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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: Name the 0.0001 BTC unit - Final Poll
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guybrushthreepwood
on 12/01/2014, 13:43:05 UTC
what's wrong with scientific notation?

1 x 10-4 btc Grin

Let one ten thousandth of a bitcoin be 1/10000 b, where the unit of "b" uses lowercase since bitcoin is not a proper name, like h for hash instead of H for Hertz.  Then, 0.0001 b = 0.1 mb =  100 μb = 10 kiloSat, or say ".1 em-bee is 100 mu-bee is 10 kSa," if you like...or 10kS, i.e. 10 kSatoshi.


We're trying to simplify so normal people can use bitcoin and not have to rely on units to right of decimal point. I don't think your suggestion simplifies, the opposite in fact Wink

Lol, somehow I can't see these catching on  Grin. You need short and sweet little names that are memorable and  don't all sound the same.