The high bitcoin price seems to be an obstacle for people who want to invest in it. Some may think, buying only a fraction of a bitcoin makes no sense. what should they do with less then 1 bitcoin?
Why not start listening and trading satoshis on exchanges? People who can not afford an whole bitcoin can buy thousands of satoshis. Of course, that has the same value and everything, but some folks it may help to feel better. I think this would help to become bitcoin more mainstream.
Google did something similar with their stocks. The primary google stock become to expensive, so they started a cheaper one.
what do you think, does this make sense?
As to me, it makes perfect sense
But we are just not there yet. As someone mentioned above, 1 bitcoin is equal 100M satoshi, so this unit is not very handy so far, though it is still a better choice than using intermediate units like milibitcoins or microbitcoins which are only confusing instead of making things easier to understand. We should wait till the prices hit 5 digits in the very least to make any sensible use of satoshis (say, when 1 dollar is worth less than 10k satoshi). But this may be a long journey till we get there