📅 Original date posted:2014-04-21
📝 Original message:Bit is simple phonetically, I'm for it.
On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 1:34 PM, Mike Caldwell <mcaldwell at swipeclock.com>wrote:
> If bit had to be preceded by a letter I would nominate "ebit" or "xbit"
> (which could still be XBT)
>
> Those needing a definition for x could define it as "coin/1000000".
>
> That said, I am still more in favor of "bit". Xbit would just solve the
> problems others cite about ambiguity if they had to be solved without the
> resulting name being too long.
>
> Mike
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Apr 20, 2014, at 7:33 PM, "Un Ix" <slashdevnull at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Something tells me this would be reduced to a single syllable in common
> usage I.e. bit.
>
> My 2 cents goes for "bit".
>
> Because: Bitcoin is a digital currency, BTC starts with "bit", "bit"
> refers to a small amount of something in its regular english usage and
> lastly 99.9876543% of people on the planet don't know what a digital "bit"
> is yet ...
>
> Gavin
>
> On 21/04/2014, at 9:20 am, "Mike Caldwell" <mcaldwell at swipeclock.com>
> wrote:
>
> My impression:
>
> Good because it is short, memorable, and pronounceable by speakers of most
> languages (though to most of the world that would be oo-bit, as "u" being
> "yu" is mostly an English thing)
>
> Downsides include the fact that μ is not a U, it just resembles one. It is
> a lowercase M in Greek, a live spoken language also studied by many, and
> calling it a U conveys a notion of global unawareness. And the potential
> for "XBT" to be 1e-6 BTC on the world stage would be huge, worth pursuing.
>
> Mike
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Apr 20, 2014, at 6:16 PM, "Justin A" <allport at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> <delurk>
>
> What about "ubit", pronounced "YOU-bit", representing 1e-6 bitcoin? Easy
> to say, tied in a visual way to the metric micro, leaves the required 2
> decimal places for the marginally numerate.. What more could one want?
>
> </delurk>
>
> Also, hi. My first post; plan to get involved over the southern hemisphere
> winter if I can learn enough.
> On Apr 20, 2014 4:32 PM, "Mike Caldwell" <mcaldwell at swipeclock.com> wrote:
>
>> By culturally neutral I mean we avoid deliberately invoking a cultural
>> reference in the name. For example "satoshi" would be a reference to
>> Japanese culture just for being a common Japanese name regardless of who
>> Satoshi turns out to be.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> > On Apr 20, 2014, at 1:20 PM, "Christophe Biocca" <
>> christophe.biocca at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Culturally neutral? "bit" in French phonetically collides with slang
>> > for phallus ("bitte", with a silent "e"). Apparently it means "louse"
>> > in Turkish as well.
>> >
>> > Not that this really would be avoidable with any short word (all the
>> > short possible words are usually taken), but it's not neutral.
>> >
>> >> On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 2:43 PM, Oliver Egginger <bitcoin at olivere.de>
>> wrote:
>> >> Hello,
>> >>
>> >> just my two 'cents':
>> >>
>> >> Terms arises by itself. Just as most people speak of coins when they
>> >> mean bitcoins. I do not see that bitcoin is currently in common use
>> >> except for speculation. Therefore no term for smaller units has
>> >> established yet. No problem in my eyes. Time will tell.
>> >>
>> >> - oliver
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >> Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book
>> >> "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and
>> their
>> >> applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field,
>> >> this first edition is now available. Download your free book today!
>> >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/NeoTech
>> >> _______________________________________________
>> >> Bitcoin-development mailing list
>> >> Bitcoin-development at lists.sourceforge.net
>> >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
>> >
>> >
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> > Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book
>> > "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and
>> their
>> > applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field,
>> > this first edition is now available. Download your free book today!
>> > http://p.sf.net/sfu/NeoTech
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > Bitcoin-development mailing list
>> > Bitcoin-development at lists.sourceforge.net
>> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book
>> "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their
>> applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field,
>> this first edition is now available. Download your free book today!
