: none; display: inline !important=
;">Founder, CEO</span><br style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helveti=
ca; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: n=
ormal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto=
; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing:=
0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style=3D=
"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: n=
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rphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helv=
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; display: inline !important;"><a href=3D"http://bitsofproof.com">http://bit=
sofproof.com</a></span>
</span></div>
<br><div><div>On 23.04.2014, at 11:44, Danny Hamilton <<a href=3D"mailto:=
danny.hamilton@gmail.com">danny.hamilton@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br c=
lass=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr=
"><div><div><div><div>It seems to me that xbit is no more distinct or intuit=
ive than =C2=B5bit. In either case it's simply an arbitrary character in fro=
nt of the word "bit". Of course, for the majority of the world familia=
r with SI, the =C2=B5 actually adds additional meaning that is lost with the=
x.<br>
<br></div><div>Furthermore, given the multiple concerns voiced about the ove=
ruse of the word "bit", =C2=B5BTC seems to solve the problem.<br><br></div>S=
ince we are talking about how it would be displayed in software, we don't ne=
ed to be concerned about how people will pronounce it, or what the nickname w=
ill be. If most of the wallets start displaying amounts in =C2=B5BTC q=
uantities, it will be obvious that a =C2=B5BTC is a different magnitude than=
a BTC. Nobody is going to look at their 100,000 =C2=B5BTC balance and=
think they have 100,000 BTC. People will immediately make the mental adjust=
ment to the new order of magnitude even if they don't specifically know that=
=C2=B5 means micro, or that micro means 1e-6.<br>
<br></div>Nicknames will form organically (much like buck, fin, large, k, gr=
and, and benny for U.S. currency), I've always been partial to milly (or mil=
lie) and mike (or micky) as nicknames for mBTC and =C2=B5BTC. I've per=
sonally used those when speaking with people, and they seem to catch on pret=
ty quickly.<br>
<br></div>As has already been mentioned, you're going to be hard pressed to f=
ind software that denotes U.S. balances in "bucks". There isn't any go=
od reason to be coding a nickname like "bit", "xbit", or "mike" into wallet s=
oftware.<br>
<br></div>- Danny Hamilton<br></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br=
><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 8:51 AM, Aaron Axvig <sp=
an dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:aaron@axvigs.com" target=3D"_blank">aar=
on@axvigs.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px=
#ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">That piece of horse equipment is called a bit i=
n the US too. But the point<br>
stands: most people don't use "bit" on a daily basis other than referring to=
<br>
"a little bit of <something>."<br>
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From: Wladimir [mailto:<a href=3D"mailto:laanwj@gmail.com">laanwj@gmail.com<=
/a>]<br>
Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2014 11:27 AM<br>
To: Chris Pacia<br>
Cc: Bitcoin Dev<br>
Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] "bits": Unit of account<br>
<br>
On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 6:19 PM, Chris Pacia <<a href=3D"mailto:ctpacia@g=
mail.com">ctpacia@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> The term bit is really only overloaded for those who are techy. 95% of<=
br>
> the population never uses the term bit in their daily lives and I<br>
> doubt most could even name one use of the term.<br>
> Plus bit used to be a unit of money way back when, so this is kind of<b=
r>
> reclaiming it. I think it's a great fit.<br>
<br>
That's a very anglocentric way of thinking.<br>
<br>
Here in the Netherlands, a "bit" is something you put in a horses's mouth.<b=
r>
It's also used as imported word (in the information sense).<br>
We've never used the term for money.<br>
<br>
Wladimir<br>
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