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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: Convention - to BTC or not to btc, that is the question.
by
Stephen Gornick
on 11/09/2012, 20:59:31 UTC
When we quote the currency what is the preferred method:
My preference is

10 BTC

and

10 bitcoins

As far as capitalization:

The convention I hold to quite carefully is to call the technology "BitCoin" [Edited: "Bitcoin"] and the money itself "bitcoins".  This is largely so that even at the beginning of a sentence it can be clear whether I am referring to specific coins or the technology as a whole.  It is an arbitrary choice, but I feel it improves communication of the concepts.

As far as the symbol, I'm not sure. I've seen  10 USDs and 10 USD both used.  I'm sure the journalist style book has the proper use.  

Now instead if we just used Ƀ10 instead. it wouldn't matter.

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