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Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] "bits": Unit of account
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On Sun, May 4, 2014 at 8:15 AM, Aaron Voisine <voisine@gmail.com> wrote:
> Bit by bit, it's become clear that it's a bit much to worry even a
> little bit that overloading the word "bit" would be every bit as bad
> as a two bit horse with the bit between it's teeth that bit the hand
> that feeds it, or a drill bit broken to bits after just a bit of use.

+1 good summary

And I think that's a good conclusion to this discussion about unit
names on the development mailing list. Everything has been said now.

Wladimir