>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/NeoTech
>> _______________________________________________
>> Bitcoin-development mailing list
>> Bitcoin-development at lists.sourceforge.net
>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
>>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Start Your Social Network Today - Download eXo Platform
> Build your Enterprise Intranet with eXo Platform Software
> Java Based Open Source Intranet - Social, Extensible, Cloud Ready
> Get Started Now And Turn Your Intranet Into A Collaboration Platform
> http://p.sf.net/sfu/ExoPlatform
>
> _______________________________________________
> Bitcoin-development mailing list
> Bitcoin-development at lists.sourceforge.net
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Start Your Social Network Today - Download eXo Platform
> Build your Enterprise Intranet with eXo Platform Software
> Java Based Open Source Intranet - Social, Extensible, Cloud Ready
> Get Started Now And Turn Your Intranet Into A Collaboration Platform
> http://p.sf.net/sfu/ExoPlatform
>
> _______________________________________________
> Bitcoin-development mailing list
> Bitcoin-development at lists.sourceforge.net
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Start Your Social Network Today - Download eXo Platform
> Build your Enterprise Intranet with eXo Platform Software
> Java Based Open Source Intranet - Social, Extensible, Cloud Ready
> Get Started Now And Turn Your Intranet Into A Collaboration Platform
> http://p.sf.net/sfu/ExoPlatform
> _______________________________________________
> Bitcoin-development mailing list
> Bitcoin-development at lists.sourceforge.net
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/attachments/20140421/ed682496/attachment.html>;
Christopher Paika [ARCHIVE] /
npub16m…lw83n
2023-06-07 15:19:04
in reply to nevent1q…5e9k
Author Public Key
npub16maym58ks8xmgdrhnj244h6583judmfcq0wamkt6gjve2a7h5c2sclw83nSeen on
wss://relay.noswhere.comPublished at
2023-06-07 15:19:04Event JSON
{
"id": "d3ece9391cbfff429480d83b3dbe23a34ce5b7b1d5752f66effb1e4d37e8cf34",
"pubkey": "d6fa4dd0f681cdb434779c955adf543c65c6ed3803ddddd97a44999577d7a615",
"created_at": 1686151144,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"e",
"99781a5e48b89592c328b457713f372f02d5e23f6adcaf8d886ec06cb862d639",
"",
"root"
],
[
"e",
"0e63ea8afd007347794368649e927590055673265b25cbd8844827f9ccc661d3",
"",
"reply"
],
[
"p",
"37a6f0188ca89ff8e09afa77585c2e48198072aea4a31c1571cb8c5427ee9109"
]
],
"content": "📅 Original date posted:2014-04-21\n📝 Original message:Bit is simple phonetically, I'm for it.\n\n\nOn Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 1:34 PM, Mike Caldwell \u003cmcaldwell at swipeclock.com\u003ewrote:\n\n\u003e If bit had to be preceded by a letter I would nominate \"ebit\" or \"xbit\"\n\u003e (which could still be XBT)\n\u003e\n\u003e Those needing a definition for x could define it as \"coin/1000000\".\n\u003e\n\u003e That said, I am still more in favor of \"bit\". Xbit would just solve the\n\u003e problems others cite about ambiguity if they had to be solved without the\n\u003e resulting name being too long.\n\u003e\n\u003e Mike\n\u003e\n\u003e Sent from my iPhone\n\u003e\n\u003e On Apr 20, 2014, at 7:33 PM, \"Un Ix\" \u003cslashdevnull at hotmail.com\u003e wrote:\n\u003e\n\u003e Something tells me this would be reduced to a single syllable in common\n\u003e usage I.e. bit.\n\u003e\n\u003e My 2 cents goes for \"bit\".\n\u003e\n\u003e Because: Bitcoin is a digital currency, BTC starts with \"bit\", \"bit\"\n\u003e refers to a small amount of something in its regular english usage and\n\u003e lastly 99.9876543% of people on the planet don't know what a digital \"bit\"\n\u003e is yet ...