📅 Original date posted:2014-05-01
📝 Original message:I'm also a big fan of standardizing on microBTC as the standard unit.
I didn't like the name "bits" at first, but the more I think about it,
the more I like it. The main thing going for it is the fact that it's
part of the name bitcoin. If Bitcoin is the protocol and network, bits
are an obvious choice for the currency unit.
I would like to propose using Unicode character U+0180, lowercase b
with stroke, as the symbol to represent the microBTC denomination,
whether we call bits or something else:
http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/0180/index.htm
Another candidate is Unicode character U+2422, the blank symbol, but I
prefer stroke b.
http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/2422/index.htm
Aaron
There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole
government working for you -- Will Rodgers
> On Apr 21, 2014 5:41 AM, "Pieter Wuille" <pieter.wuille at gm...> wrote:
>
>>On Apr 21, 2014 3:37 AM, "Un Ix" <slashdevnull at ...> wrote:
>>
>> Something tells me this would be reduced to a single syllable in common
>> usage I.e. bit.
>
> What units will be called colloquially is not something developers will
> determine. It will vary, depend on language and culture, and is not
> relevant to this discussion in my opinion.
>
> It may well be that people in some geographic or language area will end up
> (or for a while) calling 1e-06 BTC "bits". That's fine, but using that as
> "official" name in software would be very strange and potentially confusing
> in my opinion. As mentioned by others, that would seem to me like calling
> dollars "bucks" in bank software. Nobody seems to have a problem with
> having colloquial names, but "US dollar" or "euro" are far less ambiguous
> than "bit". I think we need a more distinctive name.
>
> --
> Pieter
Aaron Voisine [ARCHIVE] /
npub18g…knkzl
2023-06-07 15:20:35
in reply to nevent1q…zndf
Author Public Key
npub18gjvug29c4yg46lmplq38e75gg6wn5mn8taytckcsr4jt8p74h3s5knkzlPublished at
2023-06-07 15:20:35Event JSON
{
"id": "74f7951af74af061e3ce9fdfae384b5da8f31cb44495b568673cc2a794d2cfc4",
"pubkey": "3a24ce2145c5488aebfb0fc113e7d44234e9d3733afa45e2d880eb259c3eade3",
"created_at": 1686151235,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"e",
"36cd7ce03b369bb8309f58969b1a7c582e52dbc0eacd7cbfee95d7d6b8a88522",
"",
"reply"
],
[
"p",
"a23dbf6c6cc83e14cc3df4e56cc71845f611908084cfe620e83e40c06ccdd3d0"
]
],
"content": "📅 Original date posted:2014-05-01\n📝 Original message:I'm also a big fan of standardizing on microBTC as the standard unit.\nI didn't like the name \"bits\" at first, but the more I think about it,\nthe more I like it. The main thing going for it is the fact that it's\npart of the name bitcoin. If Bitcoin is the protocol and network, bits\nare an obvious choice for the currency unit.\n\nI would like to propose using Unicode character U+0180, lowercase b\nwith stroke, as the symbol to represent the microBTC denomination,\nwhether we call bits or something else:\n http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/0180/index.htm\n\nAnother candidate is Unicode character U+2422, the blank symbol, but I\nprefer stroke b.\nhttp://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/2422/index.htm\n\nAaron\n\nThere's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole\ngovernment working for you -- Will Rodgers\n\n\u003e On Apr 21, 2014 5:41 AM, \"Pieter Wuille\" \u003cpieter.wuille at gm...\u003e wrote:\n\u003e\n\u003e\u003eOn Apr 21, 2014 3:37 AM, \"Un Ix\" \u003cslashdevnull at ...\u003e wrote:\n\u003e\u003e\n\u003e\u003e Something tells me this would be reduced to a single syllable in common\n\u003e\u003e usage I.e. bit.\n\u003e\n\u003e What units will be called colloquially is not something developers will\n\u003e determine. It will vary, depend on language and culture, and is not\n\u003e relevant to this discussion in my opinion.\n\u003e\n\u003e It may well be that people in some geographic or language area will end up\n\u003e (or for a while) calling 1e-06 BTC \"bits\". That's fine, but using that as\n\u003e \"official\" name in software would be very strange and potentially confusing\n\u003e in my opinion. As mentioned by others, that would seem to me like calling\n\u003e dollars \"bucks\" in bank software. Nobody seems to have a problem with\n\u003e having colloquial names, but \"US dollar\" or \"euro\" are far less ambiguous\n\u003e than \"bit\". I think we need a more distinctive name.\n\u003e\n\u003e --\n\u003e Pieter",
"sig": "9eb6904a64cb7e525a2f3e83f031a3622ad9b22c11e63b032e9851beeea50b23933ad047d4f08ff9feb2e25f725c7061a02581f809e109f9c6d38490a78a7279"
}