@100xChaser@evankaloudis we went how many years before such a thing became an issue? dollars/cents having 2 distinct symbols was pretty useful and good UX. One symbol to represent the smallest unit, one symbol to represent a unit orders of magnitude larger.
@betomorq because I am a frequent bitcoin person, I have the context to understand what units are being used. This is often not the case to noobs, who only have a sense of โฟ and to them it means ~$75k
making the case against re-purposing โฟ for the satoshi:
https://t.co/eJFtGVJY2g
- โฟ already means bitcoin, not its sub-unit
- the ยข to $ analogy
- a proposed sketch for a new sats symbol
- agent skill for the sats convention
I think they got this one wrong
@betomorq i joke. but if i know what im purchasing, yes i should have a relative sense of sat amount in my mind, so when i see the number presented, even if prefixed by a โฟ I should be able to know the units. But this is a different point than im making
@BTCfixesMoney im fine with some new symbol for sats, as that would be better than repurposing a symbol with an already established meaning to now mean something 100 million times smaller
@betomorq "And the difference in magnitude is too large to have any substantive ambiguity" so repurposing the symbol that you agree has a large order of magnitude difference would not introduce ambiguity? We disagree there
@tim_bitcoin@dont_grow_weary i spent about 30 minutes on this and that was all it took to make the point effectively. Heres the commit history if you are so inclined to see how the sausage was made: https://t.co/Vy52d3uNM9
making the case against re-purposing โฟ for the satoshi:
https://t.co/eJFtGVJY2g
- โฟ already means bitcoin, not its sub-unit
- the ยข to $ analogy
- a proposed sketch for a new sats symbol
- agent skill for the sats convention
I think they got this one wrong
i think we can all agree the units used here is not the way to go.
1.04K kBTC what does this mean
1,004 kilo-bitcoin? is a kilo bitcoin 1000 bitcoin? does this mean 1004*1000 yielding 1,004,000 BTC? It does not