\n\u003e\n\u003e Gavin\n\u003e\n\u003e On 21/04/2014, at 9:20 am, \"Mike Caldwell\" \u003cmcaldwell at swipeclock.com\u003e\n\u003e wrote:\n\u003e\n\u003e My impression:\n\u003e\n\u003e Good because it is short, memorable, and pronounceable by speakers of most\n\u003e languages (though to most of the world that would be oo-bit, as \"u\" being\n\u003e \"yu\" is mostly an English thing)\n\u003e\n\u003e Downsides include the fact that μ is not a U, it just resembles one. It is\n\u003e a lowercase M in Greek, a live spoken language also studied by many, and\n\u003e calling it a U conveys a notion of global unawareness. And the potential\n\u003e for \"XBT\" to be 1e-6 BTC on the world stage would be huge, worth pursuing.\n\u003e\n\u003e Mike\n\u003e\n\u003e Sent from my iPhone\n\u003e\n\u003e On Apr 20, 2014, at 6:16 PM, \"Justin A\" \u003callport at gmail.com\u003e wrote:\n\u003e\n\u003e \u003cdelurk\u003e\n\u003e\n\u003e What about \"ubit\", pronounced \"YOU-bit\", representing 1e-6 bitcoin? Easy\n\u003e to say, tied in a visual way to the metric micro, leaves the required 2\n\u003e decimal places for the marginally numerate.. What more could one want?\n\u003e\n\u003e \u003c/delurk\u003e\n\u003e\n\u003e Also, hi. My first post; plan to get involved over the southern hemisphere\n\u003e winter if I can learn enough.\n\u003e On Apr 20, 2014 4:32 PM, \"Mike Caldwell\" \u003cmcaldwell at swipeclock.com\u003e wrote:\n\u003e\n\u003e\u003e By culturally neutral I mean we avoid deliberately invoking a cultural\n\u003e\u003e reference in the name. For example \"satoshi\" would be a reference to\n\u003e\u003e Japanese culture just for being a common Japanese name regardless of who\n\u003e\u003e Satoshi turns out to be.\n\u003e\u003e\n\u003e\u003e Mike\n\u003e\u003e\n\u003e\u003e Sent from my iPhone\n\u003e\u003e\n\u003e\u003e \u003e On Apr 20, 2014, at 1:20 PM, \"Christophe Biocca\" \u003c\n\u003e\u003e christophe.biocca at gmail.com\u003e wrote:\n\u003e\u003e \u003e\n\u003e\u003e \u003e Culturally neutral? \"bit\" in French phonetically collides with slang\n\u003e\u003e \u003e for phallus (\"bitte\", with a silent \"e\"). Apparently it means \"louse\"\n\u003e\u003e \u003e in Turkish as well.\n\u003e\u003e \u003e\n\u003e\u003e \u003e Not that this really would be avoidable with any short word (all the\n\u003e\u003e \u003e short possible words are usually taken), but it's not neutral.\n\u003e\u003e \u003e\n\u003e\u003e \u003e\u003e On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 2:43 PM, Oliver Egginger \u003cbitcoin at olivere.de\u003e\n\u003e\u003e wrote:\n\u003e\u003e \u003e\u003e Hello,\n\u003e\u003e \u003e\u003e\n\u003e\u003e \u003e\u003e just my two 'cents':\n\u003e\u003e \u003e\u003e\n\u003e\u003e \u003e\u003e Terms arises by itself. Just as most people speak of coins when they\n\u003e\u003e \u003e\u003e mean bitcoins. I do not see that bitcoin is currently in common use\n\u003e\u003e \u003e\u003e except for speculation. Therefore no term for smaller units has\n\u003e\u003e \u003e\u003e established yet. No problem in my eyes. Time will tell.\n\u003e\u003e \u003e\u003e\n\u003e\u003e \u003e\u003e - oliver\n\u003e\u003e \u003e\u003e\n\u003e\u003e \u003e\u003e\n\u003e\u003e \u003e\u003e\n\u003e\u003e ------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\u003e\u003e \u003e\u003e Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book\n\u003e\u003e \u003e\u003e \"Graph Databases\" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and\n\u003e\u003e their\n\u003e\u003e \u003e\u003e applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field,\n\u003e\u003e \u003e\u003e this first edition is now available. Download your free book today!\n\u003e\u003e \u003e\u003e http://p.sf.net/sfu/NeoTech\n\u003e\u003e \u003e\u003e _______________________________________________\n\u003e\u003e \u003e\u003e Bitcoin-development mailing list\n\u003e\u003e \u003e\u003e Bitcoin-development at lists.sourceforge.net\n\u003e\u003e \u003e\u003e https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development\n\u003e\u003e \u003e\n\u003e\u003e \u003e\n\u003e\u003e ------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\u003e\u003e \u003e Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book\n\u003e\u003e \u003e \"Graph Databases\" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and\n\u003e\u003e their\n\u003e\u003e \u003e applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field,\n\u003e\u003e \u003e this first edition is now available. Download your free book today!\n\u003e\u003e \u003e http://p.sf.net/sfu/NeoTech\n\u003e\u003e \u003e _______________________________________________\n\u003e\u003e \u003e Bitcoin-development mailing list\n\u003e\u003e \u003e Bitcoin-development at lists.sourceforge.net\n\u003e\u003e \u003e https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development\n\u003e\u003e\n\u003e\u003e\n\u003e\u003e ------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\u003e\u003e Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book\n\u003e\u003e \"Graph Databases\" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their\n\u003e\u003e applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field,\n\u003e\u003e this first edition is now available. Download your free book today!\n\u003e\u003e http://p.sf.net/sfu/NeoTech\n\u003e\u003e _______________________________________________\n\u003e\u003e Bitcoin-development mailing list\n\u003e\u003e Bitcoin-development at lists.sourceforge.net\n\u003e\u003e https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development\n\u003e\u003e\n\u003e\n\u003e ------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\u003e Start Your Social Network Today - Download eXo Platform\n\u003e Build your Enterprise Intranet with eXo Platform Software\n\u003e Java Based Open Source Intranet - Social, Extensible, Cloud Ready\n\u003e Get Started Now And Turn Your Intranet Into A Collaboration Platform\n\u003e http://p.sf.net/sfu/ExoPlatform\n\u003e\n\u003e _______________________________________________\n\u003e Bitcoin-development mailing list\n\u003e Bitcoin-development at lists.sourceforge.net\n\u003e https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development\n\u003e\n\u003e\n\u003e ------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\u003e Start Your Social Network Today - Download eXo Platform\n\u003e Build your Enterprise Intranet with eXo Platform Software\n\u003e Java Based Open Source Intranet - Social, Extensible, Cloud Ready\n\u003e Get Started Now And Turn Your Intranet Into A Collaboration Platform\n\u003e http://p.sf.net/sfu/ExoPlatform\n\u003e\n\u003e _______________________________________________\n\u003e Bitcoin-development mailing list\n\u003e Bitcoin-development at lists.sourceforge.net\n\u003e https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development\n\u003e\n\u003e\n\u003e\n\u003e ------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\u003e Start Your Social Network Today - Download eXo Platform\n\u003e Build your Enterprise Intranet with eXo Platform Software\n\u003e Java Based Open Source Intranet - Social, Extensible, Cloud Ready\n\u003e Get Started Now And Turn Your Intranet Into A Collaboration Platform\n\u003e http://p.sf.net/sfu/ExoPlatform\n\u003e _______________________________________________\n\u003e Bitcoin-development mailing list\n\u003e Bitcoin-development at lists.sourceforge.net\n\u003e https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development\n\u003e\n\u003e\n-------------- next part --------------\nAn HTML attachment was scrubbed...\nURL: \u003chttp://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/attachments/20140421/ed682496/attachment.html\u003e",
"sig": "28f2c84bbdf2d5b00918cc28da53bb819a78f3662746885fbba0fa0db27dae21d77e29141bb9c7af6601017952367c02673ac88ff7728f1439ad35d618e774b7"
}